HEAL THE INNER CHILD OF AFRICA

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Heal the INNER CHILD of developing countries

There are many African children and adults, who grow/grew up in militant environments. 
Some of them are politicians today. 
Some will be the leaders of tomorrow.  
They have/are militant leaders.
There roll models are/where “Freedom Fighters”.
They regard fighting for the freedom of their countries as their life's destinies.

They dream about having an enemy to kill and to follow in the footsteps of those who fight before them.

Singing war songs and songs about slaying enemies of the past helps them to seal their fate.
Their fate is one of having an enemy to fight.    
 
In many cases they could strip a gun, before they could recite the ABC.
Many of them never completed their schooling.

Food and personal possessions may be (where) scarce, but guns and ammunition where regarded as prized possessions. 

They would dream about owning the best assault rifles like their  worldly counterparts reamed about owning the latest cars.

When democracy came to Africa  the freedom-fighters were not prepared for peace.  

Democratic peace and possessions offered no challenge. 
The truth-commission satisfied their lust for revenge for a while, 
but they were not programmed for peace.


People became restless.   Their souls urged them to fulfill their destinies, their reason for being.   
 What does a fighter do when the fight is over?
All that life taught them was how to fight the enemy so they started to create divisions within their societies and nations. 
They separated the colors in the rainbow, because a rainbow nation includes no opportunity to  fight. 
 It was easy to make all white people and foreigners their enemy.
 Fighting them is all they knew how to do.   

In order to heal Africa we need to find ways to heal the ‘inner-child’ of the nations and its leaders.

While the inner-child of the developing world remained untreated, the seeds of peace will have to wait generations to grow.    
Only skills development education and positive leadership can heal the leaders of tomorrow.


We need to find a way to reach out to the injured ‘inner core of society’, of the world and teach them that love and forgiveness, not revenge and war lead to freedom.
Freedom is not fighting, it is embracing unity.


Only when we become world citizens can we heal the earth.

Written 3 September 2011 by Rose W and edited by EX UNITATE VIRES 21-11-2014

When your neighbor has more than you,

it does not make you poorer

Each person gets to enjoy the fruit of his/her labors

You can build your success alongside that of your neighbor,

Don't indulged in jealousy, but use your neighbor as a roll model.

Like attracts like,

You are lucky to have him/her in your environment.

Modern Tribal Africa

Tribal Africans are born soldiers (impis), being ruled by royal families.   

Africa still has to learn the laws of unity and sharing with all tribes.

Many African rulers recognize peace as something to fight for, but they use the old methods of fighting against a group of people (an enemy), instead of fighting the element of violence and unrest.

The real enemy is not the successful white South Africans.   The real enemy to fight is that what counteracts prosperity for all people.

The real enemy is an attitude of crime, corruption violence and armed robberies.

While there are guns in the hands of the public, there will always be those who feel powerful behind it.   Trigger happy cowards.

Some African politicians search past history, to find old scores to settle, in order to create an enemy. 
Conquering an enemy was the way of the past.
Some politicians feel only powerful when they can function in an atmosphere of racial hatred.   
Without an enemy, they have no governing skill.

Africa needs to move from using physical strength through war and cunning tactics in order to secure power.
The way to peace and prosperity is to developing mental strength to grow a strong economy that can overcome poverty.

African politicians need to develop real governing skills.   They need to learn how to empower all races and get them to work together.

African leaders need to acquire the tools to build the rainbow continent.

Do not die fighting for freedom - live it!

Freedom can only exist if there are no suppressors!

 If freedom and peace are not regarded as the right of all citizens,

 and not only a right for those who were previously suppressed,

today's  freedom fighters will one day become the suppressors. 

Separatism becomes a vicious circle.   

Think about it!

(Please note  this is a rewrite of a previous post )

  The three main evils in developing countries.

1. Lack of birth control (people having more children than they can afford to feed and educate)
2. Alcohol and drug abuse.   (People allowing substance to take over their brain control)
3. Disrespect for fellow citizens. (Theft, abuse and corruption)