′′Minds that seek revenge destroy states, while those that seek reconciliation build nations."-Nelson Mandela.
"After I became president, I asked my escort to go to a restaurant for lunch. We sat down and each of us asked what we wanted.
On the front table, a man was waiting to be served. When he was served, I said to one of my soldiers: go and ask that gentleman to join us. The soldier went and conveyed my invitation to him. The man got up, took his plate, and sat down right next to me.
While he ate his hands trembled constantly and he did not lift his head from his food. When we finished, he said goodbye without looking at me, I shook his hand and he left.
The soldier told me:
Madiba that man must have been very ill, seeing as his hands didn't stop shaking while he ate.-
Absolutely no! The reason for his trembling is another.
Then I told him:
That man was the warden of the prison where I stayed. After he tortured me, I screamed and cried asking for some water and he came humiliated me, laughed at me, and instead of giving me water, he urinated in my head.
He is not sick, he was afraid that I, now president of South Africa, would send him to prison and do to him what he did to me. But I'm not like that, this conduct is not part of my character, nor of my ethics.
′′Minds that seek revenge destroy states, while those that seek reconciliation build nations.
As I stepped out the door to start a new chapter in my life, I realized that in order to truly embrace my freedom, I needed to let go of all the anger, hatred, and resentment that had weighed me down. I knew that holding onto those negative emotions would only keep me imprisoned.."-Nelson Mandela.
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"7 WAYS TO GET BETTER"
"1. Stop hating on others
2. Practice love
3. Deal with bitterness
4. Deal with malice
5. Deal with anger
6. Control your reactions
7. Learn to respond rather than reacting
You see, these seven points holds the key to how you thrive in this increasingly complex world."-Dele Olawanle's post on X-platform (2024).
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"Word of Advice to Someone:"
"When you are agitated, don't make decisions, or you will be decapitated. Instead, calm yourself. Force yourself not to panic by adopting a command presence. You cannot influence what is outside of you if you do not first control what is inside you. As much as God loved Moses, He did not allow him enter the Promised Land because of an action Moses took in anger. To act in anger is to make a pact with danger."-Reno Omokri's post on X-platform (2024).
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