Nelisiwe Kheswa
@siwe
literally my thoughts
Nelisiwe Kheswa
the promise of postapartheid South Africa has not been realized. For its part, Nigeria was a British colony for a century before gaining its independence in 1960. The country’s subsequent history can only be described as deeply troubled; its initial decades were marked by civil war, secessionist challenges, and military rule. Its politics seem to
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Hyper Vigilance
Sometimes I feel like I am always on alert, like my mind refuses to rest. Every sound, movement, or change feels like a warning that something might go wrong. It is not that I want to live like this, it is that my body has learned to survive by expecting everything before it happens.Hypervigilance feels like both protection and
... See moreVery aware of the fact that I'm actively choosing not to question religion for myself because I know that it will inevitably lead to me leaving it altogether, so I remain stuck in this permanent state of cognitive dissonance,ultimately being the reason to why i haven't been able grow in my faith and probably won't ever, as l'd rather choose to
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For the aspirant, there’s nothing more comforting than realizing you are not alone in trying. You’re not alone in trying to find a subject, trying to develop the discipline, trying to turn your life towards something that you can’t quite understand yet.
how to change your life, part 2: agnes callard's aspiration
When you make something, when you improve something, when you deliver something, when you add some new thing or service to the lives of strangers, making them happier, or healthier, or safer, or better, and when you do it all crisply and efficiently, smartly, the way everything should be done but so seldom is—you’re participating more fully in the
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