Random Thoughts With Zibuse L Kunene
By Zibuze L Kunene
Random Thoughts With Zibuse L KuneneJan 24, 2024
Breaking The Cycle for Tit-For-Tat
Tit For Tat Nothing feels greater than the satisfaction you get when you give someone a taste of their medicine and watch how they react. That feeling you get knowing you have dealt with them the way they have dealt with you. It is fair when you give someone what they gave you, treat them the way they have treated you. Deny them much-needed help at their most desperate time. But what good has tit-for-tat achieved? What does it benefit anyone when you do that? How many lives have been destroyed by vengeance? And how many people have you won over through grace and mercy? Your body loves it when you do good and it rewards you for it. Try it and see.
Empowered Thinking Series: Legacy
Legacy Word by word. Sentence by sentence. Action upon action. Precept upon precept. Day by day you are building a legacy. Whether you are wasting away your talent, or misusing your skills, you are building a legacy. Whether you dwell in bitterness, regret, or hatred, that will be your legacy. Whether you are "living your life for yourself", you are building a legacy. Some will leave a footprint in this world and others will leave as though they have never existed, with no memory, no trace of them fulfilling their life mandate. Choose today what legacy you will leave behind.
Empowered Thinking Series - Fatherly Advice
Learn to be kind to people because everyone is going through something, and your kindness may be what someone else needs. If you think you know it all, your ego has become too big, be intentionally humble. No one owes you an explanation or favours, even if it is promised to you, learn to live and forgive without either. You have knives on your back and you will walk around with wounds throughout your life, but that does not mean your knife should be on someone's back. Don't live life expecting it to be easy, no one is promised a pain-free and easy life, some people are good at hiding their challenges. Learn from everyone, big and small.
Embracing Silence: The Path to Healing
Are you using silence as an escape from what calls you to face and resolve? Listen to this!
Artwork by Muzi Phiri
Self-Entrapment
How often have we followed what we thought was the est idea, the best decision despite sound counsel against it?
A Father's Love: A Reflection
If your experience of an earthly father has been dismal, here is a reflection on the model Father upon whom all fathers can model their fatherhood.
Morning Thought 💭 Deceived
Are we ever blindly led astray or willing participants in our deception? Do we not see the red flags littered along the path to destruction or do we choose to associate with our corruptors? Do we lose agency during the period of deception and regain it once the deception of others and self is concluded? It is easy to absolve ourselves of accountability by claiming victimhood in deception rather than taking the difficult path of responsibility. Are we led astray blindly or chosen to be willing participants?
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
🎨Thamsanga Mfuphi
#Deceived #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
Morning Thought 💭 Allured
There are too many things around us that are attractive. Oftentimes we see those things around us and without any contemplation, we envy them. In our envious state, we do not consider the circumstances under which those things were obtained and we simply pursue one's glory while ignoring their story and it is in their story where we would discover the truth of how those were acquired. Oftentimes, all that glitters is not gold.
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
🎨Lindo Zwane
#Allured #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
Morning Thought 💭 Coronation (Pt 2)
Morning Thought 💭 Coronation
For as long as we refuse to go through the process of refinement we will remain subjects in our lives. For as long as we refuse to heed to good counsel, we will always make unwise decisions. For as long as our pride remains what we wear as a defense mechanism from everything, we will never adorn the crown. Crowns are for heads that have been tested. Crowns are for ears that are open and the Coronation will never take place on a head that wears pride for a crown.
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
🎨James Tambula
#Coronation #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
Morning Thought 💭 Coronation
For as long as we refuse to go through the process of refinement we will remain subjects in our lives. For as long as we refuse to heed to good counsel, we will always make unwise decisions. For as long as our pride remains what we wear as a defense mechanism from everything, we will never adorn the crown. Crowns are for heads that have been tested. Crowns are for ears that are open and the Coronation will never take place on a head that wears pride for a crown.
