I am reminded that bad jokes still have a place in the world—they still
tickle some funny bone. It may not be mine but someone else sure identifies
with it. It is only when they are lacking in sensitivity and taste that we may
find fault with it. I am not sure anymore what is happening to the world but I
am beginning to lose my sense of humor. It seems that human beings have decided
to make the place a hellecious place. I find no humor in all that is happening.
So much of what happens today is based on someone’s jaundiced and twisted mind.
A mind that has lost all sense of balance and cannot see things for what they
are.
Zealotry
has become fashionable and it does not matter that it may cause untold
pain—still we seek it because it buttresses our own version of the “truth”.
There is not a country in the world today that is not tethering on blowing
herself up because some overblown ego has decided to hijack the principles
that hold it together—again for their own version of the truth. There is no
chance that we could consider that the truth may actually be in between what
you and I may think and believe. If it is not our heritage, it is our
ethnicity, tribal group or our religious inclinations. I have always believed
that all religions have some version of the truth, even if my heart stands
strong on my own convictions. I, like most people, have a love for my heritage
but cannot say it is better than all others.
Can
we say that our convictions are so strong that we can destroy the lives of
others just because? We have people who are displaced for life and are killed
as in the case of last night in Paris—not the only place in the world. No one
issue is more important than the other but our obligation continues to grow
because there are those of us who do not have enough vision to see that we have
opted for self-destruction.
In
Nigeria today we have Boko Haram in the North, Niger Delta in the South-South
and added to the mix we now have Biafra stoking in the Southeast. Anyone who is
looking for war has never experienced it. He or she has not seen enough of the
damage yet, but may get to really taste it. Trust me; if you have seen war then
violence would not be an option. In a society where fragmentation is the name
of the game the “fights” are unending—all driven by bigotry of one kind or the
other—yes BIGOTRY. Black folks seem to think that they are immune to the
disease but we too have learnt well and practice it in our own tribal circles.
So
tread softly my friends; otherwise we may really get what we do not want. Hell
they say is reserved for those who have not lived well—at least that’s what the
Bible says but trust me there are those who are already in it led by people who
spout this horrible stuff. It is our world and we all must live in it. Help
someone please.
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