Continued from Part I

But the problem is, not all parents will always be enlightened and not all countries are conducive for one to pursue their dreams or even to be exposed to the opportunities that will enable them to think in that way. In some communities the issue is survival from day to day; there simply is no time to think about the kind of Business Empire one would like to run one day.

Sounds so depressing, right? I mean the world is so unfair and it’s easier to be angry at it. What am I driving at then? Do I have a solution to this issue? No, I don’t but I have two suggestions that may just lift your spirits. But before I present them, let me mess a little bit more.

War. Such a dreadful reality. Some wars have to be fought for the greater good of community but their devastation is never beautiful. Soldiers who are prepared to die for a cause go to war; that is their job description. And who sends them to war? Politicians, who are people with aspirations and ambitions. So what happens when soldiers are sent to war for the wrong cause, for instance the benefit of a cartel of powerful people with national influence? People die needlessly to secure the interests of a few. And who are the people who put those politicians into power? The very people who suffer as a result of war because they are not fully protected, neither can they afford high security for protection. They become a statistic. An insignificant statistic, as long as the powerful get their way.

Back to my suggestions. The first one is an appeal to all humanity. It’s a joint effort. The decisions that we make today affect the future generations. The people we put in power today affect our future tomorrow, so I would take my decisions seriously today. This is where the power of lobbyists with the right cause can be put to maximum effect. For instance because of lobbyists, practically everyone has heard of the need to combat global warming. More groups, smoothly coordinated, must be formed and make their voices heard. This is humanity saving itself from itself.

The second suggestion is on a personal level. Honestly speaking, for that kid who is born into a war torn country and becomes a child soldier, not much can be done unless the first suggestion is effected such that he comes into contact with the right people who see his plight and attempt to remove him from such a toxic environment. This might be his family fleeing the area with him, if they have that choice and exposure, or some outside ambassadors of good, like the Red Cross.

But for anyone else reading this, I declare that we are not that child and therefore enjoy a measure of privilege which we must fully utilize. I know this because we both have access to a computer. We can fight obscurity; we can refuse to be statistically insignificant. We can take steps, small steps that will add up to critical mass and subsequently tilt our fortunes in the right direction. For some it might be the need to go back to the drawing board and study for that qualification that they have been avoiding forever but need to get to the next level. For others it might be the need to stop doing things that get in the way of their progress.

Those of us who were given even half a chance to escape obscurity need to utilize that opportunity to the maximum. But if we have that opportunity to contribute to society by bettering ourselves first, and we still do not utilize it then I dare say I have run out of suggestions!

Lastly, what would a piece be without something Obama? He is loved and adored by many but what most people don’t know is that Obama’s father was educated by his poor community in Kenya and sent overseas to study, where he met his wife and had the now famous and powerful Barak Obama. The facts are blunt; without that small Kenyan community’s involvement, there would be no Barack Obama today. That’s the power of humanity to create its own destiny. But once humanity has done its part, the individual, in this case Barak Obama, has to do his part to become significant and contribute to that same humanity’s advancement and perpetuation.