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Day 2517: Learn to Judge Not

Judgement comes from a place of superiority – that’s what I’ve realized.

It’s 11 : 05 AM on day 2517 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Ephesians 1:7, have breakfast and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised to $2 602 only $9 897 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot .

Today I realized that judgement comes from a place of superiority because to judge anyone we must feel like we are somehow better than them and so to live without judgement we must understand that we are just as flawed as the next person.

Day 2223: Judge Not

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Judge not people in situations you’ve never been in – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 10 : 01 AM on day 2223 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 2 Psalm 8:3-4, have breakfast, learn one new thing – Definitions for ignominy 1). disgrace; dishonor; public contempt. 2). shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this.– and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign –raised $8 011.04 only $4 488.96 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ).

Yesterday I read Why I’m Not Telling My Daughter The Truth About Her Prognosis and while I feel like the daughter had the right to information about her health I also know that labelling kids tends to limit them so I can’t judge this mother’s decision because I honestly don’t know what I would do if I were in her shoes.

Day 1884: Forgive yourself

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You’re human when you you’re less than perfect forgive yourself – that’s my message to myself and the world.

It’s 12 : 15 PM on day 1794 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Roman’s 1, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –Strawberries come from a plant called ‘fragaria’.– work on my future project, have breakfast and record and upload a birthday message for my friend Sebastian.

A few day ago I caught myself judging someone and I was so hard on myself but now I realize like all humans I will at times judge and do things that are not consistent with who I strive to be which is a sad but true fact of life but I will not accept my judgmental nature instead I will fight to become non-judgemental by acknowledging the moments in which I’m being judgemental and sincerely seeking repentance.

Day 1743: Life, Judgement and Compassion

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People do the best they can with what they have – that’s what I’ve realized recently.

It’s 12 : 20 PM on day 1743 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Habakkuk 1, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, learn one new thing –Despite its name, the polecat is a member of the weasel family, Mustelidae. Mustelids, which also include otters, minks, and honey badgers, are the largest, most successful family of carnivores.- promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 145 raised so far (thanks guys 🙂 ) .

Recently I’ve realized that people do the best they can with what they have which has made me a less judgmental person when I was younger I used to think my elders had all the answers and get really disappointed when they fell short of my expectations but now I know that everybody’s just feeling their way through life.

Day 1683: Judgement, South Africa and Xenophobia

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Don’t judge all South Africans by the cruel actions of some – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 16 PM on day 1683 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Ezekiel 42, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –Average life span [of scorpions] in the wild: 3 to 8 years– feed myself for an avocado sandwich for breakfast promote my Educate Generations campaign–special thanks to my friend, Jenni, for allowing me to mention the campaign in my guest post Disability Views Around the World: South Africa on her blog, Joyful Journey Mom – record and publish my message to kids who have Cerebral Palsy in Soshanguve, Pretoria -I was invited to speak to kids who have Cerebral Palsy in Soshanguve, Pretoria, but I can’t be there so I decided to record them a video message and upload it on YouTube [see the video at https://youtu.be/vBpG6HRqifU].

Recently parts of South Africa have been swept up by xenophobia and some people outside the country have seen that and taken the opportunity to label South Africa a “disaster” to those people I say don’t judge all South Africans by the cruel actions of some all the good people of South Africa will stand together and we will overcome xenophobia like we overcame apartheid.

(On another unrelated note: Today is World Book Day please take time out to read books have been my ticket to everywhere and my loyal companion).

Day 1298: Judge not your fellow man

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Judge not your fellow man – that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 12 : 55 PM on day 1298 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to stretch my hamstrings, brush my teeth, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, pray, feed myself bran flakes for breakfast, read Job 32, publish my Disability of the Day feature and promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no donations in 9 days but I have an idea and if it works my donation drought will be a thing of the past.

This morning I was thinking about how judgemental I can be back in the day I thought people who invested in the stock market were the scum of the earth but now I realize that they are just trying to grow their money and create a better life for themselves and their families. Are you a judgemental person?

Day 287

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If you judge people, you have no time to love them. ~ Mother Teresa

It’s 7: 32 PM on day 287 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Chapati and beef curry for breakfast, listen to music, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, exercise for fifteen minutes while watching TV, brush my teeth once more –a guest was arriving and I didn’t want to occupy the bathroom while he was here – start preparing My Book Shelf – a page on this blog which consists of all the books I remember reading over the course of my twenty year life – and tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – I woke up to find that Bonnie (@bonnie67) made a donation – seven kids most of who have disabilities and she still managed to find the money to make a donation I’ll never get over it – thank you SO much Bonnie 🙂

Yesterday we had some company over at our house and quite unusually I wasn’t lost in thought thinking she probably feels sorry for me while she was talking to me and as a result before she left she handed me R50 and told me to make more sandwiches on her behalf – I had mentioned that I was making sandwiches for our housekeeper’s neighborhood during our conversation – which surprised me considering I didn’t even ask for a donation. Is your inability to connect with people solely due to the fact that you’re constantly judging them?

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If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 189

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My disability has made me a better person – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8: 34 PM on day 189 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Batura – deep fried bread – for breakfast, watch the movie Life as We Know It staring Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel and Josh Lucas with my sister (in South Africa March 21^st is Human Rights’ Day so we are given a public holiday)– it was a heart-warming story of two people who hated each other coming together to raise a child after the death of their mutual best friends I would recommend it to anyone who likes romantic comedies – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – two donations were made today: the first one was a $10 from @bonuschief (Frank) and the second one was a $110 donation from @LegalEagleStar (Tom) of EARLY & BALDWIN SOLICITORS – thanks guys you make me want to get up in the morning and do this all over again 🙂 – feed myself Chapati – an unleavened flatbread – filled with butternut and mutton gravy – I made a conscious effort not to ingest any meat because I was on lent and it paid off in spite of my brother who was doing everything in his power to get me to take a bite LOL 🙂 – and watch TV.

Today I was watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show titled Sister Wives it was about a man, his four wives and sixteen children and I caught myself thinking what, how, why … this is wrong and in that moment I decided that I would not do to others what others did to me because I knew what it felt like to be on the receiving end of judgment every time I went out people would stare and make up their minds about me before I had even said a word. Have your limitations been a blessing rather than a curse?