Before sleep today, you and I must critically be thinking about who and what is - My family, My friend, and my best friend. Family is natural, a friend is cute and best friend, fun. We all have families, all of us have friends and some of us got best friends. Some friends can do with you what some families will not do but all families will feel for you what all friends cannot. Jacobs children went out to Dothan and the brothers had plotted to kill Joseph, (some families being worst than friends). Reuben was the only brother against the decision (a family). Eventually, Reubens decision stood (power of blood) Joseph was sold but the brothers returned with grief to tell Jacob that Joseph had been eaten by a wild animal (you and I were not there). Years into slavery, and years after that, there was famine, only in Egypt you could get food, and Joseph was ruler of Egypt, and Zaphnath-Paaneah. His wicked brothers came to Egypt to buy food, Joseph identified them, filled their sacks with food and returned their monies (family act). Joseph, despite the atrocious treatment meted out to him by his own family, still felt the blood within him. He still demanded to see his blood brother Benjamin, and unbeknownst to his brothers, had kept his silver cup in Benjamins sack in an attempt to keep him. The scripture uses this story to depict the true meaning of what a family represent, how family love naturally reignites itself and how nothing takes the place of blood. There were mentions of families in the scriptures, extended families and by extension, far larger families bond with love. Im yet to read on an exemplary friend-love-relationship in any scripture. Yet. Friends can help you make money, achieve great heights and all that but a friend will never FEEL for you what a family might feel. (Dont be stupid, I said never). That is why theres a family home but not a friend home. That is why Kwame Nkrumah spent more of his time living with friends in beautiful mansions in Conokry and Accra but people choose visit his deplorable family house decades after his death. Now my point. Tell me, how many of you were not jealous of the friendship between Castro and Asamoah Gyan. At some point, I admit I was. What did they not do? What did Asamoah Gyan not do for Castro? And what was Castro not ready to do for Gyan? Gyan could purchase expensive Emirate airline business class tickets for Castro and his friends to spend weekends in plush hotels in Dubai, of all places on Planet Earth. Duba, Abu Dhabi. Im sure none of Castros family could ever do that, Im confident about that. Not even his father could offer his son that luxury. But today, the feeling in the heart, body and soul of Castros father and that of Asamoah Gyan is far from luxury. Dont get me wrong, Its natural. Gyan might easily (relative) get a replacement for Castro, as a friend but Castros sister might never replace her brother, try as she does. More examples. When Gyan missed a penalty and was lashed, he said the late mum had advised him never to take penalties again, Gyan has never done. When in Kumasi, Baffour Gyan roughed up Kenu, and was later arrested. Gyan was aware of the whereabouts of his brother but he still broke camp rules to see his face. See how he was feeling and what was happening to him. Upon seeing his brother in police cells, Gyan threatened not to play for Ghana if Baffour was not released. That is bloody family. Now, Castro is apparently in a more darker cells, and Gyan plays- where? UAE. Did you read the statement released by the Gyans today? I read it. They said they went out on a rendezvous with Castro, booked a room for him, dined with him and he jumped on the jet ski. The statement say Baffour warned castro not to take along Janet Bandu. It says Castro refused to listen and bla bla bla. The statement goes on to say, as for what actually happened to Castro and Bandu, and where they actually are, the core group cannot tell. (Remember the story of Joseph and his brothers?) Again you and I were not there. And Castro had no Reuben (family) among the group. Imagine if it was Baffour that disappeared (touch wood). This statement? How? Will Gyan even mind issuing a word because some faceless folks say he murdered his brother? The grief and anguish in his blood would have shown on his face. Today, he would have placed a $2million booty for whoever has the slightest hint of his brother, and be found whether dead or alive. Again dont get me wrong, it is natural. Gyan was under normal circumstances, suppose to seek sympathy from the world over, on how he feels pains in his heart (like Castros mother) and how he want to see the face, and hear the voice of his best friend again. And not to exonerate, clear and distance himself completely(as he has done now) from Castros disappearance. Anyway, the calls by the faceless people on the Human Sacrifice will not automatically end by this statement. It will heighten more. As they have given the media more to sell, and people, more to say. A family, a brother will not do that. That statement, by the PR, didnt help, To me. The Gyan family are suppose to be in the shoes of Castros family and feel what they feel, but naturally, its not possible. Im not saying dont pick friends. I didnt say cut friendship ties but if you have friends, my best friend, this my best friend, sometimes, look back home. Dont be carried away too much. Feel more of the blood than the ...... Be more of the family person than the friendly. Friend is a shadow, a family is blood. When you enter the dark (Castros abode now), even your own shadow leaves you to your fate. At the the end of the day, imagine what the family will feel. Feel what youve put the through and the burden you bring them. Only them can truly explain what they feel, deep within their blood, no matter of statements. Wisely.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 23:28:29 +0000