There’s good reason to be optimistic

If you see somebody with optimism, there is always someone standing by to show you it isn’t worth fighting for.

I looked at it from different angles and different prospective. From the Globe and Mail to the legislative assembly to the public response on various articles.

Most of the time I found people relentlessly finding the darker side to a story that was meant to be positive.

A bowhead whale was caught in Nunavik for the first time in almost a 100 years, and they found that the hunt was inhumane and wrong.

Dennis Patterson was appointed to the Senate of Nunavut, they found that he wasn’t Inuk, and that no matter what he does, he will never be good enough.

Leona Aglukark is the federal minister of health, but she isn’t qualified, doesn’t have enough education and should have been given a different department.

We are forced to come to grips that our buoyancy, daily, is punched in the face. Where is the truth in Canada, or Nunavut for that matter, being the land of opportunity, when we are bashed for trying to make a difference?

We find that people are better willing to dwell on the past, rather than live in the present and looking towards the future.

Nobody is willing to admit to their mistakes, and nobody is willing to face the issues that are presented. What happened to the stereotypical Inuit traits of forgiveness, resourcefulness and persistence?

It is true what Mary Simon had said, and has been saying, that a healthy population is needed first, before any kind of development or social betterment can be accomplished. Yes, we do need a healthier population, and any change starts with the person in the mirror before it reaches beyond the front yard.

From different papers and personal opinion, I hear that the general public does want change, but they do not propose anything, nor are they willing to give a helping hand.

We cannot afford to be shot down for much longer, and we cannot afford to be pushed around like rag dolls anymore. Be grateful that you are a rock in a cup, rather than a rock in the ocean, that your voice can be heard not from a crowd but through a microphone.

Get the background and the facts before you go commenting on other peoples lives and beliefs. Understand that when people are appointed or voted in to those positions you are ranting about, consider the fact that they have worked hard to get where they are, and are speaking for you.

If you want change, get up and do something about it.

Karen Flaherty
Iqaluit

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