Don't say I didn't...

It's promising to see young Gambians evolve from a once painful desire to travel abroad at all cost (wanderlust or 'napseh' we call it) to an impulse to stand for something of greater good.

However, while every movement like that requires inspirational leadership, it needs some peers with prudence in regard to possible unpleasant consequences, and to try to put a proactive brake on the excesses; they aren't the "hypocrites."

You want to know the hypocrites, look no further than those borderline-inspirational adults who never saw your belief worth their while until now that it's easy and popular, some of whom were a part of the creation of this Montgomery 1963 out of a 21st Century Gambia.

These crocodiles will want to wheddle your impulse so hard and so much that even if there's nothing so dire, they'll cause you to see emergencies to warrant upset.

Watch this... if by your will you're heard, they'll say they're proud of you. "Now allow us to take it from here." But only to go and break bread with the very people that disgusted you, and gossip about you. Then you'd be like: "chaaa, Koto yi hijack nanj sunj victory bi rek."

Walk your own path...

You know you're not a kawuyeh (foolhardy) if you cannot be wheedled into (misguided) action, especially living amongst drama kings and queens who are willing to do for attention what (even) America wouldn't do for Iraqi oil.

See, once you're independent like that, say Glory Hallelujah and "don't touch the dial..." because it means none can influence your decision more than the power of your own volition.

Use your God-given common sense to determine what reason is acceptable motivation for action, then walk the path, your own path, because the only future you have with bad guidance is more misguidance, disappointments, regrets, and anger for allowing yourself to be played.

About Faraba still...

About Faraba:

I don't know if the National Assembly Select Committee on the Environment acted with adequate protocols. But knowing former IG Kinteh, having travelled and broken bread together, I know he's a decent human being. I expected nothing less.

However, his principles aside, here's what I think: if executive decisions are to be at the mercy of every culturally-confused yet entitled rogue on social media, we are screwed.

Seriously, an online community which, in size to the entire population, is just a drop in the ocean, albeit loud, calling the shots?? That's not so inclusive and it's scary.

This executive should realise that they wouldn’t take us far if they're to stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. Part of what it takes to lead is to know when to wipe the dust off your shoulders.

Gotta give it to them...

Seeing how Mo Bamba is being distinguished even before he sets his game in motion, Kevin Garnett reaching out and all, got me thinking like, really, the notion that America is the land of opportunity is indeed true. 

I see that kinda drive being followed in Senegal and it’s taking them far. They too are supplied with people who just wanna keep adding greatness to their brand - you know, people who when they see latent talent or potential, they just want to go out their way to bring it out or develop it.

See how to Dr. Youssou Ndour's credit for instance, and thanks to Bercy and TFM, many a talent from some origin was afforded platform and has now blossomed.

I’m not saying they do not envy; let me qualify that. Well, comparatively, I can say so, because here meanwhile, even our hangouts are livelier when it’s someone’s misfortune being discussed, especially someone who once was. Like: ‘he thought he was all that.’ ‘She never thought it’d come to this.’ ‘Gatt di, she's back. Now we are even!’ You know the: "if I can't have it, neither can you" BS.

I don’t know, hejjna deff nyu dabb, or maybe I should blame that too on our 22YO Dictatorship. But whatever the reason, unless we change ways, we can have Barack Obama as president, Vladimir Putin as his vice and Mother Theresa as minister for relational matters and still, this so-called smiling coast (deliberately lowercased) will remain a trying coast, because none can thrive on schadenfreude. Glad I said that.

Gambia, random thoughts:

One:

Until we subtract all dissimulations from our national conversation, our motto (Progress, Peace, Prosperity) will remain an error in belief.

Two:

If you agitate for the right thing to be done, whilst covertly wishing that it remains undone, so that you can say you knew it, when the right thing is done, you acknowledge that yeah, that’s the right thing right there, but scoffing at it still, because it’s not by your bidding, you’re a hypocrite.

Three:

If you wish to know what you do not know, true ‘ehwoo’ (awareness) demands that you first realise that you do not know, just like everyone is ignorant in some way. If you do not know and you think you know, or you act like you know, just to present yourself as current or elevate your social standing, you will remain badly informed, and very awkward consequences lie ahead of such.

Four:

And because of their (chronic) high-handedness, I fear that by the time our law enforcement agencies turn to serving, protecting and loving us as they should, we (the civilian community) would've turned to hating, for having had enough to make even the angels weep. But I hope not.

About Farababantang...

They say behind every hand stained with blood, there's another, but that’s by the way and probably just a saying.

Life is precious. That’s why when there’s loss, grounds regardless, it’s only right and decent that we identify with those who’ve lost, that we are sensitive in our dealings with them, and offer all the support appropriate to their condition.

Accordingly, and because I hate to bring politics into play to express judgment about rights and wrongs, I reserve my opinion on the issues being debated for fear that my (honest) observation may seem freakish or unintentionally hurt feelings.

May the departed souls, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. May we be imbued with the capacity to think and behave reasonably. May God grant us sincerity and sense of justice in our actions. May God cleanse our hearts from pretense. May God make us not mere knowers but also followers of truth, amen!    

what most borderline-educated people do:

Compromising one's conscience to downplay morality or to willfully excuse decadence in the name of open-mindedness is hypocrisy. In fact, the illest form of insincerity is the justification of wrongs just to look right.