I can’t believe that less than 60 days remain of this year.
2013 has had its fair share of difficulties but God has been good to me thus
far. The good most definitely out-weighs the bad. I am grateful.
The continued lessons learnt have really opened my eyes to
new ways of living and making my 21st chapter a beautiful journey.
I’m not saying life is perfect but I am able to smile and embrace life, reflect
on the year and actually say I lived. And with all this I have seen my family’s
love shine brighter than ever before. The amazing love, support and guidance
from Mom really brought us even closer together. I am grateful.
The lesson learnt about friendship for me is that, it is only
after Matric and we go our separate ways that you see who is really meant to be
part of your life. I’m the type of girl who uses the Hash tag #NoNewFriends
because the cream of the crop has really risen to the top. However, some
friendships have changed, sometimes people grow together and sometimes we grow
apart, that is part of life. I am grateful.
I am still trying to figure out what my dreams really are. I
am terrified that sometimes I get lost in living my life to the full that I
might forget to live life to the full with a purpose. Life can really take chances
with you if you do not take action of your dreams and goals. At times I am
scared that my reality could disappoint me.
The biggest lesson or the revelation
from God to me for 2013 is that, everything happens in God’s time.
In my first year I believed that I deserved to be one of the
top achievers because I really worked my ass off and to my surprise I didn’t
even make top 3, this opened my eyes ,in life there will always be people
who worked and deserved that award more I did. This year I saw my marks
dropping and I was very disappointed in myself that I lost the plot and let
things that do not matter take over in my life. I started the second semester
with a plan and new goals to be a better student but to my surprise for God
those disappointing results landed me an achievers award. Everything happens in
God’s time when you least expect it. This year I got 3rd Place in
2nd year at the achievers awards. I am grateful.
I was so ready to give up on cheerleading because I felt my
team was just not getting it. I ended up losing interest and it was all a mess.
I failed myself and my team because at all times the blame will always go back
to the leadership and excuses make you look stupid. I kept it together and told
myself that if I can just achieve the mandate for Intervarsity I will walk away
will a clear conscious that I tried. The team’s incompetence cost us a contract
to be the official cheerleaders of Boarder Bull Dogs. But we kept on keeping on
with those that were committed and after our performance at intervarsity the
tears and tension became worth it. To my surprise 2 months after we stopped
with cheerleading I was invited to attend the University Sports Awards 2013, I
got an achievers award for Captain of the year. Everything happens in God’s
time. I am grateful.
In matric I remember having a conversation with Reabetswe in
our Life-sciences (Biology). I was telling how I would love to have my own
girls scout and be a motivational speaker, this was in 2010. Three years later
2013, on one windy Saturday morning I was bored, napping then got a call from
my mentor(Bathandwa Mateza) that I have an hour to put on my best outfit, we
going somewhere. She took me to a camp that was full of young girls and she
said to me, “Khensi you are very relevant to these young girls lives, you are
going to motivate them. You are the guest speaker, lets pray.” I was in shock
and I didn’t even know what to say, all that I was told was to speak from the
heart. It took 3 years from the day I wished to be an influential speaker.
Everything happens in God’s time. I am grateful.
I always wanted to do an awareness drive, something that is
my baby, from conception to birth. My BMF (Black Management Forum) position as
Projects and campaigns officer made it easier to challenge myself and make a
change on campus. I then started working on my project slash baby, The Stop
Alcohol and abuse Campaign. I sent letters around of sponsorship around and
Coke Cola replied with the best news that they are coming on board guns
blazing, okay I made the last part up. They sponsored us with drinks and cups
to give all the students and lecturers that pledged for the awareness. Okay,
let’s not get it twisted, a lot of people were like Khensi you wasting your
time, this is varsity and students drink a lot. My campaign had nothing to do
with stopping students from drinking. It had everything to do with educating
students about the effects of alcohol ABUSE. I got more than 300 hand pledges
and for me that was a job well done. Everything in God’s Time. I am grateful.
As a young girl I had dreams and hopes of being a magazine
cover. In 2013 my suggested name for the University magazine got short listed
and students voted, then I was the victorious one. I was on the cover of my own
creative source Varsity Vibes. Everything happens in God’s time.
Then there are talks about Germany but all in God’s time.
The lesson learnt this year was that everything happens in
God’s timing. This is still my race, it gets better every day. Eventually my
race will be the race that I want. DesiderataNova.
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