Be Selfish and Feel Good About It

Volksrust Recorder - Column/Rubrieke10 Recorder 23 January 2015

Die nut

van die Bybel

National EnvironmentalManagement: Waste Act 59 of2008

Volksrust / SemeBusiness Column

Ps. 119:105 U woord is ‘n lamp vir my voeten ‘n lig vir my pad.Nut of nuttig veronderstel bruikbaarheid datons dit vir iets nuttig kan aanwend! Heb. 1:1Nadat God baiekeer en op baie maniere in dieou tyd gespreek het tot die vaders deur dieprofete.Dit is belangrik om te besef dat God dieOuteur is wat die Bybel deur mense laatneerpen het. Uit Sy mond het die skrywersverneem wat hulle moet neerskryf. 2Pet.1:20-21 terwyl julle veral dít moet weet, datgeen profesie van die Skrif ‘n saak van eieuitlegging is nie; want geen profesie is ooitdeur die wil van ‘n mens voortgebring nie,maar, deur die Heilige Gees gedrywe, hetdie heilige mense van God gespreek. Baiemense wil vandag net die seën uit die Bybelontvang. Hulle wil God nie gehoorsaam nie,veral wanneer daar iets van hulle gevra worden hulle God moet gehoorsaam enonverskrokke volg en opoffer. Vandag poogmense om die Woord van God af te breek omsodoende God se gesag en Sy inspirasie vandie Woord te probeer afbreek sodat hulle kanleef en doen soos hulle wil. Die feit bly egterstaan dat God hierdie Woord gegee het ennie vragskepe vol tekskritiek en teorieë vanevolusie en welke teorieë ookal kan God as

die Outeur van die Bybel weg verklaar nie.Die vraag vir ons is; Hoe sien ons die Woordvan God? Het God se Woord vandag vir onsenige nut? Is die Woord van God vir onsgesaghebbend en winsgewend, komende vanGod vir ons lewe? Ps. 119:105 sê die Woordis God se lig op u en my pad. HY verlig dieweg wat Hy weet die beste vir die mens issodat hulle dit kan bewandel. Ps. 119:130Die opening van u woorde gee lig; dit maakdie eenvoudiges verstandig. Ons wordverstandig wanneer ons na die Here luister!Jer. 29:11 Want Ék weet watter gedagtes Ekaangaande julle koester, spreek die HERE,gedagtes van vrede en nie van onheil nie, omjulle ‘n hoopvolle toekoms te gee. God weetwat die beste vir u en my is en daarom verligHy ons pad om ons te lei na wat die heelbeste is vir ons. Rom. 8:28 En ons weet datvir hulle wat God liefhet, alles ten goedemeewerk, vir hulle wat na sy voorneme geroepis. God se Woord onderrig ons sodat onsHom kan behaag en ons lewens Homverheerlik. Sy Woord leer ons hoe Hy onssien; hoe om ‘n kind van God te word (Joh.3:3); wat sonde is; wat Sy wil is en nie is nie;wat Sy eis m.b.t. heiligheid is ens. Die doelvan God se Woord is dat dit nuttig vir onsmoet wees. Ps. 119:104, 105 Uit u bevele

kry ek verstand; daarom haat ek elkeleuenpad. U woord is ‘n lamp vir my voet en‘n lig vir my pad. God se Woord kom uit Syhart vir ‘n mensdom wat Hom vandag baienodig het en Hy spreek tot ons deur SyWoord. Aanvaarding van die Woord van Godas komende van Hom en studie van Sy Woordgee vir ons wysheid m.b.t. die dinge van dieHere en wat Sy wil vir ons as mens is en ditbring ons op ‘n plek waar Hy met ons kanpraat en met ons werk. Baie mense het al foutegemaak wat hulle nie sou gemaak het indienhulle die Woord van die Here beter geken hetnie. Ps. 119:11 Ek het u woord in my hartgebêre, dat ek teen U nie sal sondig nie. Diebeste manier om foute te vermy is om meer tebid, meer die Bybel te bestudeer en jougemoed met die Woord te vul. 2Pet. 3:18Maar julle moet toeneem in die genade enkennis van onse Here en Saligmaker, JesusChristus. Hou aan om die Bybel te lees, tebepeins en dit te lewe. Groete in Sy Naam.Ds. Jan Keyser

