Edit India and Africa, strengthening relations through competition, collaboration and the co-creation of a shared future

Introduction

The 2008/9 global financial crisis which originated from the macro-economic concepts of an unprecedented scale where more severe than anyone anticipated. The economic crisis have hit almost everyone country in the world. However, the crisis gave Africa and India the important platform to strengthen their relations economically as well as environmentally. Since the end of the crisis, relations between the two regions each with a population of more than 1 billion people have become more stronger. These relations have been strengthened through blocs such as IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) as well as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and other blocs.

 African nations and India are emerging with a lot of similarities through the creation of strong relationships, which are beneficial to the two regions. Much of the economic activity between African countries and India is being led by the private sector and the businesses enterprises out of the two regions. This is unlike China’s relationship with Africa, where the government is leading the charge.

Despite the current status-quo of the existing relations between the two emerging regions which are the beneficiaries of the current global economic shift. The daring question that is the main purpose of this essay is: how can the two regions strengthen their relations through competition, collaboration and through the co-creation of the future on environmental issues.

1. 1.      Business Development Status-quo of the two regions

The region of Africa is slowly but surely experiencing effective small business enterprise development. The atmosphere created in the region is conducive to trade that is made by the entrepreneurs within the region. This also leads to efficiency as well as productivity. On the other hand most of the entrepreneurs who have established their own businesses within the different countries of this region often lack the survival instinct of running their businesses as well as facing the challenges.

The other thing is that many people living below the bread line in Africa want to start or expand their small businesses but simply do not have the resources to do so.  They may not have the collateral demanded by banks and other lending institutions. This is one of the reasons why most of the people are self-sufficient.

Despite these circumstances small enterprise development agencies have been developed or established in order to provide advice, mentorship as well as  microfinance services  order to help existing as well as upcoming small businesses in the continent in order to tackle the problems of poverty, underdevelopment as well as other economic challenges like income inequality. Examples of such agencies is the Develop Africa Microfinance and Business Development Support that provides services such as mentorship and micro-financing and other business services to the small businesses in Africa. Despite the existence of the small medium and micro enterprises in the African region still income inequality remains worse and continues to be worse.

The Indian region on the other hand with a large federal structure and with a population of more than 1 billion people, with a vibrant economy and with a vibrant small medium and micro enterprises sector has reaped the benefits of this economic sector, 30 million people get employment in this sector, the sector contributes to approximately 50% of industrial production and the growth of this small businesses enterprises grows by 13% per annum and it creates 1.3 million jobs per annum.

On the other hand the Indian businesspeople have a survival instinct, good qualities of an entrepreneur, their businesses last and most importantly they are more exposed to the business development programmes which their Government have availed programmes such as: Awareness building on how to run the business, Micro-Finance Programme, Setting up of Associations by industry programmes, Quality upgradation in small scale sector, through incentive for ISO 9000 & 14001 Certification etc.

As result this gives the Indian region more dominance in terms of their competitive advantage on small business development, this is then detrimental to the trade relations which the two regions have because the dominance of the Indian small businesses is not conducive to the development of small African businesses.

These is also not healthy competition for the two regions but rather a creation of the gap between powerful Indian businesses and the poor performing African businesses.

Solution 

The two regions need to create a competitive relationship that will lead to the creation of an atmosphere that would be conducive to the success as well as to the growth of the small businesses found within the two regions. This can be done through the creation of support programmes and schemes such as:

      Assistance for Entrepreneurship Development

      Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Small Industries

      Micro Finance programme

       Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme for Tech upgradation

      Tool Rooms for Dies, Moulds, Jigs, Fixtures

       Testing Stations for Calibration

      Cluster Development Programme

      Quality Upgradation in small scale sector, through

      incentive that are conducive to instilling survival instinct of entrepreneurs to run their small businesses in the two regions

       Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance for

women

       Setting up of Testing Centres by Industries

Associations

      The exchange of business skills between the two regions.

The implementations of the solutions mentioned above are of paramount importance to be implemented in the two regions in order to ensure that the small businesses in the two regions grow and become more effective in both the internal economic environments as well to the larger environment (global village). Most importantly the solutions will be conducive to ensuring that inasmuch as Indian businesses prosper within the African region, so will the African businesses prosper in India.

