Ek het my onlangs verlustig in die plasing op sosiale media van \u2019n liewe argitek vriend en sy vrou tydens hulle operatoer in Europa. <\/p>\n
Hoe wonderlik moet dit wees om die ongeskonde eeue-oue geboue van weleer te kan besoek, te sien dat die vervoernetwerk van busse en treine uitstekend is \u2013 so ook ubers, taxis, trams, en ondergrondse treine, \u2013 altyd betyds. <\/p>\n
Dit moet ook wonderlik wees om die besondere museums en kunsgalerye te besoek, en selfs \u2019n keuse te h\u00ea na watter opera jy wil gaan kyk. Dit moet hemels wees om veilig in die strate te kan drentel, en tot laatnag by straatrestaurante te eet. Hy het geskryf dat daar oral gratis WiFi is. En so het hulle in die euforie van eerste-w\u00eareldse geriewe kennisgewings op die selfoon gekry van Eskom se nuwe beurtkragskedule in Suid-Afrika!<\/p>\n
Die plekke wat hulle besoek het se parke is pragtig. Daar is \u2019n intellektuele nalatenskap deur mense soos Mozart, Beethoven, Freud en ander.<\/p>\n
Hy vertel hoe die strate vol toeriste is wat \u2019n reuse inkomste vir die lande inbring \u2013 in teenstelling met Suid-Afrika, waar ons toeriste moet waarsku om versigtig te wees en sekere plekke te vermy.<\/p>\n
Ons is al gewoond aan menigte slaggate op ons paaie, byna geen openbare vervoer nie, en, treindienste wat so te s\u00ea nie meer bestaan nie. Korrupsie is alledaags en ons skrik omtrent nie meer vir oneerlikheid, verval en lae standaarde nie. Ons moet dit egter beslis nie as die norm aanvaar nie! <\/p>\n
Soos my vriend skryf, veroorsaak dit dat baie Suid-Afrikaners landuit vlug, en ge-sinne en families word verskeur.<\/p>\n
Daar is tog vele positiewe dinge in ons land. Ek lig my hoed vir die werk wat Gift of the Givers doen, Solidariteit, en ander wat opstaan teen die euwels in ons land. <\/p>\n
Daar is niks wat kom by \u2019n braai-kuier met vriende en om in ons mooiste taal te kan lag en grappies maak nie. Ons sonskyn en lieflike strande is onverbeterlik! Kinders kan skoolgaan, ons kan kerk toe gaan sonder vervolging. <\/p>\n
Dit help niks ons kla oor die spreekwoordelike roos se dorings nie, en vergeet om die skoonheid van die blom te waardeer nie. Dit hang natuurlik af hoe ons sake beskou.<\/p>\n
Ek lees van \u2018n man wat in sy joernaal skryf dat hy \u2019n aaklige jaar beleef het: hy is geopereer, sy ma is dood, sy kar is beskadig, hy het sy werk verloor en sy seun was in \u2019n ongeluk.<\/p>\n
Sy vrou het dieselfde jaar beleef en skryf toe: dit was \u2019n wonderlike jaar! Haar man het uiteindelik van sy galstene ontslae geraak, hy kon na 35 jaar diens met goeie gesondheid aftree, dat haar skoonma op 95 rustig oorlede is en dat hulle seun geen beserings in \u2019n ongeluk opgedoen het nie.<\/p>\n
\u2019n Wyse mens het ges\u00ea dat ons vreugde kan beleef deur dankbaarheid. As ons verby al die donker dinge in die land kyk, en dankbaar is oor die goeie, mooi en lekker om ons, sal ons dankbaar wees.<\/p>\n
\u2019n Vriendin gee my anderdag \u2019n plant uit haar tuin waar dit welig gegroei het. Nou staan dit in my binnehof, weg van sy plantfamilie. En jou waarlik! Dit groei en blom selfs. <\/p>\n
Ons kan nie almal die land verlaat nie. Hierdie is ons Vaderland en ons Moedertaal is hier. Ons moet hier blom, waar ons geplant is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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