Because after this is over and the long months in lockdown become just a grim memory, you`ll still have to live with your neighbours and your acquaintances and your fellow-workers and your colleagues. And you`ll pass the beautician that you have reported, and I can promise you one thing – she won`t be the first one to look away,
I won’t rant and protest with the angry anti-lockdown group from Johannesburg that these draconian, ridiculous shutdown measures should end. …And this is exactly why I am launching a Winter Challenge.
…Ons mag maar kwaad wees, maar ons moenie kwaad BLY nie. Niks gaan sekerlik ooit weer dieselfde wees nie, maar eendag gaan ons weer die voorreg hê om ongestoord om `n braaivleisvuurtjie te kuier in die Krugerwildtuin.
Yes, a Zoom class is NOT the same as in-person classes, but they aren’t different in a bad way – they’re just different. I miss the jokes, the laughter, the cheers, the hoots and the energy of 50 members packed in our studio, but I love starting my Zoom room to see participants waiting to join the class
“First I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking how I`d ever live without the world outside…But then I spent so many nights scoffing chips and necking wine, I know it`s time, to say we`re going to be just fine”…
My wens vir jou is dat jy ervaar hoe elkeen van daardie krakies van eensaamheid met vrede gevul word.
I have come to realise how much of my identity has been tied into my job as a fitness instructor…But I have also realised that we all are so much more than just our day-jobs…I have seen dads turn into actors, comedians and child entertainers
Ek het die afgelope paar weke geleer dat die enigste ding waaroor ek beheer het, dit is wat ek dink, doen en sê. Ek het geleer dat ons met veel minder kan klaarkom as wat ons nog altyd gedink het. Wat ons het IS net genade. Wat ons het, IS net geleen. En nou is dit Paasfees.
You know, most of us go through life with an arrogant belief that we’re immune from the worst life can throw at us. We’re not, and this isn’t about us anymore. It’s about our loved ones, our parents, our children, the refuse workers, the police, the doctors and nurses, it’s about politicians who don’t know what to do and it’s about economists who don’t know how to make sense of it all.
My wens vir jou is dat jy jouself die volgende paar dae elke dag aan die kraag sal optel en hoop sal kies. Daar is steeds baie snaakse en mooi goed – jy moet net weet waar om te soek. Moenie heeldag in jou pantoffels rondsloef nie, moenie ophou oefen nie, eet mooi, vertroetel jou mense en hou vas aan Hom soos `n drenkeling in die oop see.
Hope…that is what we all need, more than ever, and this weekend, as the uncertainty about things at our own studio engulfed my mind, I have realised, more than ever that our trust, belief, perception and thinking about the next few months will determine our outcome…
Ek weet wel dat elkeen van ons in hierdie laaste paar weke opnuut bewus geraak het van die broosheid van die mens. Ons is nie so sterk en onafhanklik soos ons dink nie. Ons bestaan is so bitter kort.