Category: family
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Hope against cynicism.
There is nothing quite so sad as a young cynic; because it means they have moved from knowing nothing to believing nothing. Maya Angelou “To be sceptical is to say I’m willing to explore and learn and question. To be cynical is to say it is not true because nothing is ever true. To be…
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Make room in your heart.
A story is told of this little boy who was supposed to act as the inn keeper in the Christmas Bible story. As the Bible tells it, Emperor Augustus orders a census in the whole Roman empire. Everyone, then, went to register himself, each to his own town.Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in…
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#6 Everyone else first.
Has anyone else noticed that majority of our mothers’ take care of everything and everyone else before they think of themselves ? I want to take every opportunity of the rest of my time with my mother giving her her flowers and appreciating her for always putting us first. Read more from my other blog,…
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Meaningful Conversation
I have this friend who has taught me what it means by conversation. She has very strong opinions and I too have very strong opinions. We agree on principle and mostly disagree when it comes to context. We have lots of conversations about so many things ranging from Spirituality (Faith/God), relationships, family, work, career, cultures,…
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Everybody needs somebody.
Somebody who is your person. To the world you may be one person but to one person you can be the world. They are lucky who find someone like this in their lifetime. Their person. This is extremely special and would be the best experience in any human lifetime. Think about having someone in your…
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Words that old school parents only insinuate.
I love you. There is a category of parents from different tribes, ethnic groups, nationalities, …through different continents who just won’t say they love you. They can go to the Moon and back for you. They in fact do things that prove this. They will rip the coat off of their own back to cover…
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Why don’t we hold men to the same moral standards as women ?
For so long people who claim to transform the world and get rid of toxic masculinity and the patriarchy that formulates rules to keep a firm grip on women. One thing though is subtly handled and that is the morality standards by which women are held and yet men are supposed to live a life…
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LOVING ON THE BOYS IN MY LIFE.
I am a firm believer in the school of thought that all human beings seek to be truly loved and accepted; to be seen and heard and to connect with each other. This is the core of our being. We seek to live in relationship with each other, in communion with one another and in…