LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BROAD LIFE.
One life for everyone.
As living human beings we would find ourselves living in the company of our own neighborhood;and it is right here where the main challenge cast into our lives by life itself lies;and where our own capacity to live with others would be assessed and measured by life itself;for out of our actions directed to these same companions of ours;and the behaviors with which we do treat them,our perceptions of them would then be observed and recognized;much as it is that out of such perceptions of ours everything about how we do consider ourselves would then be known.But despite the challenge that we do face from time to time,of having to practically prove our own capacity to treat others with that dignity they do deserve,most of us would find ourselves falling back on what is necessary,our life of neighborhood is a perfect example.Here we would find ourselves being tempted by negative impulses,forcing us to do what we do not have to do to our neighbors,while failing to fulfill what we are supposed to do.We would even,in most cases,look down at our neighbors,only after having calculated the miniature material possession of theirs if compared to with those of ours.Well,life is so hard and tough surely,especially in these modern times where material possession plays a key role in the realization of any goal that may be planned or thought of,the reason why it cannot be possible for one particular neighbor to keep dishing out their material possessions to another neighbor of theirs as an attempt to save them from their economic woes. But that doesn't mean that one particular neighbor will have to lose their sense of gentleness against their neighbor,rather treat them with that dignity they do deserve no matter what their economic situation,and help where they can possibly afford.
I remember how life used to be like back then,at least on my part,living in a company of different neighborhoods,just a whole lot of reality filled with amazing experiences.My biological father passed away when I was still very young,and therefore,problems were always going to challenge my granny and mother as far as the maintenance of both me and those coming on my back is concerned,they had no choice but to see us,as the young little children,through out those challenging and harrowing experiences into the future,and we hopefully looked up to them for that redemption,we were mentally troubled.But beside the meagre pension fund my granny was receiving,just like some other companions of her age,there was this lifetime neighborhood we were living in,we had come to know each other from one time to another,from us little children becoming inseparable friends,down to our parents gambling together or going to fetch some wild woods up the mountains,a real and amazing neighborhood indeed.In this same neighborhood there was this leading father figure,he was not unemployed,no,not at all,rather all up and going,and of course,a monthly salary coming from his white employer was always going to be stuffed in an envelope and then given to him,and from there,as it was a usual practice among the employed,he would head home to his family.And of course,just like any other family man he would then see to it that the essential household items are bought and some simple luxuries bought for the little children also,but as we were fatherless such essentials could not be found anywhere in our household,and that's where the generosity of this neighbor came beating all the odds in our favor.This is the man who would not mind buying grocery both for his family and ours,at least occasionally rather than on a monthly basis,but still that meant a lot to my family.And looking back in those times and the modern ones I can really see on my own how drastically life itself has changed,with most of good things having been replaced by those unpleasant ones,but after all,what it is that can be done of us the people to try and bring back all the good times we used to have in this same life?
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