I was an avid reader as a young man. I would take a book to sit on the bunk on the patio. I would read and read and think. Later I would write something. I planned to use my writing as a weapon to protect myself and change the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 30 years have passed since then. My desire to write what I like still burns in my heart. At this relatively advanced age, I am not bothered about paying off some bond or saving enough for my retirement fund to own a holiday home at Zimbali Lodge or Camps Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, it never was my desire to ensconce myself in a middle class cocoon that would shelter me from the hardship of being a black man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frankly, I do not care for material riches. When all is said and done, it does not matter whether you have a PhD, what CEO or director position you hold, the number of cars in your drive way or the labels on your back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The quality of your life will come down to two questions:\u2022 who are you\u2022 what have you done with your life<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This picture reminded me that i have always desired to write what I like to raise awareness about the black condition in a racist, supremacist capitalist world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have to yet write that best seller that will be prescribed for school children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, i think my glass is more than half full. A man must rest satisfied with what he has <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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