“DON’T BE LIKE AN OSTRICH”

DR GLORIA MASEKO

The way Ostrich react to danger is may sound weird since it sticks its head in the ground.

Lesson 1: Face your fears. F.E.A.R. False Evidence Appearing Real.  Everyone has faith, it is either you have faith in God or you have faith in your fears. The fears we do not face become our limits. The greatest prison that people live in is the fear of what other people think. Don’t let the fear of what might happen make nothing happen.

Do not be afraid of the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you. Never be ashamed of a scar, it simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you. The same crowd that celebrates your success is the same crowd that celebrates your downfall. Its nature people like a show.

Nelson Mandela: “I learnt that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Nelson Mandela: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us the most. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and famous. Actually the right question is who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. Its not in some of us, its in all of us. And when we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same

Even more surprisingly when there is a storm in the desert, in the midst of a storm the ostrich buries its head in the sand. The sad part is the ostrich is then buried under the heap of sand and eventually dies from the pressure of the sand.

Lesson 2: When we find ourselves in a situation where we faced with a lot of problems, we complain in an unhappy way or try to ignore the problems believing the problems will go away on their own. Know and understand that each and every one of us has a problem, do not see yourself as having the worst problems than anybody.

If we were to write our problems and write them in a piece of paper and be made to pick other peoples papers and make their problems ours. We would definitely run after people who have our problems to claim them back.

Lesson 3: Come to terms that this is your problem and it is you who is going to solve it. If you are not patient in life you will become a patient. Don’t expect things to just happen drastically.

Women try to bury themselves in makeup and clothing so that people do not realize what is going inside of them. They try by all means to look good. Do not use make up to bury yourself, deal with the problem itself

Lesson 4:  Do not blame anyone for your problems:; it is neither   the society, culture parent and circumstances of life. We are not products of our circumstances but circumstances are products of our actions. Do not use your intellect to try and solve problems.

Lesson 5; every problem will definitely end, this also applies to the storm the ostrich faces. Never make a mistake of dealing with the problem all at once. Hence some circumstances will require you   to take a step and then you wait for a long time.

Mourning endures the night but joy comes in the morning.

The ostrich has powerful legs which it can use as a weapon against predators, but instead it runs away

Lesson 6; Do not run away from your problems, there will remain there waiting for you. The power is within you and know that the greatest enemy is yourself. Do not look somewhere else what you are looking for is right inside of you

Psalms 46 v 1; God is or refuge and strength and ready to help us in time of trouble