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Day 550

Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive. ~ Elbert Hubbard

It’s 6 : 33 PM on day 550 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, brush my teeth, feed myself avocado for breakfast, work, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign – @LegalEagleStar (Tom) made a donation (thanks Tom I really appreciate it) – watch TV and feed myself a banana for dinner

Today I was singing along to All Over The World by Ola (sounding horrible) and in that moment I couldn’t help feeling that life was too short to be bogged down by our problems I mean seriously something could happen tomorrow and we could be done for do we really want to look back on our lives and think damn it I wish I had one more shot to enjoy the small things in life that I didn’t pay attention to I guess what I’m trying to say is the big things are the small things in disguise so live, laugh and love because at the end of the day that’s what life is all about. Is everything a big deal to you?

Day 549

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Us human beings make things more complicated than the really are– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8 : 43 PM on day 549 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself an avocado sandwich for brunch, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign, work some more, feed myself spaghetti and vegetables for dinner, watch TV, brush my teeth once more, watch some more TV, continue reading Catching Fire – the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins – and continue watching TV.

Today I was watching an episode of The Dr. Oz Show on which a particular segment focused on 4 steps to becoming a happier person in 28 days while watching that segment I couldn’t help feeling that people were overcomplicating happiness, happiness is the choice you make to perceive your life in a positive light regardless of your circumstance I should know I have every reason to be miserable – I need help to do almost everything other people take for granted – and yet every day I find one thing to be grateful for. Do you have a knack for turning the ABC’s into rocket science?

Day 548

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You don’t know how much you take until you step back and reflect on it– that’s what I learned today.

It’s 7 : 22 PM on day 548 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, watch TV, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign, continue reading Catching Fire – the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins – watch some more TV – exercising in between -feed myself avocado for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today I was having breakfast and suddenly it occurred to me how much meat I consumed before I went on lent (two out of three of my daily meals contained meat) I am not saying it’s a good or bad thing to eat meat I’m just saying now that I’m conscious of how much meat I ate I am going to be eating less of it when lent is over because I believe we can change the world by changing the way we eat think about it meat comes from animals those animals have to be fed, killed, packaged and transported all of which are processes that will inevitably increase our collective carbon footprint. Do you step back and reflect on how much you take from the world?

Day 547

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Not everything in life is cut and dry– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7 : 27 PM on day 547 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign– Cindy (@notjustagranny) made a donation (thanks Cindy) – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet some more about my campaign, feed myself garlic bread for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today I was doing something with wrestling on in the background and although I would usually pay no attention to it because I think wrestling is stupid I had to pause and look when the promo for Be A Star – a campaign aimed at kids worldwide which is best described by its slogan don’t be a bully be a star (see campaign promo below) – came on what I loved about the promo was wrestlers and other celebrities sharing their personal experiences of being bullied as children just goes to show nothing is all good or all bad. Do you have to love something or hate it is there no middle ground?

Day 546

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Cherish those who support you and let go of those who don’t – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 6: 12 PM on day 546 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch and tweet some more about my campaign.

Last night we – my family and I – went to an event and as per usual I was sitting with my mom and the other ladies while my sister and the other kids even remotely my age were off talking to each other I remember feeling, in a room full of people, more lonely than I felt when I was alone which is basically how I felt today I was promoting my 21 For 21 Campaign and the whole time I was feeling like nobody was listening to me but in retrospect I realize that there were people who were paying attention I just wasn’t paying attention to them so from today onwards I am choosing to cherish those who support me and pay less attention to those who don’t. Do you pay more attention to the people who ignore you than you do to the people who support you?

Day 545

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Be where you are – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 1: 53 PM on day 545 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, work, brush my teeth, Facebook about my campaign, tweet some more about my campaign, feed myself Chapati and vegetable curry for brunch and start reading Catching Fire – the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

Today I wasn’t feeling too good but I just carried on until I realized that doing something while you’re sick is worse than doing nothing at all because you’re not doing your best I guess my message to you guys is meet yourself where you are if you’re sick don’t wish you weren’t and don’t pretend you aren’t just go rest because whatever you do during that time won’t be of good quality. Do you pretend you’re okay and do things you’re not up to?

