There is light at the end of the tunnel
Friday, September 09, 2016
There Is Freedom (2016), Peter M. Maunge, Botswana, Softcover, 98 pages. ISBN 978-99968-0-447-2.
Maunge in his book uses a character whose love for money leads him in the wrong path, which ends up bringing a lot of pain to him and his family.
The author captures that ‘that the most powerful weapons satan uses to punish people is mostly in these areas; 1: the love for money (it goes hand in hand with the love of heroism or power), 2: the spirit of pride (it breaks marriages and allows you to fail in your partnership), and 3: the spirit of greediness (it is attached to jealousy and lack of contentment)’. (page 3)
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...