I often look back at the first 22 years of my life with a
tinge of regret. I ask myself..what was I doing? Dang it! Like I woke up..went
to school..church etc..followed societal norms of a teenager etc but what was I
doing? I don’t dwell too hard on it because I do not have many remarkable
stories to tell from that era. Well there was that one time I was 16 and got
into an altercation with a police officer at a school party…he was searching
everybody for a stolen camera and I thought he was searching a bit too…’passionatley’
and I shoved him out of the way…5 fingers have not met a face so fast…basically
he slapped me…At the time I lost it and …sigh..
Now I think about it I wonder
what a foolish, obnoxious kid I was..I think about how I disrespected this
man..who was probably a husband, a father, a hustler..a dude tryna pay his
bills…sigh
Even now as I approach 30 I look back in recent years and
wonder what was I doing when I was working in the corporate world. What was I
really doing? Hmm…it kind of saddens me but this morning I spoke to Papa Tumi
and I felt a little better. Papa is a decade younger than me..almost..but I am
shy to call him my little brother. He is
smaller in build, and younger but that would demean him. To me, Papa is well on
his way to making a significant difference in the world, whichever industry he
finds himself in. Ramzi Yamusah is another guy…another guy altogether. Whenever
I meet up with them it is refreshing to know that there are some people who care
enough about the state of things, and are pacing themselves at this fundamental
stage to change the way things are done in the world. These boys are not my ‘little
brothers’ or ‘nephews’ (Snoop Dogg accent)
Papa told me it was ok to be where I am now..that I am
supposed to be there..infact Papa said ‘ The person who has a false start runs
harder than those ahead of him,’
I interpreted my current situation as a one that ‘enabled me
to relate to the niggas on the street..and the suits on wall street,’
Wherever you are is wherever you are supposed to be. Make
the most out of it.
Shout out to my classmates who were ahead of their time
mentally…Seiwaa Opare , Nana Menya, Mo Fattal, Dr. Kaku Kermah, Dr. Naomi
Adjepong
Shout out to all young future leaders Papa, Ramzi ,Sangu ,John
Armah wherever you are.
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