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
🎨James Tambula
#Coronation #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
Morning Thought 💭 Counsellors
We can go at it alone or we can surround ourselves with counsellors. In choosing our counsellors, we must be mindful of their intentions otherwise we will take counsel that will lead us astray. The first good counsellors in our lives should be our parents, however, do we all have the blessing of parents who pour into us? For those who do not receive good counsel from birth parents, there remains a plethora of wise parental counselling out there. It is up to the individual to choose wisely.
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
🎨Nelson Makamo
#Counsellors #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
Morning Thought 💭 Reverence
There is a difference between fearing someone and revering them and oftentimes those who do not understand what reverence is, tend to diagnose it as fear. For those who understand reverence and what it does in enhancing the quality of a relationship, hold this virtue in high regard. Fearing someone often has a negative connotation and the one feared neither seeks to nor does enjoy the relationship because it is defined by fear. Are you revered or feared?
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
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🎨Njabulo Mthunzi
#Reverence #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
Book Review: Morning Thoughts by Zibuse L Kunene
Zibuse Kunene, better known to us on the show as Daddy Zibuse, has penned a book titled “Morning Thoughts by Zibuse L Kunene: Thoughts that stimulate the right thinking for the right mindset for right living.” Morning Thoughts helps you start your day with the right thinking to have the right mindset for the right living.
Get your copy from Amazon here: https://a.co/d/7RqIIgC
Website: https://morningthoughts.co.za/
Children's Behavioural Issues
We take a look into children’s behavioural issues, and where they stem from, we highlight the drug and alcohol consumption, the way they behave at school; schools being blamed for it etc with Zibuse L. Kunene, Author and Chairperson of Dads in The Picture.
https://dadsinthepicture.co.za/ https://omny.fm/shows/power-podcasts/children-s-behavioural-issues
No Limits
Anything is possible in life, we always look at challenges and feel we can’t overcome them but when we do it doesn't seem all that bad. We speak to Zibuse L. Kunene, (Daddy Zibuse) Author and Chairperson of Dads in The Picture about how life has no limits and anything is possible, as long as you give yourself a chance to try.
Five Children Died In A Shack Fire
Five children died in a shack fire while their mothers were out drinking. We speak to Zibuse L. Kunene, Author and Chairperson of Dads in The Picture about Child Negligence.
Parents Focusing On Their Phones Leaves Children Ignored
Parents focusing on their phones leaves children ignored, we speak to Zibuse Kunene, Dads in the picture Chairman about how parents can do better and stay off their screens and pay attention to their children. https://omny.fm/shows/power-podcasts/parents-focusing-on-their-phones-leaves-children-i
Morning Thought 💭 Believe
Artwork by: Ennock Mlangeni (and not Nelson Makamo as mentioned in the audio) You don't have a choice, you must believe. You don't have an option, choose to believe. Believe that the suffering you're going through now is not meant to kill you but to strengthen you. You must believe that pain is not part of life but life itself just as is pleasure. You must believe that nothing lasts forever, and that life has seasons that you must go through. You don't have a choice but to believe. However, whether you believe or not, what has to happen will happen, with or without your belief.
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
#Believe #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
Morning Thought - Educate
Educate
Every generation sees something wrong with the generation before them and those find something wrong with the ones after them. The old blame the young and the young are lost. If the preceding generation does not invest in educating their young, all cultural inheritances and traditions will be lost to history. If there is no education of the young, the ways of life will eradicated and identities will be buried with the elders.
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
Greatjoy Ndlovu
#Educate
#DoBetter
#EmpoweredThinking
#MorningThought
Morning Thought - Acquisition
Acquisition
In our lives, we can be like the snowball that grows as it rolls down the hill. What is of significance is the differentiation of what we acquire. We should never condemn those who acquire material things because that is their choice. We should equally be accepting of those who acquire wealth. Of paramount importance is that we acquire that which could never be lost when the storms of life come.
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
Artwork by Percy Maimela
#Acquisition
#DoBetter
#EmpoweredThinking
#MorningThought
Morning Thought - The Source
Morning Thought 💭
The Source
Nothing is ever started by nothing and nothing ever happens on its own, there is always a source or an initiator. Everything created contains materials from different sources. Our existence is not a form of chance happening, there was a source. The thoughts we think have a source. What is the source of your choices? You think you chose the path you're on but something or someone chose for you, who was it?
