2 COUNTRIES CHOOSE ONE ! Over many thousand years, the world has
undergone so many changes.
Irrespective of your religious persuasion,
we all agree that the world was one
country in the beginning. Today we have over 196 countries, all
from that one country called the world or
the earth in the beginning. As the years
went by, so many events in history
caused the world to be split into so many
more countries and some new countries will still be created in the future. Personally, I believe that there are two
countries in the world: Blame and
Responsibility. These are the two countries in the world
that I would like to discuss them this
week. a. Country 1: Blame This is foundational reason why we have
many different countries today. The countries as we know it today were
created when people became frustrated
with the life they were living, and looked
for ways to solve the frustration.
Eventually, they blamed it on the
association with the “one world” so they started gathering like-minded people to
fight to be different and create another
country. Their original plan was to build a
country where all needs will be met and
there will be no frustration, well you can
look around your country and see if that is the case now. Another set of people created other
countries because they wanted power, so
they caused troubles, wars and killed so
many people to achieve it and this
resulted in the rise and fall of many
empires up till this day. These are the places we call countries
today; places put together by individuals
who believe that the solution to their
problem is carving out a place they can
rule and decide what happens there. However you look at it, nations were
created based on blame and the hope
that carving out a special place will be a
solution! The aims of creating them are
mostly defeated which is where living in
the country called blame will lead you. b. Country 2: Responsibility This is the country I want to invite you to
(if you still live in a different one); it is the
whole world, a place where we can take
individual responsibility for the world we
are creating every day and the outcomes
in our lives and the lives of others around us. Please note that I am not against
solidarity and patriotism to your country. Think about it this way; if you are a
musician, inventor, author or
businessman, would you mind the
countries your fans and buyers come
from? Personally, I wouldn’t mind as long
as I continue to serve as many people as possible so it is senseless to mind the
boundaries and the countries our fans
and customers come from. It is only when we choose the country
called Responsibility that we can see the
world as what it is; a place to bring our
talents to the table for the good of all
mankind irrespective of colour, religion or
country. Examples of people who have become warriors in their professions for
living in the country called Responsibility
are Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Bill
Gates of Microsoft, I can name a few
more. Both Microsoft and Facebook are
used by the whole world; different religions, black, white, Asian, Africans,
Caribbeans, Americans, Australians and
Europe. These products know no
boundaries and because the founders
took responsibility to change the world,
they created resources that will benefit all. They could have lived in the blame
world and made stuff for their family or
USA only, but no, they took the
responsibility of bringing something great
to whole world. Every day we hear about wars and all
sorts of crisis, I am sure you do not just
ignore those sad events. You are
touched by these events even though
they happened in faraway countries, this
is because this is who we are; people of the same country called the world and
confirms the truth that deep down inside
all of us, we are all connected. I have been writing for a while now, and
received so many thank-you messages
from readers all over the world even from
countries I never knew existed. For me
this is how wide my country is; all over
the world and I know yours is that wide too. We will fail when we live in the country
called Blame and have the mindset that
we are failing because of the country we
come from, or marginalisation, colour or
all sorts of man-made conditions that
create irrelevant boundaries for us. I have heard so many complaints from
people that they are where they are
because of how other people see them,
what other people have done to them or
the race they come from. I know these
exist in some cases but this is your one life, would you not rather take
responsibility and live it the way that
makes the most impact to the world? I
hope you answered yes, because if you
live hundred years with no trace then all
the years will be worthless. In the journey of success and greatness,
opposition, failure and attacks will come
but remember that the outcome of your
journey is your responsibility but this is a
choice because you also can decide to
stay with the majority and blame all sorts of people, events and things. I invite you to join me in this country
called Responsibility; and take the
challenge to set yourself up for the world
and transform into an individual who has
a product sellable to the whole world
surpassing any boundaries or limitations put in your way. We are all citizens of the world,
especially with the help of the internet,
we can impact the world from where we
are today; break all the limiting
boundaries in our mind and create for the
world and become unchained warriors. Your talents and gifts are important, the
world is waiting for them, so please bring
it to the world table and let us all change
the whole world! Have a fantastic week and abundant
blessings to you!
