Theresa Doghor: The life I want to live ( 30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Theresa Doghor

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Justice

Its a word in the dictionary

It means the quality of being fair

That word just gets me frustrated

Because I don’t know if it truly exists

 

The word ‘injustice’ seems to be all out there

Like its the good one

What is good and bad anyway?

Where are the boundaries?

Only God knows.

 

When you’ve lived 15, 20 years

You tend to lose your innocence, faith and belief

Your desire to jump in the air and enjoy the rain,

Your freedom to help someone on the street just because you can,

The insane urge to laugh from the very depths of you.

 

The irony is,  life isn’t worth it without justice

From rape to murder

Slander to Boko Haram

Corruption to Theft

Incest to 419

Oppression to Women trafficking

 

The list is endless

The list for injustice seems endless

While the list for justice seems non-existent

Why?

 

You could go on and on;

List the things that make any normal person go arrgggh!

They could cause you to lose your enthusiasm

Your chutzpah or zest for life

So you just go trucking through everyday.

But that’s not what life was made for

 

Life was made to be LIVED

Jesus came to give superfluous life

That’s the life I want to live,

Its the reason I get up each morning

To make a difference, to touch someone else

 

I want to live a life that is worth it

The very life that Jesus lived.

Caring enough to make changes – the ones within my power.

Trusting God for those I can’t change, He will do the changing.

 

Whatever you do, however you feel

LIVE

You were made to LIVE free

In Liberty!

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Theresa Doghor is the Managing Partner of ImagineItIncorporated, a digital media marketing company, that is largely social media based. She is also a writer and blogs atwww.awomanofsubstanceandcharacter.blogspot.com and is a columnist for ‘Parenting Styles Magazine’. She tweets from@tessbabee and @imagineitpub.

30 Days, 30 Voices series is an opportunity for young Nigerians from across the world to share their stories and experiences – creating a meeting point where our common humanity is explored.

Op-ed pieces and contributions are the opinions of the writers only and do not represent the opinions of Y!/YNaija

 

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