Comments on: Powerless http://ygb.co.za an Alter Native. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:45:17 +0200 http://2lmn.co.za/work/harvest?apples en-za Copyright (c) 2010 lebogang nkoane Comment on: Powerless by lebogang nkoane http://ygb.co.za/2010/01/13/351#response-915 lebogang nkoane Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:45:17 +0200 http://ygb.co.za/2010/01/13/351#response-915 <p>They are not dependant on me — but I do feel that I need to be more than a black-man-trying-to-make-ends-meet.</p><p>I should be in a position that any family member can take any chosen path they want and know that, worse-comes-to-worst, I got their back.</p><p>So, it's a self-inflicted responsibility — but as the years move on, my mother will have to retire (which would mean, all my aunt's and my uncle will soon follow), then the question becomes who would be the elders in this family (tree)?</p> They are not dependant on me — but I do feel that I need to be more than a black-man-trying-to-make-ends-meet.

I should be in a position that any family member can take any chosen path they want and know that, worse-comes-to-worst, I got their back.

So, it's a self-inflicted responsibility — but as the years move on, my mother will have to retire (which would mean, all my aunt's and my uncle will soon follow), then the question becomes who would be the elders in this family (tree)?

]]> Comment on: Powerless by yasser buchana http://ygb.co.za/2010/01/13/351#response-914 yasser buchana Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:39:29 +0200 http://ygb.co.za/2010/01/13/351#response-914 <p>I swear to God, i was about to quote the exact words that Mokokoma just quoted. <br />(anyways)</p><p>this is a powerful essay. i'm just wondering tho, is your family depend on u so much? or simply u feel you have a responsibility to change things?<br />that is just a thought. </p><p>BTW, This essay reminds me of something my mom told me a while back.</p> I swear to God, i was about to quote the exact words that Mokokoma just quoted.
(anyways)

this is a powerful essay. i'm just wondering tho, is your family depend on u so much? or simply u feel you have a responsibility to change things?
that is just a thought.

BTW, This essay reminds me of something my mom told me a while back.

]]> Comment on: Powerless by lebogang nkoane http://ygb.co.za/2010/01/13/351#response-907 lebogang nkoane Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:21:11 +0200 http://ygb.co.za/2010/01/13/351#response-907 <p>*merci*</p> *merci*

]]> Comment on: Powerless by Mokokoma Mokhonoana http://ygb.co.za/2010/01/13/351#response-906 Mokokoma Mokhonoana Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:37:29 +0200 http://ygb.co.za/2010/01/13/351#response-906 <p>"...There is no way my family can be at the same state it was in when I entered this world, by the time I die..." — bow.</p> "...There is no way my family can be at the same state it was in when I entered this world, by the time I die..." — bow.

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