Over the last few weeks, I have been spending more time with elders and trying to extract the knowledge they have learned over the course of their lives. It is at times like these that I wish they wrote books to document some of their invaluable knowledge.
Namibia celebrated its independence a few days ago.
They say it is honourable for a person to admit their fears, but it is dishonourable for them to lie to themselves or others about it. All people are afraid unless they are perfectly free
I am at a stage where some of my earlier actions are now catching up with me, both good and bad. We all know the saying of “you reap what you sow”, and as we get older, we slowly but continuously start to reap what we sowed years before.
I was recently having a conversation with my younger brother, and while we have had many conversations before, I found this one quite annoying as he consistently kept questioning what I kept telling him.
At the start of the year, I always have a soft spot for parents, because sometimes no matter how much planning one does, you can never really be prepared for what will happen throughout the year, especially financially. More importantly, it is difficult to tell how this will affect your children.
There are some great people out there who are doing amazing things. I have been impressed by many of them and I always wondered how they did it, how they managed to do so much so quickly, relatively speaking.
We can never outrun our choices and habits, they will always be with us and we will always have to answer for them; whether they are positive or negative, we will all eventually reap the fruits of our labour. In a world where we have to work with other people and depend on each other...