{"id":2204,"date":"2013-06-12T16:33:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T14:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.wordpress.com\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2013-06-12T16:33:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T14:33:20","slug":"the-drama-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/12\/the-drama-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The drama of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><b><i><a title=\"Maurice Odhiambo\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/maurice-aduol-odhiambo-051.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2206 alignright\" alt=\"Maurice Aduol Odhiambo 05\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/maurice-aduol-odhiambo-051.jpg?resize=147%2C227\" width=\"147\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maurice-aduol-odhiambo-051.jpg?w=664&amp;ssl=1 664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maurice-aduol-odhiambo-051.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a>The drama of life<\/i><\/b><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><i>While watching a film about the Uganda Martyrs, I was touched by the way they were placidly murdered by the soldiers. How can they slaughter fellow human beings like an animal on a charcoal? I am alarmed to see this kind of butchery becoming so casual. Then, I asked myself what the meaning of life is all about. Actually, life is full of drama opposing contrary occurrences. <\/i><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><i>For instance, doctors are working tirelessly to treat sick people whereas others are being assassinated. While someone is sweating to protect or save the life of a person, someone else is doing his best in order to destroy the existence of someone else as it is happening in war zone countries. Efforts to promote Justice and peace are annihilated by political destabilization of peaceful co-existence. Many couples are unsuccessful in procreating children while millions of abortions are performed. Winning football teams celebrate when losers are saddened. <\/i><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><i>These few examples tell me that I am constantly squeezed between conflicting realities. What shall I do? Am I simply acting like a spectator within a collective drama? Or, am I willing to face the challenge to do my best to make the world a better place to live in? I see myself becoming co-actors for a better world in a fighting spirit. It is not like a soldier throwing prisoners on a charcoal but as an athlete running to gain the reward reserved for the children of God.<\/i><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><i>By <b>Maurice Odhiambo<\/b>, stagiaire, Dombe community, Mozambique<\/i><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drama of life While watching a film about the Uganda Martyrs, I was touched by the way they were placidly murdered by the soldiers. How can they slaughter fellow human beings like an animal on a charcoal? I am alarmed to see this kind of butchery becoming so casual. 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