Long Walk To Freedom

Message To The New Born

This is a message to the new borns. You are all welcome into our land. You may feel like visitors or stranger but worry not because you are home. Some call it home but others call it the crazy world. But I am cool with any name they choose to call it because I live in it. This world is made up with two things and two masters..
God and the devil
Life and death
Good and evil
Men and women
Pass and fail
Sad and joy
young and old
Wise and fool
It goes on like that. Is a world made up with decisons and choice making. But always remember the choice or decision you make today is what you will live with tomorrow. Nothing is new in our world. What ever happened now has happened before. Generation goes and generation comes but the world remains the same. The sun rises and still settle down. Morning appers and we still sleep at night. Every river flows into the sea, but the sea is never full. The water returns to where the rivers began. Everything leads to weariness. A weariness too great for your words. Our eyes can never see enough to be satisfied. Nothing has ever changed since we got here but we people change. People call it the crazy world because of the things that happen within it. The good dies and the bad dies. The rich dies and the poor dies. The old dies and the young dies. The higher your riches, then the many more mouth to feed. The rich dont sleep, always awake working out business. So why even bother ourseleves this much in our land?.
No one will ever see your struggle but everyone around and far from you will see your trouble. You know is funny when it rain and falls, we have no food in the land but have the money to start and create wars.
As you grow up, you may hear this common phrase * is never easy*. Truthful speaking is a fact. Nothing good comes easy in this world. You have to fight and earn for anything you desire in this our land. Mom and dad will give to you today but have you ever thought , to give to another people as well? Such is life in this our world. What we suffer for is never for us. We make them and die for others to enjoy. So why worry yourself much?.
Everyone will love to hold you because you are new born but the more you live and grow, the more troubles and enemies you get. Different lips kisses you, different eyes winks at you and different fingers touches you but each one of them have different mind set towards what they do to you. I tell you that the same trust you had on mom nipples should be like that. Dont share the trust around because you may never find any trust like that.
I always thought it will be a place to have my quite time but I never slept with my eyes closed. Stress from around the world,there is nothing like peace in our land. The youth get killed, not cared for, no education. Only the rich enjoys the good things on this land. The poor has no voice in the public. And even in their own homes. Your worst enemies will always come from your house hold. I have learnt that when you are born black, the struggle becomes more and more as the days go by. You get tired of the police chasing, you get tired being shot at.
People will expect you to change, families will expect you to break, friends will expect to go higher than you, and enemies will never stop hating not even when you are dead. But do not allow the pain and troubles in our world, change who you are, what you do and where you are going to. The troubles will come, the pains will rise, disappointment will be part of your lifes but always remember It will never last forever. Good reputation is better than expensive perfumes and the you will die is better than today that u was born.
The wiser you are, the more worries you have. The more you know, the more it hurts. Dont be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Dont be surprised when you see single mothers raising thier own kids. Dont be surprised when you see the poor go hungry and the rich eat and spit the rest on the floor. Don't be surprised when you make mistakes because we are born to make mistakes and learn from them. It strengthen your faith and make you wise. Dont be surprised when you see yourself being foolish or wise. But I tell you to be wise rather than being foolish. But in all who remembers the wise or the foolish when they die? So why even bother so much?. It sounds confusing. Thats life. So dont be surprised when is hard to understand life and make decisions. There are so many things you will deal with. Dont blame the thief when they steal because they are hungry. You can never argue with someone stronger than you . The longer you argue the more useless it is and you are no better off. Be careful who you trust. Not all smiles meant good for you nor hugs meant they care for you. It better to go to a home where there is mourning than to one where there is a party, because the living should always remember that death is waiting for us all. Sorrow is better than laughter, it may sadden your face but it sharpens your understanding. If you always think about happiness then you are a fool because the wise thinks about death too. The end of anything is better than its beginning. Patience is better than pride. never be awake night and day to understand the world you are born into, because we can never understand what the Lord is doing. I have also realized that in the crazy world, fast runners do not always win the race, and the brave do not always win the battle. The wise do not always earn a living, intelligent people do not always get rich and capable people do not always rise to high position. In all, Bad luck happens to everyone. Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom.
Now I warn you , don't criticize the old even silently, and don't criticize the rich even in the privacy of your bedroom. A bird might carry the message and tell them what you said. Be nice to anyone you meet. Those you meet on your way up are the same people you meet on your way down.
Now in other to be successful, dont wait for the weather to change before you sow. No matter in which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains. It is good to be able to enjoy the pleasant light of day. Be grateful for every years you live, no matter how long you live, remember that you will be dead much longer. There is nothing at all to look forward to. Now enjoy your days as new borns. When you have nothing to worry or think about. When you will be fed freely and sleep whiles taking care of. When no one care if you are beautiful or not, they just want to carry you. When you cry or smile, you gey whatever you what. Dont let anything worry you or cause you pain. Enjoy your days of being a baby because I wish I could go back to my days and enjoy them. But remember you aren't going to be babies very young, so enjoy it to the fullest.
Obey your parents and love your siblings. Be careful the friends you choose and pray for your enemies. Respect the old and obey the young in order to obtain knowledge. Enjoy your days. Eat from what you worked for. Do not worry much to be have more wisdom or more rich. The rich dies and the wise dies just like the poor and and the fool. Be content with what you have. Drink and eat and always enjoy your short life with the man or woman you love. Why share your love to different people out there? It brings no good to you but mixed of feelings. Enjoy your young life because you can never enjoy it when your bones become weak and can't walk anymore. Live with love snd kill the pride and hate you have within you.
After all this, there is only one thing to say. Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that human beings were created for. God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or bad even the things done in secret.