{"id":200689,"date":"2017-10-05T08:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/weekend-reflection-focus-gets-bigger-bigger\/"},"modified":"2017-10-05T08:10:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:10:19","slug":"weekend-reflection-focus-gets-bigger-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/weekend-reflection-focus-gets-bigger-bigger\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND REFLECTION: WHAT YOU FOCUS ON GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We arrived in South Africa just more than a week ago and we still enjoy every moment!<\/p>\n<p>At the moment Krugersdorp is our base, but we have already been to Pretoria, Harties, Bloemfontein, Wesselsbron and Parys.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Especially Bloemfontein was special to me (it helped that the Boks drew!). My godparents have lived in Bloemfontein all these years and so we visited there regularly. Also, I have been at the Kovsie Campus for six years and often had fun shifting pot plants permanently\u2026 (some people would call it stealing) or raiding and \u201csinging about\u201d women\u2019s\u2019 residences.<\/p>\n<p>And oh, another thing\u2026 I can\u2019t think of campus security (Parkers) without smiling. Have you ever wondered where I first heard \u201claat die wiele rol\u201d?!!<\/p>\n<p>It was very special for the children to see the Women\u2019s Monument \u2013 certainly one of the darkest episodes in the Afrikaner saga. Especially my son\u2019s remark afterwards spoke volumes: \u201cIt was nice but sad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I was reminded once again that you could choose on what you focus. And more importantly: What you focus on gets bigger and bigger. That is one of the reasons why I don\u2019t watch the news or read a newspaper too often.<\/p>\n<p>I know South Africa has many difficult challenges and I do not bury my head in the sand for one moment or shoot my mouth off with mindless comments. Indeed, that is why I started Klipkouers Podcast\u2026 a little medicine for the pain. But here are some good things I\u2019ve noticed again over the past week and which I choose to focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The hospitality and openness of the people around me<\/li>\n<li>A massive blue sky and hot weather<\/li>\n<li>Delicious boerekos<\/li>\n<li>A place where Jesus Christ is not a cuss word<\/li>\n<li>World-class Afrikaans schools<\/li>\n<li>Going barefoot<\/li>\n<li>Braai \u2013 everywhere and always<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do your focus points put a smile on your face?<\/p>\n<p><strong>As you should know by now (or not), I launched my first series of digital products. The eBook is a business resource of 62\u00a0pages and includes 104 sales strategies and business errors of Afrikaner business gurus, as well as a brand-new <em>KLIPKOUERS<\/em> digi-magazine. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/klipkouers.lpages.co\/52a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here for more information.<\/strong> <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/weekend-refection-love-is-not-completely-blind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WEEKEND REFECTION: Love is not completely blind<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We arrived in South Africa just more than a week ago and we still enjoy every moment! 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