With great power comes a great responsibility, that is the greatest philosophy i have ever come across. how we define power and responsibility is a matter of greatness of our minds. Martin Luther King affirmed the notion that all men were created equal by God's powerful hands. Yes, equal we must be served by society and equal we must be protected by our governments. But there's one thing about society that people seem to disregard, that our minds were created with the prerogative of autonomy.
This should be the essence of democracy. Each and every should be entitled to his opinions and perceptions so long as it is within the membranes of morality and civilization. That said and done, we must wake up to the realization that mankind is rich in culture and traditions. All this shape our perceptions and mindset. How we perceive problems is different from how other societies perceive problem. How we judge success is different from how Indians, Chinese, Americans and other societies do the same. We must harmonise all these differences and establish a platform where globalization can be a real playing ground where equality and equity is easier said and done.
Every problem must have a solution, and every solution must emanate from a particular problem. How sweet is it to conceive a solution to a perennial problem. An empowered society is that which is capable and willing to solve societal problems. As a boy child, being part of society, i have learnt to share the responsibility of problem solving. Uniting in victory and triumph, is the half way definition of unity. The ultimate unity is defined by the shared responsibility in times of distress and depressions.The power of our minds can never be realised, until that time when a formidable step separates us from the grave yard.
The greatest asset is our mind, it is the powerhouse of all the complexity of this concrete jungle of our time. We must learn and tune our minds to perceive problems as an opportunity to bring out the best in we, if not an opportunity to change the world. A broke university student, had a problem. He did not have the bus fare back home. The holiday was finally here and a money order from his village could only reach him, when the new year set in. He scratched his head. Then he looked at his phone. He discovered an item called Sambaza. An idea came up. Earlier on in the hostels he had seen his friends transferring credit to other handsets in exchange for cash.
This was an opportunity, to save his misery. His mother sent him airtime worthy his bus fare, he exchanged it for cash and through this the mobile money transfer was conceived. Now the world is mobile and the world is money. Some of us could not survive minus this technology, but just imagine if it was not for a distressed niggar, we could be a frustrated lot. Shalom
