Give a Child a Family

12 hours ago

Fall down 9 times, get up 10 times!

Having a one-year-old grandchild helps me keep grounded about life. He started learning to walk after belly-sliding, then crawling. He would get up, steady himself and we would let go and he toddled off. One step and fall down, next time three steps then fall down, then five steps and fall down. Then he rested and got back up again. Imagine if we could live our lives like that!

Success is ours but life does not make it any less rocky or with less potholes for anyone wanting to succeed. We have to understand that to achieve, we have to fail. Failing is part of succeeding.

Falling down is part of the success. If we want to get anywhere in life and take chances, there will be bumps and we will fall down. The reasons we fall are many. Maybe we are over confident or inexperienced? Maybe it is a lack of preparation or pride? Whatever the reason, we will trip at some point in time on our journey to success.

The more we attempt to succeed, the more likely we are to fall. Ever ridden a horse and fallen off? Or a bicycle? Many people refuse to get on a horse after a fall. They allow the shock of the fall to control their actions rather than seeing the success of their accomplishment.

The difference between success and failure is what you do after the fall. Allowing the defeat to take hold of you and not getting up again, keeps you defeated. But if you get up and keep getting up, then success will come.

We seem to believe that failure is in the fall. No! Failure is in the staying down and letting the fall control our lives.

No matter how many times you fall, keep getting up!!

It is in getting up that you will find true success.

Love,
Monica ❤

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Give a Child a Family

3 days ago

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GCF would like to welcome our brand-new social work interns, Busi and Nokuthula, to the organisation and the team! 🙌

We trust that your year with us will be blessed, fruitful and full of new experiences and knowledge that will equip you for a bright future in the profession. ❤

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Give a Child a Family

1 week ago

＃ＭｏｔｉｖａｔｉｏｎＭｏｎｄａｙ

𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔! ☺️

Sitting last night and clearing my emails with one ear on the news, I heard that KZN is now starting to enter the third wave of Covid -19. We had been able to stave it off for a while but alas, it is now upon us. We've had a couple of months of respite; social distancing, mask wearing and sanitizing have become the norm now as the pandemic continues to spread. Please remember, in a world where you can be anything, ＢＥ ＫＩＮＤ. Let's make kindness contagious and spread kindness. ❤

Just this weekend I've sat and listened to heart-breaking situations, I've cried as I've been there, lending an empathetic ear. A family who have a 4-month-old child girl suffering cancer, needing bone marrow for a chance of survival. Breadwinner lost their job. A family battling with sick children for 3+ years in between hospitalizations and the exhaustion of caring for them constantly. A family who lost their wife, a boy of 8 and 18 who lost their mom... and I can go on and on. 💔😔

In a world that is hostile and aggressive to most of us, we need to practice 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔻ℕ𝔼𝕊𝕊. We don't know what another person has been through, what burdens they're carrying. Little random acts of kindness go a long way in making life sweeter when it's bitter. 🍭

Look at people and smile, even with your mask on, you can smile with your eyes. 😁

We still have months of concerns ahead with the third wave upon us, with the political situation heating up, with uncertainty of the vaccines... 💉

MAKE A CHOICE TO BE KIND, starting at home!!! Let’s make kindness contagious! ☺️❤

Love,
Monica

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