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rom: "Dr A K Babugura DMSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: University of Botswana
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 12:12:24 GMT+2
Subject: ugnet_: Tell Them Now
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Tell Them Now
Tell them now when they can hear
That they have done great things
For you and others
Encourage them to inspire others
Tell the story of their goodness
Let them hear it before they die
You can retell the strory again
In tribute after their deaths.
Are you afraid to tell the beautiful story
To their living face
Somewhat because you are afraid
They will undo the subject of your praise
Over the balance of their lives on earth
And then, you fear, they will prove you wrong?
Of Mother Teresa, the mother of world charity,
How much of the story told of her charity
After her departure
Did she hear as she lived and toiled?
Of Mwalimu Nyerere, the father of liberation struggles,
How much of the story told of his humanism
After his departure
Did he hear as he lived and struggled?
Tell them now, they are not many
You can count them
On your your rythymic vocal intonations
As you sound " one, two, three, --------"
The process won't tire you
You can then repeat the story
In their tribute-----after they are just gone
And, again, after they are long gone.
Are you afraid to speak to their living faces
Somewhat because you are afraid to hurt
The feelings of their living enemies?
Or are you afraid
Somewhat because you are afraid
They will refute a garnished story?
Let the good know you've seen their good deeds
For mankind
And let the brutes know you've seen their ugly deeds
Against mankind
Your good testimony will recruit for the noble team
As your rebuke will help some to shun brutal ways
Tell the good now, do not wait
Repeat the story then, after their fate.
allan
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