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Day 509

Most of us have more than we need– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8 : 23 PM on day 509 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, work, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, drink tea by myself, continue working, feed myself nectarines for dinner – our neighbour came to visit and brought fruits she’s the most talkative person I’ve ever met but that’s okay I found it quite endearing 🙂 – brush my teeth once more and pray and read Genesis 20 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible.

Today I was helping my brother with his EMS – Economic Management Science – project – he had to create a collage separating needs from wants – and for the life of me I could only thing of seven things that we actually needed to survive oxygen, food, water, shelter, clothing, healthcare and education which leads me to the conclusion that most of us are living a life of excess I mean really who needs two of everything why can’t we give whatever we have leftover or don’t use to people who need it more than we do. Do you take what you need and give the rest away or hoard all your resources?

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If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 508

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Life always comes full circle – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 6 : 52 PM on day 508 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Genesis 19 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself Oats for breakfast, work, feed myself yoghurt for dinner, brush my teeth once more – I had to do everything early because we have to go to a prayer at my uncle’s house – and work some more.

Yesterday I was in the bathroom and it suddenly occurred to me that we come into this world with nothing and we go out with nothing I found something about that very comforting. Have you ever had a fun circle moment in your life?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 507

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I am hard working – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 6 : 53 PM on day 507 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Genesis 18 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, drink tea by myself, feed myself Oats for breakfast, work, feed myself rice and curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today was my first day working where I had to manage two clients simultaneously and at first I was completely overwhelmed but now I realize that I truly can do whatever I set my mind to because I am willing to work long and hard to get it done. Are you certain that you’ll make it in this life purely because you’re hard working?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 506

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If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. ~Robert Brault

It’s 6 : 29 PM on day 506 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Genesis 17 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, drink tea by myself, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, work some more, exercise, continue working, feed myself yoghurt for dinner, brush my teeth once more and watch TV.

As you may or may not know today is my mother’s birthday – she turns 46(mom don’t kill me LOL) – and in honour of that I would like to say thank you for giving me life, thank you for giving me Neethu and Kevin – my sister and brother(they are a little annoying at times but my life wouldn’t be the same without them)- thank you for all your prayers(I know that you pray every for me to walk and although the answer to that prayer is no know that your prayers are making a difference in my life), forgive me all my trespasses against you and please try not to worry I am going to make it in this life I promise. Are you wise enough to know that you are where you are because of the prayers of your mother?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 505

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Us humans are cruel than wild animals– that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 6 : 59 PM on day 505 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, drink tea by myself, feed myself a boiled egg for breakfast, pray, read Genesis 16 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, work some more and watch TV.

This morning I logged onto the web and the first thing I saw was the headline Afghan woman ‘killed for giving birth to girl’ the article was basically about a man who killed his wife after she gave birth to their third baby girl – he wanted a boy – what is wrong with the world what happen to the human in humanity the world isn’t supposed to be like this we are supposed to live together in peace and harmony. Have you experienced cruelty at the hands of another human being?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 504

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When everything is going right enjoy your life – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7 : 17 PM on day 504 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Genesis 15 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, drink tea by myself, tweet with people, feed myself a hotdog for breakfast, work, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, work some more-while I was working Barbara (@Late_Bloomers) from Basel, Switzerland made a $50 donation to my campaign – thanks Barbara – feed myself yoghurt for dinner, brush my teeth once more and watch TV.

Today I was doing something – I forgot what it was – and I caught myself thinking my life is finally going right looking back now I still feel the same I have a job, I have my health and I have my family (thanks God) what is there not to be grateful for. Do you only reflect on your life when everything is going wrong?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 503

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The outcome of a conversation depends not on what is said but rather what is heard – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 6 : 20 PM on day 503 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, drink coffee by myself, go to church, feed myself Idli – a south Indian savory cake popular throughout India – and Sambar – a dish common in South India and Sri Lankan Tamil cuisines, made of toor dal – for breakfast, pray, read Genesis 14 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, prepare and publish my Kid of the Week feature, drink water by myself from a glass – I was SO SO proud of myself because I could not do that a few months ago – tweet with people, listen to music, watch TV, feed myself rice and curry for lunch and tweet some more.

This morning in church the reverend talked about how we are constantly being blessed – the sermon was titled Living the Blessing – and how someone even saying that they’ll pray for you is a blessing in that moment I remembered how many times I snubbed people when they said they’d pray for me because I thought they were only saying that because I was in a wheelchair and I was embarrassed just goes to show something said with positive intention can be dangerous when heard with negative perception. Does everything you say get taken the wrong way?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 502

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God has a wicked sense of humor– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8 : 06 PM on day 502 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Genesis 13 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, reply to a comment on this blog, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself an egg sandwich for breakfast, work, make sandwiches on behalf of Virginia’s Sandwich Run, exercise for a few minutes – my brother was using the laptop – work some more, feed myself rice and curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today while making sandwiches I remember thinking how ironic it was that I who found it difficult to even hold a knife wanted to help people while the rest of the people in the house who could do everything by themselves were busy watching movies eventually my mother helped me grudgingly which irritated me because I believe that you should NEVER EVER see helping others as a chore I guess my family is just a microcosm of the world nowadays most people see helping others as an obligation or as a means to make themselves look good in the eyes of others it makes me really sad. Have you ever felt like you were the bud of God’s joke?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 501

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You must give credit where credit is due no matter how insignificant what your praising might be in the bigger scheme of things – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 6 : 07 PM on day 501 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Genesis 12 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, reply to a few comments on this blog, work, watch TV – my brother was using the laptop – feed myself spaghetti bolognaise for lunch and work some more.

Yesterday I was watching TV and this ad called Remember Your Power by Eskom – South Africa’s national electricity supplier – came on it was about the fact that we need to conserve electricity but it was also so much more than that watching it made me feel like I could make a difference in every sphere of life and that I think deserves a standing ovation you’ll see what I mean when you watch the advert. Take a look at the advert below:

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 500

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Times are changing fast– that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 7 : 28 PM on day 500 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Genesis 11 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, feed myself a boiled egg for breakfast, drink juice by myself, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, reply to a few comments on this blog, work, feed myself spaghetti bolognaise for lunch, watch TV – my brother was using the laptop – and work some more.

Today while working I was listening to the radio and I was SHOCKED at how sexually explicit the music was every second lyric of almost every song had the words fuck or hump in them is it just me or is that totally inappropriate no wonder my brother came home from school in the fourth grade and asked my father what a condom was whatever happened to the days when the lyrics of songs actually had meaning. Are you able to adapt to the new cultural norms quickly enough?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!