And Still I Rise

Today was the national day of prayer,an initiative of a religious body. I did not take part. However, I wished we were given a public holiday as was originally sought. No doubt,I would have grumbled that it was unnecessary on a national level but selfish personal reasons would have quickly won me over. I guess my non participation makes me a heathen or just plain indifferent. The jury is deliberating at this moment.

The thing is, I would prefer if we had a well defined plan to tackle all the problems that are plaguing our island. Maybe, am really a heathen because I definitely don't believe that prayer days will miraculously make the problems go away. Where are the crime fighting measures? How do we plan to reduce the growing gun violence? What about all the rapes and incidents of incest? No doubt the idea is well meaning but sounds like a cop out or unwillingness to believe that we have the answers to the questions.