WE are all familiar with the admonition that “the messenger should not be murdered for the message”. Equally, we are aware of the possibilities and practices of ‘messengers’ manipulating the news to suit their personal, paid or other agendas, which do not, indeed cannot, always resonate with the expectations of readers, listeners, and other recipients of the news.
Recent lamentations about the newspapers being replete with negative news are well taken; although there are those among us who appear to be focused on negativities, or who innocently or deliberately ignore the positives.
After all, Guyana is still a relatively good place to live, having regard to its God-given natural beauty. Doesn’t the heart beat when we sing our national anthem, proclaiming: “Green land of Guyana” with all its rivers, mountains and plains, etc.? Aren’t we free from natural disasters? How often have we not been regaled about our warmth as a people? And let’s not forget the basic intelligence and brilliant academic/professional performances of Guyanese, albeit flourishing more outside than within Guyana.
Furthermore, we have been able to ‘accommodate’ our ethnic, religious and cultural differences a lot better than is the case in several other countries.
Now, let us hope, pray and work together, and resist the politicians who might try to spoil it for us, as indeed has been attempted in the past. It is so nice to dream of a better future; oh how nicer it would be to achieve it!