They say what angers You, controls You. They say it has power over You. I fear.. Iam afraid. Yes fear controls my mind just like a multitude of people around the world. I woke up every morning and thank God for yet another chance at this thing called life.
I have a feeling that the world is coming to an end. I used to feel that the world comes to an end when You die. Maybe my end is near. My mind just can’t grasp what is happening around Me.. Around Us. Because it’s not only about Me now. It’s about global citizens. It’s about my nuclear family. It’s about my extended family and it’s not only about my neighborhood… No its about the whole community, its not only about our country. No its about the whole world. It’s not the chinese thing anymore.
It’s not only a national pandemic but a global pandemic. It does not matter if You and your family are taking care of yourself and stay in quarantine. No right now.. We are our Brother’s keepers and our Sister’s keepers. I can’t sleep anymore, I long to sleep restfully each night. But Iam unable to because even my dreams haunt Me.
The thing is, the virus does not travel but people do. When we travel we enable the virus to travel. The sad reality is we need to leave our houses to get essentials. We cover our mouths with masks and hands with gloves, so as not to touch the surfaces with our bare hands. Yes most of us comply. But there is someone in the squatter camp in Jakaranda who doesn’t own a mask and that person just like the rest would like to go out and purchase some essentials at the supermarket.Those are a risk unto themselves and also to Us. Then there are those who says Nna I will not be infected with Corona, those are the deadly ones.You know the ignorance of such arrogant people. Yes am saying they are ignorant because of their ignorance we are all risk.
We can be infected by these callous selfish individuals. I lay awake at night because I can’t sleep well knowing that we are faced by uncertainty as individuals, as a community, as a nation and as global citizens.
I then ask myself what is it that I can do to ease these feelings of helplessness? Am staying at home and observe the regulations as set out and communicated to us by our President and various Ministers of cabinet.but is it enough? Many a times I seek the face of the Lord to ask about my role In all this. I seek the counsel of the divine spirit. I even seek the divine intervention of the ruler of the universe. I seek the counsel of the ancestors. Yes I said it, I seek the counsel of the ancestors because Iam a child of my dear departed ancestors they are my guardian angels. I have a differing view point with those who says the Lord is angry at Us hence He is punishing us.
My God is a good God. He is merciful and loving. He is the creator of the universe. He will never punish us like this. No I beg to differ. God has protected us from so many grave and harmful things previously. Even now we are protected by Him. Most first world countries, rich and powerful, are badly affected by coved19 and has left a trail of deaths and grief but Africa has seen the mercy of God and I pray God will also help them and spread his wings and cover them.
When coved19 comes to an end life for us will never be the same. And also Us individuals we will never be the same. I pray to God to lead us with A pillar of cloud in the morning and a pillar of fire at night. I pray His word will be a lamp unto our feet during this dark times in our lives. Pula!!!!
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