Day 3038: Embrace the Moment

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You have to experience every season to appreciate each one – that’s what I’ve realized

It’s 12: 28 PM on day 3038 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today as I sat under the gloomy sky I thought to myself why is it not sunny and in that moment it occurred to me that’s how most of us go through life – we resist what is longing for what was  or what possibly will be again…we seldom embrace the moment exactly as it is which is horrible so from this moment forth I will try to embrace the moment regardless of what said moment entails.

Day 3037: Money – a great litmus test

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Money shows people’s true colour like nothing I’ve ever seen– that’s what I’ve realized

It’s 12: 16 PM on day 3037 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Yesterday I was reminded that money shows people’s true colour like nothing I’ve ever seen you think people are close then you put money in the mix and you can actually see who people really are…it’s scary.

Day 3036: All of Life Is an Adventure

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All of life changes when we see life itself as an adventure – that’s what i’ve realized

It’s 5: 19 PM on day 3036 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time with family and do some work

Last year I was always waiting for adventure – a trip, special occasion, etc. – this year I realize life, all of life, every moment is an adventure because every moment is different and one never knows when it will come to an abrupt end.

Day 3034: Keep Calm Everything Works Out

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The things we stress most about often sort themselves out– that’s what’ve realized

It’s 3: 59 PM on day 3032 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today my grand plans were almost ruined by a typo but I’m impressed with myself I didn’t blow up at anyone I just asked for it to be corrected then went outside to sit under the tree knowing all would end well and I was right everything worked out.

Day 3033: Joy: Giving it and Having It

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Those who make it their goal to add joy to the lives of others will always have joy– that’s what i’ve realized

It’s 2: 34 PM on day 3033 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse and spend time outside and do some work.

Today I was reminded that those who make it their goal to add joy to the lives of others will always have joy I love giving people experiences I may never have when I’m doing that it almost doesn’t matter that I may never have those experiences.

Day 3032: Momentum

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One of the most important things in life is momentum in the right direction – that’s what i’ve realized

It’s 2: 04 PM on day 3032 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse and do some work


Today I was reminded that in life one has to step in the right direction and keep moving – momentum is everything in life

Day 3031:Life’s Purposes and 2019 Goals

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“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.”- Melody Beattie

It’s 9: 51 AM on day 3031 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse and do some work

Today is New Year’s Day and with that comes new hopes, new opportunities and new goals. Check out my life’s purpose and 2019 Goals below:

My Life’s Purposes

  1. Fill the world with kindness and love
  2. Make a difference – level the playing field for people who were born with the cards stacked against them
  3. Change perceptions about differently-abled people

2019 Goals

  1. Continue to be kind, honest, generous, grateful and filled with wonderment
  2. Raise $28 000 for Charity:Water in honour of my 28th year of life (when we give water we give ,health, education and lost time back – I want to give one thing that changes EVERYTHING)
  3. Every day be the best SuperSidekick to Superhero Catherine Constantinides (she’s the best, most hardworking real-life Superhero I’ve ever met she totally deserves me forever  and no matter what else I’m doing in life I will always be here for her)
  4. Publish my Moments Journal(s)
  5. Make an income – doing good is wonderful and I’m proud that I’m known for that but also I need a steady income I don’t feel good about myself being financially dependent on my family at almost 28 years old
  6. Teach kids and adults worldwide that Different Is COOL
  7. Continue to raise awareness about the Western Sahara conflict – the Western Sahara has been illegally occupied by Morocco for the past 42 years due to the fact that it’s rich in natural and though the UN promised a referendum in 1991 it has yet to come to pass meanwhile half of the Saharawi People have been living in the refugee camps in Algeria for 43 years
  8. Choose people who choose me
  9. Read 12+ books
  10. Plant one tree or more
  11. Do 28+ good deeds – for my 28th year of life
  12. Say no,thank you when people ask if they can pray for me (in the context of me one day being healed)
  13. Visit London, Paris and Rome

(Note: Goals are subject to change with time and that’s ok because I will change with time)

Day 3030: 2018 In Review

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Every year is a chapter in the book of one’s life – that’s my message to the world

It’s 1: 17 PM on day 3030 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse and do some work

Today is New Year’s Eve and with that comes customary reflection 2018 has been a tremendous test of my physical and emotional strength I carry into 2019 the knowledge that with God and my family I can survive anything (please God may my family and friends all be with me this year and years to come and may my faith not be tested so much next year)

