Lilongwe — The story in the Bible that talks about a prodigal son who returned to
his father after squandering his share of the father's wealth in a foreign
country is currently apt and quite educative. It teaches us about the price
that one pays for being overzealous with life.
Here was a father who had laboured with great fortitude to produce
wealth for himself, his wife and his two sons but for reasons ranging from
selfishness, arrogance and a quest for independence, the younger son forces
his father to give him his share of his inheritance.
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