As I ponder my thoughts towards making a better society,I realised that to begin for a better society,we need to change ourselves first.
We all talk about bring change in the society but we never talk about the changes we have to bring in us. Well there is a saying which says’Change occurs when someone begins with himself/herself’. Me dear fellow friends, today we are living ina society where everyone desires for a change but no one is willing to take the initiatives. It is not about you and me anymore , it is about ‘US’. We cannot bring any change until and unless we change ourselves and bring unity among ourselves. Yes I agree that it is good to respect our own tribes but don’t you think we are focusing too much on our tribes that we are neglecting or say forgetting to work as one resulting tribalism? What is so great about tribalism? Because of our concept of tribalism, it will not be wrong for other people to call us ‘primitive and backward’.People, it is not that we know nothing, we know so many things and we have learnt so many things yet we hesitate to contribute it to our society. We Nagas have the tendency to always go with the flow. We don’t raised questions, we don’t give feedbacks, we give up so easily and later what we do is ‘complain,complain and blame’. There is no time for is to sit and clap anymore but we have to be the one performing too. We all know the saying,’As I am, so is my Nation’.
Today when I realised that I had contributed nothing for the welfare of my people, I felt that I should stop expecting changes from others because somewhere someone might be expecting the same from me. So here I am today to do every bid of what I can to improve myself and start my journey in doing good for my people. We all tend to believe that only great people can do great things and bring changes to the world but we also know that these people whom we call ‘GREAT’ were once just ordinary people like us. Today the world is offering enormous opportunities and possibilities to young people, so you have to seize the moment , widen the horizon of your imagination and explore the world of possibilities. Everyone hould have a specific,measurable,achievable and testable goal so that your life and success will become meaningful with a purpose. I want to encourage the people to keep your dreams alive even in times of challenges and discouragement which are eminent and only perseverance is the key to success. We are all an asset and should never become a burden to the society. People,if not now, when? If not us, who? Let us be the change we want to see in others.
Kepevino Hozoyeh
