Reflection and Solitude should be a part of every
being seeking to be a better version of themselves. This year I am making it a
habit to include reflection and solitude moments as I do a life and lifestyle
audit. Finding time when juggling family, work and life is a challenge but I
try to do this at least once a week or whenever I can. We are living in times
where it is easy to lose focus of what is important due to the competitive
nature of humans and the love for finer things. No one can honestly say that
they have not looked at that one person next to them and wished if only some
part of their life was like theirs. I am guilty of this because the more I
feast on social media, the more I think of things and ways to change my life.
Not that I do it with the intention of being like them, but doing it to make me
feel good inside. Some of these things honestly are meaningless and don’t even
hold any weight to what I have going well in my life.
These are trying times for
South Africa and the future looks bleak for some of us. You cannot ignore what
is happening to our political landscape and hope that is will just disappear.
The political and economic scene of our country is scary to say the least. We
have a party which we elected in good faith that it will forever uphold the
standards and needs of the people very high and also protect the constitution
no matter what. For a very long time we have always believed that no man is
bigger than the constitution of our beloved country but more and more as the
days go past we see that it is not so. I am so disappointed that what we were
once made to believe to be is not the case. On the other hand, we have our
trusted MPs protecting one man and the image of a party which is said to be of
the people. This brings a question of what will it take for our leaders to
stand for what is right than saving their own face!
Today
is April Fool's Day. And with this day comes a look that not many will associate or
picture me in. When I was planning this post, I wanted it to shock and get
friends and family talking and wondering if this is an April Fool’s Day prank or not.