The Internal Monologue

The Randomness of Life and Responsibility Speaking in evolutionary terms, the fact that life exists on earth results from random processes. Even Darwinian evolution does not comfort me in its explanation of the origin of life. So it is said that were started as a single-cell organism in Africa, and that cell multiplied, and we became multicellular. Ok, on the cosmology side, they say we are in the Goldilocks zone where the parameters are just right for life on earth. So much seems to have happened by chance in the zillions. If Darwinian evolution is perfect, where are all the other species, like humans who look like you and me but don't have an appendix? The human cell is complicated enough, and the DNA makes matters worse since it contains the code of life. It all reeks of some form of intelligent design than darwin's theory of evolution. On another note, there are more than 100 million Spermatozoa per ej, which means that you are one in zillions. The idea that you made it to ...

The Story of Little Mabuthu - Real  Empowerment Little Mabuthu refers to a young African boy I regard as a warrior. Actually, he is a warrior, given his attitude towards life. He conquers everything on his path. Yet, when you look through his eyes, you see his soul, you feel the humility of your ancestors, and you see endless future possibilities of greatness. An inquisitive young boy with energy that needs to be directed to do good. The real empowerment of any child (Black, white, yellow, green, purple, but here I talk about black Africans from my lived experience) is magnitudes better than BBEEE. Empowerment, according to the Cambridge English dictionary, " is the process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want or to control what happens to you ." When you can't control what happens to you, the system hoses you down, and the longer this happens, the more unescapable it gets. Nowadays, it does not take a village to raise a child since we no longer live in small ...

 Sacrificial Lamb ( Take one for the team) " Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. " - said Nelson Mandela. Another quote from many prominent individuals says, " Before you change the world, you must change yourself. " This is a very uncomfortable process. Change is always hard but a constant of life. Change brings about growth. If you are like me, living in a developing (previously called 3rd-world) country, education is the only tool you can use take off the poverty jacket. Someone in the family must start or, in my own words, become a "sacrificial lamb" for everyone in the family to be set free of this default of nature. This someone is usually called a breadwinner. One person must move from the low class to the middle class and be a living example and an enabler for other family members. This one person must be the family role model. Let's not call the act of empowering family members "Black tax". We...