Trini Pride

I keep telling myself I am starting to show my age...

Everytime I get together with friends we talk about the antics we used to get up to in our younger days.
Reminiscing like the ole folks do...

Except reminiscing is not what my generation is known for.
We are makers and doers and breakers of rules.

We are visionaries and dreamers.
We don't accept "Just because...", we create things where they didn't exist before.

So when did we turn into people paralyzed by fear.

People so in love with their country, but so convinced that they can't themselves bring positive change - and with so little faith in our leaders - that they choose to take their families and migrate elsewhere. Sacrificing their identities for their children's safety.

And those of us left behind.

We sacrifice one freedom after another, in the name of safety, and peace of mind.
But peace of mind never comes.
Only steel bars, and alarm systems, and the recognition of degrees of safety.

When it gets to be too much, we complain that the authorities just can't get it right.
But we know... they can't do it alone.

Will nobody stand up?

The problem is that we've been trying to stand alone.

United, we stand. 
Divided, we fall.

Too true nowadays.

This weekend we had an opportunity to unite, and we did so in true Trini form.

From Blackberry Messenger broadcasts to Facebook posts and Twitter messages, T&T responded to spread the word of a stolen vehicle with a sleeping toddler still inside.

The car was subsequently abandoned, with the child still safely inside.

Only the persons responsible for that robbery can say for sure whether the rapidly-spreading word played a role in their abandoning the car.

We can say this. Trinis are still the warm people with the big hearts we are famous for. Given the opportunity to safely do so, we will still show that light within and help our brother.

To everyone who was a part of this, to everyone who raised awareness - job well done!

Thanks for demonstrating what it means to be a Trini...