>From: TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: THE CULTURE OF SILENCE
>Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:09:13 +0000
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  Tombong, I would like you to know that fear is a natural part of life, it
is a friend that you must acknowledge and embrace. There is something that
we are always afraid of. why should we keep our voices up if it could lead
to our destruction? Fear is a phantom of our imagination, an emotional
reaction to a new challenge,job or relationship. Tombong, You are brave to
speak up because you are with the motion and perhaps trying to win a heart
or be hailed. But, who cares  if one's life is at risk when one's voice is
uplifted. I know fully well that,the act of creation requires us to take
chances,to make mistakes, but not to risk life. How can you risk to take a
risk if you fully know the consequences of it. Not to risk means staying
within preordained bounds of what has been, never daring to discover what
might be, " The culture of silence " is not leading to our failure as a
nation. The ability to build on what we know ( peace) and the ability to
reach beyond what we know ( stability) to achieve what was once thought
impossible is what is pulling us down. As Gambians, We have lost our values,
The elders don't take the advices of the youths and leaders think they know
more than the intellectuals.  Tombong, how would you feel if one of your
subordinates summon you for an advice as a CEO?
Tombong, I would like you to know that the intellectuals have all right to
be silent if they are not respected or seen as obstacles by those in power.
Bro, without repect, life is a crazy roller-coaster from one sensational
experience to the next. relationships become  or remain superficial, and
people can become ruthless, using one another as a means to an end. Unless
we work together respectfully, the alchemy of cooperation and creativity
cannot exist.Without the trust that respect engenders, we will not risk
exploring the unknown. The new paradigm of cooperative leadership is
impossible without respect and a vision cannot be achieved unless we focus
on a clear vision and move forward to reach that goal, intimately aware of
how the present moment relate to it.
Peace
Bro.

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