Is Anyone Else Ashamed To Be Human Sometimes?

I spent my Wednesday afternoon reading on Anne Frank and her experience during the Holocaust. I was close to tears but also grateful that this did not happen in my generation. I am lucky indeed that all round me (Togo, Ivory Coast etc) have experienced some kind of national turmoil that has stayed far from my little corner in Accra. But the truth is I am more appalled that such things happen at all. To think that a fellow man could do such evil things on such a vast scale is beyond my comprehension.

You can have soo much belief in the other side of humanity, the good, the compassionate, the courageous, the kind, the honest but time and time again we hear of what man can do to another man all in the name of religion, politics, ethnic inclination etc.

My usual sunny disposition would not allow me to only see the mud nor look in the gutter seeking dirt. I don’t want to be labeled a complainer, whiner or overly-critical. But my God, it can be really really hard sometimes! 

We need to focus on the good, keep our heads up, eyes on the stars, and feet firmly planted on the ground.

That is not to say that these evil actions need to be ignored if it aint in your backyard; I always hope that the enormity of atrocious events like the Holocaust, South African Apartheid and Rwandan Genocide would teach the rest of us to be better people.

Someone once said: “If you haven't been to a concentration camp please, make a point of going. It is not pleasant but it will change your life.” I am not sure I want my life to be changed through that experience; I got CNN and BBC scaring the shit outta me on a daily basis in my living room but maybe one day I will visit Auschwitz …………