Random Thoughts With Zibuse L Kunene

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.

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. 

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.

Are you using silence as an escape from what calls you to face and resolve? Listen to this!

Artwork by Muzi Phiri

How often have we followed what we thought was the est idea, the best decision despite sound counsel against it?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 💭

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

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

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.

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.

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).

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).

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."

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

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

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.