1MMD2014 [363 of 365] With this year at its end

…I ask one more time your eyes to lend!

This is my final post for 2014 and just may be my final post here. I didn’t make the 1MMD2014, but with over 300 posts on a day to day basis, I have uncovered some interesting facts.

It has been a year of love lost and gained and lost again. My heart and soul has broken more times than I would care to count. All in all I have personally learned a rather valuable lesson.

No one is truly on my side and to do what must be done I must do alone.

Not being cynical (remember the 300+ days), this little experiment has proven what I secretly suspected and wouldn’t admit to myself. Friends, Family, Creator, it all pales in comparison to the decisions I finally have to make and be satisfied with.

I won’t be setting New Year’s Resolutions or try to predict the future and say that this year (2015) will be my year. Instead, I have amassed enough battle scars upon my physical, mental and spiritual and all of it has laid a foundation. All I can do now is build.

What will stand after my blood, sweat and tears have been poured into it? I cannot say. However, I can guarantee you that it will be mine and in the end, it will HAVE to be the best I can do…

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1MMD2014 [362 of 365] This tremendous heat wave

…just proves that we are Nature’s slave!

Let’s take into consideration,

Where we are as a nation.

The craving to amass things for no apparent reason,

As time passes for each and every season.

Now consider all those moments we had at our disposal,

We could have taken the time to formalise a proposal.

That instead of taking we could be giving,

Instead of making we could be living.

Don’t get me wrong for toil we must,

I just ask that in Nature we put a little trust.

For in forcing the way of humanity,

Has driven us over the edge of insanity.

And in trying to save our Love for each other,

We have succeeded only in hurting another.

There are ways to be kind to the world we live in,

Perhaps the answer can be found within…

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2014 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,300 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 38 trips to carry that many people.

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1MMD2014 [361 of 365] So much to do

…but to your own self be true!

What a year it’s been and personally, I have learned so much.

Some good, some bad. Wins here, losses there. But,

Education always comes at a cost.

Now the information that has been gleaned, shall have to come into play.

And play is essential…

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1MMD2014 [360 of 365] I only make it up as I go along

…but Time has taught me how to remain strong!

With the 14 Day Case Study drawing to a close, interesting information came to light and merely just a confirmation of the direction I’m heading in, come 2015.

Let’s see, there was:

#ShiroTree specialising in beautifully handcrafted handbags.

#AbavukiMusic a musically-gifted band from Langa.

#OnePercentChanges leading the path to personal enlightenment.

#BaileysPhotosSA a company with 30+ years experience in Photography & Framing.

I am proud to have served them and the progress we have made over the last 2 weeks; well, I’m sure they’ll be satisfied with it.

How is the future looking you ask?

Now that several (not all) conditions have been met, I feel comfortable with finally launching the company. No longer content with skulking in the shadows and growing for growing’s sake, I shall now take a more active role.

It is a slight to humanity most severe, should we live less than we are capable of living; to do less than we are capable of doing.

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1MMD2014 [359 of 365] Light

by Regan Jacobs

When the source of Light gets removed from your world

The Darkness is stifling

Smothering you such that you struggle to even breathe

So palpable that it clogs your nostrils

And clouds your thoughts

All that is left is to wail and to rage

Why me? Why now?

Is there any point in anything?

What is there to look forward to?

Would I be able to see it without my Light?

But, as your grief gives way to memories of your Light

The times that you shared and the good they left with you

You realize that you cannot but continue

To honour the memory of your Light

And as you look within for the strength to carry on now that your Light is out

You find strength you never knew you had

And as tap into your hitherto unused strength

Your light grows brighter and brighter

An external expression of an internal progression

What started as a journey for Yourself

Is now inspiring and lighting the way for others

Inadvertently becoming their Light

You see, darkness comes to us all

Not to darken our worlds

But so that we may find our own light

And not depend forever on a light that is someone else’s

Our Light – left within us to be discovered by us on our journey

By our eternal Light

So when darkness comes to you – and it will –

Acknowledge it.  Cry.  Be angry.  Grieve if you must.

Then light it up.

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1MMD2014 [358 of 365] How much time do we have to spend

…from those of them who wish to lend!

Moments pass by sooner than you think,

Days go by in a blink.

Before you wake in time you’ll find,

The best days of your life has been mined.

So like me you to try to recreate,

The conditions that painted that fate.

But don’t get lost in nostalgia’s pull,

You’re only half way through and far from full.

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1MMD2014 [357 of 365] We search for deeper truths in the unseen

…to try and unravel what they mean!

Face the stark reality of an inconvenient truth,

Even though the way I lay it out be uncouth.

Fear a base instinct a primal urge,

Only by accepting does understanding emerge.

Fight not the unrest that dwells within,

Chase after balance there lies the win.

Fraught with danger this perilous path,

It’s objective to crush a waivering heart.

Freedom of expression has made many truths known,

By being attentive slowly we have grown.

Fatalities must occur this is Universal Law,

Make space for vision and places never seen before…

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1MMD2014 [356 of 365] A special Shout Out to those who don’t believe

…in my dream that I shall achieve!

Your smiling face fooled me for a while,

I believed in your grace and evident style.

In time I noticed this trend persisting,

Wondering whether it was I resisting.

Words so eloquently spoken,

Built on past promises broken.

Hear me know as I say to thee,

No longer will I beg or plea.

Your bargains and deals no longer inspire me,

Or was it that you intended me to flee?

I’ll take my stand and even now I stand alone,

With fearful heart and much to atone.

A gentle whisper in accord with nature,

Opening up a path to personal rapture.

Fear the faint the perceived weak,

I will make strong what was once meek…

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1MMD2014 [355 of 365] Until they’ve had their fill

…they seek to impose their will!

You will only have her smile, if you’re willing to do whatever she asks.

You will only receive your Dad’s Blessing, once you agree to his rules.

You will only receive a plate of food from your Mom, when you accept everything she tells you as truth.

You will only succeed, upon following all the teachings your Mentor has set forth.

Don’t get me wrong, we ALL need a bit of guidance every now and then, but when the systems are constructed in such a way that we are mindless drones, merely having to follow the instructions and orders of others; does that not make us slaves devoid of Free Will.

Yes, you HAVE to follow before you can lead; but you don’t ALWAYS have to follow and you don’t ALWAYS have to lead.

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