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Ewa’s Thought in Words

DETERMINATION IS OUR CHANCE. . .

Life sometimes can be likened to the extreme weather conditions being currently experienced in some parts of the world. We wake up to certain life issues the same way we wake to certain weather conditions all around the world these days and it’s totally troubling. . . I always struggle with understanding this battle called life! One moment, it’s filled with laughter and at another, it is characterised by rocky storms that could unarguably bring an end to an era or a particular time.
I want to believe life was not always this scary, not only because of the side effect of social media or the world becoming a global village, but because there was a time love truly resided within and amongst us, a time the love of money and other materials quest or cravings did not supersede our sanity, value for pure happiness nor our humanity. I watch videos captured from true scenes of events, voice pops and honestly, it’s shocking how far people are willing to go or things they are ready to do to “blow or hammer” according to the popular slang which means “big break” or to become “rich instantly”. . . In all of these, it’s only painful that it all ends in death. . .Then I ask, is throwing away our humanity, truth and freedom really worth a life that is not forever?

When news like weather hazard happens, or wars or pandemics such as the terror called Covid-19 and all it variants, I think it’s a call for reflection, reflecting on how perishable everything about life really is, about how unpredictable life and the issues of life can become, hoping that we open our hearts to know in sincerity the important things we keep taking for granted. . .things wrapped in moments only good memories can ever bestow, reminding ourselves that good things don’t just happen except we consciously and intentionally work for them. I do not believe in the conspiracy theories making rounds but I believe in the beauty of living a life of fullness, of peace and all its merits, I believe in the reality of choosing to do the right thing, no matter how hard that might seem because nothing can ever compare with the peace we experience when good deeds become a lifestyle, when we find fulfillment in nothing other than being the reason life is preserved instead of destroyed. When others have a reason to be hopeful because of our conscious efforts to make the world a better place. . . when we don’t become instruments of oppression, depression or suffering as it is seen in the world these days… People make money at the expense of others’ lives and well-being. They purposefully cause wars and chaos first to bound the majority whole in fear and unimaginable hardship so that people are barely struggling to dodge bullets, abduction and many other vices than query or protest against bad leadership or governance which has now taken prominence in the world political schemes especially in this side of the world where political terrorism has proven the best tool to perpetually keep the opposition and the masses and their franchise under control.

Today, we battle in many ways different demonic Ideologies. Corruption is no longer a talk of fraud or embezzlement of funds but of montaging the future of generations unborn through gross acts of indiscipline, selfish implementation of policies unkind to the economy or even growth and development of the common masses. Unless we break free from mediocrity, from giving up on our rights, and from the mentality that our votes do not count, we might just virtually remain in these chains of fear and discontentment . . .so, when we wake up to life with all of its issues each day, may we always remember that determination is our chance to survival and freedom.

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