Our strategy, the next step for our region must come from within. We have never shied away from engaging with our own future. Our past contains a succession of re-evaluations of our situation and our beliefs. We can be proud of that heritage, of our self-reliance and engagement.
We asked questions of our surroundings and did not let ourselves be dictated to. We engaged with injustices and difficulties, and found our own solutions. We thought critically – refusing to accept easy, conformist viewpoints and dared to dream of a world we might shape for ourselves.
We built and ran educational institutes. We challenged accepted religious doctrine. We defended our people’s rights. We were inspired. The world knew and relied on us, and we in turn absorbed news of its politics, science and knowledge.
The fighting spirit we showed indicates a way to take hold of our future. Today we find ourselves down on our luck. But that brilliant spirit remains; together we achieved astonishing things. More than that – we believed in our ability to do so. We must reawaken that desire, that self-belief, that tremendous capability for thought, inspiration and determination.
In order for us to believe in a strategy for our future – for it to succeed – the impetus must come from within. For it to come from within, we must allow hope to triumph, and create an aspirational environment in which we believe in our ability, and this allows us to flourish. The future is then ours, and our young people can feel inspired to do anything.
This is not regeneration but re validation.
Remember how much we did. We were amazing. We can be again.
We aspired to glory. They should have seen us.
Imagine what we could be
Fighting Spirit is a global movement to re-validate communities through self belief.
Fighting Spirit is a global movement to re-validate communities through self belief.
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