You know it is hard to often break away from patterns, but it is even harder to break away from the patterns your family know you to have. It is almost as if these patterns give you an identity, a uniqueness, and a personality. When you’re in a culture that expects you to do things…
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Just thought I’ll put some pictures of the event that took place yesterday. You can also hear a re-recording of the talk which I gave at Harrison’s on this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQCky-tH9OU The first image is the picture of Isabel who won a copy of The South African: True Colours but she also is an amazing artist.…
So here you are… you’re coming out of high school and heading towards college, maybe university, maybe straight into a job or you’re becoming an apprentice. Your school might have provided you with lunch or your parents packed lunch for you. Perhaps you got pocket money or not. The average child would usually get what…
25th November 2018 20:34 I was always a big dreamer. So many said, “You will never…” In 1997 I started writing poetry. I didn’t tell anybody. I had a pen and paper under my pillow, and I’d think about the world, my dreams… at that place, we called Willow. Mobile phones were…
Education never ends even after you finish university… sooo what does this mean? What have you been doing in school all this time and what about those that drop out? DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME – Please don’t drop out of school… This is just my observation… When you really look at it closely…
I’ve been thinking about this subject for the last ten days. It was meant to be written ten days ago. Something stopped me… I didn’t have the right words. During the last ten days, this topic passed my thoughts a number of times. What tipped me over is Jyoti. Jyoti, yes India’s Braveheart. I came…
You know when I first came to the United Kingdom it was the first time that I’ve seen how people retired i.e. by buying houses and renting them out. Well, this is one way of retiring. I rented a room in the year 2000 from a really nice family man who had more than a…
This topic popped up this morning for me and I said, “Yes, I have a lot to say about it.” Oh boy! Where should I start? Personally, I can tell you how scared I’ve become of people when I realised that jealousy had and has fingers… Oh, yes … you know what I mean. I…
Recently someone told me this, “I am giving all the opportunities to my son, it’s his time now. I don’t need to think about doing what I like.” Many parents feel this way. I’ve wondered a lot about single parents, as well as kids who have both their parents. I’ve also observed families where the…