Uthando-Love

#WAKEUP!  #WAKEUP#a

Black is beautiful, we say. I agree black is indeed rich and beautiful. What makes us not to model the beauty we say we are. Is it because black is associated with evil, darkness, is this the reason we do not separate our being from the colour of our skin. We often blame it on the past, oppression, slavery, apartheid.

Before this - ignorance was bliss – black people were a proud nation with values and morals – this is when they didn’t know any other colour, or any other ways. We didn’t even know we were black until we were told by the white people. We then saw the difference; they introduced a different way of living, which was the beginning of our evolution.

Evolution does not happen smoothly, IT IS ROUGH, from the mountains to the caterpillars.

We struggled through apartheid, which is still embedded in us after years of freedom. We still see ourselves as inferior – I’m sure at this stage you might not use the phrase black is beautiful – you still refer to yourself as ‘black’ for beauty has not been introduced yet. You only know what you know - black, inferior, servant, unworthy... the list is endless – you accept your unworthiness –

By not questioning – your unhappiness – you complain, gossip, and still remain in your less-ness.

Once you realise that you are unhappy. It is a nudge to #WAKEUP!, DO something different from gossip and complaining as you have been doing it without seeing different results or improvement of the situation.

Questioning any situation brings about FEAR of the unknown – this is a great stage where Anger is re-activated – now the volcano is about to erupt, and bring about change.

Acting on our anger channels us to change what we do not like.

You start wanting to go where fear leads you – you can see that something is wrong. This is the awareness stage.  You can see when you enter the ‘black zone” where black people live, you notice the difference. You notice what you cannot change, for instance the structure of the black residence is structured differently from where you work – there is not much you can change about the structures – they are rigid. You become angrier. You realise that the only change you can achieve is ‘YOU’.

Curiosity is now birthed through comparison.  You now know what you like and what you do not like and something so strong inside you confirms that - COMPASSION.

Compassion allows you to do things differently, YOU START BEING THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO LIVE.  You start picking up litter in your neighbourhood and do this with such pride because you now remember who you are – you are beauty – you are love – you start doing this with dignity, without giving a damn what others think of you. You start living from the inside out.

You remember our forefathers who gave the land away, in exchange for a black book, you honour their stupidity as wisdom – you give thanks and ask for their guidance, and you surrender by saying ‘the black book’ is blinding our society, how can we open their eyes so they can see that there are more books to be read, even better, how can we redirect them to their inner wisdom.

You honour our leaders who fought for our freedom so that we can experience the evolution that the white people brought and see it for what it is – opportunities – development and civilisation.  You start seeing the beauty of this land and you want to join in to keep it beautiful and contribute to the economy.

Compassion and Love allows you to see everything in a positive light, you start seeing yourself as the citizen of this land and want to work in preserving its beauty, by joining hands with like-minded beings to awaken and to nudge those who are ready to #WAKEUP!

Love.

GugutheCoach.