Poem by Maya Angelou

"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in te very dirt
But still, like dust, I will rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause i walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own backyard.

you may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with you hatefulness,
But still, like air, I will rise.

Does my sexiness offend you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm like a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into dayb reak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise."
-Maya Angelou (1928-May 2014) 

Imperfections are beautiful

I am so thankful to God for allowing this beautiful woman to be my mother and for allowing me to call her "mama'. I would travel to the moon and back for this woman. She is the strongest and toughest woman that I know. Everyday with is filled with laughs and fun. She supports and motivates me to do whatever I want and keeps telling that I am clever and can do anything that I put my mind to. I pray God keeps her a little while longer so that she can see me graduate and so that i can thank her and repay her by buying her a house. She is truly a remarkable woman. The woman that i call my mother, Lorraine Nongetheni Stone. My vehicle to success and happiness. <3

Viva ANC Viva

Because I know how hard our struggle icons fought for us to be in the positions that we are in today. I will never forsake my people because without I may never have experienced the things that I have experienced and still experiencing. They fought so that people of colour could have equal opportunities. We are experiencing 20 years of freedom because of them. Don't forget where you come from.

Spare a thought

One Day I would really love to be a Humanitarian Aid Worker and help the children in sub-Saharan overcome the social issues such as poverty and the hunger that they are faced with. We should all be thankful for what we have because there are so many in other parts that want what we have. The food that we throw away, they would love to eat. We are so lucky that when we are hungry we are able to bu a packet of chips but some are so poor that they cannot even buy R1 chips. So I think that we should all be grateful for the things that we have.
I think that I have found my calling  :)

Ladies know your worth

how do you expect a man to respect you if you have no respect for yourself? A man will treat you the way that you treat yourself. If you present yourself as a cheap second hand car that is always available for a test drive, you will have no value. A man will always enjoy burning tyres on the race track but never with his personal RollysRoyce, he knows that that is his Quuen and you will see it in the way that he will drive her, gently with respect and pride, the pleasure he gets out of her is timeless, whilst burning out tyres is instant gratification. A woman knows her worth, she commands respect because she has self-respect, knows her worth and never settles for less. She loves herself, takes pride in herself and that mirrors on her partner because he then has a source of strength he can rely on. Ladies know your worth.