Morning Girls and Boys, trust the light that shines within is shining bright, bringing forth a feeling of contentment or the desire to strive to make tomorrow a better day.

I guess today is another day just like yesterday, with its challenges and rewards! A pinch of salt a coke and a smile, that’s what the doc ordered, cos hey, no matter what life dishes out, its how u take it in your mind that determines how it actually is, u no the saying if you mind then it doesn’t matter!

Enuff of the attempt at philosophy… or maybe not….

Sometimes I sit down and think…The world’s a pretty f ucked up place, life is pretty harsh too. It’s just so sad that the least fortunate in terms of material wealth are always the ones that seem to have the rug pulled out from under them time and time again, and they are the ones that just get the big fat boiled egg!!

There are the domestic workers and farm labourers who at the sound of a sparrow’s f art have to be up and about, sort out their home crud, whatever food for the family for the day, trek plenty km’s to get to public transport, sit in some dilapidated old jalopy with a maniac driver, (who also needs to drive like he does because if he doesn’t drop off his load and fetch another, he cant feed his family), your life is at risk every meter of the way because the taxi driver does not have the cash to fix his brakes and as a result uses cardboard etc. You get to work, and you as one person has to sort out a mess of a house, have to eat out of your special metal cup and plate (you are good enough to cook the meals, clean the house clean, the god damn crockery, but woe betide if you eat from them….all this for a mere what? R80/day if you are lucky, then you have to get to stepping once again, catch public transport, mission again home, clean up your home, sort out food for the family then back to sleep. Enter tomorrow…oh damn, its piss ing down with rain…oh well sorry for u, no such thing as sick leave so u best gets ur a ss to work.

Same thing for migrant labourers on the mines etc. Every day underground could be your last, every day is spent mining rocks and gold worth huge cash, have any of you ever been in a mine shaft? I have, and its K AK down there corridors are narrow, roofs are so low, air is thin, rocks look heavy…the work is hectically dangerous, inspite of all the precautions taken, any given day could be your last, is there any compensation in terms of danger pay…danger what??!! Bra if u get a 5 % increase they are doing you a favour, but then we have the fat cats in the boardrooms, one persons increase alone could cover the salaries of many if not all the mineworkers yearly wages and then some…

Enter Hurricane this that and the next, where does it hit, Cuba, Haiti, Carribean Islands, yes and Miami, but those peeps living in Miami have some sort of insurance to cover their speed boat or holiday house etc. or at least have alternative places to go to, so they can evacuate. Not the not so well to do, they barely have much, already living in squalor (clearly my interpretation, because to them this is most probably the best place on earth) the hand of God, deals them another blow and washes all their worldly possessions down the river literally! All they have now is that UN Truck that hopefully comes with supplies that may last you a day 2 days a week…if you are not robbed of it. It’s a mess there and the media footage is so sad!!

Then I see a story on Carte Blanche on Sunday, they showed footage of the massacre in Rwanda, Congo, the refugee camps etc. And it’s only the ones who have very little that have to flee for their lives, the ones who have very little in terms of worldly possessions that have to dodge the bullets, live in the cra py refugee camps, the ones that have very little in terms of worldly possessions those that are at the mercy of the Gods and governments when it comes to disease, infections etc.

But the funny thing though is that in these not so well to do communities, you generally find the spirit of community and humanity, they always have much time to help you if you require assistance, there are of course the odd bad apples, but in these communities people are generally happy and friendly, they are generally not in the news for suicide or drug abuse (maybe alcohol abuse to some extent). Their problems are more real, like where is my family’s next meal coming from? and ours when am I ever getting that damn 6-series convertible….

Birthdays

21st Moo
23rd Si Black
24th Vaughan
26th Tommie
28th John K
29th Eve

Quotes
Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes. – Oprah Winfrey

I care for riches, to make giftsTo friends, or lead a sick man back to healthWith ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealthFor daily gladness; once a man be doneWith hunger, rich and poor are all as one. - Euipides

The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate. - Euripides

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