MY NEIGHBOR

                                                          MY NEIGHBOR

I’ve not been so chanced to travel all over the word but I believe I can still make it if I want to. What I’m about to share is what I came in conclusion with, even though I haven’t experienced much in life, but I came from a family which allows me to be exposed to many things in life even beyond what you are thinking right now.

The oneness in humanity is what I want to share, for we are in fact all the same no matter where we are from, how we are, what we are, still we are termed alike as human. I left my country from the blessed coastal land of the western part of Africa, Nigeria, and I came to one of the richest land in Asia. All I could find here is that humans dwell in the land called India. It was hard for me to find the differences. When I talk of differences you need not think about the cultural activity or geographical aspect in fact that to me also didn’t make much difference because culture is almost the same, many of the superstitious beliefs are exactly as it is in my home country apart from few dissimilarities which I'm not ready to talk about. Anyways, the similarity remains the same, I met men and women all humans and they all speak with voices and talk as though they are of course human, they are not covered in some alien skin of whatsoever type but I only see them as human.

Therefore it’s man who creates boundaries, religions, races, locations and diversities. But if only if we can think and see each other not based on the differences we create or nature made such as differences in height, gender, color, hair texture and types etc. if only if we can start seeing each other as human no matter the race, caste, continent or country, if only we can start seeing ourselves as one who dwell on the same planet, who has skin in form of human, take a deep breath to this and think about it before you continue.

Another ache is the part of one country proving stronger and higher than the other, forgetting they are both in the same planet, even some are of the same continent, to what avail, I don’t understand. Men are proving there superiority over women even those living under the same roof. Funny enough, this act won’t bring about happiness to any of them in anyway, because “happiness is what we create from within and show off outward”. If it’s for the peace of humanity all these are happening, then I need to stop writing, but the way I see it is; we are filled with ego, we are being sentimental, greedy, and we lack the ability to see the light in humanity because we don’t even believe in light anymore. We forget the part that we need each other no matter what. No race or country or tribe or set of people can live in this world alone the earth is too vast to be scanty. If only if we can drop our pride, stupidity fashioned in power, because we open our eyes still we remain blind to what human is, we are blind to the truth, or can someone tell me, what is the point of we looking when we can’t even see what life is all about, we are too wise and end up being foolish, we create madness and call it development, we keep thinking of healing mother earth but we forget we need one another to make this world a better place.

In another part, I blame most parents who nurture their kids on the basis of differences, telling how their neighbor is different from them and how they shouldn’t talk to some set of religious or caste or regular type of people. Without doubt, a child growing in that form will become only sentimental and judgmental, he/she will only be the replica of what his/her parent has impacted. Well, until and unless if the child could see life in a different way and that could only be driven by some compelling force of will to change.

Finally on the question of who my neighbor is, I see a neighbor as one next to you, every single human you come across is your neighbor, your wife or husband, your children, families, friends, the bus passengers, conductors and drivers, the retailer, the shop keeper, your office gateman, your boss, your teachers, your students and every single human on this planet they are your neighbor and you have to start seeing them as due yourself. If you can’t see these ones as you see yourself, if you can’t love them as much as you will like to be loved, if you keep seeing them as someone different in your own terms, then you are not in any form human. Therefore I’ll suggest you get out of this planet and find one where you can to live alone or find a planet with being like you.

                                                                                                            COTEK TEMI