I woke up one day, I was very young, I heard my dad speaking “today I had a dream that in this country people are going to live together as a single society sharing their wealth as either farmer’s in the villages or business in the cities, sharing their income reducing the gap of haves and have not”.

      Moreover that  day he called our family, it was an extended family plus other’s relatives and said it is time for those who have, to tell us where they got and share with us all, and for those who don’t have at all, there is enough land to cultivate thus will be given enough support.

      Furthermore my father was capable of correcting the wrong, he was not scared, he can just pop in and say I know there is a problem he will intervene and solve it without complains. He didn’t entertain rumors. Whenever he discovers there are some treasures within the family compound, he says preserve it, it might be of good use later and benefit the grand children, he was thinking of the future and he knew who will be the best to succeed him when his time passes or when he passes away, I mean who will lead the family.

        My father had his own approach, where he listened everybody and weighed how to help and support without discouraging. Thus the family lived a unified life happily together although we had only a radio but it was ok. As time went on, he grew very old, he had to pass the head of the house to my elder brother, who was wise, quiet and had his own approach of solving problems, he was not that strict but improved the family, the business group prospered more than the farmers and he managed to add the TV in the house. At that time one family member wanted to live alone on his own and thought it would be a good idea, he was serious, and this forced Dad to intervene things shacked but his presence made a change and things went back to normal. His time also elapsed and passed it to my other brother, he came back to be strict and changed the rules, he decided to invest and use treasures, soon after the death of Dad, it proved some success in terms of employment but cant talk much about it, he allowed some neighbors to do business with the family members, even the family bank was given for the far neighbors to run, but he did his best and his approach improved the family wellbeing, and improved its income, causing the other families to appreciate.

      Sincerely during dad’s time people were sincere and obedient with a lot of respect to him.

      The time came for my last but one brother was, during his milestone every family member was expecting much from him, they loved him, he was their chosen one, I can’t say much, but he began his journey of heading the family well, he promoted farmers and decided to give them support. The challenges come when he has problems with the family members, especially on the issue which is very sensitive to the family; I can say he is aggressive, short tempered and doesn’t forgive. Surprisingly this brother of mine he has his own interest were even if there is a family member is allocated to solve it, he will intervene, but in those sensitive issues he will be quiet and considerate but when the responsible family member fails to intervene or solve, depending on how the information goes, he will react sincerely with aggression and even me his young brother could feel the heat is on, but the problem of my brother the opposite of my father, he doesn’t go into details of the report which is given either due tiredness he doesn’t like to read much but he will receive the briefing from the responsible family member so if this person slips or changes the theme, I mean mislead, it isn’t easy to extinguish the fire, That’s why I wish my dad was alive, he knew him well, he could have assisted him, and he was not troubled with family problems at all, he was more willing to assist even if u don’t ask him to.

      The problem’s comes after dad passed away some few potential people in my family for butter bread to the neighbors, will they think of coming back to my family? And for those who are still in the family are we happy?  
 
WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY THE MASCOT – Dr.Henry