Richard Mafuriranwa’s story of resilience and self determination
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The story of the 24 year old boy who was born blind
A story is told of a story that circulates on social media (author unknown) of a 24-year old boy who looking out through a train's window shouted, Dad, look, "the trees are going behind; they are moving very fast" his Dad simply stared at him with so much joy and smiled! A young couple seated nearby looked at the 24-year old and thought to themselves, he's so grown up but so childish, he must have a mental disorder for his father not to be bothered. Suddenly the young man exclaimed again; Dad, look, "the clouds are running with us" the couple could not resist and said to the old man, why don't you take your son to a good doctor may be a psychiatrist?
The old man smiled and said I just did. We are just coming from a doctor but not a psychiatrist ; we are just coming from the hospital. My son was blind from birth. He just got his sight today for the very first time, his behavior may seem stupid to you, it's more than a miracle to me. The young couple just sat down there, lost for words with a mixture of tears and shame in their eyes..
After reading this seemingly simple but thought provoking message, Richard concluded that it’s needful that everyone should be mindful of the people whom he or she comes into contact with for they may be fighting some kind of battle. Everybody on earth has a story, needlessly to say sometimes we hastily and carelessly jump into conclusions about their private affairs without knowing where they are coming from or what they might be dealing with in life. The truth behind their story is not always relative to what appears to be, when they tell their story the truth might surprise you.
Everyone has a story to tell
Everyone has a story to tell. From one’s time of birth, everyone hears stories about himself, stories that tell us who we are such as family stories about our ancestors, country of origin, past events, and stories about our heritage,