Day 544

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Sometimes we fall down and can’t get back up
we’re hiding behind skin that’s too tough
how come we don’t say I love you enough
till it’s too late, it’s not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
we could make a feast from these crumbs
and we’re all staring down the barrel of a gun
so if your life flashed before you
what would you wish you would’ve done

Yeah… gotta start
lookin’ at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
this is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ if
every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
gotta live like we’re dying

Yeah we got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we’re dying

And if your plane fell out of the skies
who would you call with your last goodbyes
should be so careful who we let fall out of our lives
so when we long for absolution
there’ll be no one on the line

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we’re dying

Like we’re dying oh– like we’re dying x2

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live — like we’re dying

You never know a good thing till it’s gone
you never see a crash until it’s head on
all these people right when we’re dead wrong
you never know a good thing till it’s gone

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we’re dying

Like we’re dying oh — like we’re dying x2

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we’re dying
live like we’re dying
Fade out

– Live Like We’re Dying by The Script

It’s 6: 25 PM on day 544 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign – @gloxpolguard (Steve) made a donation yesterday (thanks Steve I really appreciate you help me give food to those who don’t have it freely available to them) – exercise, brush my teeth, tweet some more about my campaign, feed myself avocado for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, continue tweeting about my campaign, read Double Double written by Cameron Herold, feed myself Chapati and vegetable curry for lunch, continue reading ‘Double Double’ and listen to music – now playing Haunted by Taylor Swift (I LOVE Taylor Swift’s music the things she sings about are the same stuff I go through probably because we’re almost the same age).

This morning laying in bed I wondered if people wondered why I was so obsessed with giving I know I know people have better things to do than wonder why I’m obsessed with giving but in case you do wonder I make a conscious effort to make a difference because I know that we only get one shot at this life I want history to say about me that I tried every day to make a difference. Are you living like you’re dying?

Day 543

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We are all more than we appear to be only some people don’t understand that so they make assumptions – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 5 : 46 PM on day 543 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, work – in between work I prepared and published my Disability of the Day feature – drink tea by myself, work some more, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, continue working, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV and go to physiotherapy – I don’t have to go again until next month my physiotherapist is going on vacation can you say yay 🙂

Today as I was waiting for the laptop to switch on I remembered the visitor who came over to our house last week, saw me using the laptop and asked what are you playing to which my mom replied she’s not playing she’s working on her projects remembering that I smiled because I finally realized that I shouldn’t be bothered what people think of me because they’re going to think that I do nothing regardless of what I do. Are you able to see people for more than what they appear to be?

Day 542

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I don’t think you ever stop giving. I really don’t. I think it’s an on-going process. And it’s not just about being able to write a check. It’s being able to touch somebody’s life. ~ Oprah Winfrey

It’s 8 : 20 PM on day 542 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, work – in between work I prepared and published my Disability of the Day feature – drink tea by myself, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

As you know my Clean Water For All Campaign ended on March 5^th 2012 and although it’s only been three days I already miss actively giving so I have decided to start 21 for 21 – a campaign which asks all those who can to donate $21 ($1 for every year that I’ve been alive) to the United Nations World Food Programme (a donation of $1 = 4 cups of food) the campaign ends on 25 March 2012 (the day of my 21^st birthday) – all those interested in helping out can click the ‘Donate’ button below and donate $21 to my PayPal account which I will donate to the World Food Programme at the end of my campaign on my birthday (Note: I will forward my donation receipt to all donors in the interest of transparency).

(Update: The campaign is now over I donated a total of $252 to the United Nations World Food Programme)

Day 541

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We should fight for what we believe in but do so in a manner that doesn’t infringe on the human rights of others– that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 8 : 30 PM on day 541 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, work – in between work I prepared and published my Disability of the Day feature – drink tea by myself, feed myself garlic bread for breakfast, work some more, exercise, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, continue working, watch TV, feed myself mango for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today Cosatu – South Africa’s largest trade union – called on all its members to down tools in protest against labor brokers and e-tolling – the government wants us to pay an exorbitant amount to use the roads – and most obliged which made the protest a huge “success” most schools were closed and the economy lost millions after today I realize that sometimes success can be failure in disguise and vise-versa. Do you fight for what you believe in infringing on the human rights of others in the process?