Indeed we are in fellows. Into one more year given us by the almighty to exert our relevance on this earth. To leave a mark and be exalted by fellow humans as a person of worth. Yes, we are in.
The entrance into 2014 in Harare was rather hectic and colourful in contrast to the tepid 2013 we were leaving. Indeed there was money to be seen in the parties everywhere in the neighbourhoods. Popular joints rocked with bumper crowds drinking themselves into the New Year.
At exactly 0000CAT or 0200GMT, spontaneous fireworks displays erupted all over the city and I would like to imagine Zimbabwe as well as Africa. Not big fireworks but the small ones that still climbed up into the pitch black sky and exploded with aplomb and fanfare. Indeed, we are in people.
This is a time for being happy and speeding cars through neighbourhoods swollen with blaring music. It is also a time for introspection. What did you achieve in 2013? Did you leave a mark? What will you do in 2014?
We in Zimbabwe have oft wonder aimlessly in life here, waiting for the ticket to escape to some foreign land where we will arrive with purpose and passion. Some are too rich to be concerned about the unfortunate and have built their little Englands around Zimbabwe living as if in a bubble.
Either black and/or white, affairs of man are fast becoming cause for men. Thus my lack today is the rich man’s concern as I will be looking for means, legal or otherwise, to get a share of that wealth.
My appeal to you is simple, either at home or wherever, pick a cause. Stand for something. Be passionate about something broader than yourself. Live a life larger than you. Then you can claim a position in 2014, otherwise you are still in 1980.
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