Izz on spontaneity

Spontaneity comes with great responsibility. But because of the nature of the speed and casualty of the moment, many miss the need for the two to march as a pair. - Izz

Spontaneity must not equal insanity especially when people use it as an excuse to express their laziness for having not employed effort to stretch their minds the night before. - Izz

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Izz on the heart and the mind

A man is a better man when he can live his life dancing to the song of his heart than struggling to hear the broken record playing from his fellow's house. - Izz

When the heart and the mind have a pact, that the heart shall lead through guidance and light, and that the mind shall plot through creativity and ingenuity, then a wiser person is born. Pity pop culture only allows that to only happen when the head is grey and the days numbered. - Izz

It is not easy, or possible, to hear the song in your heart when the mind is gallivanting in the depths of the noise of the world. Quiten your mind Sir, ... Mam. - Izz

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Izz on evil by good willing man

Evil does not reside in man because God has created in man a being in His own reflection. But you can say 'I hate the devil in them' because people do harbor evil thoughts to cause harm to others. - Izz

Man despises evil and sides with love, so he says, but it is evil that he employs when he wants to get his way where normal means do not allow it. - Izz

Most of the evil that is committed daily by innocent people could have been avoided had they simply chosen to allow their hearts to display the love that they always yearn to share. - Izz

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Izz on following one's heart and material desires

It is only at such a time that we make a pact with ourselves that it is our heart that can truly guide us to greatness that we can truly become happy beings. It is unfortunate that we let our minds rule and their rule is that which is filled with desires for material wealth at the neglect of abundant inner wealth. - Izz

We need to beat the path of our hearts in order to open up avenues that we thought never existed within our reach. The replenishing warmth of shadows of such infinite avenues, as we walk them, is where our true happiness shall be felt. - Izz

Many believe that material will provide them with ease in their hearts, they are wrong, such is greed luring them. Many hold as a belief that abondoning material wealth cleanses their hearts and purifies their souls, they are wrong, such is guilt robbing them. The wise, however, find in their hearts guidance on balancing the aspirations of the mind with the tranquil needs of their hearts, they are right, for life is made of material and spirit. - Izz

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Izz on conflict and ego

Beneath each conflict, personal and commune; small and large, lies a misunderstanding that could be resolved were egos to be left at the door and love allowed to prevail. - Izz

Conflicts are misunderstandings whose masters are often found to be egos. - Izz

It is when we fail to compromise, when tolerance doesn't characterise the fabric of our hearts that we fight, to death if be, our fellows, forgetting that by doing so, we are fighting our hearts' cry to connect and love. - Izz

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I am what I am

I am big, big as the Himalayas where my fathers played seek and hide on;
I am big, big as the Kilimanjaro that my forefathers medidated on;
I am big, big as the fists of the freedom fighters that fought on;

I am beautiful, beautiful as the sun kissed dunes of the Kalahari;
I am beautiful, beautiful as the moon whose light caress the valleys of St. Lucia;
I am pretty, pretty as the lillies that drape the curves of Tanzania;

I am, I am what I am because Africa is big, beautiful and pretty;
I am, I am what I am because Africa is big, beautiful and lovely;
I am, I am what I am, because I am lucky to be born in the midst of Africa, earths own beauty;

I am strong, strong like the baobab tree whose roots drink in the womb of the earth;
I am strong, strong like the continent's elephant whose footsteps shake the world from South to North;
I am tough, tough like the jaw of the Hyena, whose mysterious force crafted the only face-like continent with its teeth;

I am creative, creative like the meander of the Nile whose motion intrigues minds;
I am creative, creative like the African stars whose twinkle hypnotyzes the gods;
I am smart, smart like the San hunter whose sharpness and speed bedazzles the tigers;

Oh I am good, so good I know the colorful fabrics of Nigeria and Venda celebrate my heritage;
Oh I am worthy, so worthy I know the rain drops of Queen Modjadji celebrate my care for the soil of our climate change age;
Oh my, I am damned great, so great like the water-smoke of the Victoria Falls waters the lillies that beautify heaven's own Main Avenue;

I am, I am what I am because Africa is strong, tough but smart;
I am, I am what I am because Africa is good, worthy but damned great;
I am, I am what I am, because I am lucky to be born in the midst of Africa, earth's own strength;

I am, I am what I am; I am an African;
Like Mbeki sang, sang, sang, and sang again an eternal echo of hope that I am an African;
So I am, I am what I am, because my Africa is beautiful.


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