Wake up!!!
Open your eyes, rise to another new day.
There are things to be done, and people to be seen. Work to be done and NEW things to learn.
You sleeping does not improve anything. You got to be fresh on your feet and sharp in your head so wake up. You got to know everything from the Capital of Brasil to the latest travel advisory to Tanzania. You got to know who Isis is and what time difference lay between here (South Africa) Munich and Moscow. You got to remember all your friends and try to think of a peace solution for Gaza. You got to recall The Greats everyday – your parents, their parents and their parents. You got to think of Madiba, Biko, Hani, Solomon and all who pave the way before us. Remember The Greats Corpenicus, Socrates, Descartes, Jung, Machiavelli, Kant and Shakespear and still keep your eye on Malema. You need to live Sobukwe, Dr King and Ghandi. You can’t afford to forget, Sharpeville, Boipatong, Bisho, and Soweto76. You need to know the difference between Maracana and Marikana.
You got to get out of bed; confront the biting cold till it fills the
last of your lungs. You got to travel
light, offload on your journey, but make a life from the deep. You got to stay inlove, make love, and be
love. You got to commit, but be free
from bondage. Grow and never stand
still. You got to live. Stop seeing people but start looking into
faces. Don’t race ahead too far. Speak to be understood not just because you
like the sound of your voice. Take
care. Be gentle with yourself. You’ve got calls to make, calls to return,
prayers that lie unformed on your lips.
You got the children to look after and mouths to feed. You have duties and responsibilities to
fulfil. You have a smile to bring and a
heart that yearns for more. Let the past
be the past. Your future is
beckoning. Be inspired. Stand in power so you can one day rest in
peace.
So wake up.
Cheers
Noly
