#Fear | Karabo Jhamba

Sowing dreams

I honestly did not know what to title this one. I saw someone tweet that ‘Tshimo ga e lengwe ka loleme’ and I was intrigued. Loosely transalted, it says, You do not plant or sow a field with your tongue. Yep, you actually do not. Talking about it will not cause anything to happen. Talking to the field will not make anything happen. So why do you think that talking about your dreams will make things magically happen for you? Without working ...

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A Woman’s worth

August is Women’s Month in South Africa. 9th August is celebrated as women’s day. A whole day to women. Real women, a real woman. That is something I have heard so many times. I think as a child I was so eager to please, so eager to be respectful, to hear the words ‘Ke ngwana wa ga mang?’ Be asked in a positive wow way rather than in a disapproving way. ‘O mosadi tota’! What does that even mean? What makes ...

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Be powerful and Brave

Be unapologetically powerful and brave! I saw this on Sarah Jakes Robert’s Instagram page the other day and was moved! The power of that statement hit me like a brick! It spoke to me. Like it was there just for me! Why? Because I am afraid of my own power! Over the years I have been downing my power. I told myself it was so as to not make other people uncomfortable. But deep down I knew it was fear. It was easier and ...

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Fear: Don’t let it run your life

I will admit, I used to be pretty afraid….of just about anything and everything. I have always had big dreams, (I still do), but I have only made a few of those big dreams happen. Why you ask? I shared a dream with a friend who was so skeptical and unenthusiastic she might as well have yawned at me. I was shattered, but I figured she was jealous. Just in case she wasn’t, I sat on my dreams a few more years and ...