WE ARE ALL WORTHY

We were kids once. Full of life and without responsibility. We lived to play and enjoy what life gave us. Then we grew up a bit…still without worries or responsibilities. Our only concerns were the sun setting too early as we still wanted to play, which shoe to hide so that we miss school, where to spend the day until it was time to knock off and so on and so forth.

Onion gaula had us scratching our loins all in pursuit of a little pubic hair. We played house and had sex yapa dress. We were content with life. We got into silly fights and embraced an hour later amid laughter and more games. We heard stories of bombs and gunfire but never saw it. We looked forward to Red Cross coming through for blood donations not because we cared about other people but because the reward of biscuits and drinks were worthy of. We got sucker punched. We fought and we won...sometimes we lost. We played chipombwa in the streets and named ourselves after our football heroes like Kalusha Bwalya, Johnston Bwalya, Charles Musonda, Pele and Diego Maradona. We argued about who was the red or green Power Ranger, or which part of Voltron we were. We were defenders of the universe.

Then we ate the fruit and saw sin. We became enlightened. We became aware. We became knowledgeable. We learned of Adam and Eve’s curse because now we knew what responsibility was from a third person perspective. We experienced loss of loved ones, we experienced joy at welcoming new additions to our families. We ate and listened to stories as told by our grandparents. We grew “wiser” as we got mentored by our parents’ siblings. We had sex for the first time and we didn’t understand it until we grew into it. We broke hearts and had ours broken. The first love…that first person you really fell intimately in love with. The one that will always be the one that got away.

The world got placed on our shoulders and it was our turn to bear the burden that which our parents tirelessly carried. It was our turn to worry. Worry about school. About sex. About unplanned pregnancies. About our hygiene or lack thereof. About friends and friendships. About our future. About love. Worry about the skeletons we hid yesterday. About today’s yoke and about tomorrow’s revelation.

We have felt all sorts of emotions before…anger, pain, resentment, hate, loathing, love, joy, excitement, worry, fear, frustration, embarrassment etc.

Our heartbreaks gave us trust issues while our successes gave us confidence. Our hobbies kept us busy while our attitude made us happy or sad. We opened our hearts and our arms to strangers and made them family. Family grew weary of us and left to live far away from us next door. Some of us took social causes and realized that the world is one big family, an extension of what a supreme being gave us. Sacrificing personal happiness for the greater good. Some of us stuck to our genetic coding, nucleic in nature. Fending only for those that came from thy loins.

Some pursued their dreams and became that which they always wanted. Others, due to circumstance adapted to the demands of nature. Others still, fell along the way as they were not strong enough or lacked the proper support system to help them stand firm. Others got lucky and had the world handed to them. Others struggle and hold steadfast believing that it is darkest before dawn. Others look to the spiritual realm for answers…placing their faith in Yeshua, Allah, Buddha or Shango, Baracuda or Lucifer.

These are the dynamics of our being. The pieces in the puzzle that make up the big picture. The enigma that is.  The fragments that make up a whole.

All are born with and for a purpose. That purpose is known only by the Supreme Being that one believes in. That purpose can only be discerned by a mind of greater calmness, understanding and subjugation to that Supreme Being.

We are all worthy of greatness. While luck may sometimes play a part, self-belief and resolve is key. Not all will achieve that which they set out to achieve. Not all goals will be met but what matters is how you put your head down and work towards it. Focus and be of single-mindedness. Seek networks for nothing can be achieved without a small hand pushing you to the top, without a word of encouragement or without criticism.

We are all worthy. Remember that. Never feel less than the other seemingly more successful guy next door. Never feel resentment or anger at the fact that things haven’t turned out the way you expected them to. Never feel regret at how you missed an opportunity that you can’t get back because to be honest once time is lost it can never be regained. Instead, soldier on and make the most of any situation. Adapt or die. Live and learn. Is it not Raju from the 3 Idiots who said “I have learnt to stand up on my feet after having broken both my legs”?

We are all worthy. Let that sink in..."All is well."