Again,....another great one is gone from among us, The Honorable Nelson Mandela. From Poverty to prison, from prison to president. Like a story from the Bible, a black Moses, a Joseph, who lived his amazing life before us all, and we all were made better because of him. A man of peace, and compassion, a person who live out forgiveness after suffering such great injustices. A man who climbed above the pettiness of small minded men and women who would prefer to keep things as they were, unequal, unjust and apart-heid. A man who encourage me and millions more to forgive our oppressors.. Mandela lived a legacy, if that is possible. He is loved and respected by many, of all races. He stirred our conscious to act.
In memory of Nelson Mandela, who chose to let go of insurmountable pain and suffering he endured, l say, why not I? If Mandela could look past the decades of being imprisoned and come out a free man in his mind and heart, then why not I? . If Mandela could pardon those who treated his brothers and sisters like gum on the bottom of their shoe, then why not I?. If Mandela could rise up out of the trenches of oppression and occasional melancholy because of it, then why not I? In loving memory and gratitude of Nelson Mandela, a man we shall not soon forget.
BW
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