Heal yourself

Momma used to tell me: maybe before you go about healing others, you should check if you're in good health yourself. She'll say: pretending to be the healthiest of a sickly bunch doesn't necessarily make you healthy.

So I do this all the time, even after she left for paradise. I try to listen to my conscience before doing anything, and even before writing the things I write on here, because I hate not only to be carried away, but to be rebuked to shame.

But that's a thing of 'Jom' - that's a Wolof word, similar in meaning to self-esteem or self-honour.