Something about standing in lines especially for a long time is distressing to me. Perhaps it is a little impatience in me, or maybe fatigue. Perhaps I think about the lines some of our ancestors were forced to stand in to be broken and sold. I also think about the stories I have been told about people lining up in the early 80s for items that were banned and that too has always disturbed my spirit.
Perhaps those are some of the reasons that seeing the lines of people waiting to register for the cash grant has a dehumanising feeling to it. I know, some will say that perhaps I am putting too much thought into it or that I am being too critical. There are always those who acquiesce to situations that cause avoidable stress, tension and anxiety. Where the elderly, the middle-aged and youth of Guyana should stand, should not be places where they must sweat and face discomfort just to receive a small portion of what belongs to them. The people of this nation should stand in places of power. We should stand where we are strengthened and unified. Our place in this nation is not to be like sheep waiting for wolves to have mercy and not eat us.