Sunday, December 29, 2013

The man who became a god……


A friend of mine commented on how this blogs says last published August 2012.... My that is over a year ago, and I call myself a blogger!! Anyways it has been an exceptional year for me, so much has happened; physically, mentally, spiritually.... so much ups and down but I still feel sad saying goodbye to the year.... It reminds me of how much I haven't done so far. Anyways, it would be a shame to have not published anything in 2013, so here is a brilliant piece written by One of my closest friends ever, who refuses to be named for so and so fear. I love you sweetheart, may 2014 bring you a boss that understands that brilliant brain of yours.
Without further ado....

THE MAN WHO BECAME A GOD

We all know who this man is, but that’s just it he is just a man. We took him from being a simple man to being close to a god…..

He is on the currency, his funeral was for public display, and his life was never his own always owed to someone.

We are asked to remember him and what he did for SA, but what did he really do? Is it worth idolising the man, or is it something that each human being will do in the face of adversary?

I understand what he did, I don’t understand us making him into a god….many fought and died for the cause he was the face of, and the recognition did not even come close to what he got.

We all know Nelson Mandela, the man, the story he told, the story they told. His story was as immaculate as many other heroes who fought domination.

Why then did we idolise the man who lived as simply as we all did, why then did the world stand still for the life of a man, simply man, given the extraordinary opportunity to be human (as we all are).

So can we calm down, like take a back track and realise that he did not do anything every other human being(whose head is screwed on right), given the opportunity would not have done the same thing.

Ladies and gentlemen, let us acknowledge a man who fought for a peaceful country, and let us realise that he was just a man.

We can all be great, given the platform to perform, given the eye let us dwell of continually improving the great in our own lives.

We have so many greats, as them let us not allow ourselves to be sub-standard rather to rise above our attackers (each of us know what they are, be it education, financial) and though we may not get our face on a currency, we can better understand that a man is a man, and that to be great you accept that there is only 1 God…..

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