SLAVERY RE-BRANDED?

Hello! Greetings from the Pearl of Africa.

Ok… do you just love the world or is it me? What exciting days we are living in.
It takes me a wee while to write on my blog nowadays. But I think of you often.
It’s been a fabulous weekend and I’m looking forward to what this week has installed for me.

Well the last few weeks have been crazy busy but good…giving back to the community and a lot of very special moments. I have been working with a prestigious company. And this has brought a lot of reflections to how I view life. With each passing day, I’m filled with owe trying to understand this. My thoughts are deeply perplexed. Personally, I have no delusions regarding work but has it enslaved us to the point of no return? So many of us spend more that 8 hours at work, 2 hours in the traffic jam then home to sleep… and the worst thing is a huge number only goes to work for the money. More than 70% of all people who have that working routine Hate. Their. Jobs.

Is it not true then that most people have becomes slaves to their work?

John Bevere an author describes a Slave as one who has to serve. You have to do something whether you like it or not.

As I reflected on John’s thoughts, I couldn’t help but grief of what the world has become. With each passing day I want to align more tangibly with the thoughts of freedom. I see faces that yearn for something. How far can one go? What happened to making choices or having freedom of this and that?

What’s the purpose of my writing these rumbling thoughts? I want to encourage whoever reads this, to do something you love on a daily basis. It is vital that you spend enough time with the people you love and engage in doing the things you love too. Life is so fantastic to keep spending much of your time on things that stress you.

Ok – so I really hope you will position yourself for a brighter future with those you treasure most.

Food for thought: - Most of the so successful people wish they spent more time with the people and things they treasured most.

Have a fabulous week everyone. Be safe, be strong, and be blessed!!!

Smiles,
Katherine xoxoxox

Ha!!!

Well people it has been a wee while but all is well.
Through out my race for the last few months I realize that: For winning is no more than this: To rise each time you fall."
We all have "races" we run and sometimes stumble along the way. But life is more than struggles. Never believe you don’t have what it takes. Adversity can be an energizer and not a stumbling block.

Napoleon Hill says: - Every adversity has within it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.

There is hope, keep on moving.

Embrace the Struggle!
Life is good

Big thoughts,

Katherine

AMAZING SOUTH AFRICA.... HOWEVER!

South Africa is said to be one of the greatest countries. There is so much to see and marvel about. Unfortunately, I have only been to Pretoria (the capital city), Johannesburg (the commercial city
Mandela square which is a must see for all who visit SA fortunately lies in a small city between Joburg and Pretoria called Sandton.

The shopping malls, transportation systems, mines, drive-thru restaurants, parks plus the orderliness are extra-ordinary.
It’s too ordered that cars actually stop at the STOP SIGN. People make lines to get into the taxis…first come, first serve. AMAZING!

Uganda teaches us none of these; In fact, the Country Motto should change to ‘Everyone for his own God for us all’. There is so much of hassling in the Pearl of Africa.

During my first week I adventured round with an acquaintance that happened to come from Uganda. She was a business lady so she had been in SA a number of times… anyways; it was all too abnormal at times that we found ourselves wanting to go ahead of the line.
I accidentally went ahead of some gentleman in one of the shops… but the man told me in a polite voice that He had come before me…. My…my…my! It’s been long since I experienced such order.

The public transportation system is absolutely remarkable. And I’m comparing this with Uganda and Kenya. The South African Matatus have no taxi conductors…. One gets into a taxi, then money is collected from the back to the front. I mean you send your money forward and amazingly expect that your change will be passed-back to you by the passengers.
The people use words like four… in other words, four people have paid from the back seat, then three… or two. In that case if you happened to be the co-driver… it is your responsibility to see that everyone has paid the right amount then hand the money over to the driver.

In other words, if your mathematics scores are below average don’t bother sitting in the front. Ha-ha

How then can this country have a high Crime rate with so much order in its system?

Then again i ask, is South Africa ready to host the world cup?????
Through my obseravations.... PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S OK TO SMILE AND GREET PEOPLE DESPITE OF THEIR ORIGIN.

Hans Hoffmann says it best; "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

Why Money Is Good

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“IF YOU MARRY ME, I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU…”

Being in South Africa for more than 20 days, I recognize and conclude that hissing to ladies - is a Men habit. Yesterday, as I crossed the road a man stretched his hand towards me and spoke in one of the native languages… he must have been saying Hello, BUT… what an awkward way to greet. He should thank the Lord I’m a adventurer or else the Ugandan in me would have been brought out at that point. :-)

As I walked this morning towards Park Meadows - a huge shopping mall in Bruma… a man’ run towards me speaking in tongues…I said the same thing I have said again and again… I don’t speak that language”. He walked off and I had my peace.

I can tell you thousands of such incidents that have taken place since I came but today evening as I walked towards the garage (Petrol station) to buy some credit, a man came towards me and spoke in South African English, (which by the ways is so difficult to understand) I will quote his words… “If you marry me, I will never leave you”.
Ha-ha! Geez… I was so puzzled to give an answer...my mouth and eyes said it all.

Can I conclude that it’s not just a Ugandan thing for men to propose out of the blue… could this be a world-wide thing?

An Awesome Adventure.

Hello World!
Hope you are doing well.
Reading through what I wrote last night I once again I am amazed at how great and wonderful our God is!

Ha!!!

Well people it has now been 20 days in SA, can you believe that… I have been stunned and overwhelmed by the beauty and organization...feel like I need to reflect on the journey thus far. It really has been an awesome ordained adventure!!!

I have loved almost every minute of it! And have well and truly felt the stretch on all levels!!!! Well it’s been a blast… my first moments were of great excitement with Sun City on my third-day.

Anyway you may find this amusing. From a fantastic Sunday in Sun City with two 2 Ugandan acquaintances, we were stopped by the South African police… this was funny because the guy who was driving has lived in SA for 10 years, yet we were driving at the wrong side of the road… How it happened… Geez, I’ve got no idea but as you all can imagine two police cars were on our trail… Imagine this scenario, it’s 9:00pm with two police cars in front and behind your car…

I laughed out loud… not because of my ignorance but due to the fact that I had never experienced this in my life. It was a real life movie.

To make matters worse, the driver was a typical Ugandan who lived in South Africa… LOL… because HE….ohhh… yes…. He moved out of his car to go talk to the policewoman… My oh My. “ONLY IN UGANDA”.
The Ugandan in him is taken everywhere he goes… How is that possible?

Anyway after a few minutes we were let off the hook… my guess was because he was a Priest, the policewoman thought he was all innocent. Haaaa… I knew better…Thank God it was a Sunday.

All in all it was a FABULOUS highway road experience! Life has a fun side once in a while.
I look forward to getting back to Joburg tomorrow.

Okay, I think I need to stop now

Katherine xoxoxoxo

God Bless Africa

Hey people,
It's been a wee while but if you follow my where abouts on facebook u must by now know i'm in South Africa. It's a blessed and amazing country and hopefully i will write more about my adventures soon.
Spending years without visiting an Anglican church. I was pretty amazed when I attended Easter service in St Wilfrid’s Church in Hatfield, Pretoria “ http://www.stwilfrids.org.za/” I specifically loved the song they sing at the end of each service.

God Bless Africa

God bless Africa,
God bless Africa,
Guard our children...
Guide our leaders...
God bless Africa,
God bless Africa,
God bless Africa and bring her peace…

We should all pick a leaf... AFRICA ROCKS!!!!

Thank you St Wilfrid. The service was a blast.