On the 31st of December 2006, Mr. James Mooketsi, a well-known television presenter, invited David to give a motivational speech after his late Grandmother’s unveiling ceremony. He arrived with his head held high, full of confidence. It was around ten o’clock in the morning when he rocked the stage before the audience at Kopanong community hall in Lakensburg.
“Good evening everyone, I am David from the village called Masakeng. Truly, God gave me power to directly deliver his message and empower you all. Now in order for you to be remembered, begin by doing things in the most admirable manner. Aspire now to do something interesting and inspiring, and I promise your name will be remembered by many in the future.
“If you are always doing good, behaving well, and pursuing the truth, you will be remembered, at least by those with positive minds. Those negative people with empty heads will not care to remember, for they always take other people’s visions for granted.
“As a whole, we cannot all have the same visions with the same meanings. One may share a dream with someone else, but likely that dream will play out in different ways, leading to different futures.
“Individually, there should be something in your life that you desire to be remembered. Living your life with nothing to hold on to will result in a depressing existence. Currently, some of us are busy running to complete the race of life before time runs out. To these I say ‘Run with purpose, do not just run.’ If you run aimlessly, you might find yourself back at the beginning with nothing to show for your effort other than exhaustion.
“You do not have to be educated for your memory to come to people’s minds. You were born with something great to deliver when the right time comes. Now this is it. It is your moment to start doing what you were brought here for. You must believe that everything you touch can be enriched by your good deeds.
“Enjoy doing even those things you believe might become complicated in the future, for many will not take the difficult path. Only you will be remembered as the brave one. Some other guy back in the day started dreaming at a tender age. His was a dream with a mission to be accomplished tomorrow. Today he stands atop the wall that once stood before him, doing what he wanted, wished, loved, and had foreseen.
“I still remember the words of my former principal at Reagile High School where I matriculated in 2005. Mr Phefo spoke at assembly early one morning, emphasizing the importance of the word respect. He said: ‘If you are misbehaving and disrespecting your teachers today, know that I will never forget all that you are doing now tomorrow. It will always be on my mind. That is how you will be remembered. If you do have a strong heart; a powerful mind capable of thinking straight, strong teeth to eat like a lion, the ability to move fast like a cheetah, and genuine intellect and eloquence like a rabbit, tell yourself internally: I am a giant! There is no need to tell anyone else, for that is how you will be remembered tomorrow, as a giant!’
“Learn to live with others in peace, instead of fighting for no reason. Fighting with others will make people want to forget your presence, resulting in you not being remembered at all. Still, make sure not to limit yourself by following the wrong path in order to be seen as the best. You do not have to complicate your life by trying to stand tall so that everybody can see and recognize you… No! Alternatively, be presentable every day, greet others in a most decent way, and have the ability to live under different circumstances with clear communicative skills. You may be remembered yes! But that will depend on how your behaviour was previously.
“Sometimes it happens that we misuse things we have and mislead our followers. Yet, regardless of our mistakes, our expectations remain fixed. We still want to lead and treat others positively. One fact you should know about the people who live around you is that they will remember you either in a positive or negative way according to what you have done in your lifetime.
“Looking back on those memories I can still recall from my childhood, I realize that good things never last, no matter how well we try to care for them. My late grandmother used to sacrifice some of her most important moments just to encourage me to never give up. She told me to keep on pursuing whatever I wanted during this journey of life. While it is hard to climb a mountain she said, there is always the hope of reaching the top. This is how she is remembered… She inspired and motivated me to stand like a man today.
“If you really do believe that God has given you a unique gift at the time of your birth, the talent to inspire and motivate others, then do not waste it. Use it to change people’s lives. If you do this, your name will undoubtedly be well-known. When you do something today, think about how it will affect tomorrow. How will you benefit from the choice you made today?
“Your life should speak on your behalf, so do not praise your own name. Your name should be praised by other people once you have successfully fulfilled your goals. Before you do something, think of what it will mean when you are gone. Strive to make your presence mean something unique and clear.
“As you know, being alive does not mean you are necessarily living the normal life you always wanted. There are often unknowns in life that you will discover much later. Still, you search for the answers.
“Life is like a mountain climbing game, a difficult one which cannot be won without having to face any number of problems. But after completing such a complicated game, you get to be well known. Tomorrow, you will be recognized as one of the first to use unknown mind skills and thinking techniques.
“Ask yourself this question, ‘What kinds of lessons am I teaching others now that could be useful to the next generation?’ Think hard about this question. Go deep into your brain and seek the relevant answer… It is there in your mind. Actually there are many answers to be found there if you search long enough. These answers can help get you back on track.
