Groove Magazine Zimbabwe Issue 2 | Page 32

GROOVE THEORY Deep Confrontation by Pauline S. Chimedza The Issue of Wanting In most cases, the things we want are & seem nicer than what we actually have. Wanting is not a bad thing, in fact, wanting is what drives us to work harder or improve certain things. Wanting a better life drives us to want a better education which will later bear fruit in the job that we get, the money that we earn and the life that we’ll afford. Wanting the best for yourself, child or friend etc., will drive us to do certain things & herein lies the issue. People go to crazy extents to achieve what they want. Mothers will prostitute for their children, wives will cheat for their family, husbands will steal sometimes even kill for their families and this all comes down to one thing, WANTING! Young girls everywhere all want to be great one day…they want a good life, a good looking husband, & not forgetting what comes at the top of the list nowadays, a good pocket. 28 When people want, they always want the good stuff, you even hear those who take dangerous drugs asking for the good grade, those who rob asking for the gun that’s good for the job. But to what extent are we willing to go to get what we want. Everybody wants to become a star. Most young girls want to become like Beyoncé, Rihanna and likewise, guys look up to Kanye, Jay Z and the likes. They have done a lot to get to where they are and they have sacrificed much. To what extent are we willing to go to get what we want? Wanting is not bad, I repeat, but it is quite dangerous. Its Groove Magazine Zimbabwe time to rise as young Zimbabweans, Africans and make our own way, write our own future, create our own utopia. Somewhere we can achieve our goals without losing our dignity –ladies, our pride –gentlemen & our sense of Ubuntu, Chivanhu, Africanism. Lets create our own Hollywood, where we do not need to become anybody else and carry our value’s and customs proudly. Its starts with us respecting our own customs, then everyone else wherever we may end up will acknowledge it. That’s a biscuit to chew on…