Lately, I have had a fascination with discovering books. There was a time I could not stomach self-help books, because I deemed them fickle. Lo and behold, I have since grown out of my obtuse thinking and have come to understand the value in learning from those that have walked the path before me. As of late, I have taken to uncovering African history and paid a lot more attention to African American history. This in an attemp...

The thing about evolving and becoming a better version of yourself is that there’s always room for improvement. We are now in an age where one cannot plead ignorance to be the basis to which you hold an opinion. Technology is fast evolving and information is now at our fingertips. We find that all it takes is curiosity and google becomes your best friend.

For generations the concept of – it is just who I am – was deemed accepta...

When celebrating, there is a sense of nostalgia, reminiscing on what was and in the same breath, an excitement of what is to come. When looking at thirty years, which marks a pearl anniversary, there is a bitter sweet moment, where one sighs.

At Kapia Optics that sigh holds a great amount of memories in it. That sigh holds relief, relief at how far you have come. That sigh holds hidden struggles, struggles not many know of. Th...

The me I am vs the me I want to be

Have you ever sat and thought to yourself, I will do enough to get me by, not an effort above anything, in as long as it is done. You go about life doing the bare minimum, you tick off the check boxes of what is expected of you, but that is where it ends. You are not aiming for perfection, nor would you do well with failure. No, you simply want to do enough to survive. Enough to get by and eno...

Values and morals are relative to an individual. Every time a choice is made repeatedly it sets the precedent and inevitably becomes the standard. The difference between values and morals is simply from where they stem, with the former being a personal standard and the latter a societal standard. Societal standards are generally easy to abide by because they are defined by social etiquette, whereas where we generally falter is...

The very first encounter an inquisitive mind meets, is one’s parents. The process of working through one’s personality and discovering intellect, consciousness and diversity is done in one’s home. When a child is born, the natural order of life is that they develop a sense of the world, followed by a sense of self. In the event that the process is not handled with care, it can do one of two things: cripple the child’s ability...