Problems as a way to happiness
Cornel Sander of KFC, in his sixties, was in debt but still made a fortune to become a Billionaire. Social media is filled with men and women at their lowest point when life turns around, and they build empires. It is never too late!
Ukraine, fighting against Russian invasion, depending on the support of NATO countries by force developed drone technology to the most advanced level by force. Under pressure, they invented high-precision drone technology outstanding among NATO countries. Germany relies on their expertise created by the need to fight an intruder and push Russia back in the shortest possible time. Germany takes advantage of a country`s technology itself in times of peace that had not advanced compared to Ukraine. Besides Israel fighting Hamas and Hizbollah, which invented the Iron Dome, Germany and other countries bought and advanced drone technology, which matches the development of Ukraine in this sector. Both countries are or feel under constant pressure; a time and situation calling for innovative solutions. While using their inventions for their agendas, they are seen by others less under pressure as a source of help willing to pay for their assistance.
In Ghana, the country is struggling with the devastation of Galamsey, illegal small-scale mining, with around 8.200 hectars of forest land being poisoned by mercury and other heavy metals seeing open wounds in the precious landscape everywhere. Polluted water bodies make clean water production a great challenge and destroy through the underground systems important cocoa farms. While in Ivoray Coasst 1,2 Mio. people depend on income from cocoa farming; in Ghana 800.000 farmers see their livelihood in danger. Cocobod uses the baseball bat law, trying to solve a problem not with sense, common sense, nor intelligence and determination. Instead of using organic agro-forestry farming to generate higher cocoa prices and helping farmers to grow vanilla alongside cocoa trees, Cocobod is running into a dead end. Ending Galamsey is based on political determination (strategy and plan), offering job alternatives, and understanding the cocoa sector on an advanced level, like the drone technology developed in Ukraine.
The world is full of environmental challenges calling for answers. Many countries have developed their solutions. A country like Ghana, down on its knees, can rise to greatness and happiness using its strategies and solutions to help other nations end their environmental challenges.
The president of Ukraine is the face and head of the transformation process; an elected president, a lawyer and a comedian. The presidents of Ghana are elected through a democratic process, bathing in the skies or promising projects to please voters while behind their backs, uncompleted projects collapse halfway built.
Whether or not downfall is the first step to rise to happiness is everyone`s and every country`s choice.
PD Dipl.-Pol. Karl-Heinz Heerde (Political Scientist and Historian, Hamburg University 1980-1985), married to Alberta Heerde born Mensah, Ashanti from Kumasi with Ewe roots from Volta Region, Ghana, Entrepreneur and Author of several novels, the new constitution draft for Ghana and various Articles.
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