Today is a new day!
After my last post and comments made I had to reflect with a very heavy heart.
I try to listen to positive things in the morning to get that vibe going. They say thats what makes the successful person continue even with some failures.
In a closed Fackbook group I got the response I searched for last year ... the affects on the people/children moving from Freeport after the famous "Bend or Break" Speech. For many of this age including myself, having read the full speech it is hard to see the correlation between what was said and the mass exodus.
My last post was supposed to make people see that while some people are still sitting on fence bemoaning the affects of the 2004/2005 storms that there are ways in which they can move forward and gave ideas on entrepreneurial efforts they can try.
But the past rose up and spilled great bitterness in response. No, I'm not angry at the comments. They speak a thousand times of the hurt of many people. As I stated in a previous post, the magic of Freeport came from the people who were here.
Then I ask myself, when was Freeport the "magic" city? Was it just before the hurricanes? Was it after Laker airlines pulled out? Was it when the hotels on the Lucayan strip closed? When was it?
I'm apart of two groups that look fondly at their memories of Freeport on Facebook - Freeport 60's Kids and Freeport Friends and they both tell of a time when there was magic.
That tells me that we are talking about the 50s, 60s and the beginning of the 70s. Who were in Freeport, when it was the magic city? When it was "tinsel" town?
It could have been when we began, but natives were not included in plan. Some worked in the growing economy but as some said, they had to leave as the sun went down according to the rules of the day. This according to some meant a problem especially for the taxi drivers who wanted to stay during the evenings to continue their traded. Some said it was them who partitioned for the gates that were erected between the new city and the locals showing the boundaries of the "Magic" city.
Did the magic go outside the city?
Well, a lot was going on in West End, which is the capital. There were night clubs and the famous Jack Tar hotel with its own air strip. It was the hub. No one talks about what happened there. But in the late 80s, early 90s, the Jack Tar hotel was closed and the people there had to look for work else where.
The gates came down in the early 70s and the mass exodus began. I always asked why. Here is the comment froth with pain, anger and outrage that seem to still live on:
"The Truth...the Truth is your Government 40 years made many, many people who loved Grand Bahama and worked and lived happily in Grand Bahama LEAVE. Many had to just leave - leaving behind everything they had worked for. That was the day the door closed on the island with a prosperous economy and a plan for the future. I don't know how you can retrace the heady days of the 1960s. Very sad."
This comment nor any of the others explained why they had to leave but as I said before some did say because the Government back then said that all businesses had to have a Bahamian partner.
What I find interesting is that fact that this did not include the businesses in Nassau, New Providence. Further, this was not a written law but respected enough to "drive" people from a home they had come to know and love.
I can never condone persons having to simply share their hard earned money because some people are not comfortable with their wealth.
I wasn't old enough to say what happened but its astounding to me that such a measure could be metered out without recourse. You have to have something in place when making draconian decisions.
Of course I don't believe many governments do have such forward thinking. The persons only think as far as their term office and God helps us after that time.
As for the 80 and early 90s there was the "cocaine" era when a lot of locals now in Freeport and still spread out throughout the island, had their "piece of the pie" that came from the drug trade. Everyone knows about it and the ramifications are still living with us.
This was happening while such things as tourism was falling in Grand Bahama and the airport in West End was closed and the people there were left destitute, except for the drug trade.
We saw Laker airways coming to bolster the economy as other jets stopped coming, and then having to admit defeat in the 90s and leaving.
By the time the storms hit.... yes it may have been the last nail in the coffin, but I believe that a great disaster is always followed by a great come back ... as long as we don't spent too long looking at the closed door.
I applaud TeejGrant who came up with the two videos ... sorry for the first one link that gave trouble .. they want to the know the answers to the same questions many are asking, "what happened?"
I was at the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce this past week and heard Dr. David Allen, Director, The Family, People Helping People Project speak on trauma and I must say that what he had to say was an eye opener.
The people of Grand Bahama are still dealing with trauma of a lost seriously planned economy. What was expected to happen? Well... as it didn't, what are we planning to do now?
This reminds me of the fate of the Lucayan Indians, they died; and the African slaves, they are here and moving on with some crippled by thoughts of having to hang on to being reluctantly brought to the new world and made slaves.
With release, we are all free to make the most of the future even while we see the lessons of the past. Having had a traumatic experience myself I noted the words of Dr. Allen when he said that after the trauma what people have to deal with is that fact that every morning brings a new day, and they just keep coming. I used to drag myself out of bed thinking oh no! another one to go through. But you have to pick yourself up and realize that its not an oh no! but an Oh Yes, a new opportunity.
Be grateful for everything and more comes. Gratefully start this day no matter what just happened and watch the positive energy that you give out, come back and even move you further.
If you concentrate on the negative, which we are programmed to do, it will multiply.
