What I now know, for sure.

Happy Places. Where is your Happy Place? What is a Happy Place? My (personal) dictionary says that, "A Happy Place, is any place, in the physical or spiritual, where you can go and fully experience peace." Is it going out? Being with friends? Your pARTner? Being in the company of your family? Lecture halls? Shopping? Curling up with a good book, and a cup of Rooibos Tea? Morning runs on dusty village roads? Travelling in a donkey cart? Having conversations with strangers? A weekend away at your Gran's? Whatever it is...it ought to give you peace. Utmost, pure peace. Peace still. It ought to speak to you, silently, and you have to understand the language. The Language of Peace. It's not always about the big things, or the things that seem big. Sometimes, most times even, it's the little things. It's the little things that mean the big things. For the big things to mean a whole lot, the little things have to matter, to you first before anyone else. It's then that you will know things for sure, that, I know for sure. We are our own happYness, because in the words of Rumi, "Happiness is now". So, find your happYness. Find your Happy Place. Be Happy. Be Happy, now. Be Happy for today, yesterday, and tomorrow. Because, Happy, now. It's all in the now.

I used to be sad. I still get sad, sometimes. But, I no longer forget to be Happy. Today's now is gonna go, and I don't wanna leave with it, I wanna be there in and for tomorrow's now. It's not easy knowing you can't go out to movies or just ice cream with friends because you can't afford it, but when you have your Happy Place, all that doesn't matter. You can be Happy even when the world isn't, even when pARTs of your world aren't. You can, really. So, choose now to be Happy and become Happy, really.

Comments

THE CRY OF WINNIE MANDELA: DEPARTURES. WAITINGS. RETURNS.

SHOW: The Cry of Winnie Mandela WHERE: The Market Theatre Laboratory WHEN: 04 May 2024 DIRECTOR: Momo Matsunyane August was Women's Month in South Africa, where we commerate the brave Womxn of 1956 on the 9th who were tired of waiting. Over the years, I have come to use the day to reflect on my own personal experiences and draw inspiration from the Womxn in my life. Ibandla lam'. 'The Cry of Winnie Mandela' adapted for stage by Alex Burger, spoiled us with songs and amongst them was this timeless hymn: "Bohang seema, ha ba hlaha ka kgoro Jerusalema e mocha..." Those that are familiar with groups of Womxn will tell you that in their meetings, conversations can easily move from marital and relationship bliss - or bleak as is the case with the Womxn in this play - through the latest news, down to song and wailing prayers. Different emotions were invoked with each song as 'Ibandla la Bafazi Abalindileyo' took us through their jou...

FINDING ME, VIOLA DAVIS

"My entire life had been struggle and survival. I'd been on my own since age seventeen. The fact that it was hard, shitty, was nothing new, but the biggest struggle was keeping hope and belief in myself. Then, finding an art community for support while fighting my ass off to stay alive." - Viola Davis in her book, 'Finding Me' My biggest beef with poverty is that it sets one a million steps back. Poverty and lack will have you questioning your worth even when you receive what you have tirelessly worked your ass off for. Your voice is in constant fear-mode on subjects you're well-versed on. Your confidence is almost non-existent in rooms you deem above you. Saying 'no' is not part of your vocabulary because you always consider others before you. Yet, you are capable and deserving. More than deserving. Because who, if not you? Getting out of this pit is one of the most difficult things one has to go through. Unfortunately, a majority of Bla...

Born A Crime: a long awaited review by the Protégé

Born A Crime: a long awaited review by the Protégé It’s been well over a year since I read Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime; and I remember swearing to Self that I will review it as soon as I was done *insert laughing emojis*. Little did I know that I was going to live it (consciously so) more than reviewing it – this is one of the books I read in 2017 that was top of my Books I Would Recommend list, pretty much to anyone. Fast forward to 2018, Winter Recess, and my 13 YEAR OLD (I had to - #Pride people) nephew finds this gem on their visit. I tell him there’s a book he needs to read and essay (read review) before they leave and he didn’t waste any time. But first, he had to remind me that I robbed him of the chance to finish Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus back in 2016 (circumstances, very special circumstances) when he was halfway through the book. Born A Crime was an intellectual debt transaction between an aunt and her nephew. Below is MK the Poet’s (as he c...

The Read Aunt Mzansi

Search This Blog