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
🎨Nelson Makamo
#TheSource #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
Morning Thought - Come With Me
Morning Thought 💭
Come With Me
The past matters because it happened and shaped who you are today. However, that does not mean we should let it define us and restrict us to the limitations of our past. The past is to be used as a rung on a ladder. Take my hand and let us start a new journey together into discovering who we could be. We need to tap into our destiny and see the light of who we could be if we start the journey now. Come with me and let us embark on the journey of being better, of doing better.
My name is Zibuse L Kunene, come with me on the journey to empowered thinking.
🎨Andrew Ntshabele
#ComeWithMe #DoBetter #EmpoweredThinking #MorningThought
The Return (not Season 2, just "The Return")
I had taken some time away from podcasting, albeit unintentionally, and now I am returning to give you more inspiration and provoke your thoughts so that there is a change.
International Day of the Boy Child on 16 May
Maneuvering Co-parenting (18 Jan 2023)
Power987 wrote: Zibuse Kunene, Chairman of Dads in the Picture is on #PowerZone with Katlego Legodi to speak about manoeuvring #coparenting, he speaks about how #parents can communicate more productively for the benefit of their children.
Dads In The Picture (DITP) Can Help Facilitate Fruitful Relationships 6 March 2023
Power987 wrote: On PowerZone with Nompumelelo Ngubeni standing in for Katlego Legodi, we speak in conversation with Zibuse Kunene, Chairman of Dads in the Picture about the challenges fathers face after they find out the paternity of a child they have been raising as their own and how Dads In The Picture (DITP) can help facilitate fruitful relationships after the betrayal.
This facilitation occurs in the context of enabling a father to be a positive role model for the child(ren).
Step-parenting From the Fathers' Perspective
Katlego Legodi invited me to speak about step-parenting from the fathers' perspective and how they overcome challenges with parenting their partners' children. The conversation took place on Power987 on 22 March 2023 at 2 AM (SAST).
Teaching Children About Financial Responsibility on PowerFM987 (South Africa)
On 26 April 2023, I was invited by a South African radio station Power987 (www.powerfm.co.za) to talk about children learning financial responsibility. Here is their write and the subsequent audio. Enjoy.
"We speak to Zibuse Kunene, Chairman of Dads in the picture about how we can teach our children about financial responsibility, how they shouldn't follow every trend they see on social media like that of the as the Prime Hydration and Prime Energy drink has made onto or shelves for R500 a bottle, some families have limitations in what they can provide for their for the children."
Teaching From Love
On 3 May 2023, I was invited to the Willow Ridge High School in the City of Tshwane to present a talk to the teachers. This is the recording of that conversation which I believe may be of value to other teachers and perhaps others who need to find their path in their careers. Take a listen and share your thoughts. #teachers #teaching #love #school #leadership
Reflecting On Walking Away
Welcome to this podcast episode, where we discuss the transformational journey of walking away from something that no longer serves us, to walking towards something positive.
At some point in our lives, we will come to a season or seasons where we will have to walk away from something. It could be a toxic relationship, an unfulfilling job, a negative mindset, or a harmful habit. Whatever it may be, the act of walking away can be a scary and difficult decision to make. What we must understand is that it is also seasonal and a necessity.
However, what if we could shift our perspective from focusing on what we are walking away from, to what we are walking towards? By shifting our focus towards the positive opportunities and possibilities that await us, we can transform the act of walking away into an empowering and liberating experience.
In this episode, I invite you to share your own experience of walking away towards something that turned out to be a transformative experience.
#WalkTowardsThePositive
#EmpoweringJourney
#FindYourCourage
#LiberatingExperience
#BrighterFuture
Random Thought: The Choice I Made
Hello, my name is Zibuse L Kunene, and I have just gotten started
Death: Growth
We should not be afraid of death as a process and part of life. In fact, we need to try as best as we can to talk about death as often as possible so that we explore the diversities in death and how it is part of our everyday lives.