H.S.E. (PART 2)

 
Popular safety tips like: "Better safe than sorry", "Working without safety is a dead end job", "Safety isn't expensive it's priceless" and  "Alert today, Alive tomorrow" are good, essential and creative sensitization strategies that actually make a whole lot of sense, especially when they are inculcated in kids early enough so that they do not depart from it when they grow up.

In many countries, especially "Third world countries" and the so termed "Developing countries" (They've been called that for as long as i can remember, yet they don't seem to develop), there seem to be so much more to worry about, so much that safety is thrown at the back seat.
Funny, if they actually took time to reconsider options, strategies and compliance concepts and law from world leading nations, it will be found that making safety a priority is what actually made them to have achieved as much as they have.

"When you gamble with safety, you bet your life"...unknown.

The following analogy may sound complicated, but it actually isn't, and if it is, well we are humans and are designed to conquer any form of complexity.

Some certain individuals whose humble beginnings are very well known to us eventually climb up the ladder right to the pinnacle of laudable success.
They become responsible and have high credible status in the society so much that we want to be associated with them.
Whereas another unknown person who grew up in some "Ghetto" grows up to be a thug without a plan for the future, potentially causing havoc in the society.

What is the difference between these two classes of people? Well, i'd simply say "seedy info". They term seems funny right? It actually means that the information that we constantly encounter everyday in forms of words and vision are seeds that are planted in our minds, bound to germinate and grow with us into the future.
So logically, if negative seeds are planted within us, they grow us into monsters, and if they are good seeds we become the good guys of the future.
The point? Some groups of people are considered poor so much that costly poverty alleviation programs are put in place for them, seriously? I think that stinks really badly, and it is totally unfair to call a group of people  poor especially when the fault is not theirs. The onus is upon the government to provide an enabling environment for the people in order for them to be the best they can be, because this poverty they keep talking about is actually of the mind, and riches on the other hand is relative as it means different things to different people.
This reality aligns with set laws that govern the Earth, strengthening the principles that we cannot abscond from, making prevailing circumstances chains which pin us to the ground, disallowing us from doing the right things, and they eventually become our alibi and justification.

Even if a perfect structure is drafted on paper only for "Developing nations" to follow step by step to succeed, it most probably won't work because of what the people have allowed to grow in their minds.
Greed, insecurity, corruption, selfishness, poverty mind, fear, lack of compassion for neighbours and the likes, will never let good intentions come to fruition.

Every form of safety requires a thorough background check, systematized analysis and aggressive overall x-ray of the entire structure of a nation.
This is why medical history of citizens, locational master plan and data base of the populace and their corresponding status are largely imperative.

Ever heard of "Positive Mental Attitude" (PMA) ? I'd say that tops the list especially when it teams up with "Emotional Intelligence". It creates a big mental picture of a team of people that look out for the good in people and strive to help them achieve their dreams regardless of whatever obstacles standing in the way.

One more thing, safety is relatively cheap in developing countries, how?
Well, how many law suits can we count in Developed countries that enriched victims of lack of safety?
The ones where doctors operating on a patient made mistakes injuring him / her, the 911 late response, the fellow that slipped outside a hotel while cleaning was in progress and they probably forgot to place a warning sign outside, take your pick.
In third world countries, the legal system has not evolved enough to protect human rights to the letter.
So no one would be amazed if the free for all keeps persistent.

"Safety isn't just a slogan, it's a way of life"...Unknown.

Akin Abimbola (akinzogee@gmail.com)

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