7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
– Ecclesiastes 9: 7 – 10
It’s 12 : 14 PM on day 1506 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Song of Songs 1, publish my Disability of the Day feature, stretch my hamstrings, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich and a banana for breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – still on $750 but that’s fine when the donations aren’t coming in as fast as I’d like I focus on raising awareness about girls’ education.
Recently South Africa was rocked by a high profile shooting tragic events such as this remind me to love, laugh and do meaningful things with my life.