Its a new day, its a new dawn

Someone please tell me where this year is running off to because I missed the memo!! ☺

Hello my dear friends man its been an age and I was reminded of this by my good man Dakes who prompted me to write, so you owe this drivel to him ☺.

Inspite of itself, last year was a pretty darn good year, a year of learning great lessons which hopefully will be employed this year to bear fruit in all spheres and aspects of life.

At the end of last year I really took it easy and tuned into the world and really listened to people and read what they had to say on social networks etc. and it really struck me that we as a people, have souls that are just not at rest, we are truly not happy with who we are or our lot in life and it leads to bitterness and resentment in all those around us and all those who are willing to listen. It doesn’t matter where you live. We are just not happy. Its work, our spouses, our parents, our cars, our cities, our governments and it goes on. But consider the person with no work, no spouse(if they seek one ;)), no parents, no car, no city to travel to or the ability to travel to different cities or government that allows them to voice their opinion, consider those for a moment and please once again do complain again.

Its about time we started taking ownership o our lots in life. There really is no greater power out there plotting our demise. Sometimes you rise sometimes you fall, its this thing we called life, it’s a rollercoaster and damnit we just have to ride it, because the alternative is a dark place that sometimes becomes a mess and a mare to climb out of trust me!

I believe this is the end of the world that many of those doomsayers have been pointing at. The financial systems are hanging on by a mere frail thread and good for them because its greed that has gotten us to where we are and that had to rebalance itself sooner or later. Societies are standing up and shouting…we are not going to take it, no we aint going to take it, Arab spring, occupy Wall Street, Naijas are telling the government they are not serious and to be honest I don’t think they are either, 2.2mil barrels of oil a DAY at $112/barrel and still so much poverty in the country, aaand on top of it all you decide to cut the a subsidy to your already raped population? Something something, something something just aint right!

It’s the new world order, this material world we live in needs to be toned down because its less human and humane and all about Christian Louboutins and Ferrari 458 Italias…now I aint saying that all those things are bad or wrong, but the actions and thought s you employ to achieve them now there in lies the axis of evil that is decaying this life we live.

This year I had a proper lesson of what this life is all about pretty early, it was sad it really was but my heart smiles still. I started off by picking up this book my sister got me last Christmas called The Leader who had no Title, by Robin Sharma, its one of those self help books and perhaps not applicable to everyone but it hit a big fat cord in me man and I was all positive, then later on the 3rd Jan a man very close to me for the last 28 years of my life was taken away from us to teach other souls some deep yet subtle lessons, merely by action more than words. I spent half of my growing life (still growing I am) at his house and just through observation and my relation to him and his family, I was always reminded of what this life was really all about when I was away from those lessons I observed from my own parents when I was at home.

This thing is simple man! Its all about being honest, treating each other with respect and just being there to help your fellow man when you can. Its about humility, its about depth of character as opposed to depth of wallet, its about the soul. Its about the lessons you leave behind the lives you touch because that’s all you leave.

Those of us who are reading this, just be darn grateful that you have another 11.5 months to work towards being the best you you can be whilst we are walking or rolling on this earth, because you don’t know when and we don’t how, but our days are numbered and all that will matter in the end is the testimony to the life that you have lead, sure some people couldn’t be bothered by that, and that my friends is unto them, but the amount of support those left behind receive as a result of what was done whilst you walked this earth, man, that my dear friends is priceless.

Keep darn well smiling my dear friends, because whatever it is you are going through, good or bad, it will end, but you will learn and grow.

Birthdays
3rd Karabo Morule
6th Jan Ingrid, Darren
10th Brendan K
11th Dear Pops, Precious
14th Zahira
15th Dr Clarke
16th Ann-Louise
17th Takunda Pongweni
18th Graeme,
19th Priya
20th Natasha Diest
21st Chris Snyman dC, Clayton

And I’m out! Stay blessed because trust you me you are!!

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