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Love and Marriage
My wife was playing this interesting music mix this morning. After a heated disagreement. A money related one. Now, I am comfortable within my marriage and with her.We are good together, maybe even great. We been slaying for years. We ain’t perfect. As I listened to this choice selection she was playing,I was actually amused…knowing […]
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When Corona was the thing
So my Elandsfontein Station pub longing continues…Sunday afternoons would go like this: While they all ganged up on me by playing Leonard Dembo, Joe Shirimani, Shwi Nomtekhala etc for hours on the Jukebox; I sat there enduring it and planning my revenge. I would then take R50 and turn it into coins so I could […]
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Serena: The dream of the slave
Serena: Dream of the slave The looming retirement of Serena…She who does not need a last name.You know who she is. It has me in all sorts of feels.All sorts.I was part of that journey from the beginning.It was such an exciting time for tennis…for South Africa.It wasn’t only possible, it was happening!Black child had […]
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Maxwell: Quality over quantity
Maxwell…all of 5 albums over 3 decades.Big impact.I want impact like that. Less noise more quality.Embrya was deemed a failure by critics in its time…they said it was half cooked, half written and unfocused. None of them had written or produced an album.Here lies the truth: critics are really second rate experts who suck at […]
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Our deepest fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. […]
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The deep longing
Author: Tshepo LeonardPiece: The longing deep within To be a product of life’s circumstances,To live life on peripheral circumferences,Reaching out ashore and yet keeping it at baySeeking the world and yet fearing to sayExisting and yet still dying to live. I am a piece of the earth they forgot could beA crumb of the bread […]
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Numbing the pain: hurting others
So I walk into this pub…all I want is a nice cold drink and music. And loud, carefree types dancing around and minding their own business as I do mine. I settle into my well-deserved screen time away from three kids, a wife, chores and other personal responsibilities after a long Saturday. Lo and behold, […]
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I miss the times
Missing, missing, missing! The times are the most painful.Not so much the memories.Not so much the physical interactions.Not the conversations even.Just the times that could have been.Times that are no longer possible but still remain.Times when love was shared and memories made.Times that the conversation was possible.Times of having a “go-to person”.Times spent in engagement […]
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Love is learnt from experiencing hatred.
Dealing with people is interesting because: The energy they give you trains you to absorb negativity and radiate positivIty. The mean words make you immune to malice while you grow in EQ. You develop character from dealing with their attempts to destroy your integrity. You learn to focus on what’s important while shutting out the […]
Len-5: Authentic Being 