“Try to keep the good lessons you have learned from your elders safe. The knowledge you gained from them after your mind had been properly stretched out is powerful. You can pass on the lessons they taught you to others, feeding young minds the healthy food they need to grow and improve. One of the kindest things to do is help people open their minds wide, leaving them stable enough to function well on their own. This is a mind healing technique that will benefit both you and them.
“Good functioning of the mind means thinking straight and behaving well. In this way, you will be forever remembered for other developing minds. Ask yourself ‘how different am I of all other people around me, and what will I become in upcoming years?’ Always think ahead and dream big. If you do keep on dreaming, your life could possibly change to be of great success. The other way around, think big and dream a little, for if you persist on dreaming big, you may end up not waking up and there will be no wake up calls.
“The world should know and recall something good; sweet or bad about you. Most of the people these days, really believe that someday they will be other people’s role models, by means of working very hard with substantial belief for reaching the height. All that, gets to be possible if you really meant it before. You do not have to change your behaviour or how you live just because of tomorrow’s eyes.
“Instead, live your life the way you used to and obviously that will be seen by everybody else around you and fully adjusted. Learn how to observe other people’s attitudes, the most positive ones to be useful to others in future but coming directly from you, well-shaped and adjusted. Let your mind control and lead like a chief executive officer (CEO) of well huge known running organization Nationwide, the whole body should properly be controlled and leaded by your mind-set. The way you think, it is how your whole body parts will do, for they are all part of your mind’s assistants CEO’s employees.
“Think like a robot that is designed and programmed with purpose to do certain things on a daily basis, it does the same thing with its fixed made mind-set to accomplish the missions. You may be in charge of leadership of others by means of only acting in a democratic way, and thinking success, for that is the thing will persuade other people to follow your footstep. Whenever you see something as the opportunity, just go through that particular thing and believe it was made for only you.
“You are the best of the better, for if you keep on doing what you think might be rewarded, just go big and surely your name will be changed to extraordinary you. Determination of your success’s destination based on how positive your mind operates currently, for its voice will be heard today and used as motivation tomorrow. There is a much difference between being recalled by your deeds and the ordinary you, things you were taught previously by somebody else and teach other people now, will be recalled for a shorter period of time (short-term). But the authenticity you things you were born with, will always be recalled for a longer period of time (long-term), for you present them perpetually everyday so, nobody can ever forget that. There is nothing more interesting like seeing somebody trying their best, just to become like you are. To become the lighter of many candles, gives much pride and also at the same time, it helps to lessen the darkness.
“Same as to offer other people your assistance in terms of educating them for tomorrow’s preparation. Afterwards the guarantees are as follows: expectation of poverty alleviation in terms of skills you have offered to those who are hungry for doing with their own hands in order to create themselves employment; corruption will be lessened and promisingly our country (South Africa) will be of peace and the exemplar of the whole continent (Africa).
“You should leave the world with something unique to be remembered with, when you are no longer there. You may be remembered by many things, for example: being the world’s known fighter – what kind of a fighter? A freedom fighter? The one who should make sure that everybody is rejoicing today; tomorrow and forever. By saying the one who should make sure that everybody is rejoicing today; tomorrow and forever, I am referring to our own father, Nelson Mandela as we all know he fought for us during the tough and rough times.
“Here we are today, it is because of what he did yesterday with his kindness for us to know the exact definition of the word “freedom”. We now all united as one big happy family_ Tata Madiba will never be forgotten; his name will always remain within our minds and be recalled. Have you noticed that somebody out there is trying their best to master the exercise you are on about now? Which exercise? The positive mind practice, if you do have a strong ability to think and face complexities in a simplest way, then you are richer than the world’s riches.
“While you are showing other people new ways of how to deal with variable things smoothly__ just immediately know that you were born rich within your mind and you will finally be remembered as the world’s greatest thinking machine in South Africa (S.A). The only way to lead, it is when you decide to live a positive life, by means of providing others with something that will satisfy them.
“Honestly nobody can waste their time following the one with an empty stomach with their stomach empty too. Be the light of others, bright before their eyes to see and then they will be your power to success. Individually, work out hard and get a chance to develop the word “success”. Playing somebody else’s role it is not that simple as you think it is, actually you should be responsible enough and know what are the main reasons for you to play such role. You may use that role as the authority to either destruct or rebuild the collapsed building by expansion. Plant a seed; water it; take care of it and never disrupt its growing process. Step back for other people to see the outcomes of your strength, that is when you will get to be praised and known tomorrow. You were born to make difference, showing others how to do things differently.
“Be the one who should be known by many people with your good work. Inspiring; persuading and motivating others, depends on the level of your eloquence. Let others prove what they are of, never try to copy what they are, convince others with something dissimilar to theirs for you to never ever be forgotten. Remain fixed in whatever you are embarking for that is the first important step from your old life to the new life.”
He inspired many people, and their support was so unlimited.
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What do you want to be remembered by?