BE THE CHANGE

Solomon Islands an island nation blessed with natural resources, talented people, diverse cultures and beautiful islands. A nation that have endured a lot of positive and negative experiences and have shaped it to what it is now.  Blessed with an incredible summer weather but also cursed with unpredictable natural disasters. Through the thick and thin, it still stands today as Solomon Islands.

It was not long ago that mobile phones were introduced in Solomon Islands and followed by the latest laptops, vehicles and etc.… A small nation but with a lot of people who are looking to experience the life of the western world and therefore have influenced a lot of the younger generation. The introduction of internet access to the public have revolutionized all Solomon Islanders especially the youths as cultures and traditional ways of life is gradually disappearing. Many of Solomon Islands modern day leaders only seek power to later serve themselves and not the people. The politics is having been dramatically influenced to be personal than neutral and a lot of people suffering in their own lands. These are treads of negative impacts of people doing the wrong things in their respective fields. In all of these happenings, one particular objective that all Solomon Islanders look forward to is development. The word development is a word which all Solomon Islanders have searched for and still today waiting for it to occur. A change to the government, a change to the attitude of people, a change to the infrastructures, a change to business people, a change to sport and a change to the nation. These changes are what we call development.  The interesting and probably the most important question to be asked is how can we Solomon Islanders develop our nation.

In seeking for development, there are number of questions that pops up. Is the government responsible for development? Are the business people responsible for development? Are the citizens responsible for development? Although all these question somehow have truth in them, the reality is that first and foremost a person that is responsible for development is ourselves individually. Development is basically a change. In order for Solomon Islands to develop, we must be the change and the transportation for development. It is not the government, the business sector, the leaders that must make contributions only to make development but we as Solomon Islands should be the change. No more blaming someone else, complaining about someone else or even expecting someone else to create development. We have to be that change that will ignite the development within ourselves to contribute to larger scale of development for our beloved nation Solomon Islands.

We fight, we complain, we mourn and many times we ignore but the reality is that Solomon Islands is a country united by everyone and divided when we break apart. The infectious smile from the children gives hope that we can still make it through. The hardworking fishermen in the islands tells us that life is more than stressing in the offices but it’s about being part with the nature. The hardworking people in the offices gives us hope that we are intelligent enough to create development and finally, the prayers from our churches continues to be the anchor and guiding element for us. We have it all, the smiles, the weather, the resources and the people. We all need to be the change and until we realise this, we will never move forward. Solomon Islands, we can make it. Be the change!