{"id":271143,"date":"2025-07-24T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=271143"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:21:00","slug":"mening-stokperdjies-is-dalk-net-medisyne-vir-die-siel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/mening-stokperdjies-is-dalk-net-medisyne-vir-die-siel\/","title":{"rendered":"WAT DIE HART VAN VOL IS | Stokperdjies is dalk net medisyne vir die siel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stokperdjies. Dis daai woord wat klink soos iets wat jy by ‘n dokter moet gaan laat ondersoek, maar eintlik is dit bloot iets wat jy in jou vrye tyd doen vir genot en ontspanning \u2014 nie vir geld of plig nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nou ja, as stokperdjies iets met identiteit te doen het, dan is my man se identiteit iets tussen ‘n musikant, ‘n visserman, ‘n Tour de France-fietsryer en ‘n vleis-evangelis. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En di\u00e9 identiteit verander soos die wind waai. Ek het hom sewe jaar gelede ontmoet, en sedertdien het hy stokperdjies soos sokkies uitgeruil \u2014 elke tweede jaar is daar ‘n nuwe een, en elke keer moet dit ‘n produksie wees.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eers was dit kitaar. Nie sommer enige kitaar nie \u2014 ‘n Ibanez. Want jy weet, ‘n gewone kitaar gaan hom seker nie die volgende Idols-wenner maak nie. Die lesse, die pedale, die tuners \u2014 ek het gevoel soos ‘n “roadie” in my eie huis. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En toe, net toe ek begin onderskei tussen ‘n akkoord en ‘n arpeggio, raak hy stil … en die volgende oggend staan daar ‘n visstok teen die yskas.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visvang. Daardie stokperdjie wat, volgens hom, sy “Zen-tyd” is. My “Zen-tyd” is ‘n warm bad met laventelolie en stilte. Syne is om 04:00 op te staan en by die see in die koue te gaan sit. Ek moes lag \u2014 nie uit spot nie, maar van skok, toe hy terugkom met ‘n vis wat ek met my hand sou kon uitdruk soos tandepasta. Ek het ges\u00ea dis ‘n sardientjie se kleinsus, en hy het haar laat gaan met groot respek. Catch and release, s\u00ea hy. Ek s\u00ea maar niks.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toe kom die fiets. Daai ding met twee wiele en vyf keer my maand se huur in onderdele. Helm, waterbottel met GPS, lycra kortbroek …en toe begin hy vleis eet. Net vleis. Vir ontbyt, middagete en aandete. “Ek’s nou op ‘n karnivoordieet,” s\u00ea hy, terwyl hy ‘n ribbetjie opwarm vir padkos. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dis maklik om te lag \u2014 en ja, ek lag gereeld \u2014 maar dan kyk ek weer. My man is gesonder as ooit. Hy slaap soos ‘n stomp, dink helder en het energie soos ‘n kind op stroop. Hy s\u00ea sy stokperdjies gee hom lewe. Hy’s kalmer; sy rug pyn nie meer nie. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En al lyk hy soos iets uit ‘n fliek \u2014 fietsry, visstok oor die skouer, en ‘n stuk biltong in die hand \u2014 het iets in my begin verander.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want die waarheid? Ek’s jaloers. Nie op sy stokperdjies nie, maar op wat dit vir hom doen – daai gereelde stukkie vrye tyd waar hy doen wat hy wil, waar hy leer, fokus en rus, al is dit op ‘n fiets teen ‘n bult op. Ek het besef: stokperdjies is nie ‘n luukse nie; dis ‘n noodsaaklikheid.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dis gesondheid op maniere wat pille nie kan koop nie. Dis tyd weg van skerms. Dis om jou hande gebruik, jou gedagtes stil te maak en iets met passie doen. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘n Stokperdjie, al kos dit ‘n bietjie (baie duur), gee jou terug op maniere wat jy nie kan bereken nie. Dis selfversorging met ‘n glimlag.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En ek? Ek het my eie stokperdjies begin eerbiedig: slaap, rus en vrede. Ek noem dit “sielkundige rehabilitasie met laventel en ‘n boek” – dis goedkoop, dis effektief, en dit werk. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maar wie weet, dalk probeer ek eendag visvang (sonder om 04:00 op te staan), of dalk koop ek vir myself ‘n tweedehandse kitaar. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want om weer iets nuuts aan te leer, kan dalk net my eie comeback wees.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laat ons nie onderskat wat ‘n stokperdjie vir jou gesondheid kan doen nie. Dis dalk nie net ‘n tydverdryf nie \u2014 dis dalk jou siel se medisyne.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Jo Fourie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEES OOK: Ek is \u2019n Afrikaan: Jo Fourie oor identiteit en aanvaarding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In ons huis was koerante en tydskrifte lees verpligtend, maar dit was nie 'n beroepskeuse nie.","rel":"","context":"In "Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"Opinion","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Brenden Ruiter","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WP-Tygerburger-Brenden-Ruiter.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WP-Tygerburger-Brenden-Ruiter.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WP-Tygerburger-Brenden-Ruiter.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WP-Tygerburger-Brenden-Ruiter.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WP-Tygerburger-Brenden-Ruiter.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WP-Tygerburger-Brenden-Ruiter.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"TygerBurger","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271143"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=271143"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=271143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}