Torchbearers

To the heroes who have made a difference without the need of a cape … The ones who have stirred up the need to make a difference. The ones who made us dare dream and bring out the best of ourselves to the world. The ones who make us have sleepless nights because we have not achieved what we vowed to do. The ones who lay in our subconscious reminding us we are powerful beyond measure, them, who keep us going even when systems beat us while we are down.
Many might remember them as those who would make our lives more complicated, making us question why we needed to know the scientific symbol of titanium, ‘itanisaidia wapi’, but in hindsight he/she made you realize who you are. Your likes, dislikes, what interests you, what doesn’t, you got a definition of who you are and what you want from life through them. Some have/had a comical aspect to their teachings, others you would feel the passion in their delivery of content, while others, you would question how they made it as far in their profession with the questionable incompetence portrayed, making some of us student and teacher at the same time. For the few who just stumbled upon our paths, offering direction as a result of hitting a brick wall, you stand represented.
In it all, their role goes unappreciated, in whatever capacity they played, you are a product of them. Either like them, if not better, or worse than them. Yes, you heard me worse! That is why it pains me to see such footwork go to waste when the outside world does not do its role as well, making all parts look foolish after the work put in. It has gone to the extreme of having us unlearn the ways taught to us in the hope we can finally get fruits from the labour, leaving most of us frustrated, angry, if not MAD! If asked, many of us would not fight to get back sanity into the system, they’d rather destroy and rebuild it. For the war is greater than our battles.
Regardless, as of these heroes met earlier in life or later may they continue igniting and reigniting the spark. We want more of them in this world, those who inspire and give hope, it is just those simple ingredients that make us fight another day. To them, our teachers, mentors, lighting our ways, today may we light them to the world.