1. 2.      Strengthening collaboration between the two regions in order to attain the Great Transition

The two regions are currently classified as part of the Third World and are often used to calculate the Ginny coefficient secondly they are the ones that are worst hit by poverty, low standard of living as well as income inequality and other challenges. But despite all this circumstances the two regions have manoeuvred strategically in combating these ills. Collaboration on the two regions has become the order of the day.

The cultural cooperation between India and Africa is moving beyond traditional exchanges to focus on education and capacity building initiatives which can become a part of the national idiom for both the two regions. This strong collaboration presents an important milestone for both the two regions to tackle the economic, political as well as the other challenges that they face as a unit and to strengthen relations through their regional structures as well as through their foreign and economic policies.

Many events took place in the past that showed how important collaboration was for the two regions chairs have been set up to promote Indian studies in Africa in countries like Mauritius, Nigeria and South Africa, which has a chair of political studies sponsored by India.

The current global economic power shift as well as the current events that are taking place in the Arab world as well as in the international community require that both the two regions strengthen their collaboration not only for the purpose of trade or economic ties, but for the purpose of ensuring that the two regions occupy their rightful place in the international community as well as to ensure that they achieve the great transition.

The Great Transition describes a radical shift towards sustainable social justice and well-being for all. By sustainable social justice we mean the fair and equitable distribution of environmental, social, and economic resources between people, places, and generations. By well-being for all we mean what it takes to achieve a fulfilling and happy life for everyone: adequate opportunities to exercise one’s mental, physical, emotional, and aesthetic capacities, resulting in personal satisfaction, vitality, resilience, self-esteem, and sense of purpose and meaning, and combined with supportive relationships, and feelings of trust and belonging.

From where we stand now, a decade into the twenty-first century, this is a substantial challenge. Overall income inequality is now higher than at any time in the last thirty years.

Inequalities are not only unfair; they are a burden on the whole of society. Inequality in illness accounts for productivity losses of £31–33 billion per year, lost taxes and higher welfare payments in the range of £20–32 billion per year, and additional NHS healthcare costs associated with inequality are well in excess of £5.5 billion per year.7 There is a growing body of evidence that more equal societies are better for everyone, not just the poor, with lower levels of crime and disorder, and better health and wellbeing. Societies with strong traditions of social solidarity and low levels of inequality are better able to cope with shared risks such as climate change.

So all these challenges can be tackled through strong collaboration between the two regions as this would lead to ensuring that the solutions that the two regions come with bring speedy progress.

Now in order to achieve the great transition which is the important issue for the two regions, their collaboration can be made in the following ways:

      Create effective policies in the IBSA and BRICS blocs that will be in line with the purpose that the two regions have in common in order to achieve the great transition.

      `Create effective structures within the regions that will be instrumental in enforcing the policies for the two regions that will be conducive to collaboration, competition as well as strong partnership and trade relations between the two regions.\

      To ensure the devolution of the IBSA and BRICS blocs mandate to be actively endorsed and supported by the two regions in order for the regions to have a shared future that will be beneficial to the present as well as to future generations.

1. 3.      Partnership on environmental issues

The natural regions of the earth developed millions of years ago, there was a balance between plants and animals, other living and non-living things. Humans are the newest creatures on the earth, yet they have the power to change the balance within a region forever. Today the world is faced with a new challenge, the battle of a new enemy, this is not a civil war or the possibilities of the Third World War, but it is the problem of environmental sustainability. Today the increasing number of humans is no longer signifying the rise of the human evolution, but it symbolises the chances of scarcity within the environment. Which is why it is so important that we come with ways of protecting the environment.

The 2000 8 Millennium Development Goals contains environmental sustainability as the 8th MDG goal of the Millennium Declaration that must be achieved by 2015 when the duration of the MDG’s comes to an end. Sadly, majority of the countries that made a commitment oif achieving the goals have recently conceited to the fact that they will not be able to .achieve the goals by 2015 with the goal of environmental sustainability being included.

Both India and Africa were among the regions/countries that committed themselves to the development of these goals. But despite the MDG commitments it is of paramount importance that the two regions collaborate and work hand in glove to solve the environmental issues and promote environmental sustainability beyond 2015.

Inasmuch as humans have the power to change the balance of life within a region forever despite being the newest creatures on the earth, they must be used by the two regions in order to solve the environmental issues that the world is facing.

The state of the world’s environment: An analysis

Half of the forests that originally covered 46% of the Earth's land surface are gone. Only one-fifth of the Earth's original forests remain pristine and undisturbed.

