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ek loop die fyn lyn                       I walk the fine line tussen                                            between swem of verdrink                         swimming or drowning een voet                                       one foot                   voor                                             in front of                             die ander                                          the other stap vir stap                                  step by step     as ek bekommer                      if I worry           help dit nie                                it doesn’t help                die resultaat                               the result                     is die selfde                                is the same die lewe gaan maar aan          life just carries on ek soek die                                   I seek the          opegewondenheid                       excitement             van elke                                              of each             oomblik                                              moment my sieel                                         my soul                is gaar                                         is ready                           om te ontspan                            to relax soos die                                         just like the                       springkaan                                    grasshopper moet ek leer                                  I must learn van die miere                                from the ants om te bespaar                               to save
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Feb 23, 2012
Feb 23, 2012 at 5:07 AM UTC
stap vir stap ~ step by step
ek loop die fyn lyn                       I walk the fine line tussen                                            between swem of verdrink                         swimming or drowning een voet                                       one foot                   voor                                             in front of                             die ander                                          the other stap vir stap                                  step by step     as ek bekommer                      if I worry           help dit nie                                it doesn’t help                die resultaat                               the result                     is die selfde                                is the same die lewe gaan maar aan          life just carries on ek soek die                                   I seek the          opegewondenheid                       excitement             van elke                                              of each             oomblik                                              moment my sieel                                         my soul                is gaar                                         is ready                           om te ontspan                            to relax soos die                                         just like the                       springkaan                                    grasshopper moet ek leer                                  I must learn van die miere                                from the ants om te bespaar                               to save
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jeannine-davidoff
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Feb 23, 2012
Feb 23, 2012 at 5:07 AM UTC
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