JUBILEE SALONIA . . .the way forward?

It is special one compatriot; our golden jubilee! It is another step towards reclaiming the Sierra Leone of our dreams. April 27^th, every year should be a day for sober reflection on the choices we’ve made, and the ones yet to be, and the path we’ve chosen in our great journey. It shouldn’t be a day for senseless merriment and silly pleasures. Rather, it should be a day we renew our commitments to a course greater than we are; thus hand-in-hand we must walk, side by side we should run, as we recoup a glory greater than that which Salone once had.

Flaming this course was not easy for our founding fathers. It wasn’t easy for them to carve a creed for our lands and our hearts, neither was it easy for them to proclaim a platform on which we now thrive. But because of the high level of tenacity, maturity, commitment, and faith they depicted on this like course; today we chant songs of freedom, while their names echo in the Lion Mountains leaving behind ageless memories and a legacy so profound in the hearts of true Saloneans, of a course so dear. Indeed; their works are immortal!

So it was in time; and here we are today faced with our own mountains. We can’t afford to peter out of these enormous tasks. It wasn’t easy for our founding fathers, and frankly; it won’t be for us either. And it might never be for generations yet unborn, because even gold is not refine in cold; it must face the furnace. Life is not fair; it’s just! Alas! Some will fold when pressure sets in, others will melt like the ice when heated, and end up nowhere. But the uncommon few with a battle marked resolve to create solutions and pave the way for an innovative, productive, and prosperous Salone; will have their names carved in stone. And the Lion Mountains will forever reecho and cry in memory of their molten souls.

With a superior perspective, “nowhere” can be fixed as “now-here”. And when positive change sets in, the perplexed, and bemused, would not stop short because challenges beset them. They will bind their hearts to make a mark, and lead a life that gives to live. With a passionate resolve, they will make a choice to pull their will and wits against nature’s fury and leave behind not luxuries that expire, but legacies that will inspire untold generations. Their passion is their permission! Indeed, these ones are rare gem; new Saloneans; freemen!

“Be the change you desire to see in Sierra Leone”

Happy Independence, compatriots! Lead the change.

Jibateh! Maximus