NELSON MANDELA AND THE RESTAURANT INCIDENT

Nelson Mandela was South African president whose legacy as a freedom fighter, peacemaker, global icon of human rights is inspiration to whole generation. He was great personality not just for his political achievement but also for his tolerance, big heart, dignity, integrity.

I'm going to narrate story of incident of his life in which he did such an extraordinary thing that's not easy to do emotionally. So, let's start: -

After release from prison and during his presidency, Nelson Mandela often dined at various establishment. On one occasion, he visited a restaurant with some of his bodyguards and associates. They settled down to eat, after some time he noticed a man sitting alone at another table and he recognized him immediately.

He asked his bodyguard to invite that man to join them at their table. The man accepted the invitation and join Nelson Mandela's group. He seemed nervous, and uneasy, barely touching his food. After meal, Nelson Mandela's associate asked him that "I think his health is not good because he wasn't behaving normally, and his hand was shivering during eating".

Nelson Mandela explained that the man had been one of the jailors during his imprisonment on Robben Island where I was tortured physically and psychologically, and that man also did to me. Now, seeing I'm as president, he was terrified, likely fearing retribution for his actions.

Nelson Mandela said to his bodyguards and associates that " Work done with peace and patience lead us to development and work done with intention of revenge lead us to destruction".

This type of thing can by done only person who has pure soul, now I have to words to say in his praise.

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