Wake Up Everybody As I pondered what my subject would be for this issue’s article, one of my favorite songs came online. It was Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ ‘Wake Up Everybody,’ and I thought; that’s it. Over the last little while we have seen discord and insurrection all around the world. There was the uprising in the Middle East, the on-going economic turmoil throughout Europe, unrest in Africa, changes of government in the Caribbean, and upheaval in the United States. The list goes on. However, the one great occurrence amidst all these troubling events is the awakening of the population. We are coming to realize, more and more, that if changes are to be made it has to come through the collective will of the people. We are realizing that we’re all connected, and its no longer those people over there. We are those people and we are all in this together. Working together and looking out for each other is the only way we can make our world a better place. After all, where does our world begin? It begins with us, the individual, then expands to include family, friends, neighborhood, community, province, country and, finally, the world-at-large. John F Kennedy once said that “Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and then the total — all of these acts — will be written in the history of this generation.” I will leave you with my inspiration, the words to ‘Wake up Everybody’ by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes; Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead The world has changed so very much From what it used to be so there is so much hatred war an' poverty Wake up all the teachers time to teach a new way Maybe then they'll listen to whatcha have to say Cause they're the ones who's coming up and the world is in their hands when you teach the children teach em the very best you can. The world won't get no better if we just let it be The world won't get no better we gotta change it yeah, just you and me. Wake up all the doctors make the ol' people well They're the ones who suffer an' who catch all the hell But they don't have so very long before the Judgement Day So won'tcha make them happy before they pass away. Wake up all the builders time to build a new land I know we can do it if we all lend a hand The only thing we have to do is put it in our mind Surely things will work out they do it every time. So Lets all do our part to make this world a better place. We are all in this together THERE ARE TWO GREAT MOMENTS IN EVERY LIFE, FIRST THE DAY YOU WERE BORN, THE SECOND IS KNOWING WHY YOU WERE BORN. Unknown DENNIS BROWN AND ASSOCIATES--HELPING OTHERS SUCCEED