The white afrikaner being rude?

Haven't been here for a while.... will be here more often. Heard a new version of the funky song "Gummy Bears" with Alecia Keys this morning and it made me think....Can old stuff be reborn, redone, re arranged? Take the song for instance... although she performs it in a whole new genre, the old tune and rhythm stays in your head.

Like old ways, old habbits, old beliefs, old traditions... will this lovely sunny South Africa ever change its tune and rhythm? And if it changes... aren't we stuck with the old tune. Spoke to two puppets from other countries in the last week. Ons puppet from the UK and another puppet from Switzerland... and they both had the same thing to say:

"White South Africans are rude... {I always thought different} Black, White, Coloured, Indian... don't realy care who or what.... are not hospitable towards the people they serve, the man in the street. The live in a jail, their own jail... I hate johannesburg!

My question to myself is: did I become so trapped in my own little world, my own problems, my own little me, that I am in a jail?

We need to rethink this.... I love Africa, I love Johannesburg (which is told by the Swiss puppet is bigger than New York), I love being part of the culture AND tradition of what ever race, but I have to have space and understanding... compassion... I have to laugh life... in Africa because we are unique. I need to know the waiters name that serve me... help the beggar on the corner, smile at the car guard when I pay him, pay my own bills, discover new horisons, drink coffee with strangers more, read more, be quiet more... be more, live more...

I need to be part of the positive solution in making the gap between the two poles of the economy smaller... I am the solution... I am an African!

wondering

If one keeps on fighting, will you eventually win.

I think the fight is against yourself and time.  Time is wasted anyway, so why would you even bother to fight.... but yourself?

We are created, human, baboon, puppet, bird, dog - to have the most of life... why not claim it?

In the greater scheme of things

I often wonder why does the higher power not listen whe we speak. Isnt it becaue the bananas in the treas are ripe enough to eat.... and that will give you enough that will satisfy you for the day and the days to come... maybe we are listening at the wrong place...

how do you get there?

I am tired of the bananas I eat. I often wonder if a pear wont be just as good?

How do you get to the point where there will always be a new challenge, a new reason to get up... besides sex, drugs and rock and roll.

Im tired of getting up in the morning and having absolutely nothing to look forward too. Nobody. Nadas. Ziekerol. Nothing.

Where do I get new inspiration?

Help.

being all alone....

makes me wonder if there is a meaning to all of this. Arent we just running around searching for a meaning if the only menaing comes out when it is in a expression to a other animal/person? Does life only then make sense? why is a breakup such a terrible loss? and the need to replace the loss with another soul, body? Is that the reason for life... to express obeself

hunchback of notre dame

Just saw Hunchback of notre dame for the first time... maybe I had to become 41, be here, alone, in this spesific spot to realise, "I am but an ugly shape of the Moon" and that just because I make the wrong choices..... Heard of a shapeshifter? I need to shift... not just my shape, but also my mind.

Thought its all downhill from here.... but in the shape of the moon, even my shape is deformed.... and when the light starts to shine - its too late...

In the greater scheme of tings

I often - and as I grow older wonder about my surroundings.... and it means more than the wintersday, where the leaves fal off the trees, and the sun struggles to get through the one cloud in the sky... much more. There was a time when: "the greater scheme of things" made sense... but now I think it only means that it is "sorry, I dont have an answer... but in the greater... What load of bull. There is no greater scheme of things!

Every Lion has its kingdom... every baboon his banana. And that is it. Every ant needs to work, every bird needs to fly... And that is it. There is no scheme, no plan, no tomorrow but just a meager today... tiny now. And then the humans think thay have it to say that I have to live in the moment of the now. What the heck does that mean? Cause now is already in the past... is there a now? Now? Thats already in the past. And that is it.

I dont know anymore.

I dont even have a banana - And that is it.

When your life is threatened...

I just watched a movie of Athol Fugard. He continuously asks about life in the big continent of mine, Africa. It made me wonder (that and all the happenings the last few weeks) - what is the natural reaction if your life is threatened... in any kind of way - be it religion, your physical being, your job? Do you run into the trees and hide, eat more bananas (even if they are green), do you look up all your enemies from the past and try to find the reason why they are enemies? (I tend to do the latter).

I thin it left me dumbstruck... not because of the threat, but maybe just of the mere misconception I had of life. Life is nothing really, being filled by meaningful (or meaningless) contents that we so absolutely love to surround us by.