Between 10 and 20 percent of all species will be driven to extinction in the next 20 to 50 years. Based on current trends, an estimated 34,000 plant and 5,200 animal species - including one in eight of the world's bird species - face extinction. Almost a quarter of the world's mammal species will face extinction within 30 years. Up to 47% of the world's plant species are at risk of extinction.

60% of the world's coral reefs, which contain up to one-fourth of all marine species, could be lost in the next 20-40 years

Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles and marine mammals are entangled and drowned by irresponsible fishing practices every year.

More than 20 percent of the world's known 10,000 freshwater fish species have become extinct, been threatened, or endangered in recent decades. Sixty percent of the world's important fish stocks are threatened from overfishing.

Desertification and land degradation threaten nearly one-quarter of the land surface of the globe. Over 250 million people are directly affected by desertification, and one billion people are at risk.

Global warming is expected to increase the Earth's temperature by 3C (5.4F) in the next 100 years, resulting in multiple adverse effects on the environment and human society, including widespread species loss, ecosystem damage, flooding of populated human settlements, and increased natural disasters.

An estimated 40-80 million people have been forcibly evicted and displaced from their lands to make way for the construction of large dams, resulting in economic and social devastation for these people.

Solution

Since the two regions have strengthened collaboration, competition as well as trade relations, they can also strengthen their alliance on tackling the environmental issues. This can be done through:

      The introduction of policies that are more binding as well as punishable on people who pose a threat to the state of the environment.

      The creation of a think tank within BRICS and IBSA that will be coming with realistic viable policies that will be conducive to binding the people to protect the environment.

      The creation of an agency that will administer and adjudicate environment perpetrators to pay the fine.

      To introduce an environmental sustainability tax that will bind companies that cause carbon emissions to be more environmentally friendly and to save energy.

      To introduce incentives that will be aimed at encouraging people to become environment activists.

      Establishment of a propaganda department that will brainwash the future generations into protection the environment.

      The two regions must set achievable realistic targets that will be aimed at motivating the two regions to achieve environmental sustainability.

All these solutions cannot be achieved overnight, this will require maximum effort of the two regions in achieving these solutions and addressing the environmental issues. To achieve this the two regions must get a buy in from all the stakeholders and role players within their governments as well as within the civil society.

1. 4.      Conclusion

The collaboration, the competition as well as the co-creation of solutions on environmental issues is not a possibility, it is not urgent but it is imperative.

As a way of showing how important it is for the two regions to work together, to collaborate to compete and to co create a show future, this three important factors can be emphasized by the words of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Nigerian author, Ben Okri who once said:

“If the things we face are more important than the things we refuse to face. Then at least we have begun the re-evaluation of our world, and then at least we have begun to see and live again. But if we refuse to face any of our deepest and awkward truths then sooner or later we are going to become deaf and blind, we silence our dreams and those of others. In other words we dies. We die in life.”

Building collaboration and strong relations between the two regions is key to the re-evaluation of our world. But ignoring these relations is silencing the dreams that the Indians and Africans have the dream of a just peaceful India and Africa. Building a shared future for India and Africa is imperative and it leads to peace, security, development and the betterment of humanity.

Who are you? A billion dollar Question to the human race

After hours o study last night till earlier today at 2. I slept with the hope that I will get 7 hours of sleep and that I will not be woken up by anyone so that my mind can rest and I will wake up today fresh and prepare myself for the voyage to the City of Roses, Pereng E tshweu sengangata.

At 5am in the morning my father wakes me up he called my name many times, I thought I was dreaming but as soon as I woke up  I realised that really it was him who has been calling my name. I woke up and I looke at him, and he asked me a question that Boaz asked Ruth at midnight after turning around as said in the scripture off Ruth: Who are you?. My father asked me the samee question. Who are you?

I was confused, I thought he wanted to create a conversation, but because I respected him I answered him by giving him my full names and surname, again he asked who are you, I thought of reciting my surname andd praising the great forefathers who found this great Mabuya family that I am proud of but then I remembered that I had forgotten the recite as it was taught by my late grandmother Limakatso Emily Mabuya a week before she left this world filled with universal deceit, violence, hatred and too much discourse in the 21st century. I then just kept quiet and looke at me. And he said:"You have a long voyage to walk until you answer this question."

I remember that the question "who are you" was such an easy question at primary school we would get to answer it through a colourful mindmap speaking with enthusiasm, and a childlike faith, we would go back home and when our folks asked us we would explain of how we made mindmaps of who are you. But the crux of the matter is that this question containing three words will forever remain a billion dollar question to the human race.

