Stop waiting for change – Kimberley already has hands

WAIT a minute ... wasn’t it the Festive Season just a day or two ago?

- GREY MUTTER BY LANCE FREDERICKS

Are you seriously trying to tell me that we’re almost at the end of January already?With the back-to-school rush behind us and the charge towards Valentine’s Day already gathering momentum, it may be too late to speak about resolutions. Not that I was ever really one for resolutions anyway.

But as 2026 settles in over Kimberley, many of us, I suspect, arrive at this point carrying two things at once: hope that life can improve, and fatigue from fighting the same old battles for far too long.

It’s easy to begin January with a list of what is wrong - what the municipality hasn’t done, what the government should have fixed, what irresponsible people keep failing to do. I’ve done that myself. I’ve written about it, spoken about it, and, if I’m honest, sat in that bog of frustration like everyone else.

This year, I want to start differently, because growth begins with responsibility. Not in grand statements or perfect plans, but in small decisions we repeat until they become habits, and eventually, character.

It’s one thing to point out what isn’t working. It’s another to become part of what could work.