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Day 2748: Earth Hour 2018

Earth is the only home we will ever have in this life let’s tread on it lightly – that’s my message to the world

It’s 12 : 24 PM on day 2748 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, have breakfast, read Romans 6: 23 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet –raised $13 159 only $5 591 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to reach my new goal of helping 75 kids with Clubfoot by June 17, 2018.

Today at 8: 30 PM (local time) people all over the world will be turning off their lights for an hour as part of Earth Hour – an annual event that aims to raise awareness about climate change. Without the planet there is NO PEOPLE let’s save ourselves by preserving the planet. This Earth Hour let’s make a commitment to go beyond the hour.

Day 2740: Believe the Best about People but Also Beware the Opportunists

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Believe the best about people but also when people show you who they are believe them– that’s my message to the world.

It’s 11 : 46 AM on day 2740 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Proverbs 11:30-31 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – A HUGE thanks to Anonymous who donated $100 which brings the total raised to $12 659 only $6 091 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to reach my new goal of helping 75 kids with Clubfoot by June 17, 2018

Yesterday someone was telling me that her cousin was misusing the social grant she was receiving for her children so I told her to tell her cousin that what she is doing is wrong and I went on to say I am eligible for a disability grant but I chose not to apply for it because my parents can afford to take care of me and also because there are people who need the grant more than I do to which she said you would be getting more than the child grant, maybe R1000, you could use it to pay the person taking care of you (in other words, her) I was gobsmacked I could not believe she managed to twist a normal conversation into a way for her to get a bigger pay cheque I also couldn’t believe she was willing to use my (I hate this word but I’ll use it because it’s contextually appropriate) disability to make a better life for herself sometimes I worry how people will treat me when my parents are no longer around.

Day 2723: I’m not okay

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If you’re not ok that’s ok– that’s my message to the world

I’m not okay today guys the world can wait I deserve the day off

Last Wednesday before my surgery I promised that if i was blessed to alive on Friday i would never again complain about being uncomfortable or in pain but shoo this is uncomfortable I’m not in pain just tired

Day 2719: Post-Op and a Flashback Movie of my Extraordinary Mother’s Yesterday

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Mothers are extraordinary beings– that’s what I was reminded of yesterday

i’m so ch in pain i’m going to chill

Yesterday night I couldn’t sleep because I had slept for a while after my surgery so I looked to my left at my mother sleeping in a contorted position in a LazyBoy the nurse had brought her and I thought this must be what true love is which brought the memories of the day flooding back with tears I remembered my mother walking straight into the operating room with me stopping only to put on scrubs and asking for permission as a formality she watched as I yelped in pain while the anaesthesiologist tried and failed to get a needle into my vein and commended me to look at her instead of the needle and when the anaesthesiologist decided to use gas instead of needles my mother looked on as I breathed deeply the gas eventually falling unconscious my mother told me when I woke up that even after I was unconscious the doctors didn’t kick her out instead she admitted she left of her own free-will because she was too squeamish to watch people cut me up but you best believe she was one of the first faces I saw when I woke up…so blessed to still be alive and so blessed to have been birthed by a woman who is the definition of mothe

Day 2718: Surgery Day

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“Life is joy, life is pain but the prayer in my heart will never change: thank you” – 33 Miles

Getting ready to go to the hospital in a few hours (it’s now 9: 04 AM have to be there by noon) – i’m not done with life i want to continue making my mark, see my siblings graduate, see my Superhero Catherine Constantinides become President of South Africa someday (she promised she would be i believe her and believe in her i wouldn’t miss her future inauguration for the world [she actually called this morning to wish me well today she’s such a good human regardless of how busy she is she always always makes time to be kind]), travel the world and have fun

Today is the day of my surgery on my right wrist and left big toe it’s said to be a minor surgery scheduled for 1 PM (GMT +2). Thoughts and prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Day 2705: Focus on Sowing

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Every day make it a point to notice how much you sow not how much you reap – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 1 : 59 PM on day 2705 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Mark 12:30-31 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised $7 431 only $5 069 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot (thanks so much to everyone who has helped out so far).

Today I was reminded that I should notice more how much I sow instead of focusing so much on how much I reap. Life is sowing seeds of love, kindness, generosity and courage every day.

Day 2654: Chase Your Aliveness

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Chase your aliveness– that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 2654 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Luke 1:30-31 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – A HUGE thanks to Be Good To People who donated $100 which brings the total raised to $5 481 only $7 019 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot.

Yesterday I was out doing normal things (of the non-humanitarian kind) and I felt like I was drifting which made me realize I feel most alive when I give and serve which is awesome because now that I know that on a conscious level I am going to consciously constantly try to stay in that lane in big and small ways. Chase your aliveness.

Day 2524: Just Love

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The true meaning of love is not to possess – that’s what I realizing

It’s 1 : 14 PM on day 2524 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Habakkuk 3:17-18, have breakfast and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised to $2 875 only $9 625 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot.

Today I was reminded that to love truly is to love without conditions or expectations – people, like you, are flawed and prone to mistakes so the best way to love them is to love them as they are without conditions or expectations and if you can’t then choose to let them go because really life is too short to hold anyone a prisoner of your conditions or expectations.

Day 2478: 2017 Goals – Goal #13: Meeting Ella Constantinides-Leite

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“No road is long with good company.”— Turkish Proverb

It’s 1 : 14 PM on day 2478 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Psalm 16: 8 have breakfast and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – total raised $1 335 only $11 165 more to raise in 356 days to help 50 kids with clubfoot (winners never quit and quitters never win God will help me help 50 kids walk even though I myself cannot walk I’m going to make this happen i don’t care how many times I’m ignored or told no there billions of people in the world and it is my mission to find the one’s who will be willing and able to help me).

Yesterday I had the honour of meeting Ella Constantinides-Leite (meeting Ella was actually #13 on my 2017 Goals list (no jokes)), Candy Tothill Kruger and some of the girls from Miss Earth South Africa. Thank you Ella for the words of wisdom, knowledge and so many laughs. You are the embodiment of grace and love and what it truly means to be a team player. I LOVE YOU very much and will forever do what i can to help you in all that you wish to accomplish. A HUGE thanks also to Tsogo Sun for being such a great supporter of Miss Earth South Africa we LOVE you guys.

Day 2463: Act Don’t React

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Act from a place of love, compassion, kindness and generosity – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 56 PM on day 2463 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, have breakfast, read Isaiah 46:9 and learn a new word – Definitions for prelapsarian 1.
characteristic of or pertaining to any innocent or carefree period: a prelapsarian youth.
2. Theology. occurring before the Fall: the prelapsarian innocence of Eden.
3. supralapsarian.

Today I realized that in life to react is a very dangerous thing because often our reactions to that which has happen to us or that which has been done to us come from a place of hurt, fear or frustration so this morning I just woke up and decided that no matter how I am treated I’m going to act and feel from a place of love, compassion, kindness and generosity.