today, is a bittersweet day. yesterday, one of the most important people in the world left this earth - and left us all feeling a little more empty inside. there are very few words that can capture his life, the impact he left, and the inevitable gap left in all of us. so i do nothing in my own words. instead i share some of my favourite moments, and snapshots of his life - quotes and images and films.
i encourage you all - if you have not already - to watch this beautiful video, and read this incredible tribute to mandela. it's heartbreaking, and telling, and beautiful, and telling - of a life of someone who was so much more than a man.
Rest in Peace, Madiba. Mathongo amnandi.
“Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.” Nelson Mandela (1996)
i encourage you all - if you have not already - to watch this beautiful video, and read this incredible tribute to mandela. it's heartbreaking, and telling, and beautiful, and telling - of a life of someone who was so much more than a man.
i also encourage you - in my sports biased way - to watch the 30 for 30 documentary called 'the 16th man'. a beautiful piece on mandela's part in the bringing together of a nation over rugby - and demonstrating that in the moment he shook the hand of the springbok's captain in the '95 rugby world cup, he symbolized leading a nation away from the apartheid and a segregated state, into a place of rebuilding, and solidarity.
Rest in Peace, Madiba. Mathongo amnandi.