Never stop Believing in your own abilities…
There comes a time when you must stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn’t even jump paddles for you.
This is exactly what I had to do to survive in a world overwhelmed with greed and selfishness, even if I temporarily had to ignore the saying, “your life will be showered with blessings like rain, if you live your life centred in serving others”.
I did not walk away, I just tried harder to achieve my destiny which was carved in stone and chose to handle the curve balls life was throwing at me differently…
“Your life is not over, but your past is and how you handle stress will determine the outcome!
In life we do not meet people by accident, they are meant to cross our path for a reason and this is exactly the break I needed. This was the beginning of something GREAT!
I was appointed as Section Head by a large debt collection Company and the sun was shining again as I could once again be what I loved to be and that is to lead other people with integrity and dignity.
This led to other opportunities within the Company and I could dance to new possibilities again. I was appointed as Project – and Innovation Manager which shifted my perspective…
The light is always inside you. And every day, by remembering it, you feed it, and it will grow. The light did grow but so did the cancer – yet another blow but I just had to make a conscious decision that this will not rule my life in any way as things we take so seriously seem small against the vastness of the Universe…
Another shift in perspective and the overwhelming will to survive, every morning became a gift. Besides being diagnosed with Leukemia, another few tests revealed that an urgent operation is required to remove an aggressive melanoma and a tumour…
Constantly reminding me that we are not placed on earth to be punished even though life has knocked me down a few times, one thing was for sure… I will get up again!
Whilst undergoing treatment and radiation treatment, the Company that gave me back hope and life, went under liquidation and I was left stranded without a medical aid and experienced the deepest loss… Not understanding why me, why now???
Despite living and promoting positive living and thoughts, how many setbacks can one person endure in a lifetime????
Despite a couple of setbacks, our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life.
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.
I once again chose to align myself with people who raise me up and make me a better person but with its own ups and downs within myself…
Just when I was about to give up on life, I was approached by another debt collection Company as Call Centre Manager and later a Data Enrichment Manager which only lasted for 11 months when the Company closed. During the 11 months, working for this Company, I lost my grandmother whom I treasured dearly and my world came tumbling down…
Drained but not defeated, I realised that being obsessed by “IF”, I had to start my own business because of my age and my health which is slowly deteriorating as well as an uncertain future for most South Africans, life would no longer hand out another opportunity…
Life did give me another opportunity in the form of my own business, “Informica Tracing (PTY) LTD”, but with that a SOCIAL MEDIA HUNTER watching my every move and every step. Offering to invest R2.2 Million in the Company, only to find out that this was a well-orchestrated and well planned scam. Losing more than R15 000.00 was the final straw and all HOPE came crumbling down…
LIFE – We meet many “IF’s” in our lives, from its START to its END. IF I was… IF I did… IF I had…
Well, it’s only natural because the half of LIVE is made of “IF”. But, LIFE doesn’t come to its sense unless we quit being obsessed with “IF’s” and grasp the bigger picture…
Dirk Janse van Rensburg 