White noise is too much, traffic is too much, shopping is too much, queueing is too much, work is too much, bringing a smile to your face is too much, corruption is too much, lack of service delivery gets too much, WhatsApp group chats get too much and thinking about new year’s resolutions – well, that is just too much.

The list goes on because there is just too much of all the negative and so very little of the positive and the good … because we’ve just been experiencing too much of the negative.

Imagine a world where we all choose something better, something positive.

Yes, in the end, it boils down to choice does it not? When you get up in the morning, regardless of who you are – you choose to make a corrupt deal, you choose not to do what you need to and down the drain goes service, you choose to get in your car and drive like an idiot, you choose not to smile and not see the good things around you, you choose to be angry, you choose not to care, you choose whether you are going to obey the laws of the land … your attitude is your choice.

At the end of the day, it is your choices that define you.

Imagine we all choose to spread the best things in life because that better world starts with the choices we make for today and the future.

And at the end of the day, it should not be about how much money you’ve made, how much stuff you bought or what you can brag about, how many accidents you almost caused, how many dodgy deals you’ve sealed or how much power you have.

Your choices should be about how many hearts you’ve touched, how many people you loved and how many lives you’ve changed for the better.

It should be whether we can say I’ve made my choices for the better in the world, seeking the good the world needs, the good your neighbours need, the good we all need…

So what if we all make a positive choice today to keep fighting for the good, keep showing up and pushing for better things, keep loving and giving back, keep being kind and brave, keep caring and trying new things to make a positive difference, keep showing grace, keep on smiling and pay it forward … what if we choose to make a difference and choose the good things?

The world needs us to believe in the good, to spread the good and to make the good happen for a better world.
And at the end of this year, my wish for all of us is to see the good, to embrace it, to spread it – to live it!
May we all make the right choices today to make and be the difference the world needs.

With this, being our last printed edition for this year, we wish our valued customers and loyal readers, each in our community, a blessed festive season filled with love, joy, peace and happiness shared with your heart’s people.
May we all experience and spread the good and kinder things in life.

We will be back in office on January 2, 2025.

Stay blessed.

Carina van der Walt
Editor