Habari Gani? UMOJA
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
You live long enough and you begin to realize that you cannot have an impact on your community, nation and race until you first have an impact on your family. It is through the good you do with your parents, siblings, spouse, children, nieces, nephews and cousins that you leave your mark on the world. The pebble that you drop in the lake called family will begin to flow out in concentric circles that will grow larger and larger over time.
Make yourself and your family stronger ... you make our community and our nation s
tronger. Am I doing enough to make ourselves stronger mentally, physically, financially and spiritually?
tronger. Am I doing enough to make ourselves stronger mentally, physically, financially and spiritually?
The past is gone. Our ability to changes things for the better begins today. What can I do to make myself better mentally? physically? financially? spiritually? These are questions that I will ask myself today as I meditate on the meaning of 'umoja' in my life. I will find ways each day to improve myself and my family ... even my blogging family ... so that we might be stronger as a community and as a nation. Each one, reach one.
Harambee!
Care to share your thoughts on the concept of Umoja, the first principle shared in the Nguzo Saba?
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