Saturday, May 16, 2009
UGANDAN MAN WISH
His name was Mudoma, and he was a poor Ugandan farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Mudoma saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Ugandan man's sparse surroundings An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Mudoma had saved.'I want to repay you,' said the nobleman. 'You saved my son's life.' 'No, I can't accept payment for what I did,' farmer Mudoma replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. 'Is that your son?' the nobleman asked. 'Yes,' the farmer Mudoma replied proudly. 'I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of.' And that he did. Farmer Mudoma's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from Kampala Internatinal University Ishaka in medicine, and went on to become known throughout the district and his village as the noted Dr. Isac Mudoma Samson the first doctor in his village. Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with Malaria. Who saved his life this time? Someone once said: What goes around comes around. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching... Sing like nobody's listening... Live like it's Heaven on Earth.May there always be work for your hands to do; May your purse always hold a coin or two; May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
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The name mudoma in my mother language meand a dull person. so people thought farmer Mudoma's Son Dr. Isac Mudoma Samson cannot be a doctor.
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