THE EDITOR, Sir:
SO OFTEN we think of doing something that we consider important but never get around to doing such as writing a letter to hail someone before theirs or your passing; visiting someone who is sick or the district in which you grew up or the little country church you attended but left behind in the pursuit of life happiness and peace; telling a teacher thanks for getting you through primary or high school or passing on the same sentiments to a doctor who performed a successful operation on a parent or yourself.
This is exactly how I felt when I heard of the death of Mr. Hugh Lawson Shearer. I did not know him but always had good thoughts concerning him based on my reading of some of our history.
I often wondered though, what would happen, how persons or their family members would react if a poor, ordinary Jamaican turned up at the house of a Jamaican icon, just to say hello and to tell that person how much he or she is admired or just to say thanks for contributions made, to exchange thoughts and views on any topic, maybe of national or international importance or just some simple pleasures of life.
REACTIONS
I often wonder how Mrs. Glynne Manley would react if I were to turn up at her house just to rap with her because I admired her late husband, Michael Manley so much. The other day I thought how would Mr Howard Moo-Yong react if I were to call him to tell him that I was praying for him because of the many adversities he and his family have borne and to offer my condolences on the passing of his wife and also because I admire his photography so much but cannot afford to buy even one?.
Am I like so many others who think these things but never get around to doing them or are too timid to be galvanised into action? Or am I too busy or too lazy?
I have made a pledge that I will try to do as many of the important and necessary things, though not earth-shattering, that will touch someone's life in a meaningful way.
I am, etc.,
K. D.
kadyr1@hotmail.com
Spanish Town
