Niks bou samehorigheid, patriotisme en trots soos wanneer die Springbokke as wenners van die veld af stap nie. <\/p>\n
Daar is \u2019n magiese gevoel van \u2018d\u00eds ons mense\u2019 wat die nasie laat juig en feesvier! Al was die oorwinning, telkens, net met een punt.<\/p>\n
Die opgewondenheid oor onse swemmer Tatjana Smith wat as die oorwinnaar uit die Olimpiese swembad klim, laat ons almal na wenners voel.<\/p>\n
En toe ons eie Dricus du Plessis w\u00e9\u00e9r as die middelgewig kampioen in gemengde gevegskuns aangewys is, voel Suid-Afrikaners aandadig aan sy sukses\u2026oorweldigend verheug! <\/p>\n
Hy het selfs twee wenners aan sy sy gehad\u2026Springbok rugby-spelers Eben Etzebeth en Siya Kolisi. Hulle k\u00e9n die smaak van oorwinning! Die supersoet!<\/p>\n
In ons Calvinistiese omgewing word ons egter geleer om nie \u2018windgat\u2019 te wees oor prestasies nie. <\/p>\n
Veteraan joernalis, Ruda Landman, skryf in haar boek Weerskante van die<\/span> lens<\/span> hoe grootmense jou aanmoedig om goed te doen op skool, maar as jy die dag by die prysuitdeling jou prys ontvang, maak jy jou gou uit die voete. <\/p>\n Want s\u00ea nou die kinders of anders ouers dink jy is \u201ckaas\u201d of \u201cwintie\u201d. Mens moet dan van jongs af leer hoe om die groenoogmonster te hanteer.<\/p>\n Ek het self op skool nie juis presteer nie \u2013 darem \u2019n boekprys gekry vir goeie prestasie in Afrikaans, en so \u2019n paar sertifikate vir getroue bywoning.<\/p>\n En later jare by die VLV ook \u2019n bruin glasbord vir iets.<\/p>\n Dit was eers toe ek die joernalistiek betree op 29 jaar, dat ek dit gesmaak het om \u2019n wenner te wees. Ek het een van my heel eerste radiostories ingeskryf vir \u2019n joernalistieke kompetisie. Dit het gegaan oor my kerriekopkind se eerste o.9 rugbywedstryd. Daar was lekker byklanke, die kinders, ouers en onnies het wonderlike klankgrepe gegee, en ek het my gate uit geniet met die redigering. <\/p>\n Ek het gedink ek sal dit maar in die sport kategorie inskryf\u2026 maar die beoordelaars het toe sowaar \u2019n kategorie \u201cOthers\u201d geskep, en my storie het daar gewen! Ek weet wen is nou nie alles nie, maar dis darem bl\u00eaddie lekker! Trane van blydskap het oor my wange gestroom. <\/p>\n Sedertdien het ek in my loopbaan by die SAUK twaalf streekpryse en drie nasionale pryse ingepalm, en was finalis in \u2019n paar kompetisies. My grootste eer was om as Afrikoon aangewys te word deur die ATKV vir my bydrae in Afrikaans in die media. <\/p>\n Maar ons praat nie eintlik oor ons toekennings en oorwinnings nie. En tog, dit was welverdiend. <\/p>\n Ons behoort bly te wees, en ons moet vir kinders die woorde gee om \u2019n kompliment te aanvaar, en nie weg te klap nie.<\/p>\n Dis ook so dat as daar van wen gepraat word, moes daar iets gemeet kon word \u2013 hoogte, afstand, tyd of kwantiteit. Soms is dit baie belangriker om \u2019n wenner te wees van iets wat onmeetbaar is\u2026soos vriendskap, hoe jy jou werk doen, liefde gee, omgee, luister en komplimente gee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Niks bou samehorigheid, patriotisme en trots soos wanneer die Springbokke as wenners van die veld af stap 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