This episode (poem) takes me to the beginning of my life journey in the little rural village of Moripane, outside Jane Furse, under Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality, in the Sekhukhune District of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. This village is the stage on which my childhood movie plays. It offers me a sense of belonging and personal identity. Our communal life defined this beginning. We were poor yet blessed with the abundance mentality and sharing lifestyle that helped us cope with life's challenges. The village had abundant love, togetherness, culture, tradition, and practices. It gave us leaders in all spheres of our lives. I got my early inspiration from this little rural village of Moripane. It was not designed to become a great village. But the spirit of its villagers was just too big. They contributed their hard-earned funds to the good of the primary school and the community as a whole. Read more about this village in Chapter 4 - The Beginning, in my book, Holistic CAREER Development COACHING and MENTORSHIP Perspective! The Insights from my Personal and Professional Development Journey! It is published by Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), amazon.com/author/coach-samtsima-2023. This is the first book in the series, COACHING and MENTORSHIP Professional Development, and comes in three different editions, namely, eBook, Hardcover, and Paperback. 

The reason I wrote this first book, Holistic CAREER Development COACHING and MENTORSHIP Perspective! The Insights from my Personal and Professional Development Journey! and why the series, COACHING and MENTORSHIP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, at Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). 

Life is like a chain with a serial assembly of connected pieces called links, typically made of metal. These links have an overall character similar to a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension. The chain could have two or more links (Wikipedia definition of a chain). Our lives are like that. We have a never-ending connection with the generations before and after us. That chain of life made of generations cannot and must never be broken if humanity is to be preserved. Therefore, the various generations in our life are like chain links and ensure the continuity of the communities, society, and world nations. 

There is a famous idiomatic expression in my Sepedi language that goes this way, “Rutang bana ditaola, le se ye le tsona badimong”. We must teach the children the ins and outs of traditional healing practices before we die and leave this earthly life. The message here is that we are all tasked to transfer our knowledge, insights, experiences, wisdom, and all other inheritances from generations before us and those we accumulated to the generations after us. This includes preserving the resources, infrastructure, amenities, and facilities. That is the main objective of my writing and the series. 

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