The world is taking a nightmare pill, there is a lie that acts like a virus in the mind of humanity, despite being the newest creatures on earth as we know that the last thing that God created on the last working day before  the seventh day, we have the power to change the balance within a region forever, we can turn an area full of forests to be one of the most industrialized cities in the world. That is how powerful we are, but it is then dangerous to such an extent that the power we have corrupts absolutely that it even affects our identity. We end up doing things that crash our identity, we create a circle of people that makes us forget our roots, we do and say things that crash and destroy our identity. We do a lot of things that destroy who we are and then we get to undermine the essence of the question: "Who are you?"

The tree is because the branches are, the stem is because the roots are the  see of the tree is because the water is. The circle that contributed to the ceation of the Baobab tree is the main reason why the tree is so strong because it was a positive circle such a circle that is positive should surround every human being but the ultimate decider is oneself and it cannot bee achieved overnight.

In conclusion, the question is a billion dollar question to the human race in a sense that it requires more than your name, your age. But it should be an answer that encapsulates alot of factors that define who the person is, what his/her goals are on this earth, where  his/her truth priorities lie, his/her selffworth, the circle surrounding the person the actions of the person. All this faactors are the tools that the person uses along the journey that heeshe is embarking upon afterall this question is answered through the journey that all of us are walking.

Ask yourself wwho you are and few it from all perspectives like a person who looks at himself in the mirror not only to comb the hair but to also fix other areas that need correction even though he took the comb with the hope of only combing the hair.

Define what your role is on this earth, look at the circle you possess, your selfworth, dreams, goals and ambitions as well as your personality as a whole, no one but yourself can define who you are the ultimate definition of who you are as well as answering the question cannot be done overnight but its worth ansswering it for the sake of your wellbeing and dignity

Thee journey is long but worth travelling however, never run alone but ran with others so that you can go far but always keep a positive circle.

We all have dreams, this are the visual manifestations of purpose and the seeds of destiny planted in the soil of our imagination, let defining and knowing yourself who you are be part of those dreams.

It is not possible, It is imperative

T.W Mabuya

Building collaborative partnerships for social cohesion: Building a nation with ethics

ntroduction

We are in the fourth term of our democratic government. This milestone presents us with a momentous opportunity to asses the progress which our government has made in conjunction with the broader society in its historic mission of building a better life for all our people since the inception of our democracy in 1994 after three centuries of colonial rule followed by institutionalised racial segregation.

The attainment of this democracy which is fully recognised in our constitution as well as in Chapter 8 and 9 institutions creates a critical space for the creation of partnerships that will be conducive to social cohesion.

The Director of the Institute for Global Cultural Studies, Dr Ali Mazrui in his 2011 Africa Day lecture at the UFS titled: “Democracy Uprisings in Africa’s experience: From Sharpville to Benghazi” once said: “Amongst the intriguing paradoxes in South Africa’s history is that this country was the last one on the continent to be liberated and is among the first to be truly democraticised”

The fact that we have attained full democratisation requires that we build a nation with ethics through the creation of collaborative partnerships for social cohesion. The essay delves into more details on how these partnerships can be created.

1.The definition of social cohesion and its importance

First and foremost before we discuss the issues of how we go about creating collaborative partnerships for social cohesion. We need to establish what we mean when we speak of social cohesion in the context of non-racial South Africa as this would intensify the collaborative partnerships that we aim to create.

As a descriptive term, social cohesion refers to the extent to which a society is coherent, united and functional providing and environment within which its citizens can flourish. This cohesion can be attained through a partnership that will be creating through the various stakeholders with an aim of building a nation with ethics and morals.

The creation of collaborative partnerships is very imperative because social cohesion is an on-going process of developing a community or a society of shared values, shared challenges and equal opportunities.

Social cohesion is important is it encapsulates inclusivity and equality as well as the values of moral regeneration, and ethics which is the kind of nation that we need to build in south Africa, a nation with ethics.

The Arab Spring in 2011 has shown how partnerships created by the masses can be conducive to bringing about change by overthrowing oppressive regimes. Partnerships such as these are imperative in order to build a nation with ethics.

There is little doubt that South Africa is a country with great and complex challenges as well as tremendous resources, assets and possibilities. These avenues can be fully utilised in order to create collaborative partnerships for social cohesion as well as social justice.

