It's quite interesting the way Nigerians interact on the Internet. At any given point, a lively debate is always going on. The comments section of any blog, or any news item is a constant source of much information.
From these, One can build up a psychological profile of Nigerians. What comes out like a sore thumb is the fact that our mindset is still a bit removed from what will build the Nation of our dreams.
To be quite blunt, these are the facts one can gather from Nigerians' Internet denizens:
1. Nigerians are active, intelligent, and ambitious.
2. Nigerians want the good things of life, and a great country.
3. Nigerians are religious minded, love to invoke the Almighty in virtually all things.
With all the above attributes, we also carry along with us, stuff that will make it difficult to achieve what we want. This includes :
1. Excessive tribal consciousness.
2. Refusal to work hard and long for what we want.
3.Wrong mindset. We do not think our leaders should be held to strict account about how they govern, we accept low standards from our leaders.
We also do not put things in historical perspective as we expect what is not realistic, given historical antecedents.
The cure?
The first place to begin to look for a cure is in our minds. We need to realize, first of all, that all what we are are our choices. To change what we are, we only need to make different choices. The choices we need to make in include:
We should become optimists about our country.
We should reduce our narrow views and think in a far reaching manner, beyond today.
We need to love our neighbors as ourselves in thinking, words, and action, always.
From here, we can begin to think better thoughts about our country, share on our Facebook pages less of the negatives, and search out and share, uplifting ideas. The world is full of enough evil vibrations as it is. No need to add to it.
It is all a matter of choice.
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