We have been made aware of a complaint against @ssishuwa sent to @StellenboschUni by supporters of Zambia’s president. The complaint relates to his commentary on governance issues. As a Dept, we warmly and unequivocally support Dr Sishuwa's academic freedom without interference.
I have seen ridiculous takes from UPND people but the "you can't serve two masters” argument is the most ridiculous and absurd take I've seen someone who uses the brain come up with.
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Everyone needs to read this...
The Empty Boat Mindset:
A monk goes out on a boat in a small lake to meditate. After a few hours of uninterrupted silence, he suddenly feels the jarring impact of another boat bumping into his.
While he does not open his eyes, he feels the irritation and anger building within him.
“Why would someone do that? Can’t they see me here? How dare they disturb my meditation?”
He opens his eyes, ready to shout at the person in the other boat, only to realize that it is empty. It had come untied from the dock and was floating in the middle of the lake.
In that moment, his anger and frustration disappears. After all, you cannot be angry at an empty boat.
The story offers a powerful lesson, which I call the Empty Boat Mindset:
In life, you’re going to experience countless collisions. With people. With environments. With chance circumstances outside your control. Each of these collisions will threaten to derail you. To stoke the fire of anger, stress, and frustration. To knock you off your path.
The truth is that the negative emotions that grow inside you are rarely from the collision itself, but from your perception of the negative intent behind the collision.
If you convince yourself that every collision is a deliberate action by a bad actor, negative emotions will control your entire life. In others words, your interpretation of the collision creates your own poison.
The Empty Boat Mindset is the reminder that most of these collisions you experience in life are with an empty boat. There is no negative intent. There is no desire to harm. They are simply the random collisions of objects floating along on the lake of life.
Interestingly, when you embrace the Empty Boat Mindset, you reassume control over your own boat. You’re no longer prone to the spiraling emotional effects of chance collisions. You are a seasoned explorer, ready to adapt to whatever the seas throw your way.
So, the next time you feel a collision and find your negative emotions growing, pause and ask yourself a simple question:
Am I just getting angry at an empty boat?
Robert Mugabe’s nephew, Leo Mugabe, speaking about how Mugabe had warned them that his comrades might tamper with his body, which is why they opted for a tamper-proof casket.
These politicians engage in such rituals, that is why Mugabe knew about it. They do it to acquire so-called powers to remain in control without any challenge.
It is both degrading and deeply sad that leaders who once spoke of liberation would descend into such desperate, superstitious acts just to cling to power.
@BuyoyaJonah Colleagues, in as much as we are all aggrieved about the current events in our country, we shouldn't be misleading each other. There is no provision in the constitution that provides for the burial of a former president.
@Petaukeman@BuyoyaJonah You’re right. But, the former president was accorded his constitutional benefits when he left office and resigned from active politics. That notwithstanding the current had and still has an acrimonious relationship with. Him.
@ssishuwa@HHichilema We commend HH for creating a conducive atmosphere for such critics like you, really, your articles have been nothing but biased. Seems you’re trying to heal from something sir…