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Zenwa Concepts
Inspires growth for rural & migrant Africans in fashion, art, design | mentoring | books, music, food
#MamaAfrika has found a new home!![]()
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"It will be the first item I pack every time I move!" Says @mkanyiswab_ ![]()
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Purchased today @ #elundiniculturalfestival![]()
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Thank you for the love in art, Ubuntu Bethu!😜🤩😇
This gem is one of the most impressive wild coast getaways in the Eastern CapeCoffee Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
Gosh 10 years it's been, crafting this brand and the official trademark registration application has finally been submitted successfully. ![]()
I have been trying to do this since 2020 and this was the 20th application attempt!![]()
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Lesson learnt right here is that the tenacious ones are the ones who succeed, going all the way to the finish line.![]()
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Now, let us continue to create and market!![]()
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Which brings me to another story,![]()
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Last night I had a dream, I wanted to go to the loo, requested to use the one reserved for the leaders and teachers at the said premises. ![]()
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I got handed the key, it was fibreglass-made and gold in colour. As I was making my way there, several ladies asked if they may try on these dresses in the loo first before I went in. I had not realised there were dresses there with me.![]()
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I was so shocked when they came out flaunting the dresses, gobsmacked more like it. ![]()
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I can still remember the colours, fabric feel and yooo I was just in awe looking at how DIVINE they felt in those dresses.![]()
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Did I make those dresses?![]()
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I have no idea, the dream ended and moved right along to other dreamland stories. ![]()
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More on those another day,![]()
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For now, cheers to this incredible trademark milestone!
Love this! Slow down and read it ✨![]()
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How brave you are for slowing down. For not finishing that to-do list.![]()
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How courageous you are for not crossing that finish line, because your body said “enough.” ![]()
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How fearless you are for choosing the quiet of your soul over ![]()
those voices driving you always towards more.![]()
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How bold, how rebellious - ![]()
you, out there, ![]()
honoring your own natural rhythm, ![]()
going against the culture’s breakneck speed.![]()
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We tend to make heroes of those hungry with ambition, ![]()
relentlessly doing, producing always more. ![]()
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We applaud those who refuse to stop or rest. Who push themselves so hard in the name of achievement, that they sacrifice their body and soul and heart in the process. ![]()
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We celebrate those who are ill or aging but never show it, never slow down, never reveal a moment of vulnerability.![]()
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This drivenness can be heroic, at times. It can be necessary for our survival or the greater good.![]()
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I want to make heroes of those who slow down.![]()
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I want to make heroes of those who listen to their bodies, who do not strive for more than what the soul truly needs.![]()
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I want to make heroes of those who do not force or push, but surrender to each moment as it opens.![]()
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I want to applaud those who may not be driven towards success as we know it, but instead are nurturing something deep and subtle and needed.![]()
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I want to celebrate those brave enough to cease all doing, even for a second, and sit with the ache in their hearts. A task many find harder than summiting the highest peak. ![]()
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I want to make heroes of those who honor their limitations. Who are unable to keep up with the busy-ness of our times, yet show up to each profound, necessary moment.![]()
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It is truly an act of courage and rebellion to do any such thing, in a world demanding you resist your own self, your own rhythm, your own soul.![]()
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And the paradox is, that often when we cease our incessant doing, even for a minute, and listen to that quiet voice within, we discover what it is we absolutely must do, and what instead can fall away. ![]()
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We finally hear the call towards what serves our soul, and what then will serve the world. Nothing more, nothing less.![]()
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A hero is simply someone brave. ![]()
So come, be softly brave. ![]()
Be a new, quieter kind of hero. ![]()
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Few may applaud, it’s true, but your soul certainly will.![]()
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By Leyla Aylin![]()
www.leylaaylin.com![]()
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Art | Kate Maclean
