DIY – do it yourself

if you have lost your inspiration….you have come to the right place. lost inspiration in my opinion is often a case of blurred vision or you complicating matters in your head. we have become masters at over-thinking the smallest of issues. this is a frequent problem for most people. instead of steam rolling over it with positive attitude we stop to over-analyze. but don’t fall into that trap. you will only become your own worst enemy. it is my understanding that most people walk around with this deep-rooted self pity. a bad case of feeling sorry for themselves. and we justify it with the most bizarre arguments. often we feel that the world owes us something. the truth of the matter is that the world owes you nothing. and the saying that goes: “life is unfair”….utter rubbish. it is not about fair or unfair. it is about taking responsibility for your own life and living it. stop outsourcing your responsibility. stop outsourcing your future. other people will not make it happen for you. other people will not invest so much into your future. and why should they. if you want it….whether time, money or sanity…you have to do it yourself. don’t outsource your inspiration either. find what works for you. hold onto that which makes your heart beat faster. keep a journal or write it down. find a dictaphone from the 1960’s if you have to. do something. but don’t just sit there waiting. don’t sit there criticizing and moaning. DIY…do it yourself.

partner in crime

on our BIG day...with my new ETERNAL partner in crime!

new perspective

since the last time wrote on my blog, life has had a dramatic change….for the good. it is as if i have been given a new pair of eyes or spectacles to see the world differently. and the change has been exciting. i reckon life is to short to remain negative all the time. for many 2010 was a tough year. but i have decided that for 2011 my motto would be: “every challenge yields an opportunity”. i am writing new unrealistic goals. i am planning a round-the-world trip with my new partner in crime…aka MY WIFE. i have decided to take more holiday and spend less time wondering and worrying about crises that will never happen. i plan to see the lighter side of life and to smile more at strangers. i have to confess….my new partner in crime has had a dramatic effect on my life. nothing looks the same, nothing smells or tastes the same. perspective and attitude has changed. i have been challenged, inspired and encouraged. i realize that my life will never be the same again….and i love my new reality.

STOP! ABSORB...

time to reflect. to take stock. to see where you are at. there comes a time when you have to slow down and stop to look around you. to look up. to escape from the rush of life. if not life will pass you by. you will not embrace the moment when it comes. you will miss the moment. rushing off to the next moment only to miss that one too. STOP! look up. smell the flowers. enjoy the sunset. smile to the people on the underground. show acts of kindness. slow it down to a blur. your life will be richer. your life will be fuller. small things will have new meaning. you will have more purpose. more focus. more drive when this drug of ABSORBING life gets into your blood.

is your clock ticking

i have realised that your priorities and views in life change. and if you allow them and dont resist it can happen faster than you think. the thing is this. some people embrace the changes around them. they anticipate and get excited. other resist without end and fret just the thought of the uncomfort of change. which one are you. i realise that it is situation driven. most of the times i prefer the change. thats my nature. at the same time i appreciate routine. but not the boring type. hec - i am an artist. thus the question. when last did you make a major change. is it not time for a bit of colour. a bit of dusting off. a time for change...

new life

(this is FRANSCHHOEK - my new home)

life has changed so fast around me it has taken me almost a year to adapt to the change. and i am not done yet. it has been ten months since i exchanged europe and the uk for africa after three unforgettable years. but it was time to return to my roots. time to live new dreams and face new challenges. realities differ and so does the circumstances. but none the less. all of it is worthwhile. your role that you play in society changes. you are no longer in cognito. you are no longer a stranger. you are known and recognized. familiarities return. people tolerate and they dont celebrate you as a person. you learn to deal with different types of discrimination all over again. it is an ebb and flow of emotions and feelings. then you realize....people will always remain just that...PEOPLE. Fallible and indifferent to change.
but i on the other hand have embraced the changed. a new life. filled with new adventures. different adventures. some challenging. other life changing. like opening your life to make space for one more. massive. massive. massive. then you think to yourself. have i been this shallow all along. have i been this selfish.
at the end of october my life will change forever. FOR THE GOOD. never to be the same again. i will embark on a journey that will open doors and new opportunities. why. because that is how life works. some things have to die for new life to grow. there are things in me that has to die. cos it will give way to new life.
i am excited about this new chapter. thus i lay the challenge before you. is it not time that you write a new chapter in your own life...

tomorrow

I am bemused by the narrow mindedness around me. People’s inability to function without a system guiding their every step. People’s lack of drive and ambition. A mediocre society that has become content with a sub-standard lifestyle. A life dictated by trends and technologies. Fueled by the latest robotics and false heroics. A world that has become numb to the simplicities around us and are sucked into the mass media propagandas of the day. Our children have become sheep in our modern day culture where everything is given to them on a platter. We are creating robots that will self-destruct. Insensitive to what is happening around them. Blunt from the pains of violence, divorce and abortion. Drunk on the drugs of what we call liberty, freedom of speech, freedom to express, human rights, post modernism. We have created a false self. We have twisted the truth to fatten our own egos. We have generated a so-called fool-proof system in which we are both the protagonist and the antagonist. Thus we fight ourselves to the end. I am sickened by selfish and short-sighted entrepreneurialism. We admire and honor them not seeing the crippling effect on the Joe Soaps of our society. We have become so obsesses with our own ways. Blocked out and boxed in the very essence that forms a society. Our children and our parents. We have been fed the lies that keeps our dreams suppressed. In a world where the rich get richer and the poor….well frankly, they just don’t make it to the next day. Have our hearts become this dull, this futile. Have we become so entangled in our own struggle for survival. It is my hope and prayer that soon there will be a generation that will see. That will listen. That will respond. That will not be scared to take on the secret old-boys clubs that hide in dark corners and conspire to suppress the future of our children. That will think big. A generation that will break free into a brighter tomorrow.