Deutschland

Deutschland

Beautiful buildings towering above the earth, fresh baked breads and cheese, coffee and cappuccinos, sausages and schnitzels. Great cathedrals amaze people with the complexity and ingenuity of their design and sheer size. Museums of art and history enriching minds every minute. Languages charging the air with a detectable romance that keeps your fingers and toes warm even though you are freezing.

A quite suburb of Dolston surrounded by forests and farms was where I spent 2 serene nights in Germany. The cold crisp air painted everyone’s faces rose and packed delicious smelling cafes full. Strolling around the stone streets in and out of shops watching all of the lovely looking people enjoying the same day I was. Laughter molecules must have been floating in the air resulting in infectious smiling and giggling. German beer and wine flowing like the river Nile through each and every restaurant and shop; a magnitude of people coming and going, shopping and eating, living and loving.

My mind always drifted back to my people in Africa. Here I am bundled up in Germany enjoying coffee and brie amongst thousands of people consuming cloths, shoes, jewelery and whatnot, and as I took it all in I just wondered if they ever thought of the people who are living in shanty towns dying of starvation. I wondered if they knew children run around naked and dirty, parent less and alone. I wondered if they cared to know.

We consume incredible amounts each and every day mindlessly, but I believe it worst to be mindless with our thoughts and our actions. If everyone knew how much we wasted and how that money could change lives in developing worlds, would anything change? I am not sure.

There is nothing wrong with wanting, if we never wanted we would never be motivated to act, but when the origins of desires are born in the house of gluttony we will never move forward and out of the basements of our resting potential. Try to be aware of yourself, know yourself, and most importantly love yourself; only then can you understand the duality of existence, the dark and the light, the tempest and tame. I do not think it is possible to comprehend the scope of inhabitants on this earth if you cannot grasp your own self on this earth. There is a quote in the bible that reads as follows;

Do not pull the splinter from my eye until you remove the plank from your own.

Remove the obstacles from your path and see that the fierce army you saw in the distance is nothing but twisted branches on a tree. Don’t waste any more thoughts, words, or actions. Be the love that is necessary to heal yourself and the world. Be alive, let your heart be inflamed with love.