Tag Archives: #setback

– Let us try to find a way to win

When wrestling difficulties of expanding the business, protecting it against major setbacks that could result in its premature closure, may be the last thing and least priority on the owner’s mind.

Documentaries have been created detailing stories of economic difficulties of life during world wars, and those who lived long enough in this country, can also attest to difficulties of life for many during apartheid. But life in South Africa today, especially for the youth, is difficult to bear. Coupled with their parents lacking material resources to help them, and burdened by heavy debt of trying to improve their education and skills, many are still faced with bleak prospects of being active participants in this poor economy.

The high increasing costs of living, much less, rising property prices, have made life extremely difficult for many people and much worse, the youth in this country. If there ever was a time for wanting to make a difference and having meaning in your life, this is it and it is now urgent that we truly come together to turn our hopeless situation around. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 31 December 2019. Continue reading

– Something’s got to give, #Improvise

Rarely can anyone have all aspects of their life going swimmingly without loss, pain, or suffering. There’s bound to be something else that acts as a reminder that one cannot always have what one wants.

Then, we should be ready to improvise and make the most of what we have despite difficulties and setbacks.

Joy and pain are intertwined. You can’t have joy without having experienced sadness, and even if one is joyful, pain is what will erode that joy. Sounds obvious but when we’re in the thick of things, we tend to forget that we can’t always have what we want. We need to learn to make do with whatever we have, while doing our best to overcome our discomfort.

With so many lives dependent on the President, we can learn, though still early, from President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa to make the most with little desirables we have. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 28 February 2018. Continue reading

#Disaster – How resilient are you against major setbacks?

The recently released report by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on “Poverty Trends in South Africa” in the period between 2006 and 2015[1], shows that life got more difficult for many South Africans. The hardship in question is experienced at the core or foundation of life where one does not know where one’s next meal would come from. If ever one was unsure about what disaster looked like, this is it, more so considering wastages we see in many aspects of our lives.

 We live in a part of the world full of valuable natural resources. It is shameful that many are highly impoverished in a country such as ours with vast resources and technological and developmental advancements. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 30 August 2017. Continue reading