I was just wondering whether u are the same Mama from Brikama,if so am Sariang,Bambo Sonko's cousin.Well Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
Sariang.
>From: maria sisay <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: A LESSON TO BE LEARNED FROM A SAYING BY THE MASAI OF KENYA
>Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 10:46:45 -0800
>
>Haruna:
>
>I agree with your comments. Working together as a team can make a big difference. I am a new member to Gambia-L, and I hope to learn new things from all of you members. Please let us continue to brainstorm and bring the best on the table.
>
>Love,
>
>Mama Sisay
>
>
>
>
> Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>HEAR! HEAR!
>
>
> >From: Sigga jagne
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> >
> >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"
> >
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