Looking at old problems from a new perspective may, as the saying goes, save the world.
Saving the world to its fullest extent might be a bit challenging.
But give credit where it is due.
In the first seven days of this new month alone, global organisations are doing their part of saving the world by focussing on International Children’s Day, the Global Day for Parents, World Running Day, World Bicycle Day, World Environment Day, World Food Safety Day, World Oceans Day . . .
In our midst, organisations are also executing their part – some making an impact or changing a mind-set, while others might only be glamour occasions where self-indulgence is triumphant.
Nevertheless, a new perspective can make a difference in the world or area in which you are living.
On finding a new perspective, Max Phillips wrote on medium.com/the-ascent that one is always creating new problems to solve.
Although he wrote about self-blaming, he pointed out that blaming “shuts us down, puts us on the defensive, and narrows our possibilities to rescue operations.”
As a daily occurence, reports and complaints are heard on above all, terrible service delivery all over the Northern Cape.
With most of it, blaming forms a big part, while this blaming game indeed narrows our vision.
In the extensive Change the Face of the City project – as introduced on pages 1 and 5 of this week’s paper – it is refreshing to see old problems are used as the back-bone in creating exciting new solutions.
For this project, in which an extensive feasibility study was done by a team of professional consultants, three unused, abandoned mine-dumps in the middle of Kimberley are used as the starting point to give the capital of the Northern Cape her much-needed facelift.
As other sayings go, turn a challenge into an opportunity; and refrain from making a mountain out of a molehill.
In this case, rehabilitate the dumps into areas of development and opportunities.
