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His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to Ghanaians to be easygoing with his admiration since most people want a miraculous change after his adduction as the President of Ghana. �I want to use this occasion to appeal to all Ghanaians to embrace the wind of change; change does not come easily, change does not come overnight, there will always be those who want to maintain the status quo even if they do not like the world they are leaving in, it is easier for them to complain than to make the effort to change it,� he said. Delivering his Independence Day address at the 6th March parade at the Black Star Square in Accra on Wednesday, the President noted that some want phenomenal change and if that does not happen as expected, they get fed-up of the Government. �There are those who want miraculous changes overnight. They want everything to be perfect by tomorrow and when it is not they decide that they are already bored with the whole process and want no part of it,� he opined. He however said; �The change we seek is one that is tended to make our nation a better place for all of us. Today is a day to celebrate Ghana and to celebrate ourselves as Ghanaians. Today is a time to feel proud and express love for everyone and everything that has brought us this far. Today is also a time to ask ourselves, where do we want to go from here and how do we get there�. According to him, �unless we demonstrate a strong desire and unflinching commitment to be part of the solution,� most of government�s effort will amount to nothing. President Mahama appealed that Ghanaians must �work together as a team, we must remember that the words we speak matter. If we speak of success, we envision success and we work towards realizing that vision, we will achieve it.� Mentioning some deleterious actions which run the country down, the President stated that �we cannot throw plastic waste in our drainage system and expect not to be confronted with floods when it rains, we cannot continue to drive recklessly on our roads and hope that our society will be free of vehicular accidents, people cannot pay and collect bribes and hope that somehow public services will automatically improve.� The president however quoted John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States saying: �Ask not what your nation can do for you, but what you can do for your nation�.