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Life Hack’s, Wit,Wisdom; Whatever You Want To Call It

Life Hack’s, Wit, Wisdom, Or Whatever You Want To Call It

As an add on from last week’s show, The Fear of Self. We felt it was necessary to share in the Wit & Wisdom of our beloved ancestors.

Our aim was to lighten the mood by following in the footsteps of our previous show but provide you with some thought provoking quotes. We continued to us the African Wisdom Quotes from, Wit & Wisdom of Africa; Proverbs from Africa & the Caribbean, Written by Patrick Ibekwe. 

Sit back, enjoy and have fun as we use the wisdom from our fore-parents to assist us with the enlightenment that we seek.

Note: We had some technical difficulties during the airing of the show. These lead to the show being split into TWO parts.

Life Hack’s or Wisdom Part 1
Life Hack’s or Wisdom Part 2

Used as a method to enhance the psyche and spirit, these African proverbs will have you pondering their meaning as they relate to you and some of life’s mysteries.

At least we hope so. Regardless we just hope you have some fun, going through these.

Check out the list of some of the proverbs used for today’s show.

Wit & Wisdom - No matter how many times you wash a goat, it will still smell like a goat. (Ethiopia)

Meaning: Some situations will never change, no matter how many times you attempt to change them.

Wit & Wisdom - No matter how beautifully the chicken dances, it never pleases the hawk. (African Proverb)

Meaning: When someone doesn’t like you, no matter what you do, they will never like you.

Wit & Wisdom - A person who is always looking to the sky will never discover anything on the ground. Ewe, Ghana

Meaning: If you are constantly looking towards the future, you will lose sight of the present.

Wit & Wisdom - If your cow gives you milk, never let it suffer thirst. (African Proverb)

Meaning: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Wit & Wisdom - When the water rises, the fish eats the ant. When the water falls, the ant eats the fish. Malawi

Meaning: You today, Me tomorrow. Patience.

Never steal money, steal knowledge for you to make lots of money. Namibia

Meaning: Obtain the knowledge you need rather than the looking for the handout.

Everybody gives advice to build a house, but nobody wants to carry one load of grass.  
Oromo, Ethiopia
A lion does not turn around when a small dog barks. Namibia

Meaning: Don’t get distracted while on task.

One who has not listened to ‘leave it alone’ will listen to ‘how does it feel?’ Fulani (West Africa)

Meaning: Don’t be too prideful to take advice, it could save you in the end.

Thank you to all for joining us this week. We hope you had as much fun as we did going through these African Proverbs.

We would love to hear some of your favorite proverbs. Please feel free to leave your comments.

Till next week.

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