8 great quotes by the legendary Nelson Mandela

By Sicebise Msengana

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18 July is the day we celebrate the life of Tata Nelson "Madiba" Mandela--father of the South African nation. This great gentleman guided our nation through it's dark hour and led it to  freedom. Some of you may not know him. But he is the man who stood up for what he believed in and paid the ultimate price of serving 27 years in Robben Island.

The  apartheid government was one of the most cruelest regimes in the twentieth century. All it's policies were established to systemically enslave non-Whites, particularly the Black people. The crimes committed by the intolerant, mindless, psychotic, racist, genocidal Afrikaner government are among the worst crimes in history. Tens of thousands of Black South Africans were slaughtered and millions were denied their human

Let's fall in love

By Sicebise Msengana

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Love is the most important basic need for any  human. Without love, the world would be derived of intrinsic values such as compassion, mercy and justice. Love is beautiful word. Love can be expressed as an act or expressed as a feeling. Just take 5 minutes and imagine a world without love. How would it look like? What would our relationships be like? Do you think there would be any peace in such a world? Let's fall in love and change the world! Here is a poem by Florence:

You are not alone

By Sicebise Msengana

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Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage?

His father takes him into the forest...blindfolded...and leaves him....alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night...and not take off the blindfold until the ray of sun shines through it. He is all by himself. He cannot cry out for help to anyone.

Once he survives the night...he is a MAN. He cannot tell the other boys of this experience. Each boy must come into his own manhood.

The boy was terrified...could hear all kinds of noise...Beasts were all around him. Maybe even some human would hurt him. The wind blew the grass and earth... and it shook his stump. But he sat stoically...never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could be a man.

Finally, after a horrific night...the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he saw his father...sitting on the stump next to him...at watch...the entire night.

Follow your dreams

By Sicebise Msengana                                                                                                                            

 
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Follow your dreams. Wake up each morning with an overwhelming desire to face the new day. Pursue your dreams with an unquenchable thirst.

Sharing our burdens

By Sicebise Msengana

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A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said "Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."

Who cares?

By Sicebise Msengana

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Sometimes when I turn on the TV to watch the news. There's always something bad thing happening around the world. Genocides, mass rape, police brutality, corruption, racism, bigotry etc. As I witness such horrors, I'm saddened by the chilling reality of the whole world being silent. Many people have turned a blind eye to these atrocities, in fact many are afraid to speak out. Instead of  speaking out we play the "politically correctness" game.  Instead of arresting the culprits, we justify it enough by saying, "it's only the minority." Who will stand up for the rights of the oppressed? Who will speak out against the terrorism? Abortion? Crimes against humanity? Religious persecutions? 

                                                                                             

 Complaining.  We too often sit by saying, "how evil and corrupt the world has become," instead of going out and making a difference. I believe the time is right for us to make a stand for our children,