Nourish Yourself

Machines need regular oiling and greasing. Vehicles cannot operate optimally without fuelling and maintenance. In winter snakes shed off the old skin and put on a new one, whereas in spring old leaves fall off the trees thus allowing new leaves to bud.

However, this common wisdom seems to have been lost by most humans to their detriment. The simple truth is that even the most efficacious human beings can not function productively without regular self-renewal.
It is not uncommon to hear people complain that they are tired, depressed, stressed out, fed up or bored.

These are all the tell-tale signs of a life in need of self-renewal. Without self-renewal, work becomes drudgery. Without self-renewal people become grumpy, moody, intemperate, sluggish, irritable, complacent and sloppy.
They begin to miss deadline after deadline, as they find it increasingly difficult to wake up in the morning and to stay focused.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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