To be one of the World!

It's hard to explain where you come from when you are in fact: 100% Cosmopolitan!

People just seem to identify themselves within the borders of their home countries, as if,..

For me the planet is my home country, and even that is not enough to me!

I live in the Universe, but how can I explain that? In fact, all of it, is your common ground!

So I meet this guys, and they go, we are from Iran. Where are you from? I'm like: I'm also from Iran! They start talking in Farsi,..I say, but I live in Belgium all my life!

So I meet these others, and they go, we are from Iraq, where are you from? "I'm also from Iraq!" When they start in Arabique, and I reply, they go..you sure you're not from Morroco?

You speak Arabic with a huge accent of Morocco,.. I'm like no, yes, I'm also from Morroco, but I live in Belgium all my life. To make some sense after all..

I'm getting a bit confused, and I ask them, do you guys live in a street? Yes, of course we live in a street! And I reply, or do you live in a city? Yes, yes, a city! I'm like, are you telling me lies, two seconds ago you were from a country? Do you live in a street, a city or a country?

Tell me honestly?! Yes, also in the city and also in the country of Iraq. And then, they give me that look, like I am the crazy one talking!? Are you kidding me?! And by the way, why do you call that land Iraq? Did you give it that name? No, it was Iraq long before, we know.

People get so easily involved in rules and regulations, of someone else's inventions..

And than I meet this group from Congo, they ask me,: "Where are you from?" I don't really have a clue, so I say,: "Me? I'm from Congo too!" They give me an awkward look so I say,: "Mbote ndeko! Yaka awa? Loba na yoo,..é loko moko téh! To say the least. That's for sure.

Before I came here, I was the Nkumu (leader) of the Jungle, I lived in the biggest house,..

But, ndaku oyo eleki ndaku kuna na kitoko

(This house is more beautiful than that one over there.)

Because it doesn't have a roof, or even walls,..other houses are mostly, Boloko!

(als een gevangenis)

Ndeko, ngai na yo tozali neti bandeko Ik en jij, wij zijn als broers.

koloba mingi te. nazoya sikoyo.Spreek niet veel. I kom nu af.

bizaleli nini yango wana ?Wat is dat, dat gedrag ?

Wana ezali ya solo, kosakana te.Dit is waar, maak geen grappen.

nzoto na ngai tempelo ya Nzambe, esika Molimo Mosantu akofanda

Mijn lichaam is de tempel van God, de plaats waar de Heilige Geest zal verblijven.

lisusu te : niet meer Kokang am heeft Zich opsluiten, stoppen,

Zich Laten Pakken abilíka (klasse bijwoord) niet recht, niet juist (zigzag, afdwaling, zonde,...) Kokang ol heeft vrijmaken, Openen, Ontspannen, afleveren

Ata ndelewat er ook gebeurt, vroeg of laat, eventueel Ata ndele, mokili ekobalukaWat er ook gebeurt, de aarde zal draaien Ata soki natamboli na lobwaku ya molili ya liwa, nakobanga mabe moko te. bible, banzembo 23:4

Zelfs al ga ik door het dal van de schaduw des doods, ik zal geen kwaad vrezen.

Limbisa ngai soki natungisi yo lisusuVergeef me als ik je weer lastig val. nalingi komona lisusu moto ya liboma oyo na ndako na ngai te.Ik wil die gek niet meer in mijn huis zien.

And then I meet this couple from India, visiting Antwerp for the first time.

Wonderful and friendly people, stuck inside the conditions of their country..

They almost instantly ask me, ..you from?

I already see where this is going, so before things even get started.

I just flip that phrase on the table:

"Ve teri meri ek, Jindadi !" (Besides all differences, we are one!)

#Cosmopolitan #Citizenoftheworldandbeyond #Yourlandismylandtoo #Comeoutofyoursquaremeters #Icomefromthestars #Nomorestrangers #Weareone!