Jacques H Botes

09/12/2025

The holidays bring joy, but also a rise in home burglaries and scams.

Keep doors, and gates locked even when you’re home.

Avoid posting travel or shopping plans publicly on social media as it could lead to people tracking your whereabouts.

Double-check your alarm system and make sure your security provider has your latest contact details.

Keep outdoor lights or motion sensors on at night to deter intruders.

If you notice suspicious activity, don’t investigate, call your CrisisOnCall ProtectMe line for immediate armed response support.

Stay alert, stay safe, and enjoy your festive break with peace of mind.

09/12/2025

In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth? – Carl R. Rogers

08/12/2025

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It’s all those things that add up to the person you become. – Angelina Jolie

05/12/2025

To know how to grow old is the mater work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. – Henri F. Amiel

04/12/2025

It’s only a crazy dream until you do it. – Serena Williams

03/12/2025

People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. – Rob Siltanen

02/12/2025

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. – Ernest Hemingway

02/12/2025

01/12/2025

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now. – William H Murray

28/11/2025

28/11/2025

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw

27/11/2025

In conflict persons tend to choose the first comfortable response to the situation. The response is known as it was “practiced”. We tend to forget that we do have choice in our response to any given situation. There is an ancient Chinese saying: “A gentle response defuses anger, but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire”. The art is to become aware of all the different choices of response you have in any given situation. Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. – Mother Teresa

“Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them” (Ephesians 4:29).