Khumbulani Mpofu
2 min readJun 2, 2019

"In the absence of stuff, what will you leave behind?"

Pause for the thought. Allow yourself to dig deep and to reflect on this. When your days are done on this one earth, what legacy do you leave? What are you leaving behind?

This begs a second question. What is your purpose? And how deep have you gone to define and find that? Are you about accumulating cash? Or are you about giving back? What gives you the most satisfaction?

I had these existential questions often when my reality broke down. See “Fear”. I had to confront my self and to weed out my demons. And I am still fighting them, but I now know where I stand, with myself. And that knowledge is not complete and I am still searching myself and pickpocketing myself.

Truth is, when you get to the moment of clarity, everything about you changes, and you become unrecognisable to those who knew you before. You become a different person bro. Unless that reality arrived a whole earlier and didnt confuse a lot of people. Its what is called self-transformation. And you unwound yourself and become anew. You are renewed.

And you become more productive towards your intentions and aspirations. You have a centre and a compass, and you work towards your true north. You become the author of your own Revelations, and your own horoscope. You start seeing into your future more clearly.

So dig deep bro, what are all the things that you will leave behind? Will you build for the next generation? Or will you leach and complain about privilege and leave nothing but the memory of your name on a tombstone?

Whatever it is that you want to leave behind, build on it, or start building it now. After you have found yourself and your purpose.

Its your world.

Khumbulani Mpofu
Khumbulani Mpofu

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