My Mother's Daughter, My Inspiration

Getting adoration and reverence from the person whom you yourself consider an inspiration does not only have a humbling effect, but it also gives one the impetus and serves as a cardinal direction in you taking the correct path to greatness . This (striving for greatness) you do as if you are looking to dispel any doubts from any pessimist out there as to your worthiness of such adoration. My sister Zinhle Nkosi or PA (as I jokingly refer to her, because she worries and follows up on my career goals like she is being paid to do so) is one person who believes in and respects my intellect and believes in my ability to accomplish all that I set my mind to. Being the macho man that  I am and not wanting to show or out pour any emotion means that  she doesn't know that I reciprocate her admiration, in fact I think she and not myself is the one more deserving of  the Kudos, not just from me but from everyone girl  out there , who in their eyes the future looks bleak unless you Gambol with some wealthy man . 

She Inspires me every day because unlike most girls her age who approach life in a facetious manner; she is amiable, pragmatic and  does not only value  education  but also recognizes its power in liberating one from the shackles of poverty. Every day I work hard in order to provide her with the necessary resources or support  to see her through her last year as a journalism student at Rhodes University. Nelson Mandela once said “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” I therefore can equivocally say that my sister inspires me to inspire her to the greatness and freedom that awaits her as soon as she finishes her degree.