HAVE FAITH LIKE POTATOES

My Sekuru (Uncle) Andrew who lives in London is on a six months holiday in Zimbabwe. He is my mothers brother. He just got up 3a.m to drive out to Gokwe about six hours away from the capital. He is going out to the rural areas to plant his potatoe seeds. Once in a while something touches me and I am propelled to my blog to write. Sekuru Andrew reminded me of Angus Bachan Man of God from South Africa who one year deciced that he was not going to plant the traditional maize but was going to plant a field of potatoes. Everyone thought he was mad but he decided he was going to have faith in God that his crop would come through. The problem with potatoes is that you cannot see them grow like Maize. Right now I have a field of Maize planted at home and I feel such pride as I watch it grow. Pride because I am really not much of a farmer but watching it grow makes me feel good. I doubt I could do potatoes because potatoes you dont know if you have achieved anything until its time to harvest and its only when you dig through the earth that you see wether you have a crop or your labour has been in vain. So there I stand as I watch my uncle drive of in this brand new year . Its good its a new year a chance to start again, a time to redifine your life. In 2012 Sekuru Andrew lost His Wife to Cancer in the same year He lost his Sister (My mother) to Heart Failure and He lost his mother who was 93 years old. He personally organised the funerals of these three instrumental women in his life. Repatriating the body of his wifo and best friend of almost forty years to zimbabwe so that she could be buried at home. Later my mother passed away in London while on holiday and he again had the ardeous task of repatriating her body to Zimbabwe for burial. And while he came for holiday at the end of the year to rest and recuperate from all his loses he faced yet another loss when his mother suddenly fell ill and died in Intensive Care. No one could blame him for falling into depression after such a year of loss but as I look at my uncle he gives me hope because he has remained positive, he has remained strong. He has faith that there is a better tommorrow and that life truely does go on. He has a smile on his face most of the time perhaps pain in his heart but he has decided to live. In life there are things that throw us off course. Obstacles we never expected that can drive us down but we need to make a concious decision to be happy. I read somewhere that happiness is a habit that needs to be cultivated. Decide to be happy today no matter what you are going through, plant those seeds of faith that tommorow will be a better day and even if like the potatoe seed you cannot see the fruit of your labour right away know that something is growing and you will reap a harvest. Remember life is just worth living. God bless.