Let Us Smile Because.......

I recently came across this piece from a friend on WhatsApp.

"A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to redeem them from starving. They all have food in their own houses. When we gather together in the moonlight village ground, it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so. Let us find  time to come together physically and enjoy the power of togetherness. 

Let's smile not because we don't have problems but because we are stronger than the problems."

CHINUA ACHEBE

This piece of writing comes book "Things Fall Apart" written by the famous Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, Chinua Achebe. If you have not read this book before, I highly suggest that you do. I remember reading this book years ago in Secondary School form 3. It formed part of our books we used for English Literature in Ghana. I do not know what books are offered for English Literature in Secondary schools in Ghana these days, but back in those days I was attending secondary school, the reading books that were on the school curriculum were great to read.