The Memory Wanderer: Mementos of Bernard Mizeki

Monday, October 15, 2018

Mementos of Bernard Mizeki

This tie and blazer badge, and a precious few photographs, are all I have to remember my first time at Bernard Mizeki College in Southern Rhodesia in 1963. The College was named for a local martyr and the downturned spears symbolise the manner in which he met his death.

I always thought it was a very smart logo, one that we could all be proud of, but the colours didn't translate well into a football strip so, as soon as I was given some money, I dressed the highly successful 1st XI, which I had the privilege of coaching, in a white strip, with the result that they became known as the 'white wizards'.

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The Memory Wanderer

I'm at the wrong end of the road, a short distance to look forward to and a long way travelled, so I spend more time looking back, enjoying the memories, and less time in anticipation of the way ahead. The road trodden has been a good one, a rich and winding one, over which I hold no regrets. There is much still to do - only the end of the track ahead intimidates.

Time is mine now, so I remember, sometimes deliberately, sitting in the warm sunshine, sometimes because my mind, as if keen to help, suddenly gives me a flash of memory, a vivid picture which, like an exploding rocket, illuminates a moment in life; and then fades.

I have seen its dark side but, in general, the world has been kind to me. I have few regrets, I have many blessings, so these thoughts are offered as a celebration of a fortunate life.