blind leading the blind

Volksrust Recorder - Column / Rubrieke8 Recorder 10 February 2017

ChangeYourStory

With Jacques de Villiers

The Blind leading the blind

JOKInspirationalPower of Love

Mr John Oscar KubekaMotivational SpeakerFor bookings call:072 0796 796Facebook: JOK Inspirational (Pty) LtdFax:086 544 7844Email: jokubeka@yahoo.com

The power of love makes life easy whenyou possess it. Ignore people who put youdown. When you love, go all out. Peoplewill discourage you. If you don’t receiveproper love your mind-set loses itscapability to function accordingly.Sometimes it takes time for you to get thebest partner that will love youunconditionally. In most cases, partnerswere destroyed trying to love, becausepeople took advantage of it. There are scarsthat nobody can understand. Yes that is

fine, but at the end of the day, God willsend you the best partner that will makeyou happy, smile and regain the confidenceyou need to love more than ever before.Power of Love.

Laerskool Amersfoortneem deel te Piet RetiefSaterdag, 28 Januarie 2017 het LaerskoolAmersfoort se atlete deelgeneem aan ‘nVriendskaplike Atletiekbyeenkoms te

Laerskool Piet Retief. Die byeenkoms wasbaie goed georganiseer en ons personeel enatlete het dit baie geniet!

* Foto bo verskyn in die twee de plek Emihle Nkosi van Laerskool Amersfoort wat 'nmedalje ontvang vir gewigstoot dogters O/10

* Bo in die eerste plek is Kosie du Preez wat goud ontvang vir gewigstoot seun O/13.

Human beings have a predilection for askingfor advice. We look to others who weperceive as more knowledgeable than us forguidance. I get asked a lot of “meaning oflife” advice … on finding purpose, on goalsetting, on death … stuff like that. Theproblem with asking for my advice is that itis subjective and comes from my ownexperiences. What is true for me might be adisaster to another. I have not walked in theother’s shoes and the other has not walkedin mine. Thus, it’s arrogant for me to dishout advice. If I were to give you advice, itwould be foolish of you to take it at facevalue. You see, I’m not always convincedI’m on the right path. I’m fractured andflawed. How then can I put you on the ‘rightpath’? You’ve pretty much got to figureout the deeper issues for yourself. Thosethat you strive to figure out before thescythe separates your soul from your body.You’ve been born with all the knowledge toanswer those questions. You, like me, haveforgotten that knowledge. Both you and meneed to go on an inner journey so that wecan remember again. We need to stop relyingonly on those otherworldly beings that weput in charge of our souls. Those priests,pastors, imams, rabbis and mystics. Likeyou and me, they too are clueless. I have anotion that they’re drawn to this workbecause they are also fractured. They’retrying to heal themselves by trying to healyou and me. In my convoluted journey toget back to Eden, I meandered into a spiritualretreat last year. I asked my spiritual teacherif he would help guide me back to Eden.Here’s what he said, “Pray, meditate andjournal every day.” I was kinda hoping for abit more. Like daily lessons, long walks innature and armchair chats. In my mind’s eye,

I imagined he’d be the don Juan Matus tomy Carlos Castaneda. Guess what? Untilthe day of my departure I never once sawhim again in his capacity of ‘spiritualteacher’. Not once. I kept to my end of thebargain. I prayed, meditated and journaledevery day until the day I left. To say I wasn’tdisappointed that he didn’t guide me, is anunderstatement. On the day of my departureI went to see him. I wanted to know if hecould point me to another spiritual masterso that I could further my spiritual journey. Ididn’t want to lose the discipline andinsights I’d gleaned from the retreat. Here’swhat he said, “Pray, meditate and journalevery day.” What the heck? Seriously? Andthen it dawned on me. He’s the smartestman I know. You see he knew that he didn’thave the answers for me. He had to leave meto my own devices. Only I could answer theburning questions that rattled around in myhead and tickled the fringes of my soul. Heknew that it would be arrogant for him tothink that he could answer my existentialquestions. He knew that it was folly to eventry. Because of his own human frailty, heunderstood that it would be like the blindleading the blind. He knew that only I couldanswer the question, “What’s the meaningof my life?” He was right of course. In mytime in the retreat the mists of ignoranceparted ever so slightly for me. I got a glimpseof who I am and who I can become. I got aninkling of how amazing and awesome mystory can play out. That is if I submit to thatomnipotence that directs my journey. I tastedwhat real gratitude feels like and how it feelsto be in awe. So, if you ever were to ask mefor advice, here would be my answer: “Pray,meditate and journal every day.”~ Jacques de Villiers ~

Laerskool Amersfoort - Interhuis2017 - geborg deur Bhyats MicaBaie dankie aan Bhyat’s Mica Amersfoortwat weereens die medaljes vir dieInterhuisbyeenkoms geborg het. Dankieook aan Farouk Moola wat die medaljes aandie atlete oorhandig het namens die borg.Die atlete het die byeenkoms baie geniet endie volgende atlete het trofees ontvang:Beste Veldatleet – Senior Dogter - EmihleNkosi. Beste Baanatleet – Senior DogterThandolwethu Pungula. Beste Veldatleet –Senior Seun - Kosie du Preez. Beste

Baanatleet – Senior Seun - Sandile Makhubu.Beste Prestasie – Junior Dogter - LungeleZikhali. Beste Prestasie – Junior Seun -Yusuf Timol. Junior Victrix Ludorum -Lwandise Mabaso. Junior Victor Ludorum- Sbulelo Ngwenya. Senior Victrix Ludorum- Emihle Nkosi. Senior Victor Ludorum -Frikkie de Winnaar

* Bo van links na regs agter is Kosie dePreez, Frikkie de Winnaar enThandolwethu Pungula. Middel vanlinks na regs is Emihle Nkosi, SandileMakhubu, Lwandise Mabaso, SbuleloNgwenya. Voor is Lungele Zikhali.

* Foto bo verskyn Farouk Moola saammet die kampioenaflosspan van dieduikers.