Dear Editor,
“IF IT IS POSSIBLE, AS FAR AS IT DEPENDS ON YOU, LIVE AT PEACE WITH EVERYONE.” Ro.12:18.
Guyana’s greatest wealth, greater than oil is the test of our nation : Unity in Diversity.
Can we live peaceably despite our differences?
Every Guyanese is privileged to live in a country blessed with many faces, many voices, and many ways of life. Some of us differ in race, others in politics, faith, social standing, or economic means. Yet, at the heart of it all, we share the same land, the same waters, the same air, and the same hope for a better tomorrow.
Living peaceably with one another does not mean we will always agree. But it does mean choosing kindness over anger, respect over insults, and understanding over judgment.
It means sitting at the same table and listening, even when our views are not the same.
Let it never be mentioned that our differences should be weapons that divide us. Instead, they can be threads that weave a stronger, more colorful fabric of our community. Each personโwhether wealthy or struggling, educated or untrained, old or youngโbrings values to enhanced GUYANA and all GUYANESE.
At the end of the day, we all desire similar things:
safety for our families,
dignity in our work,
respect in our relationships, and peace in our neighborhoods. These are not privileges for a few………..
โthey are the collective dreams of us all.
Let us, therefore, look past the barriers of all sorts that so easily separate us. Let us see the humanity in each other and choose to live in the dignity as ‘one Guyana’, and not as aliens to the Republic of Guyana. Only when we all walk together in respect and peace then GUYANA becomes the true home for us all to live in thereon.
Bishop Tika
Christian Life Center ALL Nations.
