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The Diary Of Reuben Gorkor, Johnsonville, montserrado, Monrovia (2026)

Can Liberia Get Better?

■Let us think, learn, question, and build. 🇱🇷

03/10/2026

*[ 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 ]*👇👇👇

■𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙎𝙃 𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙀𝙉 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙃𝙐𝙈𝘽𝙇𝙀 𝙍𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙏 𝙊𝙁 𝙈𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏 𝙕𝙐𝙇𝙐𝙔𝘼𝙋■

Once upon a time, in the animal land of 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙕𝙪𝙡𝙪𝙮𝙖𝙥, there flowed a great river called 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙣 .

One season, volcanic ashes from the northern peak of the mountain began poisoning the river. Fish died every day, and 𝙇𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙖 the Queen Mother of the Fish, feared for her life.

But there was an ancient law which states tha👇👇
★" What belongs to the water must remain in the water, and what belongs to the land must remain on the land."★

Desperate for survival from the now poisonous river, 𝙇𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙖 the fish secretly approached a humble rabbit named 𝙈𝙖á𝙮𝙤𝙤

“Help me,” she pleaded. “If I remain in the river, I will die.”

𝙈𝙖á𝙮𝙤𝙤 felt sorry for her.

He took her into his home and helped her live among the rabbits. They made a covenant: 𝙇𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙖 would remain loyal to him, and 𝙈𝙖á𝙮𝙤𝙤 would protect her secret—that she was a fish living among rabbits.

For a while, they lived peacefully.

■𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙡■

But after some time, 𝙇𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙖 the fish began changing.

She started secretly meeting other rabbits.

She whispered to them about Maàyoo.

She told some that he was no longer important to her.

She made private promises to others while still living under Maàyoo's roof.

Whenever Maàyoo became suspicious, she denied everything.

“You promised to trust me,” she would say.

So he remained silent.

But the betrayal continued.

She secretly built friendships with powerful animals, discussed her future with them, and began preparing herself to become Queen of the Rabbits.

Maàyoo knew nothing.

Until one day, he discovered her footprint 👣 to all the other animals, as well as her letters and messages.

Everything was shocking and so heartbreaking for 𝙈𝙖á𝙮𝙤𝙤😪

The secret meetings.

The hidden promises.

The disloyal plans.

The things Lamba had said about him.

And, most painfully, the plan to become Queen while pretending to remain faithful to the rabbit who had rescued her.

Maàyoo was frustrated😠😡.
He chose few trusted people to share this with, advice the fish but nothing changes.

This was paining him too, but his feeling was not counted at all.

He swallowed his bitter spit and remained silent 🤫

𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨' 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨

The day of the coronation finally came and Lamba the fish was about to be crowned 👑 Queen of the Rabbits.

The whole forest gathered beneath the great baobab.

The golden crown was ready.

Lamba stood before the animals, pretending to be the most faithful rabbit in Zuluyap.

Then Maàyoo stepped forward.
Everyone celebrated him and waited to hear his great speech.

He boldly began exposing everything about Lamba 😱😰

And he revealed the truth... saying “Before you crown her,” he said, “you should know who she really is.”

He revealed that Lamba was not a rabbit at all but a fish who had been rescued from the poisoned river.

The forest was shocked.

𝙇𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙮😭😭

And then something strange happened.

Instead of asking why Lamba had deceived Maàyoo, why must should be so disloyal and dishonest? Many animals turned against Maàyoo.

They started attacking him :

》“You embarrassed her!”

》“You should not have exposed her!”

》“You have destroyed her reputation!”

》“You should have kept it private!”

Suddenly, Lamba was the victim.

Maàyoo was the villain.

☆Nobody seemed to remember the poisoned river.

☆Nobody remembered the covenant.

☆Nobody remembered the secret meetings.

☆Nobody remembered the betrayal.

☆They remembered only the tears and the immediate scene.

An old Owl sitting above the baobab finally spoke:

> “The forest has become very strange. It sees the blood but refuses to search for the wound. It hears the cry but never asks what caused it.”

Perhaps the rabbit's reaction may be questioned. But before judging the reaction, should we not first examine the cause?

The golden crown remained untouched.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚______ 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 & 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
◆FEW QUESTIONS◆

◆Why do we ( SOCIETY) so often condemn the person who reacts while ignoring the wrongdoing that provoked the reaction?

◆Why do we focus on the effect while forgetting the cause?

And most importantly:

◆When something goes wrong, should society be more concerned about the wrongdoer—or only about the person who finally reacts to the wrong?

𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣(𝙨) 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙩

✏️🖊📝Written by__ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 𝘼𝘾𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙄𝘾 𝙎𝙀𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙋𝙄𝙉 📍💪

04/09/2026

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■ 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉 💪■

There are moments in life when everything seems to stand against you. You try, but nothing works. You dream, but circumstance keeps crushing your hope.

