A candle is not diminished by giving another candlelight.– Earl Nightingale
We are quick to see our own struggles and hope to be treated with compassion and care.
We are able to acknowledge that we might not get everything right, but we are trying our best…
We desperately want the next person to be gentle and treat us with kindness.
But, it seems we are unable to see that the next person is just like us.
We demand perfection, we are quick to anger, we criticise their shortcomings and we forget that like us, they are trying their best.
Perhaps if we start to see the next person as an extension of ourselves, we will be able to give them the grace and support that we would like someone to give us.
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
For some people, especially those with vivid imaginations, it is difficult to express themselves conventionally. There’s simply too much to say, too many ways in which to describe a single item, too many colors, too many sounds. For those people, there is poetry. | Born, raised and living in Africa. | Art lover (In all it's forms) | Hopeless romantic. | Believes in making the world a better place; one thought, one word, one action at a time.
Ndapewoshali is an accountant and Namibian labour law specialist by profession, a self-taught graphic designer and avid community activist. She uses writing to tackle (sometimes uncomfortable) social issues with the hope of transforming the Namibian and the global community’s mindset on the current status quo. Ndapewoshali believes that love, as a verb (through kindness, patience, common understanding and tolerance), consistent education and reform, are the answers for all social, economic and political ills. She is also a strong advocate for mental health awareness and the importance of creating a safe environment in which mental health is prioritized and mental illness is destigmatized. Ndapewoshali is an art-loving (in all its forms), hopeless romantic who believes in making the world a better place; one thought, one word, one action at a time.
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