It pains me
that my sisters and brothers have decided to personify diseases and ungodly
practices.
It’s okay
to accept that an illness has made your body a host but don't make it yours.
Ayinguwe tu kaloku!
It does not
and shouldn't define who you are. Do not allow it to limit your abilities.
I was so
proud when I saw a woman who has full blown aids wearing a sleeveless top and
going about her day.
People tend
to stigmatize certain diseases an act like only promiscuous people acquire
them.
Andiyazi
but we should move away from discriminating people based on what they have
contracted. Umntu ngumntu regardless of
an opportunistic illness that made their body a victim.
For years I
had asthma and needed to be oxygenated whenever the rainy season loomed. And it
took a woman of God at Christian boarding school I attended to free me from 'my
chronic illness.'
She asked
if I had really accepted Christ if so then my family should testify by seeing
Jesus the healer evident in my life.
Bear in
mind when she said this, I couldn't breathe and needed my 'oxygen' desperately
but her words haunted me and I took it to God in prayer.
Some
believe, you can outgrow asthma but I believe it was the finished work of
Calvary that healed me. It’s all about stretching your faith.
Doubtlessly
I believe in awareness and taking the necessary precautions but we should not
humanize diseases. And be okay with being called the face of ... And of ...
Don't brand
yourself as the positive one. When you step into a room let's not see you as
that woman living with HIV and Aids. You are more than that. You were created
in the image and likeness of God. A virgin had to give birth for you to be
here. Meaning the impossible had to be made possible for you and I.
Kwaye self-pity is never an option. Stay
strong.
