What a moving account!
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In June 1964, Nelson Mandela was convicted of sabotage for his role as an ANC activist against the former apartheid regime of South Africa, in which only white people were allowed to vote.
Mandela had been accused of inciting strikes by workers and leaving the country without permission of the government.
Before he was sentenced, he made a famous "speech from the dock," which ends with the words — in reference to his ideals and his country — "I am prepared to die."
The Mandela Foundation describes the trial this way:
In the Rivonia Trial Mr Mandela chose, instead of testifying, to make a speech from the dock and proceeded to hold the court spellbound for more than four hours.
His speech, which was made at the beginning of the defence case, ended with the words:
“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
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May Mandela rest in peace always.
Worried about getting old? Who isn't -- except perhaps those who are already unmistakably there. Survey after survey shows the elderly are more content with life, less depressed, and less fearful of death than the young.
"I'm a lot more sanguine and comfortable about aging at 76 than I was at 56," says George Vaillant, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who codirects its Study of Adult Development.
In the meantime, though? Guys in midlife harbor plenty of fears when they peer ahead. (Women have their own, slightly different set of aging fears).
Among men's top fears about getting older:
Men's Aging Fear #1: Impotence
"No question that men worry more than women about performing," says Ken Robbins, a University of Wisconsin professor of psychiatry who's also board certified in internal medicine. "When libido starts to diminish or things don't work as well as they did before, it's very common for men to worry that they'll embarrass or humiliate themselves."
Perhaps performance anxiety isn't surprising, given a 2008 British study that showed men think about sex 13 times a day, compared to 5 times a day for women.
The prospect of impotence was scarier than cancer or death to readers of a men's magazine in a 2001 poll. Perhaps there's a good medical reason for this: Otherwise healthy men who have erectile problems have been shown to have abnormal coronary tissue, higher incidence of high blood pressure, high blood fat, and other markers of heart disease.
Fear fighter: Have your cholesterol checked. Three-fourths of men with erectile dysfunction (ED) have abnormal cholesterol. "Two-thirds of men who've had heart attacks had ED that predated angina by at least three years," says urologist John Mulhall, director of the Sexual Medicine Program and the Sexual Medicine Research Laboratory at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.
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Reading the latest news is certainly very unnerving. During such trying times, all of us need a little bit of encouragement to press on.
Often times, it is when things get difficult when many face the temptation of giving up but in reality – THIS IS THE EXACT MOMENT one has to to fight and work harder. And this also applies to our conviction with regards to the choices we need to make for Sunday.
Often times, it is when things get difficult when many face the temptation of giving up but in reality – THIS IS THE EXACT MOMENT one has to to fight and work harder. And this also applies to our conviction with regards to the choices we need to make for Sunday.
If you believe you can do something for this nation, regardless of how insignificant we are, just do it. It is our prerogative.
Reading the news just shows those bad days seem to be here, when nothing seems to go right, when madness is increasing and ludicrous accusations get more and more bizarre ..when you just want to give up. That is when we have to rise from the ashes and break through…..to go above and beyond – because if we can convince ourselves it is possible, then it IS.
. Consider this poem by Clinton Howell. Let us be of good cheer and high spirits to press on.
Men and women who dare/dared to stand up for what they believe/believed is right or wrong must never be forgotten. Such personalities, local or foreign, must be remembered and honoured for the way in which they inspire us.
CLICK HERE to read the stories of nine ordinary people who changed the course of history.
Do you have the courage to change history too? May God bless you as you deliberate over the next two weeks.
The very mention of 'brain tumor' makes me shudder. When I was ten, one of my classmates stopped coming to school. A quiet girl, she was often scolded by our class teacher for being forgetful. Nonetheless, we got on fine and although we were not particularly close, I missed her company when she stopped coming to school. When we were told that hers was a terminal case, somehow it almost seemed as though the liveliness of the class had diminished considerably. A few weeks later she passed away and many of us were heartbroken.
One of my older cousin sisters also had a brain tumor. Born with a magnolia complexion, it almost seemed as though her cheeks were made of porcelain. Her slanted eyes gave her a very typical Chinese look and her charcoal black wavy hair only accented her beautiful complexion. I could never understand why she was often moody - sometimes friendly and other times aloof, quiet and yet almost morose. Yet, she used to surprise me for there were many occasions when my dad came home from work with unexpected presents from her which ranged from beautiful pieces of material for a dress, money or just little gifts which meant the world to little girls like me then. I never understood the circumstances of her death till two years ago when my aunts and her older sister had a tete-a-tete one evening after dinner. As we sat around the dinner table, I felt my hair stand as I could almost feel her presence when my aunt explained how the brain surgery was not successful and she passed away.
This evening, I came across this article in The Daily Mail about 16 year old David Langton-Gilks. A schoolboy dying from a brain tumour has stunned his family with his bravery after responding to his terminal condition by saying, 'You can’t win them all.'
David Langton-Gilks, who is just 16, said he has accepted he is 'stuffed' following a five year battle against the disease. Up until five weeks ago David thought he had beaten the Medulloblastoma tumour but relapsed an hour after posting a video on YouTube telling the world he was recovering.
David's story is really very inspiring - at least to me. His courage is certainly a breath of fresh air to those who are in similar situations and to his loved ones.
Some people may not like the subject of death. However, whether we like it or not, we all have to die and the sad truth is incidences of cancer are more common than ever before. What should people do as loved ones, friends or as patients? The earlier we come to terms with that part of living the better.
It is easy to be in la-la land and wax lyrical about "snowdrops and daffodils, butterflies and bees" but the hard truth is when one is in that situation, it is not an easy road to travel.
For me, I would hope that people become more compassionate and ever ready to lend a helping hand to those in need and to be a pillar of strength instead of dwelling in another dimension of apathetic indifference or worse still, completely ambivalent to the fragility of life. Having lost many friends to the big C in the last few years, I know what a debilitating disease it is not to mention the challenging circumstances if a will has not been drawn up.
I am posting this article because it has important information about how children have the same risk of developing a brain tumour as meningitis.
I am posting this article because it has important information about how children have the same risk of developing a brain tumour as meningitis.
So, if you want to be inspired and to see the truth of Carpe Diem -Seize the Day, read this inspiring article about David Langton-Gilks and his family. May God bless you and your loved ones with good health, happiness and love in your lives always!
CLICK HERE TO READ "YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL" BY CLAIRE BATES.
Do pay attention to the following diagram taken from here. Please click on it to enlarge.
CLICK HERE TO READ "YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL" BY CLAIRE BATES.
Do pay attention to the following diagram taken from here. Please click on it to enlarge.
