OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION ; A One Week Affair....

Like most years, and for most of us, the years past have all been virtually the same, except for the fact that we grow in age and draw closer to the end. We grow grey hairs, but do not reflect it; wisdom fails us. Our attitudes and behaviors remain the same. In actual fact, it gets worse! The thieves devise new strategies-petty thieves turn to armed-robbers, the poor gets poorer, diseases thrive, unsavory sanitary conditions worsen, lawlessness increase, the lazy gets lazier, children get rudder, corruption increasingly becomes a virtue!

Yes, for most of us, our new year's resolution lasts only a week; the first week of the year. Positive change seems almost impossible! And so with each passing year, things only worsen around us. Lands are fast being eaten up by filth, our water bodies are becoming more polluted, our drains are continually being choked, the potholes on our roads are turning into manholes, buildings are becoming death traps, unemployment rates spinning out of control, law and order being overtaken by crime, our noble religious and clergy, fast turning into confident tricksters, to mention but a few! We are fast loosing our virtues!!! Corruption reigns! We are failing ourselves by failing to learn from the past; from our own mistakes, and most importantly, that of others!

Ghanaians keep complaining about the hardships we are all facing, but we keep repeating our mistakes. That is how we live our lives each year; without learning.

This is a new year, and as expected, we have made various resolutions. We will all be amazed if a revelation is made on the kind of New Year's resolutions that have been made; theft and armed-robbery, murder, drugs, embezzlement and misappropriation, bribery and corruption,lies, rape, prostitution, gossiping,,to mention but a few. Such are people's dreams and aspirations for the new year. Yes, people are already neck-deep in these.

Each year, our mundane bipartisan politics fails us, and yet, each year, the cycle continues. How long will we fail ourselves as a country? 

When will we ever remain true to ourselves, and our resolutions? What kind of resolution did you make this time? How realistic is it? How positive is it? What impact can it bring to you and those around you?

As a country, and as a people, we are beset with so many problems. What have you done to make things better? What is your contribution to this nation?

What is your resolve for the new year? Do you have any goals or plans for yourself? The year is young, with several possibilities. We must strive to make things better.