This I believe: "Vision for the New Egypt"

This I Believe by sara-radio

In the new Egypt, I believe that people should focus on self-regulation instead of criticizing others. For a long while, a lot of people have been complaining from corruption and deterioration that have been taking place in Egypt; although many of them have been corrupt in some way themselves. Almost everyone has witnessed people asking for bribes, lying, harassing and doing all sorts of corruption within their own scale. While they themselves complain that political leaders are corrupt. This issue will not be solved unless everyone starts improving themselves through a balanced self development plan.

People first need to learn how to make constructive analysis; through which they can identify what the problem is and suggest solutions for it. In order to reach this, they need to move from the vague and broad opinions that they state, to identifying well organized, clear and specific thoughts; then start creating a list of solutions for it. For example, since the beginning of the revolution, people have been calling for the “removal of the regime”, while when I asked some of them to define the word “regime” I got different answers and at the same time many of them have made it a personal issue with Mubarak and anyone in contact with him. Instead, I think people should have a clear thought on what is it that they want along with how this can be done, so instead of saying “removal of the regime” they need to identify “regime” and what is it that they want to remove; in that case it can be “corruption” and then start developing a plan on how they think corruption can be terminated from the government system.

Moreover, people should start understanding the difference between justice and seeking revenge. They need to make a clear differentiation between what’s right and what they want. When corrupt politicians got arrested, many people have started demanding certain punishments and announcing that they are not settling for less; while the right thing to do is to call for their prosecution yet understand that it is the jury’s job to decide on the most appropriate sentence.

The new Egypt is going to be better if each of the 80 million citizens worked towards improving himself, analyzing issues constructively and stopped expressing their grudge instead of calling for justice. This I believe.