Julie Gichuru addreses letter to the late Nelson Mandela

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Media personality Julie Gichuru has shared
a moving message of her first meeting
with the late  Nelson Mandela
and written him an open letter of
gratitude and thanksgiving.
The death of the International peace
icon spread like wild fire earlier yesterday
and the whole world came out in
solidarity to celebrate the life of
Nelson Mandela who died naturally
after a long battle with lung cancer.
Few had a pleasure of meeting him in
person and in the wake of the
moment are remembering him in
those few encounters they had with
him and among them is our very own Citizen tv media tigtag
Julie Gichuru.
She shared her story on her blog and
dedicated an open letter of gratitude
to the late Mandela

Here is the letter

As you sat on Robben Island and
toiled, chipping into the yellow
limestone of the quarry on that
island prison, singing songs of
fortitude and forgiveness – you
may already have had the God
given vision and understanding
that you were building a great
legacy for this continent –
reminding us that we as Africans
can indeed embody greatness, that
we can indeed have good and
selfless leaders, that we can rise
above and beyond all expectations
to achieve anything we seek to
achieve. You were giving a
wounded continent her dignity.
We love you. You have shown us
courage, intelligence, wisdom,
goodness, greatness and
excellence. The greatest gift we
can give you in return is to take
your example and seek to rise
above all our worst circumstances –
to reject hate and division and
embrace determination, resilience
and forgiveness. Because of your
example we can and must dream
great dreams, and beyond all
expectations work towards
achieving those dreams for our
continent, for humanity and for the
greater good.
Thank you Baba, thank you.

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