Reason # 3 Each life is a GIFT - whether you are a "BONT", BLACK or WHITE sheep

 




One of the 60 things I daily celebrate, is the fact that every life is such a gift - hence I  don't really fancy the celebrity culture of our age very much....

Instead I rather want to CELEBRATE each life! Because I think that each person is a gift to the world. You carry a talent, a gift, that is just right for what the planet needs at a time like this - YES YOU!!.




Hence, I don't believe in clever or less clever people - I think we are all talented with the right attributes, in the right measure - we have within us all the "things" we need for the story/experience (#SoulReasons) of this lifetime...

Each life is a quiet miracle, sacred not for its visibility but for its very being. In a culture that elevates celebrities and public achievement, it's easy to forget that worth is not measured by spotlight or applause. The teacher who shapes young minds, the nurse who soothes pain, the neighbor or friend who shows kindness, the engineer or manager or data analyst — their lives may never trend or be televised, but they are no less extraordinary. Every soul carries a unique light, a singular way of seeing, loving, creating, and enduring. The quiet strength of the unnoticed, the daily courage of the ordinary — these are the unseen pillars of the world. To honor only the famous is to misunderstand the true nature of greatness. Every life matters. Every person is a story of value. 

We are not here to chase admiration or celebrity status (whatever that might mean?), but to live authentically, love deeply, and leave behind traces of compassion that no camera (or FB post or BLOG for that matter)  can capture — but that the world still  desperately needs.

Nor do I believe in coincidences; 

Today (just as I was writing this blog instalment) my friend Marais sent me this FB post - and how it resonated!

"They often called you the black sheep

not because you were wrong, but because you were different..."

I want to share it with you as inspiration. Click on the link Below in blue to read the post on FB.


LINK FB - all rights reserved by the owner of the image and post



The only thing is, I don't see myself as a black sheep -  but rather as a multi colored ("BONT") one. 

How lovely to see in the comments that like-minded souls said something similar - tie-dyed they call it - I can live with that idea - a tie-dyed sheep. (also I prefer "Soul" to "Sheep", but I think we get the message)


Let us all be contributions to a beautiful rainbow of life... 


See you tomorrow!

21 May 2025



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