WHERE IS THE POWER?

WHERE IS THE POWER?

Over the weekend, and on more than one occasion, some traffic lights at major roads have been off, leading to peril and confusion at various intersections. The only thread of sanity that seems to  keep everything together whenever this happens is common sense on the part of drivers and the selflessness of hawkers turned traffic wardens. I wonder how a country like Ghana with almost sixty years of independence could have something as important in our road safety as traffic lights not functioning when it should. I guess you and I know the answer...Our very frustrating power situation popularly referred to as "DUMSOR".

How exactly did we get here? Why should any country face such a situation where we have to plan when to do basic things such as iron, leave work in time to get home before 6pm to 'put things in order' (thereby affecting productivity at work in the long run), or  charge our phones and laptops to avoid being unable to prepare adequately for that upcoming class test? It is mostly due to myopia and poor maintenance culture not only on the part of our leaders, but on our part as well.

This power situation has brought out the best players of the blame game, with one faction blaming the other for a situation that could easily have been avoided. Truth be told however, this problem did not begin today. A relay race is being run where a baton of poor leadership and lack of foresight as well as apathy is being passed on from one administration and generation to another.

It may be that too many people are complaining about this power situation, but to every cloud there is a silver lining. We could learn a few great lessons from this unfortunate situation.

Even though we may not have much say in how our nation's electricity is being regulated at the moment, we have a say in the power situation in our own lives.
How brightly is the light of your life shining wherever you go? Do you only shine when others are watching you, only to shed off the light when you are in your own dark corner? You have the power to choose whether your life exudes "DUM" or "SOR". Who do you blame for your own shortcomings and failures? You never know when the light of someone's perusal will shine in your life and find you out in the darkness like some of our judges have learnt the hard way.

Ghana's power situation may not be stable right now but your character can and must be.  Like Tigo's promotional slogan goes ("YENSOR NKOAA"), let it also be said of our lives that "with this girl, boy, man, woman, it is YENSOR NKOAA.

THE POWER LIES IN YOU.
SHINE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE TODAY.