Move forward today in positive love. It's time to make your own magic!
I try to listen to positive things in the morning to get that vibe going. They say thats what makes the successful person continue even with some failures.
In a closed Fackbook group I got the response I searched for last year ... the affects on the people/children moving from Freeport after the famous "Bend or Break" Speech. For many of this age including myself, having read the full speech it is hard to see the correlation between what was said and the mass exodus.
My last post was supposed to make people see that while some people are still sitting on fence bemoaning the affects of the 2004/2005 storms that there are ways in which they can move forward and gave ideas on entrepreneurial efforts they can try.
But the past rose up and spilled great bitterness in response. No, I'm not angry at the comments. They speak a thousand times of the hurt of many people. As I stated in a previous post, the magic of Freeport came from the people who were here.
Then I ask myself, when was Freeport the "magic" city? Was it just before the hurricanes? Was it after Laker airlines pulled out? Was it when the hotels on the Lucayan strip closed? When was it?
I'm apart of two groups that look fondly at their memories of Freeport on Facebook - Freeport 60's Kids and Freeport Friends and they both tell of a time when there was magic.
That tells me that we are talking about the 50s, 60s and the beginning of the 70s. Who were in Freeport, when it was the magic city? When it was "tinsel" town?
It could have been when we began, but natives were not included in plan. Some worked in the growing economy but as some said, they had to leave as the sun went down according to the rules of the day. This according to some meant a problem especially for the taxi drivers who wanted to stay during the evenings to continue their traded. Some said it was them who partitioned for the gates that were erected between the new city and the locals showing the boundaries of the "Magic" city.
Did the magic go outside the city?
Well, a lot was going on in West End, which is the capital. There were night clubs and the famous Jack Tar hotel with its own air strip. It was the hub. No one talks about what happened there. But in the late 80s, early 90s, the Jack Tar hotel was closed and the people there had to look for work else where.
The gates came down in the early 70s and the mass exodus began. I always asked why. Here is the comment froth with pain, anger and outrage that seem to still live on:
"The Truth...the Truth is your Government 40 years made many, many people who loved Grand Bahama and worked and lived happily in Grand Bahama LEAVE. Many had to just leave - leaving behind everything they had worked for. That was the day the door closed on the island with a prosperous economy and a plan for the future. I don't know how you can retrace the heady days of the 1960s. Very sad."
This comment nor any of the others explained why they had to leave but as I said before some did say because the Government back then said that all businesses had to have a Bahamian partner.
What I find interesting is that fact that this did not include the businesses in Nassau, New Providence. Further, this was not a written law but respected enough to "drive" people from a home they had come to know and love.
I can never condone persons having to simply share their hard earned money because some people are not comfortable with their wealth.
I wasn't old enough to say what happened but its astounding to me that such a measure could be metered out without recourse. You have to have something in place when making draconian decisions.
Of course I don't believe many governments do have such forward thinking. The persons only think as far as their term office and God helps us after that time.
As for the 80 and early 90s there was the "cocaine" era when a lot of locals now in Freeport and still spread out throughout the island, had their "piece of the pie" that came from the drug trade. Everyone knows about it and the ramifications are still living with us.
This was happening while such things as tourism was falling in Grand Bahama and the airport in West End was closed and the people there were left destitute, except for the drug trade.
We saw Laker airways coming to bolster the economy as other jets stopped coming, and then having to admit defeat in the 90s and leaving.
By the time the storms hit.... yes it may have been the last nail in the coffin, but I believe that a great disaster is always followed by a great come back ... as long as we don't spent too long looking at the closed door.
I applaud TeejGrant who came up with the two videos ... sorry for the first one link that gave trouble .. they want to the know the answers to the same questions many are asking, "what happened?"
I was at the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce this past week and heard Dr. David Allen, Director, The Family, People Helping People Project speak on trauma and I must say that what he had to say was an eye opener.
The people of Grand Bahama are still dealing with trauma of a lost seriously planned economy. What was expected to happen? Well... as it didn't, what are we planning to do now?
This reminds me of the fate of the Lucayan Indians, they died; and the African slaves, they are here and moving on with some crippled by thoughts of having to hang on to being reluctantly brought to the new world and made slaves.
With release, we are all free to make the most of the future even while we see the lessons of the past. Having had a traumatic experience myself I noted the words of Dr. Allen when he said that after the trauma what people have to deal with is that fact that every morning brings a new day, and they just keep coming. I used to drag myself out of bed thinking oh no! another one to go through. But you have to pick yourself up and realize that its not an oh no! but an Oh Yes, a new opportunity.
Be grateful for everything and more comes. Gratefully start this day no matter what just happened and watch the positive energy that you give out, come back and even move you further.
If you concentrate on the negative, which we are programmed to do, it will multiply.
Move forward today in positive love. It's time to make your own magic!
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