Public smoking

I don’t think the South African legislatures have done enough to reduce passive smoking. Passive smoking is when the smoke from actual smokers is inhaled by non-smokers. What bothers me is to see certain people in society such as taxi drivers and conductors insensitively smoke inside the taxis. They claim that since they sit close to the windows, the smoke can’t affect the passengers in the taxi, instead it goes outside. The “outside” is the public area and therefore, the smoke affects people in those areas.

Law makers should revise the law and ban people from smoking in public areas regardless of the location. To protect non-smokers in public places, who also have the right to a smoke free society, smokers should smoke in private places such as homes. People should not die because of other people’s sins. Active and passive smoking pose a great danger to human health, hence, the warning on the cigarette boxes “SMOKING IS DANGEROUS”.

Languages

Many people want to speak different languages. It seems easy to be bilingual but it takes a person who speaks one language and wants to learn another to acknowledge the difficulties in studying a language. Knowing how to speak a certain language doesn’t only begin and end at bringing out words; however, it involves proper pronunciation to be understood by others.

Another important element in studying languages is to understand the deep structures of the particular language. Deep structures are language constructs which have hidden meaning. They are difficult to understand and thus, require the indigenous speaker of one specific language to explain that hidden meaning. The complications in comprehending deep structures can be compared to those found in understanding proverbs of various languages.
Lack of understanding each other’s languages is a problem, hence accepting them will reduce cultural conflicts in South Africa.

The Sound of one hand clapping.

I have learnt to clap for myself and it actually feels good to know that you can also clap for you and not others. I clap to approve of how best I have done something. I believe genuine clapping comes from oneself, for it is you who knows well how much you have worked to deserve that cheering and almost everlasting applaud. Clapping for yourself helps you to appreciate your own successes and encourages you to continue working hard in everything you do. Applauding for yourself reminds your value to the world and therefore, builds yourself esteem. Clapping for yourself makes your surroundings be aware of your abilities and therefore, be able to respect you for who you are. Self applause shows how much one values life.

It is a poor idea to lie to yourself.

Lying to yourself can be devastating. Many people who fail to excel in life lie to themselves. People only realise that they have been lying to themselves when they fail to achieve their goals. People lie themselves in various ways. For example some students think that they can start and finish a 100 marks assignment in a day and still get a distinction. However, in most cases students fail or get an average mark which results in putting the blame on the lecturers. Certain people lie to themselves about being career women, nevertheless, reality plays its role when these assumed career women get married and become mothers and housewives. For these reasons it is unwise and a blue lie to say that you know your destiny, instead, the best thing to do is to show commitment in everything you do.

Partiality in the media

Africa is always portrayed as the waste of all the five continents in the world. International media such as BBC and Aljazeera most often report on corrupt government leaders and hardly reports on honest ones. This misleads people on a global scale as they perceive all African government leaders as crooked. The fact of the matter is that not every leader is corrupt and therefore, media should be impartial in their reports. Media also show the dirtiest parts of Africa and turn a blind eye to the smart and beautiful nature of Africa. Media should be optimistic and not always pessimistic as this makes people lose hope for the future of Africa. Besides, media should contribute to social well being and therefore, human development through ethical reporting. In addition, people depend on the media to be informed, which means that media should be at all times trustworthy.

Every person has a dream.

We all grow up in different circumstances for various reasons. For some people, growing up is a nightmare while it is an exciting journey for others. By God’s grace, either with or without hope we grow up into sound human beings. God has given us the power to visualise, plan, control and therefore, manage our own lives. Every person has a dream, though; it is wise to say that developing a dream into reality is what matters. Having dreams is one thing and most people think that it ends there but developing them is another defining step. People’s achievements are measured on how well they plan to lead their lives. However, what may seem decent to a particular person may be perceived otherwise to another. It is essential that people believe in the inner power to manage their lives and not to depend on others.

Not all who wonder are lost.

Indeed not all who wonder are lost. Christopher Columbus wondered but he wasn’t lost. He wondered because he had certain intentions and therefore, if I wonder today, it’s because am contemplating on which is the best route to take to discover the world. Wondering about might mean lost to other people but it’s not about what others think, it’s about what I want to achieve. Wondering gives me the strength, courage, commitment, zeal and persistence to go on with my mission, a mission to a brighter future, a future that is worth living. As I live in that future with life-time achievements surrounding me, I’ll look back and say, yes it was worth wondering.

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How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole?

What could a person be doing on top of a 100-foot pole? I think it depends on how one got there in the first place. Only knowing what you want and knowing what to do to get that that you want might put you in a position of being at such a deadly height. For me a 100-foot pole is nothing, I can even go up a further 1000-foot pole, if that’s what’s required to attain a doctor’s degree in the field that I am so passionate about. This implies that a person intends to be where he/she is and therefore, knows exactly how to get out of there. However, if this person has no idea of how to get him/herself out of such a situation, then it is clear that this person did not know what he/she wanted in the first place. If it means being on top of a 100-foot pole to get what you want, then just get there and leave the thoughts of how to get down to the force of gravity.

It’s all about what you want in life….

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