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Day 80

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires – Marcus Aurelius.

It’s 7: 21 PM on day80 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All-Bran Flakes for breakfast, learn how to calculate Exact Equations – I wish life was more like Math where every problem had a clearly defined solution(s) but I guess that’s too much to ask – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, exercise for 30 minutes – getting anyone to help me was a mission and a half – my mother was tired, my father was nowhere to be found, my sister was texting and my brother was eating – so I ended up having to exercise by myself – you know what they say want something done you have to do it yourself 🙂 – and started reading Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela – President Obama wrote the most moving forward I’ve ever read – I got the sense that President Obama has a great deal of respect for Nelson Mandela – as do I 🙂

Different people have different aspirations some people aspire to wealth and fame while others aspire to peace and happiness and if you’d asked me yesterday what I aspired to I wouldn’t have been able to tell you but in reading the forward written by President Obama I have come to realize that I aspire to Nelson Mandela’s exemplary leadership qualities. What do you aspire to? 🙂

Day 79

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Everybody is HIV positive until proven otherwise – Unknown.

It’s 7: 40 PM on day 79 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Oats for breakfast, created a Jango account – I really recommend that website if your a music lover – it allows you to create radio station and only plays songs by your favourite artists – learn how to calculate Separable Differentials – it was so easy hopefully I’ll finish the chapter by tomorrow 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch and exercise for 30 minutes – my legs where so still today that they would go straight no matter how hard my mother pressed on them – no two days are the same I suppose hopefully tomorrow my legs will be a lot more cooperative 🙂

Approximately 5.7 million people in South Africa are living with HIV and although the rate of new infections has dropped there are still new diagnoses being made every day and today being World Aids Day I would like to make two things VERY clear – firstly, you CANNOT contract HIV through touching, hugging or kissing and secondly NOBODY who chooses to have unprotected sex is immune from contracting HIV – black, white or blue HIV does not discriminate. Do you know your status? 🙂

Day 77

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You strike a woman; you strike a rock – Zulu proverb.

It’s 7: 04 PM on day 77 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All-Bran Flakes for breakfast, learn how to calculate Integrals with Substitution – I finally understand it and can now move on to the next chapter – YAY for me! 🙂 – peeled a banana – made a huge stain on my t-shirt – attempted to take off my stained t-shirt and put on a clean one – I got my head out but our housekeeper had to help me get my arms out of the sleeves and put on a clean t0shirt when the housekeeper was helping me change I thought to myself normal people can change in and out of their clothes without thinking twice about it this is so unfair – feed myself rice and curry for lunch and exercise for 10 minutes –I am SO tired {yawn}

I have never been an abused woman but every time my father pinned my mother against the wall and raised his hand to her I felt like someone had placed a hot iron on my heart and even though it doesn’t hurt anymore I still bear the scars of my tortured childhood and that’s why I am in full support of the 16 Days of Activisms Against Gender Violence Campaign. Have you ever been burned by someone that you loved?

Day 76

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Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true – Napoleon Hill.

It’s 8: 32 PM on day 76 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Chapati – an unleavened flatbread – and Chicken Curry for breakfast, spend time with my cousins – I was a bit sad that this was the last time that my cousin – the youngest of the two – would come shopping with us as a single woman but as the saying goes if you love them you’ll set them free 🙂 – feed myself KFC Sprinkle Pops – tiny ball-shaped chicken nuggets with different flavours on it – for lunch, wheel myself out of the dining room and into the sitting room where I wheeled myself to the centre of the room and touch the coffee table – it won’t be long until I am able to wheel myself everywhere I just KNOW it 🙂 and exercise for 10 minutes – it was my sister’s turn to help me exercise today and she nearly broke my legs LOL 🙂

A few weeks ago I was reading an article about Nelson Mandela’s new book Conversions with Myself and I thought to myself I want this book and today my cousins bought it for me as a Christmas present – they took us to the mall and asked us to pick out anything we wanted and Nelson Mandela’s book was the first book I saw in the book store so I took it and it was only when I got home that I remembered that I wanted to buy that book all along. Have you ever transformed your thoughts into physical reality? 🙂

Day 74

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Knowledge is power – Sir Francis Bacon.

It’s 6: 31 PM on day 74 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself a Banana for breakfast, memorize the common formulae in my notes – I think I’ve got it down pat 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, practised wheeling myself around the house – today I got to The sitting room and tomorrow I’ll get a little further and pretty soon I’ll be able to wheel myself everywhere without any assistance I just KNOW it 🙂 – and went to physiotherapy – I LOVE my physiotherapist I feel like she’s the only person on the planet who sees me for my soul rather than my body – I remember once my mother said to someone this is Nisha my sick daughter and my jaw dropped to the floor – literally LOL 🙂

Today morning I took the plunge and had my blood sugar levels tested not because I exhibited any of the symptoms but because I felt like I should know what was going on with my own body and I’m happy to report that my blood sugar level was 5 – 4 to 8 is the normal range – after I took the test which took less than 20 seconds out of my day I felt a great sense of relief and with that said I would like to ask all of you to get your blood sugar tested either at home – you can buy a portable blood sugar monitor at your local pharmacy – or you can ask your doctor to run a simple blood test because at the end of the day what you don’t know can KILL you. Will you follow in my footsteps and get your blood sugar levels tested? 🙂