In the last SUNDAY SUN, former British gangster and cocaine addict Davey Falcus, now a religious minister, is featured exhorting students gathered at the NCSA headquarters  to “live a good life, based on Christian values, morals and ethics” and to “maintain a personal relationship with God”.

While strong moral and ethical values are indeed important, of equal importance, though unmentioned, is the value of being able to change one’s life and perception of the world through learning.

Mr Falcus told students: “My background is that I organized crime. I grew up in a violent environment and I had a choice, but I chose to go down this road.”

From gangster to minister: you are what you choose to learn. If all you know is how to be a gang member, that’s what you’ll be – at least until you learn something else.

If you study law, you’ll see the world as a competition. If you study engineering, you’ll start to see the world as a complicated machine that needs tweaking.

Life is like a jail with a heavy, unlocked door. You’re free the moment you realize the door will open if you simply make the effort to lean into it.

Barbadians clamouring for the Government to push the door open for them should take note.

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