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Life is pretty crazy sometimes.
There’s ups and down
Motivating and unmotivating moments.

But we have to pray that we keep praying, love to love,
And laugh to keep smiling.
We need to look up in the sky and see the stars within us.

We have to trust that where we are is where we meant to be, to learn and grow.
The drama never last forever.

Letter to a Young Me

Never change
Stay true to who and what you are.
Never doubt yourself

Believe in the good in all people because eventually they will show it.
Always show gratitude in good times and bad.
Sing and dance always as if the world is your stage

Hear the music that surrounds you
Show love and you will receive it
Never forget the teachings of your elders

Never forget where you come from
Never forget where you want to be
Learn and read so you can expand your mind

Take care of your body so it can take care of you
Do everything with love and passion not expecting anything in return
Do what makes you happy at that very moment and you will never have any regrets

Pray always for sanity because you might feel you lack it sometimes
And last but not least, keep God centre in your life

MUSIC

God Given.
Your power and influence amazes me still.

What Politics could not do, You did.
What Medicine could not do, You did.
What Education could not do, You did.
Simply cause You encompass these things.

You’re practically the first and last thing on my mind. My day seems odd without you.
You’ve given birth to the Greats of the World
May You keep inspiring

Hello Stranger

Obsessed. Compulsive.

Is how my sign is described.

Obsessed. Compulsive is what I’m seeing.

For how can I explain this feeling? This thought?
Uncontrollable . Overwhelming.
You, which I know exist.

I feel the way You do.
Touch the way You do.
See the things you see.
You, which I know exist.


In sync with You. My eyes have opened up to your world, your truth, your burden.
I have known You before I have known the power of my mind, my being, my truth.
You, which I know exist.

I’ve allowed myself to be consumed by You.
You, that I find Beautiful.
You that has converted into my melody. My beat. My song

Your God given mind is intriguing.
The way you are, inspires. .Surely God knew that when He created you.
Your presence, never experienced, but always felt, is breathtaking.
Stranger you might see, but stimulation you have created within me.

WHO HAS THE POWER? (part 1)

WHO HAS THE POWER?

I am on a quest, once again, to answer the questions that most matter. Having experienced millions of thoughts that often bombard me with just as much questions, I have pondered on the following question: Who has the POWER?

DEFINITION:

According to the Oxford Dictionary, POWER is defined as “ability to do or act;vigour;energy;control;influence;ascendancy;authority;influential person etc.”

But I will focus on the following definitions:
Control
Influence
Authority
Influential person


Inspired by the movie/book Lord of the flies (William Golding, 1954) and a fascinating book by author Richard Calland ,Anatomy of South Africa –Who Holds the Power?; I have been doing some extensive research on the subject. I intend on doing more research, but for now, I have reached this conclusion.


Let’s look at the movie: Lord of the Flies (1954)

BACKGROUND STORY:
A plane full of British schoolboys is shot down over a small tropical island during a raging world war.
The boys survive, unhurt, apart from society and all they know. This also means no authority or rules for them. However these boys aim to organise themselves, they find food, water and take care of each other.

In contrast to the image the boys depict in the beginning; they fall prey to a human tendency of violence and some of the boys compete for leadership. Eventually they start fighting with one another and like savages; they go to war against each other.

According to Richard Lippa; the author of the book, Introduction to social psychology; the movie falls under the chapter AGGRESSION and rightly so. Conversely, in my opinion, this movie can also fall under the category POWER!


WHY?
The ego of the boy’s surface and this leads to war and violence in order to gain power, the final word, authority, control, influence.

As a result, some of the boys either fear or respect the ultimate leader, hence they view the protagonist /antagonist (depending on the way you look at it) as a higher figure of authority and we all know that FOLLOWERS =POWER!
Therefore these boys posses the mentality that their freedom of choice is limited.

CONCLUDING THEORY:

Ego/ selfishness = Desire for Power=War =Obtaining Power= Being Feared/Respected as a higher figure of authority = Followers feeling a lack of freedom of choice

MAINTAIN YOUR OWN IDENTITY

Growing up(guess still am), is being an interesting journey.

One filled with many lessons ,trials ,tribulations ,triumphs and laughter.

What I have always struggled with is "how the world seeked to change me".

I had to learn to trust me and God especially.

Maintain my identity,no matter what.



Its being a tough one though where I found myself asking so many questions,why this happens ,why people think like this etc...But its being questions I have needed to answer for myself.



It is sometimes difficult to maintain an identity when your being fed information of all sorts every single day.

The media ,government,society ,community,religion and parents. All having their say on what will make you a better person.(who even knows what that means anymore)



I have to admit being 18 has been a roller coaster ride of emotions but its also being an roller coaster ride of blessings. Blessings that came hidden making them hard to appreciate.
But now I see them and I appreciate them.

I could say to you do what you want to do,say the things you want to say and express yourself the way you want to express yourself,but I would have to be honest with you and say ,'the road you take is a narrow one,filled with many negativity'. But as much as there are negatives ,there are positives.

So fight hard to be YOU. Cause in the true words of AKA ,Ivy League,"The only thing that can hold you down is gravity"

GODLY LOVE FOR YOURSELF

This blog is called ERUDITION for a reason. I hope to share the experiences in my life and hopefully teach and learn from others because that is what life is partially about.

This week has being blessed and interesting. People I have seen and learned from. Days are brighter simply because I have set out to learn more about myself,life and what my purpose on earth is.

I realised that in order to find answers to this question I had to discover and learn many things.
So I thought I should start with LOVE because it is the foundation of all things pure and great in life.

O no,you say...Not another theory about love.But we all have theories about LOVE,so one more theory added to the list,wont harm you at all.

This journey started with a simple statement that I had come to realise:

In order to love someone,you have to know what love is.

So this is what I set out to seek and another realisation came to mind,

"this whole love thing comes back to me ,it starts with me".

The second thing I realised was that LOVE is not a noun,its a verb,a doing word.

So giving wholeheartedly and not expecting anything in return is what LOVE is all about. A perfect example will be God and Jesus.

God gave His only son so that we can once again be free of sin,Jesus gave of his life to teach and heal.They gave life ,truth ,true freedom,care ,kindness ,wisdom.They give freely.

Now I was stuck,If we talking about LOVE being defined in this manner ,where does LOVE for myself begin?

After this question consumed me ,more questions started to overwhelm me: How do I love myself enough to define it in me and thus give it to the ones I love /surrounding me?...

Once I started defining love for myself ,I noticed how I gave it ,how I shared it and mostly importantly ,how I refused to settle for something that did not come close to that LOVE.

This is where God comes in,looking at 1 Corinthians 13:8 I got a better understanding of LOVE.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.

When I started looking at each term and putting it into practise,the answer became more and more transparent.On days I could not define it,I felt it.

As I said in the beginning, this blog is called ERUDITION for a reason...We all constantly learning about everything and anything,but most importantly about our higher selves.We just need to open our eyes and minds to the possibilities.