We are all passing by, we typically don’t talk about the going away part, but the reality is indeed that one day we will all be gone , and when we are gone, people left behind will only have our memories. No one knows when that time comes, but it will come, and when it does come, one can only pray that it would be peaceful. Now come the many good questions - are we ever ready to go? what kind of lives did we lead? Did we live good or bad memories for our loved ones? Did we live this earth a better place than we found it? Did we make a difference?
Will people left behind miss us? What will happen to our loved ones when we are gone? There are a million questions that run through our minds, but we tell ourselves that the safest thing to do is to avoid these kind of thoughts completely. ..mmmh, should we?
This life we are living is just a journey. Everyday we wake up and go on our ways, is truly a gift. For this and those moments alone we are given opportunity to truly live life. The little fights with our spouses, our kids, our siblings, parents, neighbors and the strangers on the streets may not be that necessary.
Flashback…When you look back to your childhood, like many you may have spent your days, just looking forward to adulthood. Some of us thought of how we would do this or do that, if only we were that big or that tall, and now as adults we look back and think…mmh if i could go back to x amount of years, i could change this or that… Yeah i know, but life won’t have probably been that interesting. Life can be wonderful at any age. In my opinion, It is never too late to do whatever it is that anyone is set to do.
I was talking to my sister in law ( my brother’s wife) a couple of weeks ago and she was talking about how she loves school… See this is completely knew in Tanzania. In the past, once married, it was almost unheard of for a woman to go back to school. She was telling me how she studies with women same age as our mothers, some grandmothers…See you have to understand our African culture. The way we were raised, adn taught what is or not acceptable. Talking about these students..these are women who spent most of their life taking care of everyone else’s needs probably. Raised their children, worked hard, and now they are finally going back to do something with their time and life. I mean, this is incredible for our generation and African society. It marks progress. Life’s wonderful journey.
I would love to live long enough to see my children grow and achieve all their dreams. I want to see my family and friends do the same. I want to be able to really make a positive impact on people that i interact with on a daily basis. I want my children to say and truly mean it that they enjoyed and loved me, their mother. I want my husband to say, we had a good life and all our dreams did come true. I want my friends to miss me everytime they do not hear from me. I want to enjoy this life given to me. It is what everyone out there really hopes for. For believers, it is what God wants us to do…Live a good life.
Have a goodnight!
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