Folks, I am both impressed and sadden my your exchanges. There is so much to be said that it is most appropriate to resort to verse. But my dear compatriots, this is a struggle that will have to go on forever. To think otherwise would be naive. Some people would make errors along the way, but when they are determined to make change for the better, those of you who think you have always been on solid sound grounds, should extend hands of solidarity to them, so as to effect their redemption. My consciousness of my frailties, makes me look up to your help with your strengths so that I can come out of the woods. Please, please, dont be the cause of my perpetual damnation. This is a tribute to you all: THE HAND The hand that takes Should take what it owns Stop taking from others illegally Dont hide what its taken Never disposses others by taking The hand that gives Should give out honestly Never haughty when giving Humbled by what its given Always bolden the receiver by receiving The hand that handles Should handle judiciously Avoid handling with arrogance Condescending to humanise through handling Never shout at while handling We all have hands Unless reduced or increased by accident Five fingers on each hand Three joints for each except one All ...palms are the same But some hands take not theirs Others give out not honestly Some handle with aggression So justice equality and peace depart Generating anarchy and war The hand shows harmony in difference Making equality the basis of sharing Taking each into account Giving all work to do Handling with collective effort Take heart, oh take heart! In the oddity of arithmetics The disparities in measurement That the hand reflects Should breed harmony and cohesion BY: Omar Joof. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~