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Day 1778: The Love of Parents

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“Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up.” – Ezra Taft Benson

 

It’s 12 : 01  PM on day 1778 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 10, publish my Disability of the Day feature,    learn one new thing – Truncate [trun·cate] tr.v. 1. To shorten or cut off. 2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point. – have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks all)

 

This morning I woke up feeling nauseous and eventually threw up (too much information, I know and I’m sorry) God bless my parents they were up with me at 4 AM holding my head into a bucket I can’t imagine loving other people so much that no task would be too disgusting. Thanks mommy and daddy for being there for me through thick, thin and everything in-between I sincerely appreciate it more than you will ever know.

Day 1777: Criticism and Me

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Embrace criticism the only people who don’t get criticized are those who do nothing, say nothing and become nothing – that’s what I will say to myself.

 

It’s 2 :  51   PM on day 1777 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 9, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature,   learn one new thing – Kangaroos usually live to around six years old in the wild.– have breakfast, promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks for your support everyone) – read a book- (we had loadshedding again) – and have lunch.

 

Recently I’ve realized that being criticized is a sign that you’re doing something so now whenever I’m criticized I will say to myself embrace criticism the only people who don’t get criticized are those who do nothing, say nothing and become nothing.

Day 1776: My fears

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Fear is just a feeling – that’s what I keep reminding myself.

 

It’s 12 : 23  PM on day 1776 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 8, publish my Disability of the Day feature,    learn one new thing – Redact(ed) [re·dact] tr.v. Edit something: to edit, revise, or delete content in preparation for publication. “The documents were redacted so personal information wasn’t released to the public.” – have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks to everyone who has (and continues to) help out I am SO GRATEFUL to all 60 of you (yes, I keep count thanks so much all of you for caring).

 

This morning I decided to write down all my fears in the hopes that seeing my fears in black and white would help me face them and overcome them. Take a look:

 

My fears

  1. Speaking in front of a large crowd (I have major stage fright I’m so scared of getting in front of people and going totally blank)
  2. Radio interviews (I know that doing radio interviews would be beneficial for my philanthropic projects but I’m afraid people  won’t understand what I’m trying to say (because I have Cerebral Palsy my speech is not as clear as it could be and  sometimes there’s like small breaks in my speech))
  3. Tv interviews

Day 1775: A Year Without Grandmother

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Those who pass away live in our memories – that’s what I keep realizing.

 

It’s 12 :  43 PM on day 1775  of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,  pray, read Matthew 7,    publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –In the spring, a nanny goat gives birth to one kid (sometimes two), which must be on its feet within minutes of arrival into its sparse mountain world. Mountain goats eat plants, grasses, mosses, and other alpine vegetation. – have breakfast, make sandwiches for Cynthia’s ( our housekeeper’s) neighborhood with mom’s help as part of  Virginia’s Sandwich Run – (thank you mommy  for all your help) –    and  promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks everyone 🙂 )

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Today marks the one year anniversary of my paternal grandmother’s death I am sad that she has passed but that sadness is mixed with immense gratitude for all the years we had together (she was so spunky and funny every time I remember her I can’t help but smile… she was awesome 🙂 ). Thank you Ammachi (grandmother) for all the joy and wisdom you gave me you rocked this life I hope I’m making you proud.

Day 1774: What Do I Do When I’m Not Trying To Help People?

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Balance is what life is all about – that’s what I have realized.

 

It’s 12 : 19  PM on day 1774 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 6, publish my Disability of the Day feature,    learn one new thing – The lemon is native to Asia, around Northeast India, North Burma, and China.
– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far 🙂 .

