ONE BIG FAMILY

Family they say: "are a group of people related by blood" - I say: I disagree with this because the concept of family goes way beyond just being related by blood.

Family for me, is an institution that covers a wide range of people who are synonymous in their affairs. They think similarly, they walk same way, they share similar interests and lots of other attributes they share....

These sets of beings are scattered on different surfaces of the earth, and they speak different languages, eat different foods, have different cultures and differences in colors and religions. But guess what, despite all these differences, they still live in the same home which is the One Big Globe 

I would say, anyone who doesn't share this home with us, is the one who is not a member of the family.

The pathetic fact about this Institution concept is that its members don't perceive themselves as One Big Family, and they anchor their arguments on these  little differences that subsists between them. For this reason, the big home which is supposed to enjoy serenity and tranquility in the affairs of its members is suffering the complete opposite.

I'm not interested in anchoring this write up on religious basis neither am I going to write things that are pie in the sky...I am only going to write the basic facts that are in front of me, and I take full responsibility for all the vomits of MY PEN.

Every member of this family except a selected few are completely sentimentally attached to those who share the same exact quality with them. They attach different titles to themselves, they take huge pride in their colors, ethnicity,  and this makes them feel they are superior to others who are anonymous to them in attributes.

As if that is enough! This lack of insight within the big home has caused it to be riddled with hatred, envy, jealousy, self conceit, I don't care attitude, tyranny, oppression and so many other scary things you can think of, to the point of killing one another all in the name of being superior.

They think they are better than them because of the Authority they posses, they sometimes call them monkeys because they look like one (as they erroneously claim), they invade their homes, destroy their little properties, rape their women and kick her out into the swamp the same way you would do to a naughty pig.

I call upon all of you who think you are superior to others with the flaming ink gushing out of my raging Pen - If truly you are superior, why do you defecate the same way they do? why do you ever feel hungry the same way they do? Why do you feels pains the same way they feel? Why do you have sex the same way they do? Why were giving birth to the same way those you proclaim to be monkeys were given birth to? Why do you take shelter the same way they do when it rains? Why do you ever feel sleepy the same way they feel? Why are you so blind to see all of these similarities?

You only anchor your witless reasons of being superior on little things that are not even tangible enough...You are nothing but a dummy who has failed to recognize his own family.

You have breathed anguish into a home that should enjoy tranquility and now those whom you have oppressed, are yearning for AVENGE. They invoke the wrath of their Lord upon you and you don't even seem to be perturbed by that.

I was seriously jolted when I heard the last words from a Syrian boy who sustained serious injury from the War going on in their country. He said: "I will report you to Allah for all you have done to me" - this was the last cry of a small boy who should right now be cradling his head on his mum's shoulder.

A similar anguish is being suffered by so many folks out there and yet we don't seem to be shaken....Our home is collapsing but no one seems to care. It doesn't matter if anyone is suffering. We don't care if the folks next door have nothing to eat. We have excess food in our homes but we prefer to give them to our dogs rather than giving that kid crying for just a slice of bread. A fellow approached you for TFARE to get him home, and you spit at him instead of helping - I wonder what type of Family this is.

Remember if the home collapses, it doesn't matter where you are anymore, your color or ethnicity doesn't matter anymore, even your invaluable assets will count for nothing, for indeed none of us will have a dwelling place anymore.

We are all One big Family, our differences and sentimental attachment needs to be pushed aside, for the rest of the sun left is still enough to dry a wet cloth. If only you understood what I meant.

I have not written to ignite a War neither have I added salt to the injury...I have only done what I felt is required from a guy with a Pen like mine. Pray for me as I step out of here.

SANNI WAHAB OLANREWAJU