Mandela - Happy 93rd Birthday

May God bless you as you celebrate the 93rd birthday.
You have selflessly given yourself to your country and to the world.

You taught us how to forgive.
You taught us how to be united in times of difficult.
You promoted non-racial South Africa.
You promoted non-sexiest South Africa.

We appreciate the role you played in uniting Africa.
We appreciate your role in opening world’s eyes and ears about Africa.
We appreciate your role in the promoting peace in Africa and to the world.

You have brought us the first ever world cup in Africa
We thank you for South Africa to lift African Cup of Nations trophy in 1996.
We thank you for South Africa to lift the Rugby world cup trophy in 1995.

Let the spirit of humanity ("Ubuntu") live on.

Thank you Madiba.

Google+ Invites: Join the exclusive growing community

Author: Sibusiso Cele

The Google+ social network is currently in testing phase and it appears to be a great project. Have you tried to register but you haven’t received invites yet.

Post your email address (Gmail preferable). I will send you an invite.

You may also join my blog: Pause.

The rise of the lioness

Author: Sibusiso Cele

There is an old Zulu phrase “Wathinta abafazi wathinta imbhokodo” that can be roughly being translated in English to “you strike a woman, you strike a rock!”.  The phrase means; a woman is very unmovable person, a person with lots of soul and a desire to conquer the world.

The day came when a lioness rose up against the cruel challenge that life brought to her (i.e. Death of a family member). The lioness took change instead of being led. It leaded other lions with dignity and command. It became clear a lioness was no longer baby lion but a fully grown lion. The lioness rose tall while the base/ground  was not solid.

The greatest indicator of the success of the lioness was the jealousy written in other lions. Other lions couldn’t believe the strength and desire to succeed of this lioness. They struggled to understand the source of the lioness strength. They tried to look for the weaknesses to take it down, but there were none. The writing was there for everyone to see, that the lioness has risen above everyone else and the challenge itself.

The lioness showed an amazing strength during her roar. The roar was solid and it clearly came from the heart.  One of the lions started to tumble in disbelief. The lion had thought the challenger of roaring in front of the lions might break the lioness but the opposite was true. A pure voice was suddenly embraced by the rest of the lions, the rest history.

After everything had been done, the lioness stayed behind to ensure the after-match was managed accordingly. It risked being terrorized by the Rangers of the land. There were lot of challenges that made the situation tense but the strength and the never give-up attitude allowed the lioness to see all the tasks were carried out successfully.

It gives a great pleasure to know the lioness. The lioness presence is dearly missed in its absence.  The life losses its meaning…. (i.e. happiness).

Pause

Author: Sibusiso Cele
04/07/2011

It is only right to explain why the blog is called Pause.

We pause to remember fallen heroes.

We pause while we are gathering our thoughts.

We pause the radio if there is an unusual sound to check if it really coming from the radio or pause in case we want to redirect our attention to something else.

Pause may refer to rest; the rest refers to the mind not the body in this context (i.e. new / fresh perspective).

This blog will allow you to take a pause and ponder on different aspects of life.

Please feel free to submit your articles, poem, research, etc.