talent!

Writing the post about Motown has prompted me to write a post on talent. The post on Motown has made me realise how important sharing ones talent is. Yes Myles Munroe has said it,talk shows have had it as a topic and my spiritual brothers such as Loyiso Twala have told me... That we should make the best of the talent that God has given us. Looking at the musicians from motown,their music is still a blessing to us to this very day.We sing happy birthday 2 ya, just lyk Stevie Wonder even today.So our talent wasnt only given to us, just for our means but it was given for us to bless the whole world with it. Whether it be your beauty,brains,a sexy voice,sports or a characterisic like humility. Find out what makes you different or stand out from other people, dont be scared and lets go out to bless people with our talents!

Dream

I met this guy called Dream,he was everything a girl could want from a man. He had a ride,wore designer clothes and stayed in an uptown flat in the most beautiful part of town. My new boyfriend Dream was amazing.Our future together was all we talked bout,I told him i used to dream bout him and now he was here. On our very first date I got dressed and waited for him at the upclass restaurant we were going to dine in. I waited,an hour turned into 3,when i called him,Dream wouldnt pick up. I started to panick,my mind began to race. It was getting late and I had no transport to take me home. My dream? Where was he? Could he have been for real or had i convinced myself that he had existed...then everything came back to me...He was someone else's Dream. Im open and bubbly why was I with Dream,a guy thats quite and seems to think 1 sentence makes for a quality conversation.Creativity came easily to me like it was an extention of my 5 senses while he got a mental rush from numbers,ink and paper. It was then, sitting on the wooden bench outside the restaurant,that I realised that this was the best thing that had ever happened to me since I'd met Dream. The end of my relationship with Dream was the beginning of my relationship with Truth.A relationship that bought me joy while sharing a small apartement and driving a second had car. I was happy with Truth no matter what was going on externally. Because I knew that with Truth it was going to last forever...The passion we had for each other would be our foundation that would hold us sturdy when the winds blew. Truths wisdom guided me and led me to prosperity, Prosperity that had come from his passion for me. The prosperity that I had with Dream was easy and instant,he bought me all the things i needed and when he left so did my prosperity. With truth,he gave me the wisdom to get it, it wasnt easy,i had 2 wait long to get it. But the wisdom I had from Truth would always be engraved in my heart. The only time it would leave is when my heart stopped beating.

Motown!

Iv been inspired to write a blog about Motown cos of Mr Smokey Robinson. He follows all his followers on twitter!! Wow! What an awesome celebrity! Ok i dont know the intricate details about Motown, but i know that its made a huge impact in the lives of many. Motown was the first record label to be owned by AFRICAN AMERICANS, wow! in a time of racial segregation in America! And Mr Smokey Robinson was the deputy president while Mr Berry Gordy was the president. They had signed on to their label, LEGENDS like Marvin Gaye, the four tops, the supremes,the temptations,the Jackson five and my personal favourite Mr Stevie Wonder! So much talent! Mr Smokey Robinson was also an artist under motown with his group The miracles. He also wrote songs for the artists of motown. He wrote my FAVOURITE SONG by the temptations called "the way u do the things do" and the famous "My girl." The impact of motown also hit SOUTH AFRICA, i mean look at the artists that came out of the SOPHIA TOWN era,And it crossed over to the white race.Yes Motown is the greatest record label of all time! Let me leave you with a line from my favourite song written by MR Smokey Robinson for the temptations "well you could have been anything that you wanted to and i can tell... The way you do the things u do"

Woke up with that song in my mind.

Its monday and i woke up with a song in my mind. Dont know who sings it, i can hear his voice in my head and it sounds like an African american male. Might be from motown,or just from the early nighties. Ok the lines goes- "wake up everybody no more sleeping in bed,no time for backward thinking time for thinking ahead..." il try findout who sings it and il update it on this post. Lataz! Ok i just came back from googling it ( you just gotta love technology man) the song was written in 1975,it was written as a form of social awareness. The group that sang it was HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES. They sang soul music (my favourite genre) Harold Melvin the lead singer died in 1997, however the most famous singer from the group was none other than TEDDY PENDEGRAS! Il leave you with the chorus from wake up everybody..."the world wont go no better if we just let it be, the world wont go no better if we just let it be, we gotta change it yeah just just you and me."

Not 2 Afro

Iv decided not to grow a fro. Im just not up 2 cutting my hair and starting all over again.ADMIN,you'd know what i mean if you relax your hair. So unless ngiqothuka ( just cant translate that word, it carries to much emotion 4 one to describe) i aint gona grow an afro.Afros are still beautiful but I'm lazy. So the decision is final...not 2 afro.

The things that I love...

