Fetch your life

I've been procrastinating writing a new post for a few days now. Even with all this "free" time at my disposal i found myself putting it off for another time. 

I've spent precious time convincing myself that absolutely no one reads my blog (which is not true) and that no one is really interested in what i have to say. 

This reminded me of a time i submitted a a job application on behalf of a friend because she thought she was not good enough for the position. She had criticized everything about herself until she decided that she does not deserve a seat at the table. Well, you probably thought the story ends with her getting the position but she doesn't. Instead she receives a call about 6 months after the application was submitted , she was invited for an interview and offered a better position. 

How many times have you convinced yourself that you are inadequate? 

At times we think our dreams are too big and unobtainable 

What i know for sure is that you don't have to have it all figured out, sometimes you need to take a leap of faith. 

You are not required to know what the future holds but you can pave a path that leads there. 

I would like to encourage you to start working on your dreams TODAY (myself included😅) .

 Whatever it is that you are passionate about, that "thing" that sets your soul on fire, make it a priority. 

The more you put it off you are subconsciously pushing it so far back in your mind that it completely disappears, and that my friends is how dreams die.

Ps: My title is stolen from one of my favorite songs, Fetch your life by Dj Prince Kaybee and Msaki. I found myself singing the song as i was writing this. For those that are not familiar with the lyrics it goes :

"Fetch your life, go on be alive

Ain't nobody living out here

Be someone who's living out here

Fetch your life, go on be alive 

Ain't nobody living out here

Be someone who's living out here"

Visit genius.com for the rest of the lyrics

I have no idea who the author of the quote is but it's one of my favorites. 

Home

A few weeks ago i was listening to the radio as i was driving home from work. The presenter was interviewing South African citizens that are living (basically trapped) in Italy. I could hear the fear in their voices and the massive impact that the Corona Virus had caused in their lives could not be denied. All they wanted to do was to come home. HOME . I felt my heart drop to my stomach, in that instance i had a burning desire to go home. 

Before listening to that interview i was really not concerned with the disease, i underestimated everything about it but i found myself on the internet for hours, shocked at what life in Italy has become. I began to think of myself,currently working in another province and being trapped and not being able to go home, I'm originally from Pretoria but I'm currently living and working in Cape Town .

I decided then and there impulsively that I'm going to go home before the airports stop operating. At this point i had no idea that our country would find itself under a 21 days lock down. All i had was a desire to be in the presence of my loved ones and i was determined to find myself home even if i had to walk there(okay that's a bit unrealistic but thats how strongly i felt) .

I made my trip home and came back to work just before the lock down could be implemented. Today i find myself thinking about those that are still trapped in foreign lands wherever that may be, alone and longing for home. Home, a feeling that is irreplaceable. Indeed there is no place like home. LEGAE

A good friend of mine asked an important question today, "Why do we live like we have time"? It had me thinking of how we live on borrowed time, every single second brings us closer and closer to our end. 

Tell me why do we live like we have time to do this life thing all over again? 

As you ponder on the question above let me leave you with words from one of my favorites . She defines home so perfectly. 

Until next time please practice social distancing, wash your hands, eat well and smile. This too shall pass.