HEAR! HEAR! >From: Sigga jagne <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: A LESSON TO BE LEARNED FROM A SAYING BY THE MASAI OF KENYA >Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 20:27:33 -0800 > >Fellow "L'ers", today I heard a saying from someone >who is a Kenyan. To be exact, from someone who is a >member of the Masai tribe in Kenya. The saying goes > > >"I AM, BECAUSE YOU ARE. AND YOU ARE, BECAUSE I AM." > >And it was explained to me that, it means that we are >all inter-dependant. And that our collective welfare, >depends on the individual welfare of each one of us. >As such, we can only fare well as a collective body if >and only if, each unit member of that collective body >fares well. > >Hence, it is in our own interest to ascertain that the >person next to us fares well; especially when there is >a close connection to that person such as family, >friendship, neighborhood, community, and a shared >origin such as that of people from the same country. > >Therefor, it is our duty to ascertain that others in >our family, in our community, in our country, etc, are >faring well. For if not for moral reasons, for the >fact that in the full circle of things, our own >success and welfare to a certain extent (however >slight) depends on it. > >THUS, I HOPE THAT GAMBIANS WILL REMEMBER THAT, IN THE >FULL CIRCLE OF THINGS, WHATEVER THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEIR >FRIENDS, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THEIR FELLOW >COUNTRYMEN BACK HOME ARE GOING THROUGH, WILL HAVE AN >EFFECT ON THEM SOMEHOW. SUCH EFFECTS CAN BE MENTAL, >PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, ECONOMIC, ETC, ETC. BUT IN >WHATEVER FORM, REST ASSURED THAT IN THE FULL CIRCLE OF >EVENTS, AS THE MASAI SAY "I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE, AND >YOU ARE BECAUSE I AM." > >And this, ladies and gentlemen, I totally believe >because how happy can be the rich man who lives >directly across, and everyday is confronted by, the >sight of the neighbor whose starving children are laid >down on the courtyard dying from hunger? > > >===== >"NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION" > > ALSO > >"NOTHING IS UNACHIEVABLE, THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WHETHER ONE IS WILLING TO >DO WHAT IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS DESIRED" > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. >http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------