South Africa today is not a country. It is a miracle.
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One of the things about starting your own company is you can do some wacky stuff just because you really want to.
One of the things about starting your own company is you can do some wacky stuff just because you really want to.
In 2012 I was one of 142 who contributed R5,000 each to sponsor Seth Godin’s first ever Kickstarter backed book called The Icarus Deception.
As sponsors we were allowed to write a 250 blurb to be included at the end of the ebook edition subject to Seth’s approval.
Here’s what I wrote:
South Africa today is not a country. It is a miracle.
Time passes and our two girls are growing up, but the miracle does not diminish. It has been many ears years since our country’s rebirth but the magnitude of our miracle keeps growing.
When my wife and I take our children to birthday parties, we meet other parents and we hang out. Black parents. White parents. Indian parents. Mixed race parents. We connect, we laugh, we talk about the future of our new nation and our children.
My daughters draw pictures of people and use every pencil in the box to colour them in. They are growing up in a rainbow nation. By the time my oldest daughter was 5 she had never – not once – mentioned the words “black people” or “white people”.
I‘m thankful for diversity & grateful for the privilege of being South African. Like those famous lyrics, “just another ordinary miracle today”.
In 2012 I was one of 142 who contributed R5,000 each to sponsor Seth Godin’s first ever Kickstarter backed book called The Icarus Deception.
As sponsors we were allowed to write a 250 blurb to be included at the end of the ebook edition subject to Seth’s approval.
Here’s what I wrote:
South Africa today is not a country. It is a miracle.
Time passes and our two girls are growing up, but the miracle does not diminish. It has been many ears years since our country’s rebirth but the magnitude of our miracle keeps growing.
When my wife and I take our children to birthday parties, we meet other parents and we hang out. Black parents. White parents. Indian parents. Mixed race parents. We connect, we laugh, we talk about the future of our new nation and our children.
My daughters draw pictures of people and use every pencil in the box to colour them in. They are growing up in a rainbow nation. By the time my oldest daughter was 5 she had never – not once – mentioned the words “black people” or “white people”.
I‘m thankful for diversity & grateful for the privilege of being South African. Like those famous lyrics, “just another ordinary miracle today”.