Hello Royalty.
Welcome to a new week!
What I’m about to blog happened about two weeks ago, and I have been in the limbo of ‘to blog or not to blog’ because I wasn’t really sure about it fitting into my blog niche, but since we’re now having travel and lifestyle posts and because I found something inspiring in the incident, I finally made a decision to share.
So I get into the backseat of this nice, tinted door glass, matte black, Dodge car to take me from the mall to the suite where I’m staying and he begins a conversation almost as soon as I settle in.
“So where are you from?” he asks, looking at me through the rear-view mirror, like he would tell my nationality just by looking.
“Nigeria” I say, with a slight smile.
“Oh Nigeria? I’ve heard a lot about Nigeria” he remarks, throwing his right hand into the air.
At this point, I’m in between asking what exactly he has heard or if he has heard something terrible, but after about five seconds of indecision, I just say, “Oh really?” and then, he nods in the affirmative.
He goes on to tell me how he recently found out that Africa has a lot of nice places and how he would love to visit someday. I definitely encourage him and then, I ask where he’s from. He says, “Pakistan”. I thought he was Indian at first. Then I say, “Oh nice, what’s Pakistan like?” He tells me of how Pakistan is a beautiful country, with a lot of nice tourist centres, and then he blurts out, “Don’t listen to the media. The media says all sorts of rubbish”.
This time, I laugh, and we went on to talk about the media, about Nigeria and about Pakistan until I reached my destination. From that time, I began to reflect more on our conversation and the media. It’s not that the media is incorrect but it must be bad to see and accept everything through her eyes. The same applies a lot to our individual lives. We hear some news about a person (good or bad) and we are quick to hold such views in high regard, without trying to make our own findings (even when we can).
While I read my Bible this morning, I got to that part in Matthew 13:54-57 where many in Nazareth were awed by the display of the power and wisdom of Jesus, and how some scoffed and said He’s the Carpenter’s son and nothing more. Those other people were the “media”. True, Jesus was the “carpenter’s son” but He is something more – He’s the Son of God who has power and wisdom! So it is important to see the world through broader eyes because as Adichie said, there exists “the danger of a single story”.
So dear royalty, I hope you enjoyed this read and I also hope you have a lovely week and a week of accomplishments (no matter how little).
Goodbye Royalty,
With Overflowing Love,
Alexandra Zion.
I enjoy every read…very well thought out and inspiring words Alex.
Alex, you are a wonderful writer.
I wish you more grace mehn!!
Awesome article!
Amen. This means a lot to me. Thank you so much!
Wise words… welldone dear?
Thank you very much