...and in a flash it can be over... and the content deleted. Maybe the religion has the answer when they so pious claims that one can not take anything into the past life... I disagree. You take yourself. And that is more tan enough... and no regards to what you believe, it is YOU that will be in heaven, or YOU that will be recycled into the world again...

When I used to live in NAMIBIA I learned a valuable lesson... that I only fully understand now....many years later. You will not be judged (by GOD, by yourself, by you Peers) by what people do to you, but by your reaction to it.

Newton said: every action has a reaction...so - how will I react on a threat? Or do I keep quiet and watch... how a new life begins?

when life gives u a lemon....

in stead of a banana

don't complain... eat it, for tomorrow there will be no lemons left. Bull! I think life is intented to be a lot of yellow succulent bananas. Sometimes you are the lemon.... the way to figure out to be a banana is the key to succes...

Other babbonpuppets

I was hanging in a tree last night, when suddenly this other baboon came flying by. "HE WONT EVEN SEE ME, LET ALONE TALK TO ME... he is from another species.... and I am but me" , I thought.  But he stopped and stared....

There is space for all of us in this world. Now matter how hairy or not hairy you are. The determination of the mere encounter of the passersby in your life must and will have an impact somewhere in your life. Encounters.... even just eyecontact rubs off. The question I think one need to ask is: what am I going to make with this encounter? Is it going to stay eyecontact, or is it going to change my life? 

I have to get up

I slept one whole day.... I love sleeping. Today I am jumping the trees one by one and spending time with those that is important to me.

The luxury of dreaming can only be a luxury if it stays to dreaming. I want to start with the following:
1. Write the dream down, again!
2. Get some actionplans towards this dream
3. Be more aware of my surroundings
4. Talk about my dream
5. Get a partner on the wagon
6. DO IT!

I often wonder about where one is born... is it right, the right place where you should be? What if the bananas on the other side of the river is tastier, because you like the taste more... Who says that the place where you are born is the destined one for you? I think the reason the world is upside down is because of the inner peace one find in your true place. I would hate it to die one day and never experienced that peace (piece) of belonging!!

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I think I have it

Did a bit searching on happiness.... especially after my friends called me common. I realised the following. Even though I don't have a house on my back like the tortoise, or can run as far as the cheetah... or have a beautiful voice like the parrot, or feathers like the ostrich... I'm am special in my own way, and I don't have the approval of the people I work with or love with to be just that: special. with this I am content... but looking back I often wonder if I ever progress beyond this point?

Read this cool story that I would like to share: Maybe you heard about this story – It’s quite well known. I love it and gives me a smile every time I read it. It’s all about doing what you want in life and being happy. Enjoy!A boat docked in a tiny Greek village. An American tourist complimented the Greek fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.“Not very long,” answered the Greek.“But then, why did n’t you stay out longer and catch more?” asked the American.The Greek explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family.The American asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”“I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings I go into the village to see my friends, dance a little, drink a bit, and sing a few songs. I have a full life.”The American interrupted, “I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you. You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the revenue, you can buy a bigger boat.With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middleman, you can negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant.You can then leave this little village and move to Athens, London or even New York City! From there you can direct your huge enterprise.”“How long would that take?” asked the Greek.“Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years,” replied the American.“And, after that? Afterwards?”“That’s when it gets really interesting,” answered the American, laughing. “When your business gets really big, you can start selling stocks and make millions!”“Millions? Really? And after that?”“After that you’ll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your grandchildren, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife, and spend your evenings singing, dancing, playing and drinking with your friends…

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What do you do when life hands you some bad stuff on the way, when you loose stuff, do not feel happy or content in your environment - and try to change it, but it twirls just down and down the spiral of almost self destruction.

I wonder. This is happening to me at the moment. No matter how many good confirmations I repeat, what I do to adjust my feelings or emtions, the universe just come and knocks me down, and kicks me a time or two when and if he/she can?

Dont have the answer

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I often wonder about new beginnigs. Is the new beginnings only on a calander, as so the end of something... or is the new begnning only within yourself, and so also the end? That means: I can start and end every split moment I breathe!

Read alot about everybodies wishes and dreams for 2012.... and it all about living. WHAT MAKES A PUPPET REALLY HAPPY? When you are happy within yourself, then all the other things will fall into place!