NAKED TRUTH
*Strange things we do in Africa in the name of “It’s Our Culture*
*1. We care more for the dead than we do for the living!*
*2. We spend more to bury a person than we do to save his/her life.*
*3. We will not travel to go see a sick relative but will travel to bury him/her*
*4. People will rarely respect you while alive but will want to “pay their last respects” to your casket.*
*5. A person may NEVER receive roses in
his/her entire life but he/she will get lots dumped on his/her coffin and graveyard!*
*6. We will spend a night at a neighbour’s funeral and it will be our first time to see the inside of his/her house!*
*7. No one gives a damn to know your village until you die and they will all fill cars after cars to “escort” your corpse*
*8. We will take the dead to the mosque/temple/
church knowing full well that he or she had nothing to do with worship while alive.*
*9. We might not have granite tops in our kitchens but use the granite in the graveyard!*
*10. An entire village might not have a single house with cement floor but the only place with cement floor will be the tomb of a late illustrious son or daughter!*
*We need “Cultural Reforms”. We have a culture of “hypocrisy”
… a culture that is “Pro-death” and NOT “Pro-life!”*
*We need to value life BEFORE death.*
Please love me while I am alive. Show me your kindness now that I need it. Your presence at my funeral will never make up for your absence when I have the greatest need of you. Do it now than regret later.
*This got me thinking