SEARCHING FOR HOPE
When faced with problems, it is a natural instinct to hope that things will get better. And indeed they must. When we hope, we should also work towards making the problems better. Things don’t just work out of the blues. The same applies to Malawi whether we want it or not. Political commentary is one of the most frustrating things to do in the world. It even becomes much worse when you do it in countries like Malawi. In this country, which others call the Warm Heart of Africa, hoping is a daunting task. Hoping on a personal level might be less stressful. But when I hope for Malawi as a whole, I usually ask myself where our hope is. Unlike in other countries where people come with an agenda for wanting power to lead the country, here the motivation is usually peer pressure! And I can repeat it in bold. The few people who are indeed thinking of leading, are usually the ones at the bottom of the race. Any man can lead because nature tells us that we are equal an