Life oftentimes deals us blows and punches. What one battles with in these circumstances is whether to charge, to hit back or retreat. At the end of the day, it remains an individual’s call what to do. After all, who else lives with this choice. Quitting has been associated with cowardice. We have been told…
Age is just a number
Human beings fuss over a lot of things and one of those things is age. We have magnified age to the extent that it limits our progress in life. At one point we are too young to do something and before we realize it, we are now too old to do the same thing. I…
The past – enemy of destiny
Isn’t life interesting? Tomorrow, today will be yesterday. It will be a day in our past. Whether or not it was fully utilised is immaterial. Today would have taken over but the most interesting part is that one way or the other we often ignore today and dwell on yesterday. However, the successes or failures…
Operation find Ona
A few years ago I started on a journey of self discovery;this ritual comes highly recommended for anyone who wants to live a worthwhile life. I realised I was lost in the crowd.I started tracing my life back to when I was young and innocent, when I cared less about the opinions of people, when…
i smile
Today is the day you headed off into the wide blue yonder I remember you and I smile I smile because that’s all you ever did I smile because you always made us smile You smiled through all situations I imagine how you would react to different scenarios and I smile I hear the sound…
Is there a formula for grief?
I am a proud of where I come from. I love my home village, my family, my country, my culture. This is my identity, my pride. Having said that, I have a problem with my culture and identity becoming a prison, a shell unbreakable and hell, for lack of a better word. Culture can become…
The loss and loss
I lie on my bed, a song playing in the background. The title is Jehova re tshephile wena (Jehovah we trust in you) from the album Spirit of Praise 6, the lead singer is Pastor Neyi Zimu. He continues Dipotso di dingata empa karabo tsone di nnyennyane..(there are many questions but few answers). At this…
Marriage-no facade
This month we celebrate our 10th anniversary in marriage. While everyone else will be donning the blue, black and white in celebration of Botswana’s 50 years of independence, we will be stealing the shine as we have done in the past 10 years . Now, having been in marriage for ten years I am convinced…
Train up a..
We had a work retreat recently, the first of its kind since I joined my work place. Among the speakers was a gentleman by the name of Mr. Kgwarae who unraveled some painful truths in a very unfamiliar way. I say this because of the commentaries from the audience, of which I was part, that…
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