(Letter to the Sports Editor)

“Every day is a new beginning, so treat it that way, stay away from what might have been and look at what can be”.
Mr Editor, I am just responding to a few critics who felt that I have committed the gravest sin by supporting the GFF president Mr Christopher Matthias in his quest to reform football in Guyana. Will Rogers once said “Live your life so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip”
After being involved in football for such a long time, I am now aware that I have accumulated a number of enemies who were charading as friends all these years, “One of the secrets in life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”.
My upbringing in humble surroundings has taught me that knowledge is gained by learning, trust by doubts, skill by practice and love by love. “Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots”.
Persons who have the audacity to deal with personality rather than with issues are contentious and ludicrous. Mr Matthias was elected during a democratic process conducted by a special committee comprising of three (3) Attorneys-at-Law approved by CONCACAF & FIFA. The Wikipedia Dictionary has Elections as an event at which people vote; it is an organised event at which somebody is chosen by vote for something, especially a public office. So by saying that the elections were mired in controversy from the beginning is tantamount to saying that skullduggery was committed by the learned legal minds. Elections are usually conducted after vigorous campaigning, public speeches, promises and pledges and all the vagaries associated with elections. It is my view and understanding that manipulating of elections and the electorates is usually done by the incumbent –I may be wrong and if I am, I am inclined to be corrected and edified. All persons who were interested in becoming President along with their campaign managers and supporters all had a level playfield, maybe for the first time in the GFF electoral process, mind you I said maybe. So at the conclusion of the elections when Mr Matthias was elected as President, where and what did he do wrong and how am I wrong in supporting him so that he could fulfil his mandate. “One good rule for living is not to worry about the future until we have learned to manage the present”.
“There are four steps to accomplishment: Plan Purposefully, Prepare Prayerfully, Proceed Positively and Pursue Persistently”.
Mr Editor, until we as Guyanese attempt to refrain from dealing with personalities, petty issues and fabrications we will continue to thrive in the doldrums in the football world. There are some people who are just bent on creating mayhem and anarchy and in the words of a wise man, he said “Greatness is discovered in goodness, humility, service and character”, so to all those who hate my guts for supporting democracy I will leave these few words with them, “REMEMBER TODAY IS THE TOMORROW YOU WORRIED ABOUT YESTERDAY”.
May God bless you as we approach the festive season and I wish everyone all the best for the season and the New Year. Remember the reason for the season – the Birth of Jesus and what He endured during His years on the earth.

Lawrence Griffith