THE IMMINENT DANGER OF POLITICIZING AN ISSUE!

Long ago, a man migrated to a distant village in search of livelihood due to continued dry spell. On the day he entered the new village, it rained heavily. The villagers welcomed the new entrant with an initial belief,

• "The Lady Luck had sent him to us!” 

The man felt a little pride in that recognition. Days moved on..

The rains continued and soon the villagers had bumper crops in their fields and good finances in their chests. They celebrated the event with a firmed up belief,

• "The Angel Fortune had sent him to us!"

The man got further elated with the praise and recognition. More days passed..

The villagers used to take blessings of the man and find solutions to their trivial problems. Where they could not do so, they ascribed those few to their own fate without losing faith in their benefactor with an ultimate belief..

• "The Village Goddess had sent him to us!"

The man was totally at ease and comfort in the status given to him. Days never stopped moving..

Suddenly there was a devastating epidemic in the village. The villagers with great faith approached the man to help them out. The man caught neck tight with their strong belief couldn't tell them that he could do nothing in the situation. Feeling helpless, he used to pray to God to save him from the situation..

The epidemic of course was never kind to the villagers and did its max damage. People had to slowly recover from the disease and for while life was hell for them with continued weakness and loss of wages.. 

One sufferer shouted out,

“The new entrant had wished for all this so that he could take over us to rule. I saw him praying to God many times during this period..

• The Village Goddess had not sent him to us!"

Another sufferer said aloud,

"Had he not come to our village, we wouldn't have lost our health and finances like this..

• The Angel Fortune had not sent him to us!"

The 3rd one cried thru'

"He had brought us ill-luck and ruined our life..

• The Lady Luck had not sent him to us!” 

That new thinking invariably had its own support from many as they were in serious difficulty

And

There the man ultimately had to face the wrath of villagers without an exception!

Keywords: POLITIZING, ISSUE