Of late I have descended down some serious rabbit holes filled with conspiracy theories that just blew my mind.
Black-holes, UFOs, Ata the six-year-old so-called ‘alien’, Robert Lazar’s alleged work on UFO propulsion systems, 9/11 and the ‘Obama Deception’… Information overload.
My late grandmother used to advise me to stay open-minded, but not to the extent that my brain would fall out.
I would advise anyone to heed grandma’s advice.
Sometimes however, my brain-stem detaches from my spinal cord and the ‘walnut’ just sloshes around freely, thank goodness for an enclosed skull!
I am a firm believer that one should question things, because from curiosity, enlightenment about a myriad of topics arises.
I tend to rack my brain, whether it be with the most existential questions like what happens when we die, or are we alone in this universe to frivolous and sometimes humorous questions such as how many marshmallows a human can fit into their mouth, what can I say, I like learning new things…
If only 13 years earlier, the boy with his swaggering bravado, nonchalantly slouched in his chair in Ms Roelofse’s science class, paid a little more attention, who knows what interesting things he could have learnt way back then?
Nowadays I often drive past learners wandering in the streets during school time and just shake my head, why aren’t they in school?
With South Africa’s staggering unemployment rate jumping from an already high 27.6% to 29% in the second quarter of 2019, surely they cannot afford to jeopardise their future by not attending their classes?
From time to time I hear teenagers talking about how they can’t wait to finish school, a remark I too expressed numerous times..
But, sooner or later the Don Quixote-mentality disappears and life happens.
Before you know it, you reminisce on your lost educational opportunities that could have enhanced your employment avenues.
Sadly, to some, these revelations only become apparent when you become a parent or are wise enough to understand the importance of a sound education.
“Knowledge is Power” has been attributed to Francis Bacon way back in 1957 and it still rings true today.
If you are reading this and are still in school, be ‘spungy’ and soak up all the information you possibly can, ask your teachers, parents, mentors and mostly yourself thought-provoking questions.
The future might seem distant, but in the words of a contemporary Japanese writer, Haruki Murakami: “Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.”
