How #Canada Saved My Life: A #CanadaDay2020 Story
When a country gives you a chance at life, you become willing to give your life for it.
Those of us whose parents migrated to Canada opened our eyes in a paradise and silver spoons in our mouths.
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I have friends whose fathers never came home from the local mosque in Pakistan.
I know others who still don’t know what became of their missing family members.
Even today, I would be arrested for my beliefs in Pakistan, or killed without investigation.
Yet; #Canada celebrates me for my beliefs.
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walked the soils of Africa,
seen the luxuries of the Middle East
& felt the waves of the Uruguayan coast crash against my feet.
I’ve swam in Mexican cenotes, seen NYC & London,
& drank from Sierra Leonean wells.
But nothing compares to #Canada
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There’s a war we’ve all fought - yes, maybe thousands of miles away from each other - but Canada is where we all came to heal.
Our wounds are invisible, but other immigrants can see them. #Canadians see them
Try going to any other place in the world where people will smile back, say please and thank you, or “surry” as much as a #Canadian will.
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“What?” I asked.
“You really love Canada, don’t you?” She asked.
My little heart almost burst like a maple leaf-shaped piñata filled with Timbits.
“I really do.”
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“My prayer is that Canada becomes the whole world, and all the world becomes Canada.”
- Mirza Tahir Ahmad (rh)
Happy #CanadaDay2020 to all of you!
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