His Soul has Found Eternal Peace: R.I.P Tata Madiba

As the news about the passing of the father of our nation Nelson Rolihlahla Madiba Mandela dawned upon the nation, I personal couldn’t help but think “he has found peace and freedom” from pain. At age 95, the reality is that a person’s life becomes nothing but an unbearable pain, particularly from a physique point of view.

Having to have spent his last days on earth, in and out of Hospital, serves as a true testimony of the view that Tata was in pain and his passing was the only  way in which he could break free from the pains of old age.

 

 

When a person reaches that age, their physique begins to fail them, both internally and outside, they enter a state of frail, they are easily broken and hurt (both emotional and physically), to a point that when you even touch them, the pain they feel is excruciating. We therefore need to put ourselves in the shoes of this great statesman and acknowledge that he spent most of the past year or two in and out of hospital and that can only translate into one thing, and that is “he was in pain and needed healing” which the medical fraternity or any human being could not possibly provide.

What South Africans (and the rest of the world) needs to appreciate and celebrate is the fact that the man has successfully fulfilled his duties on earth, playing a pivotal role in the liberation of not only the people of his country, but to that of the rest of the world and therefore needed to rest, find peace and true liberation.

 

 

The world is about to once again descend on our shores to bid fair well to this iconic giant, it is another opportunity for South Africans to once again “unite” behind one common goal, and that is “working together as one towards ensuring a successful send-off” of the Father of our Nation. It is now time for us to hold hands tight and realise that an inevitable “Event” of the greatest magnitude has dawned upon us, an event that requires nothing but “Team Work”, just like we did with the Rugby & Football World-Cup events, we are now called upon to use the same vigour, confidence and energy to “Thank Madiba” properly for his contribution towards building this great Nation.

Our pride should be in the fact that the world’s greatest man to have ever lived was born in this country, our comfort should lie in the fact that we were afforded the opportunity to be lead by this iconic statesman, our joy should lie in the fact that he had lived to be 95 years and continued to unite us even in his eternal quietness. We should be celebrating instead of mourning the passing of Madiba. It is befitting today to re-live the memories of this great man in song and joy because he would have loved to see us celebrate this moment as he had said in his speech during the Rivonia Trial when he said “to see the people of South Africa living together in harmony and with equal opportunities, is an ideal he is prepared to die for”, indeed today we all live in a democratic South Africa which he on the 5^th of December 2013 died for, therefore it is now time for all of us to come together and welcome the world in one voice.

 

 

To this great man we say “Lala ngoxolo Madiba, to us you will forever remain the Moses of our time, your legacy shall continue to be preserved and preached for generations to come”

 #MeditationsOfTheHeart