The journey to healing

… healing takes time, it is a process.

So the big guns at work wanted to see me. I did a quick scan in my head to see if I had done anything wrong, everything seem Kosher, all my ‘i’ s have been dotted, ‘t’ s cross. I think I am good. So it must be the long awaited promotion, about time I am made a partner, especially if it is going to happen in this life time.

So I went in, scanned the room and strategically choose my seat. I am not sure what this meeting is about. I needed to position myself in the most power enabling position. They all looked a bit morose, I couldn’t tell if it was sincere or an act. The said there was an incident, sonething the take vety seriously, a racial incident! One of our client had made a prejudiced racial remark about me.

My initial reaction (in my head) was to laugh, I was amused at what seemed hypocritical, given that the establishment itself is considerably racially tense. They went on about how aghast they were at what had happen and what was said and blah blah blah. I was not too sure what the expected from me, given at some level such behaviour was my stable diet even within the establishment.

All, I could say was ‘it is a journey’. They weren’t expecting that, so I managed to get their action, not sure if they expected me to be hot amd bothered. The racial atrocities that is the very dark part of the history of our society has improved and is improving, no doubt, but we are not anywhere near an equal society in spite of all the equal opportunity rhetoric. It is still a process and a journey, the healing in the heart and minds of the oppressed and victimised is also a process. We all need to be honest, sincere and truthful, being willing and prepared to look deep within ourselves for the light that shines and eradicates evil.

Some argue that the progress we see is insincere and we must forever put before our eyes the evil that was committed as a reminder. I must disagree with this approach, healing, restoration is what we seek amd that we must continually put before our eyes but without denying or pretending that our past and current pains are non existent.

Healing is a journey, it rarely happens overnight or is instantaneous, racial healing is the same. We must all give the process time without relenting in our effort to see and live a better world, hold on to Mr Luther ‘s dream.