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Running Through Pain, Toward Glory

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  Above: 2023 Comrades Down run to Durban The Final Stretch: Running Through Pain, Toward Glory There are moments in life when the body is failing, the mind is clouded, and all that keeps you moving is something far deeper—something eternal. That was my reality as I approached the final kilometers of the 2025 Comrades Marathon. And today, I want to share that experience alongside a memory from over twenty years ago—a time when the finish line looked very different, but the spiritual lesson was just as profound. A Road Marked by Pain The last 7 kilometers of Comrades 2025 were like a desert—scattered with runners who had collapsed from exhaustion. Some lay flat on the hot tar, others slumped against walls, broken by the journey. I knew the danger of stopping. My legs trembled. My balance disappeared whenever I paused. Only forward motion, no matter how slow, kept me upright. I needed to average 8 minutes per kilometer in those final moments, but my body was moving at double that...
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Acts of the President - laws 86 to 100

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  Law 86 of 100: (7 Decem ber 2024): The president of the country will set a good example for the whole country by being as fit and strong as he or she possibly can be and then to challenge everybody to care for their bodies. Image by  Ирик Асфандияров  from  Pixabay Law 87 of 100 (7 December 2024): All parents will make sure that their children will be exposed to four sports or hobbies during their first twelve years and then motivate them to choose at least one of those to focus on for at least one year. Image by  Nicky ❤️🌿🐞🌿❤️  from  Pixabay Law 88 of 100 (7 December 2024): Every parent must participate in at least one sport activity for at least 90 minutes per week. It could be 15 minutes of walking for six days of the week or 90 minutes of running or walking once a week or other combinations of frequency and times. Picture Generated by META AI - Hansie Louw Law 89 of 100 (9 January 2025): Each person older than ten should think of one idea that...
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Acts of the President - law 76 to 85

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 This continues the acts of the president - ideas that could turn into acts that could feed millions. Law 76 of 100 (22/6/2024): every person should have the opportunity to get involved in a small business to learn how to work with ideas, people, challenges and money. A short course of a practical nature is compulsory for everybody once they have turned 17 years of age. People over 17 will have the opportunity to do this course in the five years after this act has started to become the law. Image by  Phuong Nguyen  from  Pixabay Law 77 of 100: (27/6/2024): Be aware of the times around changes of seasons on calendars - these are the 20 days around each equinox or solstice - that is March, June, September, December. These are times for reconciliation with people, land, God and my Destiny. The enemy wants to disrupt these times as there is a special opportunity or window open here during those times. Image by  Frank Winkler  from  Pixabay Law 78 of 100: (...
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Acts of the President - Act 64 to 75

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  Image by  Chil Vera  from  Pixabay Law 64 of 100: (9/4) - Education Reform Act: The focus of education will shift towards nurturing entrepreneurship and the associated job market that bolsters and advances entrepreneurial endeavours. Tasks traditionally managed by the state will be outsourced to entrepreneurs and their companies, rendering the state a lean and financially viable entity. Image by  nguyen nghia  from  Pixabay Law 65 of 100: (10/4) - Every adult person in the country will receive a entrepreneurship subsidy. That could be used to start a small business or to work with people in a corporation to start a bigger entity that could provide an income to the investor and investor/worker in that bigger entity. A number of people with building skills could work together to tender for building contracts. That may again be a smaller company that work in partnership with a number of other small companies or entities. Image by  John Hain  f...
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Dr Pam Popper on Exercise for Depression

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  Exercise vs Drugs for Depression Pam Poppe r, President Wellness Forum Health According to a new study, running works just as well for relieving depression and anxiety as drugs. Researchers partially randomized 141 patients with depression or anxiety disorder to either an antidepressant (Lexapro or Zoloft) or group-based running therapy two to three times per week for 16 weeks. Mental health, symptom severity and physical health were evaluated at baseline and then at the end of the 16-week period. Forty-five of the patients took meds, and 96 underwent running therapy. The reason for the difference in the size of the groups is that most of the patients did not want to be randomized and preferred to be part of the running group.   Running resulted in a small but statistically insignificant greater remission rate than drugs. But there were much greater differences in other markers of health. Runners fared better on weight loss, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood ...
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