Before multiple evidences emerged that such belief was ridiculous and fallacious, generations had lived with it.

Be careful what you belief for they form the bedrock of your actions, and such actions have inevitable consequences. They were myopic in thoughts and actions, thanks but no thanks to a simple misconception. Men acted randomly and did the things they liked or so the story was told.

Esau mortgaged his future for a plate of food. The less we talk about the children of Sodom and Gomorrah the better. They made The Sovereign One regret creation. Without trying to exonerate them lets us judge them with understanding. Ignorance is no excuse, but they acted based on what they knew.

They never knew the earth was a sphere. They never heard of the rotation and revolution of the earth along its axis and orbit. How could they have known that karma was a good record keeper and whatever you do in the day, you will have to sleep with at night?

They was no Isaac Newton to tell them every action had an equal and opposite reaction. They did not have the voice of Lucky Dube warning them “be good to the people on your way up the ladder, ‘cause you’ll need them on your way down.” Generations before can give an excuse for their shortcomings, what is our own excuse as a highly enlightened generation.

In the build up to the 2015/2016 Champions League final, I bumped into a picture that is surely worth more than a million words. A few years ago a young Fernando Torres had the world on his feet. So influential was he, that he was made captain ahead of senior players including his current manager Diego Simeone.

He soon left for overseas and his career will blossom for a short while before it nose-dived, and things went to pieces from thereon. From the beautiful bride, he soon became an orphan, an outcast; the leper even other lepers were warned to stay away from. Just when it seemed he was at the end of the road, the man he captained a few years ago took him in, shaved him and had him take a shower.

Diego Simeone has practically given Torres a second shot at life, and I could not help but wonder. From the dungeon he would appear at grandest of levels as far as club football is concerned, and he owes it all to a man he once captained (bossed).

It is always good to be good, for one day the past will come calling and the chickens will come home to roost.

Zig Ziglar said “Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.” The world is a funny place; the tables can turn around so quickly as the earth rotates and revolves. More often than not, the past always comes calling. Never burn the bridges behind you when you seemingly cross over to your Eldorado.

When the grasses there whither, you may need that bridge to cross back. The driver today can be the passenger today. The boss today can be bossed tomorrow. Would you have believed it, if you were told by this time last year, that tomatoes would be more expensive than apples today?

After all has been said and done, as admirable as the Diego and Torres story is, there is no doubt were my loyalty and support will be, come match day. Hala Madrid.