I love the fact that Lira has an inspiring story. I love jelly beans. I still love my ex,and that sucks! I love the black freckle above my right eye brow. I love the fact that Nelson Mandela said the architects of apartheid should be forgiven.I love doing something edgy,outa my character once in a while. I love the fact tha Barrack Obamas dad is an African. I love the song "Jesus is love" by the commodores and its even better when Monifah sings it. I love the fact that i can now say "i love my big boobs," hahaha, cos dam i hated having big boobs when i was a teen. I love my hips. I love the fact that God gave up his son so that we could have eternal life. I love the friends that iv made in my early twenties, I love opera mini. I love laughing,like random people make me LAUGH, that father from american pie with the thick eyebrows,hahaha. i love feeling the tiny curls in an AFRO.And I love you!

Lesson from my early twenties.

1) Growing up SUCKS! No lyk honestly,i think its the waiting 4 things to happen. Waiting for mr right,waiting for a call after the interview.No one likes waiting 2) HOWEVA, once you accept that life is challenging and give it to God 2 run, u have less weight on your shoulders and it becomes easier 3) people can be such.... But there are angels on earth aswell.4) people talk s@$t, so listen 2 da beat of your heart. If its a beat of unhappiness,then that says alot! Leave da cheating... 5) love yourself and everyone will,the relationship you have with yourself is the type you'l have with other people. 6) The bible contains alot of wisdom and will be relevant till the end of time 7) lots of people are going through what your're going through. Your're not alone. 8) Enjoy the stage that you're currently in,dont skip stages. Dont act 25 in your teens. Every stage is a preparation for the next stage. 9) You got to love your chosen career, love and passion are the emotions that will keep you going when things get tough. 10) number 9 iv realised also applies to dating and probably marriage. You gotta love him before anything else. When he's lost his job,love is left and will push you to stay 11) I believe,personaly that people get depresd and bipolar because they dont trust God. Once you know him you know that your life is safe in his hands and he has good things planned for you,adversity is temporary.Thats My personal opinion. 12) concentrate on your life and forget what others are doing and saying. Trust me you'l be so happy. When someone wants to tell you the nasty things being said bout you, dont listen. 13) PUSH-(p)ray (u)ntil (s)omething (h)appens (15) i love jelly beans! (16) its hard being good to others,Its hard and thats why therez a reward to it 17) BE HUMBLE!!! EVERYTHING comes from God. AND no likes a stuckup skank,gosh guess they dont like me...lol jokn, Im not stuckup. 18) men,hmmm i still know nothing bout that species..... Those are the lessons i've learnt in my 23 years especially the last four yearz. I've still got a lot to learn and I pray the lord blesses me with many more years.

Early Twenties.

Im turning 23 in a couple of days time.My twenties,that being the last four years,have been...whats the word,hmmm.Crazy? Nah that aint the word..maybe,they'v been profound. Can i use that word to describe my early twenties? Ok well iv learnt alot,yea thats descriptive enough (I wana make sure you understand) and im gona share with you what iv learnt these past 4yrs (oh arent u special) lol. Ok read the next bloggie thingy.The post, called "lessons from my early twenties."

The heart of an African.

Im an African living in Africa and i just wish things for this continet would go good. It sucks- seeing kids with pot bellies and flies on their mouths,the zimbabwean situation, child soldiers and the xenophobic violence.The Zimbabwean situation,my thoughts on that is...they need to forgive their oppresors and maybe things will clear up. Their unforgivenes caused them to oppress their oppressors and gues what, the cycle continued, all that happened was that they kept on taking steps backward. Its when i look at whats going on in Zimbabwe that i realise how much truth christians speak when they say that the bible will always be relevant. The bible says we should forgive 70X70 times. With forgiveness we grow and move on. Without it we stand in one position or go backwards. Hope that we as Africans can move on and forgive,leave the farmers with the farms, they know what they are doing instead of giving it to people who wont do anything on the land,im sure those people can be compensated with residential land somewhere and not farms.Now looking at S.A i just really wonder about BEE,there has got to be a way of empowering black people without leaving the white race out. I dont know,its a tricky one cos my heart burns when i see the poverty that my fellow men are subjected to. Cant we just all be wealthy, lol.

2 Afro or not 2 Afro!

The AFRO! For me an AFRO is a symbol of African pride. It shows that one is real and less concerned about conforming to what media views as beauty. I had an AFRO in grade 11 and 10 and it grew to be a beauty! Then i relaxed it (one of my regrets) for my dance. I promised myself to have it again when id finished a particular stage in my life and entered a new one. That was either entering into the work place after i was done with varsity or when my acne subsides. My acne has subsided (Thank you dear Jesus) and soon soon (i hope hope) that il be entering my next stage of life. Howeva! The afro dream is being contended with :( my relaxed hair is lookn so good and is grown to a good length. So the question stil stands....2 AFRO OR NOT 2 AFRO?

Procrastination-my enemy!

Iv realy procrastinated this week and it sucks! I need 2 get my act 2getha. Hate regreting it when i have 2 be peform and i look back at the time i wasted.

Whats going on?

My life has been less dramatic lately, FINALY! Just people around me seem to be having more drama. I pray 4 them and im being sincere. Oh wel hope something good happens soon and il blogg about it! Yay. Love that word-yay!