Today marks the first time the country
celebrates the birth of Tata Nelson Mandela without his presence. He may have
passed on but his spirit shall forever remain in the lands of South Africa. He
was not only a father to the Mandela family but a father to the whole nation.
The man whom among others brought this country freedom, he shall be celebrated
forever.
Now it all in the hands of the
generation he fought for, and we are the generation indeed. Freedom brought lot
of opportunities for the nation, especially youth. We are the youth that is
free from oppressors, the youth that their voices can be had. When Tata chose
peace over revenge; he dreamt of a generation that will walk free in its own
lands. It seems we living a dream of a wise man.
The government in it capacity tries to
improve our lives in many ways, education in particular. It is true that we are
receiving a much better education then our parents did. Yes it not the best in
the world but with a pure positive mind, it is a tool for a better life. If a
man that the nation is celebrating today was able to obtain that much education
during the apartheid era. Than freedom should be enough to strengthen our wings
and so we shall fly higher. As a young person I feel in this special day let me
weigh myself educational. As Mandela himself encouraged education in one of his
famous quotes “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”.
In celebrating Mandela day I wish the
youth to move from the circle of blaming and pointing figures at the present
leaders for everything that goes wrong in this country. Yet we are the very
same people voting for them. In my opinion we are those leaders in waiting.
Let’s one learn from the great man’s work and fight for the future. The little
opportunities we have can definitely take one to better life. In his words “Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and
passionate about what they do”.
The time is now for each of us to embrace
Madiba’s legacy. As we go out today to do different things spending 67 minutes
in community services celebrating his birth. Let it be known that we are not
doing this for Madiba anymore but for ourselves. Tata made the nation see the
significance of loving one another. The how that love is shared across the
country really depends in one’s heart.
In loving memory of
Tata Nelson Mandela, celebrations are all over the country. However I hope we
are all filled with the same idea of celebrating this day accordingly
1 comment:
Couldn't have put it better myself buddy. We, as the youth, need to stop being lazy and start securing our own future and that of the following generation. We need stop pointing fingers at our current government. Opportunities are there for those who are willing to make the most of them.
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