You'll never get the 5 steps to success or the 10 steps to enlightenment from me. Life is convoluted, so are my articles.

1. Volksrust Recorder - Column / Rubrieke8 Recorder 21 April 2017
Why I write long articlesOne of the criticisms I hear the most when it
comes to my writing is that my articles are
too long and convoluted. That’s about right.
When I reread them later it is clear that they’re
not an easy read. They’re gritty, dark and
stark of candy floss. It’s clear that I struggle
to be articulate. It’s clear that I struggle with
concepts and my own place in the world. It’s
clear that I struggle to figure things out. It’s
clear that I struggle. A lot of my writing is a
reflection of my own struggle to make sense
of this uncertain life. My themes are darker -
loss, fear, death, redemption, surrender, regret
and wrong turns. If I really think about it,
my take is that both good and the bad happen
to us to shape us into the beings we are today
and the beings we are to become. If I really
interrogate my view of the world, it is
frightening in one sense and liberating in
another. There’s a dim realisation deep in me
that says, “You’re not in control of your
destiny ... something bigger than you is
pulling the strings.” I have a feeling that my
journey has been mapped out already. The
only ‘control’ I have is how I use the cards
that I’m dealt. That’s where I get to use my
greatest gift ... choice. The only time I’m ever
in control is when I choose how I’m going to
respond to anything that’s dished up to me.
When something bad happened to me and
someone said, “Everything happens for a
reason,” I used to get angry. Seriously, what
a patronising response to my misfortune. I
don’t get angry anymore when someone
uses the ‘everything happens for a reason’
refrain. I’m starting to believe that it’s true.
The author, DouglasAdams put it better than
I ever could, “I may not have gone where I
intended to go, but I know I ended up where
I needed to be.” I attempt to end every article
on a positive and uplifting note. It’s clear
that my ‘happy endings’ are not bright,
revelatory sunrises. They’re more like
morning mist over a muddy moor ... enough
light to see but not enough light to totally
trust the treacherous path. I know that
‘success’ is tainted by shades of grey. I
would imagine for every ‘success’ there was
some collateral damage along the way. Maybe
you become financially successful but lose
your health and family along the way. Maybe
you win the girl/guy and shatter your
competitor’s heart in the process. Maybe you
get to run a country but sell your soul to the
devil for the privilege. Maybe you get to
worship your God at the expense of someone
else’s God. Maybe you get to live in the lap
of luxury off the sweat of slaves. Maybe that
diamond on your finger is a ‘blood diamond’
and tens of thousands of people died for
that privilege. So, pretty much all success is
tainted in one form or another. I believe that
we’ve been sold a lie that life is easy and
that there’s always a light at the end of the
tunnel. Are we really all so naive to believe
that we will experience the perfect life - a
forever adoring wife/husband. Kids that love
us unconditionally. The house with the white
picket fence. Two cars and two dogs. And,
when we meet our maker, it will be at age 80
from a heart attack at 3 am in our sleep.
Painless and quick. How’s that working out
for you? You see, my articles are long,
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tortuous and uncertain because I know that
I don’t have easy answers for those that read
my work. In fact, I’m just a bit of a poser. I
pose more questions than give answers. I’d
rather die than come off the mountain with
10 commandments of how to live your life.
The ink from my pen will dry up before I ever
give you “The 5 Steps to Happiness; The 7
Habits of Highly Effective People; The 3
Rules To Enlightenment and 50 Ways To
Fight Your Fears. I’ll never be so arrogant as
to think I can walk in your shoes and feel
what you feel. I’ll never be so crass as to say,
“Everything happens for a reason” when you
have lost your job, your child, your health or
your relationship. I can’t ever feel what it’s
like to be inside your skin. I can’t ever really
feel your pain. I can just struggle with you
and try an make sense of this journey. That’s
all I can do. And, that’s why I write long
articles.
~Jacques de Villiers~