sur.thy.tod

i hate the feeling of being tied down to something, but i believe commitment can be good too only if it doesn't restict one

i have so many passions and i'm not hesitant to give each one of them a chance whenever they ask and opportunity avails itself

this is probably why i rarely imagine myself wanting kids someday, or marriage

i still want connections and community that feels like family

but, i still want feel free to pack up and change my place of residency whenever i feel called to, with no guilt

maybe my ancestors have carried this craving for freedom too themselves, so that could be why it runs in me

a life with no restrictions; full of joy, love and peace

how does one continue living peacefully in a world that continues to harm itself ?

some years back i came across a quote that said something along the lines of how do you live peacefully when the world is full of grotesque things, i can't remember the exact quote.

but honestly, how does one do it? i'm convinced somebody has no heart and concern for human well-being or even themself when they can carry on in this world without feeling anything due to the changes in this world.

it's 30 june tomorrow; a chosen day by xenophobic south africans to attack african immigrants in the country as a means to permanently get them out of the country. it's ironic and sad, kicking away the very same people that provided them a safe haven during apartheid.

no one really knows exactly how this is gonna turn out tomorrow, neither do i but i know i'm scared, a lot of us are.

one can only hope no lives are lost with these violent protests but given how this sort of thing has played out in the past, it's likely that will happen.

throughout everything we must not lose hope, we must not stop advocating for what's right;

and most importantly we must not lose our UBUNTU.

Botho/Ubuntu: motho ke motho ka batho.

In english meaning, we are who we are through others.

Community is important, and what we do to others we are essentially doing to ourselves. The problem is never immigrants but your government.