You are not alone

By Sicebise Msengana

Pic: Mine

Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage?

His father takes him into the forest...blindfolded...and leaves him....alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night...and not take off the blindfold until the ray of sun shines through it. He is all by himself. He cannot cry out for help to anyone.

Once he survives the night...he is a MAN. He cannot tell the other boys of this experience. Each boy must come into his own manhood.

The boy was terrified...could hear all kinds of noise...Beasts were all around him. Maybe even some human would hurt him. The wind blew the grass and earth... and it shook his stump. But he sat stoically...never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could be a man.

Finally, after a horrific night...the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he saw his father...sitting on the stump next to him...at watch...the entire night.

No matter what you are going through. You should know that we are never truly alone. Even when we do not know it, our family, relatives friends and acquaintances are for us...sitting beside us in every step we take.Always there for us. So go out, confident and smile in every moment. You are worth it!



There is a Michael Jackson song, You are not alone that lifts my spirits, I hope it will lift yours:

Another day has gone
I'm still all alone
How could this be?
You're not here with me

You never said good-bye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go?
And leave my world so cold?

Every day I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away?
Something whispers
In my ear and says:

That you are not alone
I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay

You are not alone
I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart

You are not alone
Alone, alone
Why?
Alone

Just the other night
I thought I heard you cry
Asking me to come
And hold you in my arms

I can hear your prayers
Your burdens I will bear
But first I need your hand
Then forever can begin

Every day I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away?
Something whispers
In my ear and says:

But you are not alone
I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay

You are not alone
I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart

You are not alone

Oh, whisper three words
And I'll come running, fly
And girl you know
That I'll be there, I'll be there

But you are not alone
I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay

You are not alone
I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart

But you are not alone
You are not alone
I am here with you
I am here with you
Though you're far away
Though you're far away, you and me
I am here to stay

You are not alone
You are always in my heart
I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart

You are not alone

Not alone
You are not alone, you are not alone
Say it again
You are not alone, you are not alone
Not alone, not alone
Just reach out for me girl
In the morning, in the evening
Not alone,not alone
You and me
Not alone, alone
Together, together
Just stop being alone
Just stop being alone

Songwriters
KELLY, ROBERT S.

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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Reference: Lyrics | MetroLyrics