There is no crisis!

I’m sure you have heard the phrase-”There is no crisis!” A phrase made popurlar by former South African president Thabo Mbeki. He made this statement famous when asked about the situation in Zimbabwe.

But lately, the ANC leadership has warmed up to Mbeki’s words, denying that there is any crisis in the state affairs of the country. The most memorable to me is ANC president Jacob Zuma saying “No..there is no crisis, where is the crisis? there is no crisis.

Tell you the truth, I don’t think there is a crisis either, well not yet. But if ministers,mpls and premieres continue to resign or being sacked then we might be headed for a crisis. With the recent credit crunch – volatility of the world markets and the bankrupcy of Lehman Brothers, and the continuing global food crisis, I think within a space of 3 months we will be deep in ish!

So no, no crisis here, but come back in three months or so, then my firend I will show you a catastrophe. God forbid!

It could have been worse

Surely when a mishap occurs one of the questions we ask ourselves is “why me?” or maybe “why now?”. I had something bad happen to me today – messed up my dad’s car!

 

Well the fault is mechanical i.e. could have happened to anyone, I think. On my way to work just a few 100 metres from home I could not change from 2nd to 3rd gear. I could feel some smoothness in the clutch and I knew something was wrong. My mind worked quickly though and I managed to turn back and park the car back in the drive way. Luckily for me I was on an incline and on my way back I had a slope and the car had enough power to climb up our steep driveway.

 

After I had parked the car I wondered – why me? why now? But after some deep thinking I realised it could have been worse. What if I was moving up a busy road? What if I was in town? surely it happened at the right place maybe not the right time as I was rushing to work. This “unfortunate” situation made me realise that we can see the good in bad situations!

 

Count your blessings, analyse every incident and think of a quick solution before you start ranting, swearing and cursing. It could have been worse, but thank God it turned out like it did. Now I have to figure out a way to fix that car. Word of advice, buy a brand new car and you probably won’t get caught up in an unfortunate situation.

Thats life!