The importance of creating the collaborative partnerships

Successful societies generally can unite in common purpose. Can South Africans overcome a legacy of division and unite around a progressive, non-racial, non-sexist and pro-poor programme that promotes prosperity for all?

South Africa has the means, goodwill, capacity, resources as well as the people and organisations in civil socities that can contribute actively towards the attainment of social cohesion and social justice through the creation of strong effective collaborative partnerships. Such partnerships help towards the realisation of creating a nation with ethics as the composition of the partnerships is made of people from various social backgrounds.

Since 1994 various organisations and movements have been established, institutes were established and commissions were established with an aim of engaging the broader society on ways of promoting social cohesion, moral regeneration as well social justice and ensuring the elimination of past imbalances. It is through these structures and organisations that the collaborative partnership for social justice can be created with an aim of building a nation with ethics. Examples of such organisations are the Moral Regeneration Movement, and other civil society organisations which exist. These collaborative partnerships can be viable through active citizenship participation thoughtful dialogue, critical thinking and debate on all the issues that are affecting the society. The partnership will also be key in trying to redefine the confines of society with an aim of promoting social cohesion social justice, nation building and the promoting of moral regeneration within society.

The creation of the partnership is important because it helps to do the following:

• Ø Find ways that would be conducive to building a just, tolerant and moral society for the common good.
• Ø To promote the values of equality, equity, responsibility and accountability, honesty and integrity, respect and tolerance, and environmental awareness.
• Ø The creation of thoughtful dialogue in order to come with effective tangible solutions.
• Ø The upliftment of Batho Pele principles which are today overlooked which as led to the reason for the lack of ethics in society.

Conclusion

Despite the fact that we cannot fix the loopholes created through the 300 years of colonialism in 300 years, what we can do in this 18 years of our democracy is to promote the values of humanity and create partnerships that would be conducive to social justice and social cohesion. In order to achieve the South African that we want to have in 2030 as envisaged in the 2030 National Development Plan we must first uphold the values that will instil ethical behaviour within the masses.

A just and prosperous society cannot be created overnight, it takes time to build it and this work cannot be done by the government alone. Our emerging institutionalised democracy has provisioned active citizenship participation which can be exuded through the organisations that must be involved in the creation of these partnerships. Strong effective partnerships must be in place that will be active in collaborating and coming with ways of creating a just South Africa.

How would you rethink or redefine your understanding of the concept “leadership”

“Courage is not the absence of fear it’s inspiring others to move beyond it” Dr Nelson Mandela. Dr Mandela in this short statement emphasizes how imperative it is to have courage as a leader and to inspire the followers to move forward as a way of striving to achieve the goals that the leader has set. Most importantly, it is quite unequivocal in the statement that all this can be attained through selfless leadership which is the best in the world rather than self glory leadership which is the best in the world.

We’ve all had leaders who are really taken with their image in the mirror, so impressed by the power and influence they seemingly wield. They’re the center of attention, and pleasing them becomes the focus of all our efforts. It's easy for us to notice their selfishness as they push the people in our organizations to increase the bottom line. And yet they’re often unaware of just how easily we see through their shallow veneer.

Amongst the intriguing paradoxes in South Africa’s history is that this country was the last the one to be liberated on the African continent and yet amongst the first to be truly democratisized. This became possible after many centuries of colonialism and institutionalised segregation. Selfless leaders emerged and fought for non-racialism they won this war and this was won through selflessness, clear goals and through the support of the followers. This is the form of leadership that is the best for the world.

The daring question that most leaders have failed to actively answer through great deeds is: “What is leadership?” Many great leaders have come and gone and many of them have failed to answer this question while they were in power, leaders like Uganda’s Idi Amin, Germany’s Adolf Hitler and many others, their actions have contradicted this important definition, because they have become dictators, and worse the best leaders in the world instead of being the best for the world.

Leadership is an important aspect in every organisation; it is an aspect that is led by the spirit of courage, patriotism and selflessness. It must be understood in this definition that the leader is the one who sets goals that allows others to follow him and then get involved, this then leaves us with the pillars of leadership that are interdependent which are the leader, goal, selflessness and the followers.

Leaders who are the best for the world have the interests of the people at heart, they set goals that have selflessness at heart and goals that are conducive to the development and benefit of the followers. It is for this and may more reasons that this form is leadership is imperative in this world, because in the current status-quo selfless leadership is dearth and it is replaced by leadership that is the best in the world that is led by selfishness and personal interests at heart.

