REFLECTIONS
By Ing. Professor Douglas Boateng
Governance and Industrialisation Advocate | Pan-Africanist | Generationalist

On my birthday, January 10th,

I choose the streets.

Not the stages.
Not the cameras.
Not the applause.

I choose the hawker who stands all day under the sun selling hope in small portions.
I choose the woman whose smile is strong but whose pockets are tired.
I choose the child who has learned survival before play.
I choose to put a smile on the physically challenged person who sits by the traffic light begging for coins.

It does not take much to put a smile on the face of the poor.
You do not need much to do the same for your fellow human being.
Nothing is too small to make a difference.

We are each other’s keeper.
Sometimes it is food.
Sometimes it is money.
Sometimes it is respect.
Sometimes it is simply being seen.

When you are blessed, your blessing is not complete until it touches another life.
We are not rich because we have more.
We are rich when we give more.

Do not wait for big money.
Do not wait for perfect conditions.
Kindness does not need permission or abundance.

If you can buy water, share water.
If you can buy food, share food.
If you can speak kindly, speak kindly.

Try, every day, to put a smile on one tired face.
That is how humanity stays alive