Change is Good

There is a small twin island state that has the opportunity to change on May 24th 2010, but will it? My opinion is this, there will be no change, because people generally speaking do not like change. My opinion is those who want change will eventually change, by changing their location, their residential status etc, so that things change for them personally.

We all know my thoughts on this twin island state - it's a wonderful place to visit but a HORRIBLE place to live.

When you create a state of comfort for individuals they are rarely willing to give up that comfort. Change requires the need for discomfort, change causes stress (good stress), change brings about advancement, but change also carries with it significant risk.

Trinidad and Tobago is generally a country of low risk takers. Security is the name of the game and whoever provides the illusion of that security will be the ones in power.

We also know that it is human nature once you are in power people rarely want to give up that power. Power is generally taken away from people. Authority is gained. The reason most Trinidadians do not respect our Police force is because they have "power" but no "authority". The reason people fear Patrick Manning is because he has "power" but no "authority".

And the reason PNM will go back into power is because people generally do not like anything that makes them uncomfortable. They do not like change, they are afraid and they do not know what it means to take risk.

For those of you who want change I suggest you in your own small way be the change you want to see and maybe one day the other idiots will catch on. In the meantime immigration to Canada, the UK and Australia have become much easier. I know that those of you who want change all have at least two degrees from institutions outside of the Caribbean so you automatically have some points in the page.

Check out the embassies and see if you can't make the change for yourself.