Truth and
Reconciliation
Today is the
95th birthday of Nelson Mandela. The journey of this amazing man’s
life is beyond belief.
I’ve been to
Robbin’s Island and I had a chance to see the cell he spent decades in. I was
moved by the fact that on this isolated island in a cell; Mandela was freer
than the richest man in South Africa.
What moves me even more than when he
caused the earth to tremble by going from an imprisoned brick breaker to the
President of South Africa, is the mind boggling idea of Truth and
Reconciliation.
I want you
to look it up, understand it for yourself. I don’t want to spend time with
anyone’s argument; not even my own.
I want to
think about someone who has had their life and love taken away and then
responding with forgiveness.
I’ve been
raised on the idea of winning and being the envy of my neighbors. I’ve been fed
from the table of Wall Street and the 1% who tell me that I win by dying with
the most toys.
I exist in a
land that actually markets the idea that you can’t be too thin or too rich and
that beauty always wins.
So I know it’s
hard to take this whole truth and reconciliation thing seriously. But what if?
BE you, be well, be free.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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