We straddle South America and the Caribbean, this Guyanese nation, blessed beyond measure, able to make a dynamic contribution to the global village, positioned to play important roles in shaping regional affairs. Problem is, we don’t see that. Instead we see and feel our handicaps, our disabilities, our downfalls and imperfections.
This national characteristic of our Guyanese nation, to look at ourselves only with an eye to what ails us, makes us psychologically deformed as a people: we refuse to face the good things about us, instead holding high a flag of noisy clamour about our deformities. It’s like we love to pity ourselves.
As much as we want to point out the pothole on the road and fix the brokenness in our soul, we must realize that we cannot accomplish anything unless we know who we