 

This morning it occurred to me that most people who read this blog only get to see  one side of me, the side that loves to help people, which is fine but there are so many other things I love to do besides that and to show you that below I’ve written down some of my hobbies. Take a look:

 

My Hobbies

  • Writing (Writing is cathartic for me I write whatever I’m feeling which helps especially since I don’t feel comfortable burdening people with my problems)
  • Reading (Reading transports me to a different world for a while. I love reading books by Jodi Picoult, Malcolm Gladwell, Mitch Albom and Khaled Hosseini )
  • Listening to music ( “Energy” by Keri Hilson is my new favourite song)
  • Watching movies (I’m the kind of girl who cries at the end of The Notebook no matter how many times she’s seen it it’s actually quite embarrassing)
  • Watching Strictly Come Dancing (Strictly Come Dancing is the only TV show I watch I love seeing South African celebrities totally out of their element trying to learn a new skill there’s something very inspiring about that)
  • Watching cooking videos on YouTube (I love watching Jamie Oliver cook he does so with so much love and passion he inspires me to do everything I do with passion)

Day 1773: Be the change you want to see

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“I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.” ― Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope

 

It’s 12 : 20  PM on day 1773 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 5, publish my Disability of the Day feature,    learn one new thing –Opine [o·pine] v.tr. To state as an opinion. Latin: opinari – to have an opinion– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks all :) ).

 

Two days ago I recorded a video titled “Be the change you want to see” in the hopes of inspiring at least a few people to become active citizens of our world. Watch “Be the change you want to see” below:

Day 1772: The Remarkable Benjamin Yonattan on America’s Got Talent

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The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

It’s 12 : 07  PM on day 1772 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 4, publish my Disability of the Day feature,    learn one new thing –Average life span of giraffes in the wild: 25 years– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks everyone :) ).

 

Yesterday I saw a video of 14-year-old Benjamin Yonattan dancing his socks off which is remarkable considering he has no peripheral vision Benjamin reaffirmed for me that with self-belief nothing is impossible. Watch Benjamin Yonattan’s America’s Got Talent audition below:

Day 1771: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

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“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” – Steve Jobs

 

It’s 12 : 18  PM on day 1771 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 3, publish my Disability of the Day feature,    learn one new thing – .Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus. Roman legend says that Romulus had a twin brother called Remus. As babies they were abandoned in the area which later became Rome. A she-wolf found and raised them, but when they grew up Romulus fought and killed Remus and became the first ruler of Rome!– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks so much to everyone who has supported this campaign so far I sincerely appreciate it 🙂 ).

 

Recently I watched the commencement speech that Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University and I’m so glad I did because it has profoundly changed the way I view life the lessons he shared in the speech are lessons I think we all need to learn. Watch Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 below:

Day 1770: Own your beliefs

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Own your beliefs – that’s my message to the world and myself.

 

It’s 12 : 02  PM on day 1770 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Matthew 2, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature,   learn one new thing – Effusive [ef·fu·sive] adj. 1. Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy: “An effusive manner.” 2. Profuse; overflowing: “effusive praise.”– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far (thanks for your support everyone).

 

This morning I was thinking about religion and public platforms although I am a proud Christian in the past I’ve been on the fence about whether or not to express my faith on public platforms purely because I didn’t want to push my faith on people who might not share my beliefs but now I realize it’s my right and responsibility as a Christian to share my beliefs just like it’s other people’s right not to believe my beliefs if they don’t.

Day 1769: To Serve and Mandela Day 2015

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It doesn’t matter how or when you serve as long as you do serve – that’s what I keep realizing.

 

It’s 12 :  00 PM on day 1769  of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,  pray, read Matthew 1,    publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing – -According to Anthony Sampson, Mandela’s official biographer, by the end of his administration, “Three million people were connected to telephone lines and safe drinking water, 1.5 million children were brought into the education system, 500 clinics were upgraded or built, two million people were connected to the electricity grid and 750,000 houses were built providing shelter for nearly three million people.” -and  promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far.

 

Today is Mandela Day but sisi Cynthia and I made sandwiches for the kids in her neighbourhood yesterday since she doesn’t work on weekends. Watch the video below (Note: The fact that sisi Cynthia is out of the frame in this video was not intentional on my part it just happened like that):