Selfish leaders generally fear two things. First, that they'll be exposed as incompetent. And second, that by their unwillingness to make the same sacrifices they demand of others, everyone will recognize them as an imposter and not a leader. Motivation from intimidation is a sure sign of insecurity and fear from leaders who, deep down, know they owe their followers more resources and less pressure.

This can be justified by looking at the current status-quo that we have as well as the continuous gap that continues to widen between the First World and the Third World as well as the gap between the rich and the poor, which was caused as a result of replacing selflessness with selfishness.

Our educational system is chaos since 1994 we have changed our curriculums, our parastatals are experiencing mismanagement, board members are always resigning and being given millions of rands, yet millions of South Africans are in need of jobs, establishing an small enterprise in South Africa takes five useless procedures and months to establish like it is a multinational corporation that is established according to the World Bank report, the state is wasting millions of rands on the private property of the head of state instead of using the state’s public property, National Director of Public Prosecutions are appointed without following the proper channels envisaged in the constitution, south African courts are ineffective in ensuring justice and cases of politicians are associated with political interference instead of letting the law take its course. Now the daring question is: “was this the form of leadership that we voted into power to create such chaos?”

It is about time that we have leaders that understand the importance the of constructing the importance of new narrative, a narrative of change, progress, economic growth and development as well as a great effective educational system that is conducive to the growth of future leaders, a government that is the best for the people, one that has the interests of the people at heart, a narrative that was written down by selfless leaders.

The responsibility of service is key to greatness and the form of service that we are talking about should be selfless service, exuded by selfless leaders who are the best for the world and not the best in the world. Leadership that is the best for the world is instrumental in the attainment of social cohesion, social justice as well as environmental justice. This form of leadership is one that has the interests of the people at heart and is led by the pillars of leadership.

In closing, leadership that is the best in the world is led by greed, personal glory and self interests, this is the form of leadership that is responsible for the current status-quo that our continent is in, women and youth underdevelopment, high unemployment as well as poverty and crimes against humanity. It must be a thing of the past for selfless leadership is at the heart of social cohesion and development

Be limitless, never let the words that people label you with define who you are

Africa has produced countless numbers of men and women, whose lustre and bravery outshines that of any other people. You form part of that list, you form part of that great list of noble sons and daughters of the soil, who understand the neccessity of constructing a new narrative for our continent, you are a shining star, a diamond in the rough, one that is getting well polished and soon about to unleash its full poteantail, full of dreams, one that is applying its full potential to become the highest mountain in the hold, one that is strecthing its potential until it cries for mercy. Its a matter of time before that happens.

The journey that you are walking is long but worth travelling all you have to do is to run with people who will add value to your life. If you want to run fast, run alone but if you want to run far then run together. Then you will finally reach the destination.

But take note that along the journey you will fall, you will meet people who will either build or break you, you will make mistakes, never be afraid to admit when you are wrong, you will say words that you never meant, never be afraid to apologize, afterall we sin everyday yet God gives us another chance. You will be degraded and called names that break you, never let them define you, never respond to those circumstances, sometimes you will feel troubled, always pray. Most importantly strive to keep your circle positive do good deeds, think good thoughts and say good words and always strive to be positive no matter what.

You are powerful beyond measure, you are gifted and full of life, all you need to do is to just work hard, pray hard, believe in god and always get as much inspiration as you can. As for all the challenges that yu have embarked upon shake the dust, as for the names that you have been given, the pain that you have experienced, shake the dust and look forward to greater thing, hand all the matter to the hands of God and let him mould and take charge of your life. May he make you that best person that he wants you to become, humble yourself and he shall lif you up, denounce all disgraceful thing.

Most importantly dream big abd act big, those who do not have dreams that they want to accomplish in life have nightmares, dream limitlessly, let the sky be the limit and eternity the measurement. Dream like a small child who dreamt of having a bicycle, as time goes he dreamt of being a Super Saiyan like Goku, most importantly have a childlike faith and dont just dream act on your dreams and dream things that wont even be achieved in the future, at the end of the day it will be worth it to have lived your life with a purpose.

Never let people define you, let your positive adctions define you, let the people who had value in your life define you. If ever you were called a psycho or a fool, never let such names define you, once they do, then they are bound to define you.

Be limitless despite all odds, shake the dust and stretch your potential until it cries for mercy. Never stop dreaming because once you do then you are bound to have nightmares.