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This time of year brings into focus the people who have done heroic acts for the nation. We take a day to remember and honour them: National Heroes' Day.
According to Wikipedia: "A hero is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage or strength." While Cambridge Dictionary classifies such a being as: "A person who is admired for having done something very brave or having achieved something great"
As the nation recalls the bold acts of gallantry of its seven foundational heroes: Nanny of the Maroons, Samuel Sharpe, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, George William Gordon, Paul Bogle, Norman Washington Manley and his cousin, Sir Alexander Bustamante.
We beg to ask ourselves, where the country would have been if it wasn't for our heroes who fought for our physical, social and political freedom?
Going The Wrong Way?
The nation should reflect on their vision for the country and ensure they honour, not their memories only but continue to create the nation they fought for with their blood and tears to leave behind for their descendants.
A country where people are free, not only from physical shackles but free to express themselves and to live unoppressed. To feel empowered to fight for what they believe in and to live in unity and pride. Proud of who they are and all they have accomplished as individuals and collectively as a nation.
A question that must have at least crossed the minds of some is: How would our heroes feel if they were among us today? Would they be proud of us?
Some would say the nation has lost its way. The hatred and discord giving way to high levels of crime. The greed and selfishness that have birthed and nourished corruption over the decades. The general lack of morals and good sense responsible for many prevailing ills among us.
Righting The Wrongs
Is it too late to turn the tide and become the heroes of our foundational heroes?
That is for each of you to decide. You decide to let it all go to waste or fight to regain a semblance of what our ancestors had envisioned for us. Your daily acts speak louder than you think.
Your common thoughts say more about you than you know. How you treat your fellow countrymen and perceive them is how you honour or dishonour the nation's heroes. Not the pomp and pride of a mere twenty-four hour period where you pretend to remember and honour their memories and what they did for the nation.
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Empresa Leona
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