★ 𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝙋𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙀, 𝘿𝙊 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙂𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙐𝙋‼️

Your present situation is not the final chapter of your life. Just because you are struggling today does not mean you will struggle forever. Just because people have laughed at you does not mean your story will end in shame.

★ 𝙒𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝙐𝙋‼️ 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉‼️

You may have fallen, but you are still alive. You may have lost opportunities, but you have not lost your ability to try again. You may have cried in silence, but those tears do not make you weak — sometimes the strongest people are the ones who have suffered deeply and still find the courage to rise the next morning.

★ 𝘿𝙊 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙊𝙒 𝙋𝙀𝙊𝙋𝙇𝙀'𝙎 𝙊𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 𝘽𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙁 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙈𝙄𝙉𝘿 ★

People mock what they do not understand. They laugh at a dream because they cannot see what you see. Let them talk — your responsibility is not to convince everyone you will succeed, but to keep moving until your life speaks for you.

★ 𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙎 𝙂𝙊𝘿, even when you cannot understand what He is doing.
𝙋𝙍𝘼𝙔 when you have no answers. Hold on when everything tells you to let go.
𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 may not change your situation overnight, but quitting will guarantee you never discover what was waiting beyond your struggle.

★ 𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙈𝘽𝙀𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎👉: a difficult season is not a destroyed life.

》You may be starting with nothing — start anyway. Don't give up‼️

》You may have no support — keep going anyway. Don't give up‼️

》You may have failed before — try again. Don't give up‼️

》You may be behind your friends and peers — run your own race. Don't give up‼️

》You may be laughed at today — keep building yourself. Don't give up‼️

》You may feel forgotten — God has not forgotten you. Don't give up‼️

One day, the same person who cried because life was too hard will smile because they survived it. The one who was once mocked will become an example to others. The dream people told you to abandon may become the very thing that changes your life.

★ 𝙎𝙊, 𝙒𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝙐𝙋 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙈💪

Do not bury your dreams because life became difficult. Do not surrender your future because people disappointed you. Do not let one painful chapter convince you that the whole book is finished.

𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝.
𝙒𝙞𝙥𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨.
𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.
𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥

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03/09/2026

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🗣:MY PEOPLE UR HELLO OOO
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★ I want us to look at the movie called STRAW small yaa.. where all my show ppl?😆😆😃😃

I know some of you have watched it before, but whether you have witnessed it or not, just stay with me. Let's the core ideas and themes from the story of this powerful movie small.

★In a time like this, where many people are faced with several issues/problems ranging from:
Financial constraints, family pressures, personal struggles, societal pressure, and hardship, it is important to give some life-changing, insightful motivation. And today, we will be using the film STRAW as our case study.

As you read through, I want you pay keen attention to everything and relate it to your own life.

★ GENERAL OVERVIEW: WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT

》STRAW is an American film that portrays a reality many people face every single day, whether they show it (outward ) or not.

》It features Janiyah, a single mother who is doing everything humanly possible to raise her sick daughter, Aria, while working a low-paying job, facing an unfair landlord, an unsympathetic boss, and a system that keeps turning its back on her. In the space of just one single day, Janiyah is insulted, humiliated, evicted (forced to leave the apartment), fired from her job, and pushed so far that she ends up in a situation she never planned for — accidentally caught in the middle of what looks like a bank robbery, simply because she only wanted her paycheck cashed so she could feed her child.

》The movie STRAW is not really a "crime story." STRAW is a mirror in which we may see ourselves .

》It is the story of every hardworking person who is smiling on the outside while breaking on the inside.😢😭

★IN REAL LIFE, WHAT DOES JANIYAH'S CONDITION REPRESENT?

》Janiyah represents every parent, every worker, every young person who is carrying more than their shoulders were built to carry — and nobody around them even notices, because the world only sees the "strong one" and never asks if the strong one is also tired.

》 Her condition is the condition of silent suffering: when a person is drowning quietly while everyone assumes they are fine because they still show up, still smile, still try.

★ NOW LET'S BREAK DOWN THE SCENES, THE CHARACTERS, AND WHAT THEY SYMBOLIZE IN REAL LIFE

》 1. Aria, the sick daughter — She symbolizes the responsibility, the "why" that keeps a struggling person going. Many of us are pushing through hardship not for ourselves, but because somebody is depending on us — a child, a sibling, a parent, a dream. Aria is the reminder that behind every "hustling" person, there is usually a heavy love that will not let them give up.

》2. The landlord threatening their removal without care — she represents the pressure of survival needs and uncompromised situation — rent, bills, debts, etc, that never wait for a convenient time.
In real life, hardship does not knock politely; it demands NOW, even when we have nothing to give NOW.

