Struggling Artist

Struggling artist

I have R100 and it has to serve me for the whole month. I need to be intelligent and allocate the capital in avenues that will deliver consistent payoffs. I need to stretch time and survive by the day. That’s the most in important thing, survival. Here’s my plan; buy brown bread from Shoprite, it costs R5 and then divide the bread for 3 days. White bread is expensive, it costs R9. Then buy “Crack a snack” 50 pack, it costs R30. Water is free, so that’s great. What I have left over is R65. My nigga Thato Katane, (great guy with enthusiasm and gratitude) showed me a couple of places where I can buy chips for R5. Imagine that R5! So cost effective, so economical. So practical and effective for when you are in survival mode. Salute mpinch ya ka, I love you and respect you, genuinely, thank you for all that you have taught me, I have internalized everything in my subconscious mind and some lessons form part of my persona; you’re my brother forever. You are the realest person I know and I appreciate you. When you first heard my music, you marveled and said I was talented, you were the first to see it, you made me feel good. Thank you. God bless you, may he grant you your hearts desires. But I digress. The product is great too. One place in particular, 6th Avenue, Johnbrant. I feel a bit guilty buying there because the chef adds so much value to those potatoes. He adds his time and expertise. Man, I hope the shop is profitable, the service and product helps so many people. God bless the shops that are serving people in that capacity, you guys are God sent. Anyways, I’ll buy a packet of chips every two weeks on a Tuesday – that’s R10. My Tuesdays are usually busy and so I have to be on my game. Every two weeks on Tuesdays will be my days when I ball out and spoil myself. This is good for morale; you cannot understate or underestimate the importance of morale, it is everything. That will leave me with R50. I bought a packet of chips this week when I bought bread and “Crack a snacks”. With R50 I can buy 10 loaves of bread during the course of the month. And because I only buy a loaf every three days, I have a good chance to make it through the month. That’s so positive. That’s great. Thank you God for keeping me going. Thank you Universe for this moment, this opportunity to grow and be better. We push, we stretch, we fight harder, in the end we will make it. Freedom is a state of being. We live life without any fears, we can take on anything. Our strength and confidence comes from within and so we are able to navigate this world effortlessly and conquer. We bend and distort reality to our liking. We never compromise on our values. We are consistent. Our victory is a mathematical certainty.

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Rivers (Bruce Lee’s Wisdom)

Rivers (Bruce Lee’s wisdom)

There are a lot of lessons to be learned from rivers. They are neutral, they flow. Rivers stream in one direction. A river is not forceful, it does not impose its will on the fish and other lifeforms in its ecosystem. A river is just nature. It is an expression of the Universe. It is not envious of the ocean for having more depth, other lifeforms and water. It is just content with just being the river. I liken rivers to Zen & Taoism. Taoism teaches the action of non-doing. Taoism teaches the importance of not forcing anything. It teaches to yield and be soft. It teaches how to be at peace with yourself. It teaches self-knowledge, it teaches how to be adaptable. This is important because as human beings, we have the proclivity to control and impose ourselves on things outside of ourselves. This is counterproductive and makes people defensive. The action of wanting to control people makes them contemptuous. It’s better to just flow. It’s better to just steer.

Bruce Lee also had a thing about water.

He states; “Don’t get set into one form, adapt and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water. Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object and shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

Never fight reality, never wish things were better, never wallow or feel sorry for yourself, don’t waste time – improvise, adapt and overcome! Be like water my friend.

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