From the Editor: A house built on a rock

From the Editor: A house built on a rock

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In a time of unprecedented uncertainty, when nothing is guaranteed, especially longevity, many of us are searching for an anchor, a sense of stability and continuity. Instead of trying to peer into a murky future, maybe we should hang our faith on the past.

It’s said that history is written by the victor, but there is a much more powerful personal and social history that binds us strongly together, one that has been handed down by word of mouth from one generation to the other. Like a safety net, it links seemingly disparate individuals together in an understanding of what it takes to survive, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

As most South Africans celebrate the Cradle of Humankind, we in the Overberg take pride in the presence along this coastline of pre-historic ancestors. If any people lived lives of uncertainty and danger, it was they, and almost certainly, if they had not sustained strong interpersonal and inter-generational bonds, they would not have survived and we wouldn’t be here today, worrying about our future.

Which brings us to the concept of legacy – not once-in-a-lifetime achievements by individual game-changers, but the ordinary day-to-day legacy of ordinary individuals, passed on from one generation to the next in stories.

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