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The Beauty in Becoming: Embracing Life’s Transitions
Our Great Teacher, Nature, teaches us constantly as it has done since the beginning of time that Life is transitory. There is only impermanence. Every moment is part of a never-ending odyssey, everything is in a flow of construction or deconstruction, never ending, always changing. The magic of transitions lies in becoming and unbecoming, with often no clear indication what will emerge. It is to this uncertainty we must surrender, overcome our urge to control the outcome and find our flow with what will manifest. Take a close look at yourself, feel inside yourself and witness around you. Observe that everything is in a perpetual dance; moving; changing; a syncopation…
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A Neighbourhood Walk-Escape From the Virtual
“To look at a thing is quite different from seeing a thing.”— Oscar Wilde Living, real or virtual, is a complex option for many of us. In many ways life is overwhelming and we often flit between real and virtual depending on our need for escapism. Technology usurped our lives, but has also given us the choice to change our visceral reality and escape where we can immerse ourselves in the virtual world. It’s no surprise that the metaverse has become so appealing. Therefore, it was with slight trepidation that I planned a physical walk in my neighbourhood; to drag myself away from my digitally consuming, sedentary, couch potato lifestyle,…
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Hope in South Africa: Overcoming Challenges with Optimism and Action
When Hope is a verb, it brings forth Action Over 200 years of colonisation; 46 years of apartheid; 30 years of political misrule. Yes, South Africans have been sorely tested, are gatvol, and many have left for greener pastures. But for those who remain, there’s always the glimmer of hope that better days are coming. And this has been the hallmark of human civilisation; an indomitable belief that the future can be better than the past or the present. Despite frequently oscillating between peak pessimism and hopeful optimism, most South Africans haven’t lost hope, their sense of humour, or zest for life. The daily grind of high unemployment, extreme poverty,…
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Unity in Diversity: Harnessing the Strength of Our Differences
Lift your gaze, look around you, observe keenly and sense deeply. You’ll be mesmerised at the diversity of the world. It teems with life, colour and difference – flora, fauna, nations and microscopic organisms, all living in perfect symbiosis, sharing this planet we call home. Diversity is one of the major characteristics of life on Earth. The world is wondrous in its multifarious character and this was elegantly captured by physicist Fritjof Capra (1994) in the following: “When you look at an ecosystem – say at a meadow or a forest – and you try to understand what it is, the first thing you recognize is that there are many…
