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Day 2111: Honoured to be a Mail & Guardian 200 Young South African 2016

Reality is sometimes a thousand times better than fantasy – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 11 : 24 AM on day 2111 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 1 John 4: 12, have breakfast, learn one new thing – Jupiter is the most massive planet in our Solar System, meaning it also has the highest gravity. If you stood on Jupiter – you cannot because it does not have a solid surface – than you would weigh two and a half times what you would on Earth. -and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – Deepthichechi and Jiya donated $125 each (thanks SO MUCH Deepthichechi and Jiya 🙂 ) which brings my total raised to $6 160 only $90 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ) [Thanks also to Brent Lindeque who wrote a post about me on Good Things Guy titled Nisha Varghese… a real South African hero has just joined the “Top 200 Young South African” alumni ] .

Yesterday I was humbled and honoured to find out that I’m on the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans list (every year the Mail & Guardian picks 200 South Africans from different fields of expertise and puts them on the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans list) I still can’t believe I made it on the list I’m truly humbled to be listed alongside so many phenomenal young South Africans reality is sometimes a thousand times better than fantasy.

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Day 2110: My Real Greatest Fear

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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.” – Marianne Williamson

It’s 12 : 07 PM on day 2110 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Deuteronomy 31:6, have breakfast, learn one new thing – According to botanists (those who study plants) a fruit is the part of the plant that develops from a flower. It’s also the section of the plant that contains the seeds. The other parts of plants are considered vegetables. These include the stems, leaves and roots — and even the flower bud.-and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Last night I realized that how great I could be scares me more than failure and utter humiliation does.

Day 2109: Defining Your Challenges

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Unless you make a conscious decision to define your challenges your challenges will end up defining you– that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 11 PM on day 2109 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Ephesians 5: 25, have breakfast, learn one new thing – As we get older, the pigment cells in our hair follicles gradually die. When there are fewer pigment cells in a hair follicle, that strand of hair will no longer contain as much melanin and will become a more transparent color — like grey, silver, or white — as it grows.-and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Yesterday I decided to do something out-of-the-box I had our housekeeper write down $340 To Raise For Smile Train on a piece of paper after which I asked my brother to stick it on the side of my wheelchair and take a picture of it (to post on social media) and in so doing I sort of took what was supposed to be my biggest stumbling block and turned it into a stepping stone.

Day 2108: Why I am grateful for my wheelchair every day

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Be grateful even for the things you sometimes wish you didn’t have to have– that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 15 PM on day 2108 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read John 1: 16, have breakfast, learn one new thing – Timeline of Women’s Suffrage Granted, by Country. Learn the year in which women’s suffrage was granted, organized by year. New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote (in 1893), while the King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote in 2011. -and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

This morning as I was listing out loud all the things I was grateful for my mom heard me say wheelchair it surprised her she repeated the word almost as if asking a question and I said something like yes, wheelchair because although I would rather not need one I am grateful to have one because I know there are people who need a wheelchair but don’t have one we must all be grateful even for the things we sometimes wish we didn’t have to have.

Day 2107: Rejection, Life and Me

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When rejected maintain a good attitude because NOBODY owes you anything in this life you have to sow 100 days to reap 1 day – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 2107 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Romans 15: 33, learn one new thing – On November 21, 1783 the first free flight carrying a human occurred in Paris, France. It was in a hot air balloon made of paper and silk made by the Montgolfier brothers. The balloon carried two men, Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent, Marquis of d’ Arlanders.- have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Yesterday I was having a tough day lots of rejection and being ignored what I learned was to maintain a good attitude through it all because NOBODY owes me anything in this life I have to sow 100 days to reap 1 day.

Day 2106: Writing and Me

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Writing is cathartic – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 : 38 PM on day 2106 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 2 Corinthians 15: 7, learn one new thing – After the Greek philosophers Pythagoras, in the 6th century BC, and Parmenides, in the 5th, recognized that the Earth is spherical, the spherical view spread rapidly in the Greek world. Around 330 BC, Aristotle maintained on the basis of physical theory and observational evidence that the Earth was spherical.- have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Recently I started keeping a personal diary again typing down my innermost personal thoughts has done me more good than I ever thought it would it’s like as soon as I type down my feelings they get transferred from my heart into the page it’s pretty cool actually.

Day 2105: Happy Father’s Day Dad

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“Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that’s why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.” – Wade Boggs

It’s 12 : 20 PM on day 2105 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 1 Samuel 2: 6-7 , learn one new thing – It took about 14 years to complete Hadrian’s Wall. The largest structure ever made by the Romans. Hadrian’s Wall was built on the orders of the Roman emperor Hadrian. – have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Today being Father’s Day here in South Africa I thought it appropriate to share some of my dad’s dadisms. Take a look:

My 3 Favourite Dadisms

1. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
2. Obedience is better than sacrifice
3. God only gives you a certain amount of time to make money don’t squander it/if you squander it it’s your own fault

Happy Father’s Day Dad 🙂 .

Day 2104: “Your Body Is A Wonderland” by John Mayer

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Life would be so dull without music – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 2104 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, learn one new thing – Thewissen says that whales are more closely linked to an extinct pig-like animal, often known as India’s pig or Indohyus, while hippos are closely related to living pigs. But this isn’t accurate according to Theodor. “What Thewissen is saying is that Indohyus is the closest relative of whales – and we agree.- read 6: 21 , have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Yesterday I heard “Your Body Is A Wonderland” by John Mayer it’s such a great song it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. Listen to “Your Body Is A Wonderland” by John Mayer below:

Day 2103: Stay True to your Life’s Message

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Stay true to your life’s message – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 46 PM on day 2103 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Acts 3: 6, have breakfast, learn one new thing – Birds depend less on the senses of smell and taste than people do. Most birds have little use for the sense of smell. The odors of food, prey, enemies or mates quickly disperse in the wind. Birds possess olfactory glands, but they’re not well developed in most species, including the songbirds in our backyards. – and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Yesterday I realized the importance of staying true to one’s life’s message you can’t create a new message if you’re living the old one – your thoughts, words and actions must be in alignment with each other.

Day 2102: Youth Day 2016

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See the problems and become the solutions – that’s my message to the youth.

It’s 1 : 56 PM on day 2102 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Psalm 68: 3, have breakfast, learn one new thing – Venus: yellowish-white; we can only see the thick layer of colorless and featureless sulfuric acid clouds. You can find more detailed info on Venus here. Earth: light blue with white clouds; oceans and light scattered by the atmosphere make Earth prevailingly blue. – and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Today being Youth Day here in South Africa – a day that honours the youth of 1976 who fought against the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools – I’ve been thinking about my responsibility as a youth and I’ve realized that my responsibility is to see problems and become the solutions. Happy Youth Day South Africa.