Last week (July 18 to be exact) marked Nelson Mandela day.
You’ve seen a number of references to him in recent months as I am amazed at this man’s ability to move beyond any reasons he had to be angry or bitter or hard-done-by and moved forward in a continued spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness.
If you want a fuller understanding of who Mandela was and is, I found this ‘hero file’ site very informative.
It contains a quote from Mandela’s book that I have yet to read, but will add it to my list.
I love this quote. (as per http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/mandela.html)
Mandela’s autobiography, ‘Long Walk To Freedom’, ends with these words:
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.”
Isn’t that the truth!
For all of us we have many hills to climb. Some reasonably inclined, some tougher. The reality is that there will be more hills.
What I’m coming to realize more and more is that these hills simply form the landscape and it’s how we see them and climb them and who we climb them with that really defines the journey.
To know there are more hills ahead can perhaps be a comfort, not a sentence, because with hills ahead, we know the journey continues.
To see some great pics of Nelson Mandela click this link.
Be The Best. 
3 replies on “Mandela Day”
Do you have a copy of the book? Let me know if you want to borrow mine.
Thanks! I may be bugging you or Dawna if I haven’t picked up a copy in the next week. Later!
I bought Mandela’s autobiography for my holiday read. I’ll let you borrow it when I’m done if you haven’t read it by then. As always, awesome words my friend.