Wees dankbaar vir wat jy het

Wardering vir wat jy het is 'n groot ding.  As jy nie kan wardeer wat jy het nie, hoe kan jy enigiets anders wardeer.  


Ek het dit vandag weer besef nadat ek vir my tannie gaan kuier het.  Sy het onlangs 'n bilaterale bobeen amputasie gehad, so ons het bietjie gaan kyk hoe dit met haar gaan.  Sy sê die enigste ding wat sy mis is om te kan loop.  Dis basic.  Net om te kan loop.  Hierso trippel ons almal rond en alles, maar sy wil net 'n basiese ding hê wat so ingeprogrammeer is by ons as mens.


Hierdie uitstappe het vir my nou soveel meer motivering gegee vir die projek en nuwe horisonne vir my oopgemaak (as ek dit so kan stel).  Nuwe idees.  Nog meer visie vir wat ek met die hele projek wil bereik.  


Hou julle oë oop en spits julle ore.


Barefoot Blessings

Every Human Has Rights

Today is International Human Rights day and what are you going to do about it?  Tell you what.  Take off your shoes and join the awareness against poverty.  It's easy.  It's free.  And it's quite fun actually.  You will get a strange look here and there, but imagine the lives of other who don't have any shoes at all.  Exchange your shoes for a weird glance and help make people aware that there are other people who are not as privileged as we are.


Have a look at this campaign, they are busy with an amazing job.  The also give me so much opportunities for my own project and I am helping them out as well.  Their Facebook is Every Human Has Rights and also go have a look at their website Barefoot Against Poverty.

Hoe groot is jou wêreld?

Ek het vandag bietjie gaan lunch saam my geliefde ma en so het ons gesit en kuier en net gesels.  Ek sê toe vir haar dat dit regtig meer opvallend is om te sien hoe mense swaarkry terwyl jy besig is om uit te help.  Dit wil jou net meer laat help (which is a good thing).

Terwyl ons so sit en kuier vertel sy my van die karwagte wat afgedank is by 'n sekere sentrum. Ek was regtig geskok. Ek meen, kan jy 'n karwag afdank? Come on! Maar, darrem het hulle nou werk gekry by die ander sentrum wat ons meer benut.

My ma het een van hierdie karwagte bevriend.  Die knaap, sal jy agterkom, is so bietjie aan die stadige kant en hy het in my ma (en vandag in my) hart ingeklim.  Hoe hulle tevrede is met die bietjie wat hulle het.  Ek meen, daar moet eintlik na hom omgesien word, maar nee, hier staan hy en sy sussie en pas karre op want hulle versorg hul ma wat kanker het.  Dit is amazing.

So, toe koop ons vir die kêrel ook 'n burger en chips en 'n koeldrankie en klets toe so bietjie met hom.  Op die ou-eind van die klets groet hy ons "totsiens dame, totsiens seun. Geniet die vakansie, mooi ry, en wanneer julle julle toontjies in die sand sit by die see, dink tog aan my".  Hy sê toe vir ons sy sussie was iewers by die see en het vir hom 'n bottel vol "klippies" en water saamgebring en elke oggend skud hy hom "want seewater vergaan nie" en dan verbeel hy homself hy is by die see.

Kyk hoe klein is sy wêreld, maar hy is gelukkig.  Kyk wat besit ons, en ons kla.  Ons is ongelukkig.  Dit werk nie, dat werk nie, ek soek 'n upgrade. Moan, kla, moan (weereens sit die "ag man moenie moan nie, eet jou kaas en jou pelonie in my kop vas, dankie).  Kom ons wardeer bietjie wat ons het. Sê dankie vir wat jy het.  Jou situasie kon soveel erger gewees het. Kom ons help ons medemens uit.

 Barefoot blessings

Getting the deeper meaning

Impulsive at Amanzintoti for a road trip

These guys took one for the team.  I must say this is the worst I've had with my feet.  From jump starting cars, stepping in countless pieces of glass and just burning on very hot tarred surfaces, I really started to realize how it must be to not even own a pair of shoes.  

That is the whole idea behind this project.  That is exactly why I am doing this; so that you can relate to other people not having shoes.  Here we are, can't even decide on which pair to wear.  I want to make people, especially students, aware of poverty, of what is going on around you.

International Human Rights day is coming up the 10th of December, and I want everyone reading here to join it. Put yourself in the "shoes" of poverty and see what it feels like going without shoes. For more information on this go check out their site at www.barefootagainstpoverty.org or their Facebook and become a warrior against poverty.

You will really start to appreciate what you have.  I have been doing this now for almost seven weeks.  My feet are getting strong but sometimes you just miss your shoes.  But after a long day of traveling around and stepping in all kinds of stuff, the wash makes it all better again.  You will see how important your feet really are.  

I think if all of us can stand together and work as one man we can change the lives of a lot of people.  We can be the water washing them clean again. Give them hope, dreams.  Give them something to look forward to.

Let's do this. Let's give back to the community and let's help  a brother/sister out.

Barefoot Blessings