Keep going

I think we've all been through that embarrassing moment, when you lose balance and just fall flat on the ground. People will react differently; others will laugh in your face and make u feel like an idiot ; others will tell you sorry but won't help you up and then you find those that help you up, dust you up while secretly laughing at you. Human nature. I feel like that's how we approach life, every time we lose focus and fall.
We go about life so carefully afraid we might miss a step and end up on our knees. We are afraid of being wrong, afraid of making mistakes.
What if I fail? What will people say? I don't want to be laughed at. Mhmm everybody wants to laugh but no one wants to be the joke.

So there I was today, taking a morning jog ; honestly just a walk, my lazy self prefers walking on Sunday mornings , any other morning for that matter. As I was minding my own business I tripped, it all happened so fast I was lying flat on my ass. Usually I would have got up faster  than superman and dusted myself off before anyone could see me. But I just sat there , feeling a burning sensation on my cushions like I had just been kicked. I laughed at myself. When I finally decided it was time to get up I noticed an old man running my direction, he laughed with me and said "Keep going, you're on the right path".
I swear the universe is telling me something.

Lesson:
Don't be afraid of falling. You can always get up and keep going.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Laugh at yourself and you will never be bothered by those who laugh at you.

Love and light to you and yours. Xoxo

Photocred: Me

On the Spotlight- Movers and Shakers

As a black child growing up i was encouraged to get an education, get a good job and retire peacefully for the rest of my days. I was convinced that such is the order of life. The education system in my view encourages us to be good employees as opposed to employers. We are constantly being taught to follow certain rules and systems of learning and living, there is no space for creativity and leadership. I think that's why most of us are good at our jobs but suck at real life issues. We can solve for x , it has been programmed in our brains but we fail dismally when it comes to the day to day challenges that comes with life.
Entrepreneurship has always been a part of my life; our local spaza shops, supermarkets,street vendors selling sweets and cigarettes and the random guy on his bicycle selling chicken feet and gizzards.
 A career in the Arts is still frowned upon in our communities; as if we are all destined to be Doctors and Lawyers.
The township is different now, over the years young people have emerged from dusty street corners to becoming prominent business figures. Breaking all the norms and making a success out of passion.

On the spotlight today:

Meet Kgatale John Seemela affectionately known as Sello or Cjo. A 35year old male from the township of Tembisa in the Gauteng Province. The owner of Cjos Florists, oh yes even men sell flowers. His passion for flowers was sparked when he visited a flower market and got exposed to the ins and outs of the industry. He says that he hopes to change the perspective that flowers are only associated with funerals and he hopes to spread love and romance in his community. He went on to add that owning a business requires less sleep, family time and more of work. So yes, its true that hustlers don't sleep. I hope this story has inspired you to get up and get moving!!
I urge you to support local initiatives like this one. Cjos details will be added below.

If you are a mover, an influencer, business guru in the making and want to feature on my blog send me an email to malatselesego@gmail.com

Business Address : 587 weaver Street Difateng Section Tembisa
For more info like the page Cjos Florist for more info.

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I was once a flower....

I was once a flower

Like a ray of sunshine i lit up the garden. Swayed to the music of the winds. 

I sang my heart out through the showers of rain.

Tales of my beauty spread across the nations.

I was once a flower 

Every petal a picture of perfection. 

But now, now i am nothing but a reflection.

I was once a flower, loved by many. 

Summer wasn't here to stay. She left with all her warmth. She left with my beauty, the only thing i had ever known. 

The only thing i ever was.

Dear summer. Who is this you left me with?

I was once a flower. 

I could say a lot about this poem but i feel it would killl the essence of the message. Let me leave you with this : who are you when all your beauty has been stripped away, when your worldly possesions have been taken away,when loved ones have turned their backs on you? Who are you?

Love and light to you and yours. ❤️

A moment of solitude

Maybe we just don't wanna be alone. Afraid  loneliness might come and haunt us in the middle of the night as we slumber or in the morning when we wake up to an empty bed or no message on our phone. We want to constantly be around friends and when we are alone at home we are always on social media because there is a void. We are never happy single, we jump from one relationship to the next. We see what looks like a happy couple and we call it "#relationship goals" or "#bae things" because we are a cyber generation that literally lives by Insta quotes and Facebook posts and i mean "literally". There is a monster and we are constantly feeding it. Why are we so afraid of facing ourselves, confronting our demons- one on one. Of sitting in our silence and listening, because sometimes the answers are right there at centre of your chest and in our subconscious mind. Answers, voices from within waiting to be heard.

 Breathe...oh take a deep breath!

Be kind to yourself, enjoy a moment of silence. I think its an essential part of our daily lives, to discover who we are and what we want. Without anyone else having an influence on that decision, without society putting a stamp of approval on it. 

Anyway that is just my 2 cents worth..I hope you take away something positive from this. Haven't blogged since 2014 (hides) , I have been too occupied with nothing. One thing i've learnt, don't let life get to a point of you just existing because in that moment we lose our passions and part of we are or who we are meant to be slowly fades into the background. 

I'm not an expert on anything really , especially this thing called Life. Its like putting together a puzzle of tiny little pieces, a million pieces and others get lost under the carpet (laughs) and you look for them everywhere so now you have to improvise. I could go on and on.

Love and light to you and yours xoxo