》3. Richard, the unsympathetic boss — He symbolizes the coldness of systems and people who see your labor but never see your pain. How many of us have worked hard for people who never once asked, "Are you okay?" Richard is every environment that values your output more than your humanity.

Today in Liberia, many of us are experiencing "The Richard" kind of boss in our workplaces____ that boss who doesn't care to know how you are doing or what you are going through.😢😭

》4. The customer who throws the bottle over the WIC transaction — This scene represents how quickly the frustration of others gets dumped on the person who is only doing their job. In real life, we absorb other people's anger daily, even when we are innocent, and it adds silently to our own invisible load/pain.😢😭

》5. Benny, the neighbor in the wheelchair — Even in her own crisis, Janiyah still stops to give him something. Benny symbolizes this deep truth: real kindness is not measured by how much you have, but by how much heart you give while you yourself are struggling. This is the "love your neighbor" spirit Jesus talk about — helping others even from your own lack.

》6. Nicole Parker (the manager of the bank where Janiyah eventually finds herself during the crisis)____ she represents the ordinary people who, once they truly listen and truly see another person's pain, choose compassion over judgment. She reminds us that behind every "difficult" or "aggressive" person the world is quick to condemn, there is usually a story nobody bothered to ask about.

In someone's difficult situation, we have to become one of the few people who would try to see them as human being rather than simply as a criminal, or less privileged. We must listen to other, speak with compassion, and try to understand what has pushed them to that point.

》7. Detective Kay Raymond — She symbolizes empathy inside a hard system. As a Black woman and a mother herself, she recognizes something of her own struggle in Janiyah. Raymond teaches us that true justice must always come with understanding — you cannot judge a person's breaking point without first knowing what broke them. This has to do greatly with the necessity of people in the system such as the justice or societyat large, to do their possible best to consider people true identity and root causes for which someone may change over time.

》8. The other officers and the FBI closing in — They represent a system that is quick to punish and slow to understand. In real life, this is society at large — quick to label, quick to condemn, but rarely ( not at all) willing to ask "why" before it reacts.

In Liberia, we have seen this and we keep seeing this everyday. People are quick to judge you and condemn you for your little mistake or downfall, while ignoring what might cause you this downfall 😢😭

》9. THE TWIST — Aria was already gone. The final and most heartbreaking revelation is this: Aria had passed away the night before after a seizure, and Janiyah, overwhelmed by grief and trauma, unconsciously lived out that entire day as if her daughter was still alive. This changes everything. It means the whole film we watched — the school run, the packed lunch, the worry, the love — was Janiyah's mind protecting her from a pain too heavy to face all at once.

This twist is the deepest lesson of the whole movie: grief does not always look like tears. Sometimes it looks like a person still going to work, still functioning, still "coping" — when in truth, their mind and heart are shattered into pieces they cannot yet accept. Many people around us are walking through life exactly like this — grieving something quietly (a loss, a disappointment, a dream that died) while their body keeps moving like normal, because stopping to feel it all at once would be too much.

★WHAT REAL-LIFE LESSON DOES THIS TEACH US?

>> 1.Never judge a person's outburst without first asking about their journey. Nobody just break down or give up easily. There is always a why.

>> 2. Check on the people who seem fine.
Even the strongest-looking person in your circle may be carrying the heaviest, quietest pain.

>> 3. A little kindness costs you nothing but can mean everything to someone on someone who has had enough or who can not take it anymore — your listening ear, a soft word, a moment of patience or just a little support.

>> 4. Systems and institutions must learn to see people, not just cases, numbers, or problems to be processed.

>> 5. Grief and pressure that are buried without support do not disappear — they build up until they explode in ways we cannot always control.

>> 6. Even in your own hardship, still find room to help another — like Janiyah helping Benny. That spirit of giving from your lack is what keeps our humanity alive.

★A WORD OF MOTIVATION FOR EVERY ONE OF US TODAY

There may be a Janiyah somewhere around us.

★Maybe she is your neighbor, your co-worker, the woman selling food on the roadside, that mother struggling to pay school fees, or that man young man or young woman who is fighting it all by herself. Maybe it is your brother or sister. Maybe it is your friend or you yourself🤷😢

I want you know that
>> You are not weak, you are human. It is okay to ask for help before you reach the breaking point. It is okay to tell somebody, "I am not okay." Do not carry silently what was never meant to be carried alone. BES STRONG 💪 AND ASK GOD 🙏

HELP SOMEONE, SPEAK TO SOMEONE, CHECK ON PEOPLE. LISTEN TO THEM, HELP THEM OUT

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