BETWEEN ME AND POVERTY

There’s that space, sometime large sometimes small, that exists between me and poverty.  “The United Nations recognizes a poor person as one that live on less than a dollar in a day”. Words uttered by a lecturer of mine ß(yes! I was paying attention in class) who seemed to be under the belief that most Zimbabweans were unsuccessful because they were lazy and ‘didn’t really know what poverty was’ this got me thinking, That time when I only had a dollar in my wallet and 50c in my Ecocash, was I really broke? It turns out what the United nations meant by a Dollar a day was that everything from the lotion on your skin to the toilet paper you used to wipe are included in that dollar a day.  I know what you thinking, KO CHIKAFU CHACHO!!?? Turns out we all don’t know what poverty really is, asi kutambura tinotambura zvedu.  Come to think of it, I’m not sure if I know any poor people at all! So what really is the space between me and poverty? The money I need to live? Or the money I want to live.  I wouldn’t want to paint an innocent image of myself to you, I am by no means a monk! And I don’t find the idea of living on only what you need appeasing.  Semunhu wenyama, I am a slave to the everyday material things that all youth dream of.  It scares me sometimes when I watch an MTV video and imagine myself walking around in a $6000 dollar pair of Air Yeezy’s JJJJJ.  In contradiction it is the words of the great Yezzus himself that label us as ‘New Slaves’.  Addicted to the materialistic products of the cooperate world that continue to build a certain lifestyle that is termed ideal and worth spending a fortune on.  ‘’Its broke nigga racism that’s that don’t touch anything in the store, and its rich nigga racism that’s that come in please buy more” Kanye is implying that either way we are slaves to retail.  Whether we are outside of the glass admiring the hottest thing in town or inside the shop waiting in line to buy the next big thing we are all retail slaves.  There is a great truth to this theory, but then again lifestyle is a matter of personal belief, the decision of how you intend to live your life and what aspects you choose to regard as important is entirely yours.  But history has been one to tell that society is not always good at making decisions for itself, especially in this world that we live in when musicians and politicians preach the gospel of massive spending and the prophets and preachers teach the gospel of massive giving (to the church offering basket that is) VVVV.

 An uncle of mine ß(Khule vekuroots) vowed never to attend our church after enduring an intense 3 hour service in which financial contributions we requested every 30 minute.  Hanzi “Muzaya I am not rich enough to attend your church” in. Will we ever return back to the place were a few locust and some wild honey was all a preacher needed to live on? I wonder…So as I strive to work (Hustle) my way through life I am motivated by the space that exists between me and poverty.  Most people say that all they want to be is successful, but really do they want success or wealth?  Handidi kunyepa ini ndinoda mari,  ZVISINGAITE ß(Munhu wenyama).  A wise man once said, “If failure is the ocean that you drown in and you truly want to prosper as much as you want to breathe, then you will surely break the surface and succeed”. it is why at times I wake up in a cold sweat at 2 am with only success on my mind.  This has always helped to keep me motivated and aware of the work that needs to be put in in order for me to realize my dreams.  But most of all it has left me with patches of great depression in my life (most of which motivate me to write such blog posts).  So at times I need to get high, not on narcotics but on passion (a girl, art, a game) in order to balance out the lows.  At the end of the day all we have when we die is our souls, but while we are still here on earth, lets strive to work (like how God commanded AdamV) to the best of our abilities to continue to increase the space between ourselves and poverty. 

 Happy April Fool’s Day by the way!! demo. o_O©