April A-Z 2020 challenge
I have taken this inspiration from one of the forwards I
have received.
This is a short
story from Africa called the Ubuntu. An Anthropologist proposed a game to the African tribal children.
He placed a basket of sweets near a tree. And made the children stand 100 meters away. Then
announced that whoever reaches first would get all the sweets in the basket.
When he said ‘ready start go’…
Do you know what
these children did? They all held each others’ hands, ran together towards the
tree, divided the sweets equally among themselves, ate the sweets and enjoyed
it.
When the
Anthropologist asked them why they did so, they answered… “Ubuntu” which meant.
Humanity to others
in South African Term
This term originated around mid-19th century, used
by Zulu community, Ubuntu in their
language means “I am what I am because of who we all are.”
How can one be happy
when the others are sad?” is what the children displayed by their behavior.
Let all of us always
have this attitude and spread happiness wherever we go.
Let’s have a “Ubuntu
Life”.
In this lock down
period let us continue to exercise regularly, maintain social distance,
avoid travels and wear masks and stay safe and stay home. So that like these children we too can together help fight the COVID 19 virus. May we not forget "I am what I am because of who we all are."
Thank you for
reading this post. I appreciate your time and would love to hear your thoughts.
Have a great quarantine weekend
Have a great quarantine weekend
Be Blessed & Be Happy!
I love this: "I am what I am because of who we all are."
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear from you and I loved it too:)
DeleteVery nice post and the South African story. Ubuntu is a very nice word with a lovely meaning to it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, happy to hear that you liked the word Ubuntu, which has a beautiful meaning.
DeleteI remember reading this story. Such a powerful and empowering message. If we can practice Ubuntu, it would be a beautiful world!
ReplyDeleteYou must have heard this shilpa - I read it for the second time and felt that it was a sweet story to share. There's also a story of gifted children who were made to run a race and one child falls, and all the other children turn back to help the child and run together.. . towards the finishing line.. Thanks for your presence here shilpa, hope you are home and safe:)
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