My eyes on the price!

bytumelom03

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9 years ago

I'm Tumelo, a young filmmaker (I prefer calling myself a storyteller). I live in Johannesburg, South Africa - the economic hub of the continent. I work on a weekday television drama for our state broadcaster. I love what I do!

Three years ago I was at a youth camp in the first week of January when my friend and I decided to do the abseiling adventure course. A small group of us (about 8 people) led by our charismatic instructors hiked up a beautiful mountain. On our way up, conversations flowed and we discovered that the other people in the group were from our neighbouring countries; two young ladies and two guys from Botswana and a young lady from Namibia. Our conversation got so engaging, us defending our South African pride and the Botswana ladies on the offence. Little did I know that this wrestle of identity and patriotism would be a new beginning.

Several months after camp, I strike a conversation with one of the ladies from Botswana who had studied in South Africa and had contacts to an artist that I needed. The conversations soon turned into a mind tango that had me glued to my phone, waiting for the next ping, which sure came promptly. We discovered that we've been searching for each other in our spirits and we had now found each other in the physical realm.

Flash-forward, 3 years later, I want to make this gorgeous woman my wife. I am on a journey of discovering systems and principles that would allow us to live the multi-national lives that we are of. Avenues that would help us be there for each other, whether sowing our seed in South Africa, Botswana or elsewhere in this vast and abundant world.

My eyes are on the price. I'm grateful for WA and the opportunity it presents for us. I press on towards mastering the system and building a boundless future for myself and my African queen.

Thank you for sharing in my story.

Tumelo M.