"'WOMAN WITHOUT HER MAN IS NOTHING!""

Pic.Rajiv Sharma

Pauses do to our speech what punctuations do to our writing. “They make a hell of a difference,” I often, yell before our Public-Speaking students, “Use them well to convey the desired message with the right impact.” Invariably, I write on the board, what the Professor in a popular anecdote had done:

“Woman without her man is nothing.”

“Now, punctuate this,” I give them a minute.

Yes, our young-gentlemen in the class do it this way:

“Woman, without her man, is nothing.”

And, our young-ladies know how they have to punctuate:

“Woman: without her, man is nothing!”

A hell of a difference? That depends on who you are: a gentle-man or a gentle-lady!

And, just now, a friend of mine, Kavin, had shared with all his FB friends, this anecdote about President Obama and his wife Michelle.

One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn't too luxurious.

When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the President's Secret Service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner. 

Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle, "Why was he so interested in talking to you?" She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her.

President Obama then said, "So if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant," to which Michelle responded, "No. If I had married him, he would now be the President of the United States."

**Power to Women**Masimba kuMadzimai**Amandla kuBafazi**

Whether or not President Obama took Michele, his wife, to this restaurant, and whether or not the restaurant owner was madly in love with her... well, that is not the point, here. The point, my dear young friends, is, also, not this: Whether or not you give write pauses in your speeches or place right punctuations in your writings... The point is: As much as a man believes in his power to influence his woman, let a woman believe in her power to influence her man.

Yes, this is that famous saying:

“Behind every successful man, there is a woman.”

Now, make this one famous, too:

“Behind every successful woman, there is a man!”

And, on the basis of your respective beliefs, do pay your restaurant bill, too!


GERALD D’CUNHA