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Day 1284: My thoughts on the Nkandla Report

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. – Angela Davis

It’s 1 : 00 PM on day 1284 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, read Job 18, watch the news, publish my Disability of the Day feature, and promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no donations so far today – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, stretch my hamstrings and spend time outside.

Yesterday I read Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found President Jacob Zuma misled Parliament when he claimed that the Zuma family was responsible for the cost of upgrades to his private homestead in Nkandla and I was fuming there are kids starving in the streets and our head of state, the one who is supposed to lead this country by example, reportedly spent an estimated 246 MILLION rand of the government’s money on upgrading his homestead I know he’s the President of South Africa and that I’m supposed to respect him but my respect is earned not given.

Day 1282: Life and Taking Calculated Risks

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“Life is a series of calculated risks, James. I happen to think that this one is worth it.” ― Lish McBride, Necromancing the Stone

It’s 12 : 46 PM on day 1282 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, read Job 16, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, publish my Disability of the Day feature and promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign –no luck yet – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and stretch my hamstrings.

For a few years now the people in my life have been telling me to do something way out of my comfort zone and yesterday I finally decided to take their advice so if all goes well in a few days I will be stepping into a new career it could blow up in my face (please God don’t let that be) or it may be the key to my financial independence either way we’ll have to wait and see. Do you take calculated risks or always do what you think is safest?

Day 1281: Ability is in the eye of the beholder

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Ability is in the eye of the beholder– that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 : 02 PM on day 1281 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, read Job 15, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, publish my Disability of the Day feature and promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no donations so far today but I KNOW I won’t fail God is with me who or what shall be against me.

This morning I realized yet again that ability is in the eye of the beholder some people see all that I can’t do I see all that I can do perception is reality and I perceive myself to be abled by all the things I can do rather than disabled by the few things I can’t do. When you look at a differently-abled person do you see ability or disability?

Day 1280: South Africa and Me

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I am who I am because I live in South Africa– that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 1 : 00 PM on day 1280 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, read Job 14, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, publish my Kid of the Week feature and promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – my friend, Laura, donated $30 today (thanks again Laura) which brings my total raised to $441.09 I kid you not before I switched on the laptop this morning I prayed for a donation God wasn’t kidding when he said ask and you shall receive 🙂

Last night and this morning I was thinking about life in South Africa living in South Africa you see poverty, wealth, kindness and cruelty… everything is raw and in your face I know I am who I am because I live here when you see people suffering needlessly and remember the heroes who came before you who fought tirelessly for the freedoms you have you can’t help but feel that you need to rise to the occasion and be a hero as well. Are you who you are, at least in part, because of where you live?

Day 1279: Pretending no more

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With age comes less of a need to pretend– that’s what I realized today.

It’s 12 : 06 PM on day 1279 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, read Job 13, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast and promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no luck yet.

Today I realized with age comes less of a need to pretend when I was younger I wouldn’t even admit to myself that I was not fine but now even though I’m still not likely to burden people with my problems I can freely admit to myself that I am not fine. Are you wasting your time putting up a front?

Day 1278: Do you pay attention to those who ignore you and ignore those who pay attention to you?

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Pay attention to those who pay attention to you– that’s what I realized this morning.

It’s 12 : 18 PM on day 1278 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Job 12, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, stretch my hamstrings, make sandwiches for our sisi’s neighborhood with sisi’s help as part of Virginia’s Sandwich Run (thank you sisi for all your help) and promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – still in search of donor number 17 I know that there are people out there who care that people are dying unnecessarily of AIDS I just need to find those people.

This morning I realized that I should pay attention to those who pay attention to me I have this tendency of paying attention to those who ignore me and ignoring those who pay attention to me I don’t why but I’m going to try and stop doing that people who want to have a relationship with me are going to have to put at least as much effort into it as I do. Do you pay attention to those who ignore you and ignore those who pay attention to you?

Day 1277: Dealing with disappointment

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Sometimes things don’t work out the way you thought they would that’s life you’ve got to get over it– that’s what I realized yesterday.

It’s 12 : 58 PM on day 1277 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, pray, read Job 11, publish my Disability of the Day feature, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – nobody donated so far today but I’m working on it and if worse comes to worst I’ll back me and be donor number 17 I’m not a millionaire by any means but I’ll give what I can – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and stretch my hamstrings.

Yesterday I was informed that something I thought would eventually happen was in fact not going to happen I was disappointed but that’s life sometimes things don’t work out the way you thought they would you’ve got to get over it. Do you have a hard time getting over disappointment?

Day 1274: Meaningful life or happy life? You pick.

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“Meaningfulness is derived from giving to other people; happiness comes from what they give to you.” – Roy Baumeister and colleagues, “Is There A Difference Between A Happy Life And Meaningful Life?”

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1274 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Job 8, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, publish my Disability of the Day feature, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no donations so far today (Note: If the donation you make to my page doesn’t get processed for some reason inform me via Twitter (@nisha360), email or Facebook with your donation reference number and I’ll email Justgiving on your behalf and find out what’s going on) – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and stretch my hamstrings.

Last night I read “Is There A Difference Between A Happy Life And Meaningful Life?” I found the findings of the study mentioned in the article fascinating and realized I would rather live a meaningful life than be happy. Do you want to be happy or do you want to live a meaningful life?

Day 1273: Relinquishing the control I know I don’t have

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All you can do is all you can do you can’t make people say what they don’t want to say or do what they don’t want to do – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 1 : 25 PM on day 1273 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Job 7, go to church – the sermon was titled “Temptation” the reverend said something I’ll never forget he said the devil tempts to ruin; God tests to triumph I hope I remember that the next time I’m tempted to do something even a little bit wrong – publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – Dawn O’Brien donated £23 today (thank you SO MUCH Dawn) which brings my total raised to $414.20 (thank you God I KNOW you were working through Dawn to answer my prayers I REALLY appreciate it).

This morning I realized yet again that all you can do is all you can do you can’t make people say what they don’t want to say or do what they don’t want to do. Do you try to make people do what you want them to do knowing the only person you control is you?

Day 1272: The blessing and curse of seeing life through your eyes

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Seeing life only through one pair of eyes is both a blessing and a curse– that’s what I realized last night.

It’s 1 : 20 PM on day 1272 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Job 6, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, spend time with family, talk to my granny in India on Skype, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign –13 days still no donation but I’ll email a few more people my parents won’t like me basically asking people we know to make donations and there’s a chance I’ll get yelled at for it but I’d rather be yelled for doing the right thing than do nothing and keep everybody happy.

Last night I realized seeing life only through one pair of eyes is both a blessing and a curse it’s a curse in that we can’t fully appreciate what another person is going through and it’s a blessing in that we can’t fully appreciate what another person is going through imagine if we could see life through everybody’s eyes we would go crazy. Have you come to realize that seeing life only through your eyes is not such a bad thing?