Recently I had a talk with a doctor friend of mine. The talk was generally about how Mother Nature is tormenting humanity. My friend was disturbed by the suffering man is undergoing due to what he called, "the highhandedness of Mother Nature". He singled out HIV/AIDS, earthquakes and such kind of things. For him, Mother Nature is "over-reacting and hitting hard" on its children.
He continued stating that it disturbs a man's conscience seeing sons and daughters of Adam dying daily of HIV/AIDS. You could read his frustration from his choice of words.
But then I countered by asking to know if Mother Nature is acting unprovoked. I wanted to know if it was logical to blame Nature. I was/am of the opinion that man remains the biggest player in shaping his destiny. Hence should shoulder the blame.
I based my thinking on recent research findings released by the Ministry of Health - Kenya. This research beamed a red light to the educated. It moved on to state that this group is heavily hit by HIV/AIDS. That there is high HIV prevalence among the educated than is among the "unschooled".
For me, this sounded like, no these guys aren't serious. But I later swallowed my ego and accepted the bitter truth. I recalled the words of icon Nelson Mandela that the fight against HIV/AIDS can't be won if we hide truths and treat bitter truths as untruths.
Which begs the questions - is lack of education a possible solution to HIV/AIDS? What is the essence of educating minds if education shapes not their ways of life? If the educated succumb to this monster, who will guide humanity?
Methinks man is to blame for all the woos he is facing. He holds the key to his destiny. The educated have allowed ego to fill their heads. They have vomited all the fruits of education.
But this isn't the end of the game. It's not time for us to fold our hands and cry. Let's interrogate our past actions so as to correct the present and perfect the future. Time is now!
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