Anger Management  

By Yero Jallow, (Piece, Courtesy of a former classmate). 

Amo boy as was fondly called spared neither the lizards nor
his peers. He would curse, rattle, fight and do all sorts of cruelty including trespassing
even those that haven’t done anything to him. His dad (Kebba), worried by his
son’s future, designed a plan for his son whose anger and rage has caused much
terror, destruction and shame in the village. 

Kebba bought a hammer, a crowbar and box of nails and walked
to his dear son (Amo boy) to a side of the compound fence made of concrete
blocks. Baba dedicated a whole area on the fence to Amo and told him to put a
nail on that fence whenever he loses his temper.  After 30 days, Amo had already put in all the
nails, over hundred nails all nailed deep down on that fence. Kebba now
reversed it and said please take the crowbar and remove a nail whenever you lose
your temper.  Soon that fence was free
from the nails but what remains were permanent marks (scars) that would last forever.
Kebba informed his son that even though his anger was cooled but the permanent
scars remains on that fence and it showed the level to which we do damage to
others when we let were-wolf spirit of aggression take charge of our destinies.
 

Moral Lesson: Guys as we deal with sensitive Gambian
matters, please be careful that you don’t hurt yourself and others with
permanent scars, unjustifiably.  Gambia’s
problem is larger than an individual. Remember that every tiny bit of injustice
amounts to full injustice. As we deal with a mightier aggressive force (the
terror force of Jammeh), it is better that we focus on the things that unite us
as a nation than the things that divide us. We must act better and offer better
things than those we criticize and trying to replace.  

I wish you all the best of 2013,

Yero  


                                          

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