Mount Ararat or a bump in the Road?

We need to make peace with our circumstances, but never give up what we want to achieve, because the mountain in front of us seems too high.  Imagine Noah in the days leading up to the flood, when he toiled away year after year, in obedience to the calling of God and looking ridiculous amongst his peers and contemporaries, thinking that he was insane to be building a vessel of such magnitude, when all around him was desolate and dry.  When living in this country, we are constantly faced with unbelievable odds and amazing difficulties.  From massive and uncontrolled corruption, to murderers seeking parole, to a president who receives the 7th highest salary in the world and cannot string a single sentence of significance together, to tragic loss of life of a young journalist, to rolling blackouts and racism in private schools and a constant fear of high-jacking, death on the roads and outrageous unemployment.  So how high is the mountain we are facing each day and yet there are enough examples of people standing out and making a significant difference in their lives.  So do we shirk away from a challenge and a seemingly unattainable desire - no we owe it to ourselves and the ones we want to please to stand and face our demons and be filled with a hope that anything can be achieved with enough desire to succeed.  The circumstances will probably be unfavourable and we will encounter resistance and people criticising what we decide to do, but if it makes a difference in your life and at least a difference to someone else, then I support you trying it and living with passion and belief.  We do not live in an ideal society and we are far from perfect, but at least our life need not be mundane in this country. It  is not by any stretch perfect situations we encounter, but they are real and we should take each day as a sign that we have another hope at being a success in what we want to achieve and should we fail, we can certainly fail forward.   It will take a bit of extra forgiveness of ourselves and a realism that we are a third world country striving for 1st world standards and some compromise to accommodate others and their views and above all to challenge mediocrity and a sense of apathy which strangles our country. We may have one of the most dynamic democracies in the world so why are we so blind to the state of our country and why do we tolerate the dishonesty, blatant disregard for the needy, the total mismanagement of key infrastructure and the violence which grips the nation.  Start in your own place of business, society and relationships and work at them as though they matter and that you can't do without them.  And maybe just a small commitment daily will make that unexpected dream come true.