Sunday 27 August 2017

*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 their life.*

*3. We will not travel to go see a sick relative but will travel to bury him and/or 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 their entire life but they will get lots dumped on their graveyard!*

*6. We will spend a night at a neighbour's funeral and it will be our first time to see the inside of their house!*

*7. No one gives a damn to know your village until you die and they will all fill car after car to "escort" your corpse to the same village*

*8. We will take the dead to the mosque/temple/church knowing fully well they 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 floors but the only place with cement will be a graveyard!*

We say how dear a person was to us after he died.  When he is alive we do not tell him.

*It is proposed we have "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 for me to enjoy.

*The above got me thinking��?*
I  met you as an unknown one
        Now I have you as a friend.
        I hope we meet in our next walk of life where friendship never ends.
        I
        may
        not
        be
        the
        most
        important
        person
        in
        your
        Life
        I
        just
        hope
        that
        when
        you
        hear
        my
        name
        you
        smile
        &
        say
         THAT'S MY FRIEND!!!:)

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