if you're kind and patient with strangers but lose your temper the moment you walk into your own house, you're performing for strangers while punishing the people who actually matter. If you're giving your best smile to your colleagues, but giving your tired version to your parents, you're saving your energy for people who will forget you tomorrow. If you're listening to everyone else's problems but have zero patience for the people who actually know you. You're seeking validation from the outside world instead of protecting the love you already have. You act your best for people who don't matter because you're afraid of what they think. But you give your family the leftovers, lower your efforts and mistake comfort for carelessness. Remember the world only loves you as long as you perform, but the people at home are the only ones who stay when the show is over.
Ngl I like unusual people. The black sheep, the odd ducks, the eccentrics, the artists, the loners. People who actually think for themselves, the kind whose values are not swayed by groupthink. These people have beautiful souls.
You're picking the person who will be with you on the worst day of your life. The day you have to bury a parent, the day the doctor calls you to give you bad news, the day you lose the job, the day your dog that you've had for 14 years doesn't come home. That's who you're choosing. And still most people date like they're casting a movie. Do they give me butterflies? Are they exciting? Is their chemistry cool?Butterflies aren't gonna matter when life punches you in the face and when that day comes, you will not care how charming they were on the first date. You'll care whether they stayed, you'll care whether they showed up, you'll care if they made the effort and they made the unbearable feel bearable. The older I get, the less I'm asking myself if I want to spend a saturday night with this person, and the more I find myself asking, do I want this person to stand next to me when my life falls apart
Our health system has many challenges, and we must be honest about them. But I also believe we don’t celebrate enough of what works.
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital is a remarkable example: a flagship tertiary/quaternary hospital providing highly specialised care, training, research and complex services to patients across KZN and beyond.
It was also South Africa’s first public hospital developed through a public-private partnership and has been recognised for technological innovation, including being the first hospital in Africa to deploy its electronic health record platform.
There is much to fix in our health system but there is also much worth protecting, celebrating and learning from. 🇿🇦