A legend has departed. Mr Nelson Mandela will be remembered
for transforming the political and moral path of Africa and the world. It is bewildering
to behold in this day and age how one soul can do so much to lift the moral
fabric of our lives by the show of role-modelling. His struggle for liberation
from the yoke of human domination that societies fabricate was the genesis of
his early political activism. But I am most touched by his courage of
forgiveness; of his ability for laying down his bitterness towards those who
perpetrated his persecution and took away close to three decades of his life to
incarceration. And still continued tirelessly the emphasis for national
reconciliation. He did not seek avenge for his losses, but instead exercised
compassion. Yes, periodically, Providence thrusts such icons into our midst
like lighthouses that should illuminate the darkness of our lives to keep us
from treacherous corals. We pray for more of such souls to grace our terrestrial
path.
We need to learn from such lives of forgiveness to make our
nation too free of division and conflict and embrace tolerance and social
harmony.
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