Mzukhology

"...Khwela Sow'Bhatele..."    ~A Xhosa proverb I have been pondering this phrase for hours. With the co-thought of a good friend, where have successfully established two philosophical vantage points with endless applications as outlined below: (1) [...The Sunk cost fallacy. Which is defined and describes as when an individual continues a behaviour or endeavour as a result of previously invested resources (time, money or effort)...] I pre-apologize for this, but an example that low hanging fruit and which I plan to pick is the relationships we as times pursue as a generation. Ladies am not picking on you, BUT, how many times have you heard "We have been together for chomi" or "He is the father of my child I must bekezela" <...Vele ku ngase ndiqhabe umntu...> Anyway, This is the sunk cost fallacy in play. Due to the time invested in and bonds sort of permanent created in the relationship, one feels it's worth enduring until de...

"... Love is not Happy with Evil but is happy with the Truth ..." ~1 Corinthians 13:6 The thing we introduced to pre-marital relationships and we call dating is dragging the name of Marriage through the mud. There is a reason it was and is still called 'Holy Matrimony' but I will not get into that now. Right now I want to get into this thing we invented without the Churches approval and against its wishes, we chose to call 'Dating' ***Story Time One day, on a bronze summer afternoon. The sun was showing off the beauty of its colours as it danced with the atmosphere nearing the horizon, to meet its fate and fall off to the other side of the World. A young lady, walking up the street with peaky breast shooting through her princess Cinderella t-shirt. Had freshly relaxed hair so silky you'd swear she washed it with diamond dust. Eyes so big, innocent and filled with a crisp hope of the future. While walking up the streets, making her way to the Spaza shop...