2018 Goals Review

  1. Continue to be kind, honest and generous[I really tried ]
  2. Choose people and organizations who choose me (if I’m someone’s second choice or if they’re actions prove that they are not that into me I will no longer give them the option to choose me I deserve better than to be anyone’s time-filler) [ I really tried to stick to this – example : I wanted to help a priest with his Soup chicken he basically said he didn’t want me to exert myself so I didn’t give it a second thought (far be it for me to chase people)
  3. Stop expecting people to be as I am [work-in-progress]
  4. Raise $5 884 more for my 50 New Feet campaign benefiting MiracleFeet by June 17th 2018 which when added to the $6 616 already raised will be enough to provide 50 children with clubfoot treatment [ended with $15 219]
  5. Call at least 2 people ( related or non-related) at least once in three months to say hi or thank you (I called as many people as I could and tried to make them feel special)
  6. Every day be the best SuperSidekick to Superhero Catherine Constantinides (she’s the best, most hardworking real-life Superhero I’ve ever met she totally deserves a SuperSidekick and I’m the only I trust to do the job properly – she totally deserves me) [MISSION ACCOMPLISHED – I give myself an A+ on this one]
  7. Publish my book Defying the odds: Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way [EPIC FAIL in that I didn’t try]
  8. Go Hot-Air Ballooning (I did some research and found out that the major hot-air ballooning operators here in South Africa won’t take me because they don’t have wheelchair-accessible hot-air balloons but darn it I’ve ziplined and paraglided I refuse to believe that there’s  nobody in this country  who can help to make this happen… mark my words I WILL BE THE FIRST South African in a wheelchair to go hot-air ballooning in South Africa I don’t know how, when or who will help me but I can tell you it will happen somehow because I am Nisha Varghese and impossible DOES NOT apply to me) [I spoke to my physiotherapist about this and she said if i go on a normal hot-air balloon, which are the only kind available in South Africa, i won’t be able to see anything because i’ll ether be seated or carried so i dont thing i want to do it anymore]
  9. Donate consumables to Breath of Life (Breath of Life is a project that takes care of orphaned and abandoned children in my city until they are adopted)
  10. Donate books to the library
  11. Make a dream come true with Reach For A Dream [I emailed them and even looked at the application form it asked if I had a drivers licence I  guessed that one need one to volunteer so I just let it go)
  12. Visit people at a retirement home
  13. Participate in the CANSA Shavathon again this year [ couldn’t go because i was post-op so made a donation ]
  14. Plant 3 trees
  15. Read 12 books [8 read – it’s not 12 but better than zero]
  16. Meet Sebastian Schütte, founder of the Panda Crew (I sked him if we could meet but it never came to be)
  17. Diarize at least one good moment of every day [did more often than not]
  18. Learn one interesting fact every day [such a fail]
  19. Tell my life-story in front of a large crowd pf people (I have major stage-fright but I know if I just spoke in front of a large crowd once it would never again be an issue… I don’t want to roll through life scared ) [I asked a certain place if I could speak to their kids they said next year even still I told my story on radio so this goal was accomplished in a different way]
  20. Go to Paris, Rome, Athens and London [not done – hopefully next year more travels]

Highlights of 2018

  1. All the good God has done through me
  2. Seeing my sister graduate from university with distinction and first-class honours
  3. My brother finishing high school
  4. Having 70+ trees planted in honour of my Superhero Catherine Constantinides’ birthday – even I was impressed it worked out I was really delighted to make my Superhero feel as special  as she is
  5. Seeing my Superhero deliver a fantastic keynote address at the Closing Ceremony of World Youth Forum in Egypt – there were 5000 PEOPLE in that room and a further 100 MILLION watching on TV and not looking nervous at all she delivered the best speech of her life I WAS FLOORED it was AMAZING….SHE WAS AMAZING!
  6. Meeting Dr. Esther Nyambura and her colleague from Smile Train – they were already in the country but still the fact they came across the country to visit me meant the world to me and it shows that gratitude is an important part of the Smile Train organization
  7. Meeting Kiran and the rest of the Kumars – they are a really kind family who have really shown up for us this year I truly appreciate them
  8. All the times I spent at Breath of Life with Michelle and the babies – every time I’m with Michelle I see what love is the way she looks at the babies and even holds them IS LOVE!
  9. All the times I spent outside in nature

Day 3029: The Greatest Showman

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“The noblest art is that of making others happy.” -P.T. Barnum

It’s 11: 52 AM on day 3029 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse and do some work

Recently I watched The Greatest Showman – a movie musical loosely based on the origins of the circus – aside from the fact that it was factually inaccurate I loved the cinematography and the songs of the movie – it was truly a feast for the senses.