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The Waste Act is legislation which was developed under the National EnvironmentalManagement Act and is regarded as a specific Environmental Management Act (SEMA)which deals with waste management.The overall purpose of the Act was to amend the law regulating the management of waste inorder to protect people and the environment.This is achieved by putting minimum requirements in place for any person who produces orhandles waste. It has further improved the system for licensing of waste managementactivities, in order to control these activities and to ensure that they do not impact on humanhealth and the environment.Waste Act objectivesSome of the objectives of the Waste Management Act are to protect health, well-being andthe environment by providing reasonable measures for:- minimizing the consumption of natural resources- avoiding and minimizing the generation of waste- reducing, re-using, recycling and recovering waste- treating and safely disposing of waste as a last resort- preventing pollution and ecological degradation- securing ecologically sustainable development while promoting justifiable economic andsocial development- promoting and ensuring the effective delivery of waste services- remediating land where contamination presents, or may present, a significant risk of harm tohealth or the environment, and- achieving integrated waste management reporting and planning.Waste management approach adoptedThe most significant aspect of the Waste Act is that it adopts a recognised waste managementhierarchy system which says that waste must first be avoided, and where it cannot beavoided it must be reduced, reused, recycled or recovered and only disposed of if there isnothing else that could be done with it.The Act further sets the requirements for storage of waste, as well as the containers forstorage. The main consideration is pollution prevention from spillage and escape of wastefrom the storage area – only approved containers may be used for storing waste.Waste management dutiesGeneral Duties in Respect of Waste Management are summarised as follows:A holder of waste must, within the holder’s power, take all reasonable measures to :- avoid the generation of waste and where such generation cannot be avoided, to minimizethe toxicity and amounts of waste that are generated- reduce, re-use, recycle and recover waste- where waste must be disposed of, ensure that the waste is treated and disposed of in an

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environmentally sound manner- manage the waste in such a manner that itdoes not endanger health or the environmentor cause a nuisance through noise, odour orvisual impacts- prevent any employee or any person underhis or her supervision from contravening thisAct- prevent the waste from being used for anunauthorized purpose.Any person who sells a product that may beused by the public and that is likely to resultin the generation of hazardous waste musttake reasonable steps to inform the public ofthe impact of that waste on health and theenvironment.Waste Act & non-compliance penaltiesThe Act lists the different sections of Actwherein non-compliances thereto willconstitute an offense. The penalties for eachoffense are set by a Magistrate, however theAct gives the maximum of R 10 million ormaximum of 10 years imprisonment, or both.Penalties will vary depending on the extent

or the severity of the offense committed.

ChangeYourStory

With Jacques de Villiers

The Volksrust/Seme Business Chamberwill have its first public meeting on 24February 2015. Everyone interested in beingpart of Volksrust’s future is invited to attend.Venue and time will be confirmed.

Do you ever feel guilty when you’re selfish?You know, when you do something just foryou?I did.If I wasn’t putting my family first, going tobat for my clients 100% and slaving away tomake sure that everyone in my ecosystemwas ok, then I felt guilty.This was up until I came to the concept ofselfishness through an Irishman called PhilipMcKernan who runs an intervention calledAuthentic Goal Setting.He asked one of his clients what he likeddoing. After some time and prompting, theclient finally admitted that he liked yachting.But that he didn’t do it anymore.McKernan asked him if his family mindedwhen he spent time on the yacht. His answerwas illuminating. He claimed that there wasmore harmony in the house because he wasin a better mood.He felt more relaxed, invigorated and centredafter a session of yachting. He enjoyed hisfamily more and they him.McKernan then berated him. He said that hewas selfish by not going yachting. Surely, ifit put him in a better mood, made him a betterfather, a better husband, a better person …surely that’s a good thing?And, for me that’s the ‘aha moment’. If wegive everything to others and leave nothingfor ourselves, then we are doomed to beunhappy. And, if we make ourselves unhappy,that’s just being selfish, isn’t it?Because when we’re happy, it rubs off onthose we love and they become happy. So,it’s a win-win all round.

Be Selfish and Feel Good About ItThe bottom line is that we need ‘me’ time.I’ve met so many couples that may as well bejoined at the hip because they do everythingtogether. It is almost as if one can’t functionwithout the other, they’re so co-dependent.They become ‘us’ but lose their individualidentity in the process.One of our biggest drivers is the need forsignificance.In a relationship environment there’s a lot of‘us’ and very little ‘me’.We’ve been brainwashed that if we spend‘me’ time, we’re being selfish.But if you buy into McKernan’s concept ofselfishness, then being ‘selfish’ is not a badthing, is it?Be a bit selfish. Do something that you love.Go fishing. Read a book. Yacht. Have a facial.Hang out with friends. Meditate. Go to gym.Run. Collect stamps. Bake. Hike. Sit. Breathe.Whatever it is that inspires you, go on, do it.Be selfish and take some ‘me’ time.What’s the worst that can happen? You mayfeel happier. Lighter. More centred. Grateful.You may just become a better mommy, daddy,son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother,employee, employer … that can’t ever be abad thing, can it?Connect with you next week … I’m off tospend an hour or so at the lake with myfishing rod and maybe catch a Bass or two.And, if I don’t … so what? I’m connectingwith me and being selfish.Check out Authentic Goal Setting http://mindvalleyacademy.com/store/authentic-goal-setting/For further information:Jacques de Villierswww.jacquesdevilliers.co.za082 906 3693