The holiday season is upon us and as always signals rebirth, renewal. Despite the turmoil of the world at large and the continuing disappointments here at home we will now pause to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Let us reflect for a moment on why this yearly event is the most important holiday in the history of mankind.
Christ was and is the Son of the Creator who came to save mankind from itself. Jesus taught us to turn from greed and to reach out in humility to each other. This is a lesson for the whole world and for the Turks and Caicos Islands who have been on a different path for a dozen years.
We look forward to the Christmas season here in Middle Caicos. The Christmas tree lighting will signal once again that rebirth, that renewal here on the mother island. We will celebrate Christmas with our families and friends. Christmas renewal will become nourishment for our souls and holiday meals nourishment for our bodies.
Christmas should refocus our attention on our children and grandchildren who we must instruct in the lessons of Jesus so that they will carry on to lead us properly in the future. God knows we and they must turn away from greed to seek our own humility.
The New Years resolution most important for the people of the TCI is to consider what has gone before for an entire generation of 20 years. Children have been born, grown and had their own children during that period.
Then during that same period we have moved from honest government serving all the people to government and leadership which began by mocking an honest leader for his Christianity. Then went on to teach our youth examples of greed and lust. Our children have inherited the wind !
2016 is the season to look outside the box. To stop being taken for granted and return to our roots.
It is the healthy roots planted and grown by the PDM that gave TCI potential prosperity. Prosperity first side tracked now stalled. Prosperity can only be realized under an honest government capable of repairing the damage.
Monuments of the failures of greed and lust are everywhere in both faulty concrete and self serving policies. People need only to open their eyes. Worshiping the Golden Calf not only turned us away from the 10 commandments given to Moses but from the humble important lessons of Christ.
2016 is an election year. A year to resolve to return to a people’s honest thoughtful government and finally begin the process of TCI rebirth, then rebuilding.
May all the people of the TCI have a joyous Christmas and a honest and hopeful New Year.
– David Tapfer
Related Posts
Nothing found.