Your actions season the feedback taste
Kealeboga Ngwigwa | Wednesday September 23, 2026 06:00
A tree cannot germinate from the soil without a seed being put on the ground. Moreover it cannot be expected to yield an abundant harvest if it is not watered or fertilised. You need to put in more effort in servicing your car for it to run smoothly and efficiently. It will break up and disappoint you when you least expect it. The basic principle is that you must act to provoke the outcome that you desire or aspire. It is so unfortunate that we are not really aware of ourselves. Hurt, disappointments and betrayal we have endured in our lives build us to be inaccessible and detached from the society we inhabit. Of course, who ever has shaped us to be as such deserves the feedback and character we yield back, but do we know how much of a culture that would persist? It is something that will never cease and it ultimately breaks relationships apart. It is hereditary, since the next generation witnesses it, they will assume it is the way of life.
Life has seasons, and today we may be experiencing summer where everything is all glittery for us. We feel better and above others and cannot relate well with those that are enduring a winter season in their lives, those going through touch circumstances, assuming that they are somehow not wise hence their situation. We do not extend our capable hand to pull them off the ditch they are in because of a certain stupid belief we uphold about them. Tomorrow, tables will turn since a season only lasts for a while and those who endured summer would undergo the winter. It is due to the fact that one way or the other, we must face a test that will promote you to another level or dimension of life. The test is through winter, which is inevitable. Winter maybe a funeral, organising a wedding ceremony, a job loss or a divorce amongst. How we respond to the help needed by those in the cold, surely determines how they will respond once we also hit the challenging situation.
Currently in the country, there is a concept that villages, and towns have adopted whereby community members contribute a small amount of money should there be a bereavement in their community. They are very intentional and determined to ensure that members of their society are buried with the utmost dignity. While doing so, they are keeping a record of who is partaking or not. Those who do not take part will not get any assistance from them as far as contributions are concerned. The bereaved will have to fend for themselves, without the society’s aid. There was once a story of a man who attended so many funerals in their community and beyond but unfortunately each time after the burial, he left without sharing or eating the prepared feast with the bereaved. People in the community observed that and it did not settle well with them. One day, the man also became the bereaved and it was his spouse, whom he really loved.
He was set to give her a proper and upbeat funeral and the man slaughtered many cattle so the community would all have a satisfactory bite. Immediately after the mourners came back from the cemetery, they dispersed before eating. The food was left to rot. Why would you eat at the table of someone who does not eat at your table? Do unto others the way you want them to do for you. Provoke goodness in a fashion that you will also enjoy it in your season of need.
The golden rule applies everywhere and those that get the most of it are those that apply themselves either negatively or positively. What colour suits you the best? Do not be an outcast but a community builder. *Kealeboga Ronald Ngwigwa is an Author, Columnist, Trainer, Radio Feature Presenter, Motivational Speaker, and an Entrepreneur. He believes that beauty awaits to be born of anyone, despite our shortfalls. Call him on +26771830584 +26772522213 to enquire about his services, or email: krcoloringsouls@gmail.com