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Be Interested

Can you feel the changes in the air? Can you see the hanging clouds above? Can you still perceive the aggressive voices in this natural mystic, hovering over our heads? Whether you feel it or you don't see or perceive it, Whether the signs are not so clear to you by now, Fact is: there are many happenings in the moments, With dribbling voices of various people, Which signals an urgent need to pay attention. So in spite of all the good reasons to relax, In spite of your peculiar ups and downs, In spite of your stubborn resolve to keep walking, Please be interested in life. Be interested in the little things in life. Be interested in the precious moments of life. Be interested in the happenings in your area. Be interested in the people around you. Be interested in those you ceded power to in trust to cater to you. Be interested in the kind and content of education your children receive. Be interested in the kind of media you expose yourself and your family to. Be i

Politics of Interests

People's motivation are essentially backed by certain interests. These interests could be altruistic or personal. So in dissecting the various interests of people, as expressed in personal interest, professional interest and political interest, we are likely to observe how individual interests, communal interests, organisational interests, national interests and continental or international interests interact. We know how conflicting some greedy and selfish interests, hurt our communal and national interests. We know how unsustainable these negative interests deny all of us the collective good we seek as a nation. But the interesting thing about interest is that we all have one or two or more, which is very pronounced in the politics of interests. However, in aggregating these interests,  we have a dignified duty to be altruistic and communal in our approach. To scale the tide of corruption, we even have an urgent task to not only train our children but to help them appreciat