My Jamaican Wish/es

HAPPY NEW YEAR JAMAICA

As we approach the start of a new year I can’t help but feel a sense of renewal and rebirth. Life seems fragile, yet so magical and the miracle of the coincidences of life and our existence seem all the more profound.

As we step forward into the year of our lord twenty and eleven, I wish for every Jamaican a truly blessed new year. May we find peace in ourselves, may we re-embrace the love we once had for our fellow Jamaicans, ourselves and our country.

As 2010 fades, another year spent, I would like to find a star, any star and make a few wishes for my country and my people.

So here are my wishes for Jamaica and Jamaicans for 2011:

1. Our leaders will commit to principles of honesty and justice and a better Jamaica for all Jamaicans.

2. That we will regain the love and respect for each other that we have lost.

3. That we stop fronting and just be honest with each other.

4. That we all accept and embrace the fact that we all have a role to play in the advancement of ourselves and our nation.

5. That we will hold ourselves and our leaders to the highest standards of personal conduct.

6. That we will stamp out corruption in our “own” lives.

7. That we will turn our talents and skills to positive endeavors to improve ourself and country.

8. We will stop justifying “fuckery”.

9. That we will set some bare minimums, standards to govern our social interactions with each other.

10. That this country becomes more than potential, and takes it rightful place as a leader of nations.

And my bonus wish is that we focus our energies and attention and fix the national disgrace that is the Bustamante Hospital for Children

Happy New Year to Jamaica and all Jamaicans at home and abroad!