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The moments between moments
The world has so few grand moments when you think of how we describe them The birth of a child, a birthday celebration, the anniversary, a graduation, engagement, wedding, a (desired/wanted) positive pregnancy result, a new job (dreamed of or not), a career milestone, a deal, “a breakthrough”,….. Every day, someone in some corner of…
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My little brother is my inspiration in this season….
…….and quite frankly, he is putting an indelible mark on me. This boy is 12. He has such a strong build for this age and thinks like he’s walked on this earth surface before. Some people get this while others don’t, as they voice observations that come off as completely indifferent to a child’s emotions.…
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I want to visit Brazil
What countries do you want to visit? The colour, the smiles, the dances, the food, the drums,…. and definitely see up close the Christ the redeemer statue. It all appeals to my African spirit. Whenever I watch them dance, it draws me on an inner deep level. I imagine that the people’s hearts are as…
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The same time will pass anyway
That thing you keep putting off, that thing that’s tedious and takes long… Your desire, a dream that now lingers in the back of your mind like a memory; it now plays like a movie you’ve seen before. It’s because you’ve imagined it so many times it feels like you’ve lived it. It will take…
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Everyone has a story
Everyone has a story, Everyone has been through something (things) that changed them Everyone is hopefully evolving daily and even through moments And hopefully changing in all the ways that make us better and not bitter. So, don’t judge people by the chapter you walked in on
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Happiness in moments
If happy should be a destination, an aspiration, a goal, then what happens after and beyond happy? For something as fleeting, happy should only be enjoyed in moments; small and big ones alike. Like wind, moments sip through our hands. There is no constant grand pristine state of being or existence, unless you should be…
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No one can love you like you…
…cause no one knows you like you. No one knows the baby in you that needs soothing like you. No one has experienced your joy like you have, born your sorrow to its depth, seen life through your lenses, felt the longings of your heart, dreamed the dreams of your mind, lived the insecurities of…
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Joy, be my guest
Come rushing like a hurricane, Come sprinkling like a drizzle, Come calming like a gentle breeze, Come blossoming like a flower, Come soothing like a healer, Come healing like a kiss, Come warming like a blanket, embracing like a hug, Come speaking hope like the good preacher professes, Come touching these dark hollow places and…
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Thank you Lord for…
Reciprocated love, the embrace of loved ones, the smiles of strangers, the cloth on my back, the resilience of my body, the strength and courage in my spirit, the roof that shelters me, the warmth of the sun, the promise it gives when it sets on the horizon before dusk, the promise fulfilled when it…
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Take care of yourself
” Take care of yourself so that when the people you love fall, your arms will be strong” Jennifer Laurence You should be self full to the point of overflowing in order to reach, touch and bless others. I used to fear self love because I mistook it for selfishness. There is a difference between…
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Love and Nurture
It’s often said that one shouldn’t speak about children and raising them unless they have had children of their own to raise. And yes, I absolutely believe that. I know nothing about raising one but I know a few things about being raised. Today I randomly came across a conversation between TD Jakes and Steve…
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Make mistakes …
“Make mistakes but don’t regret them. Regret is the hardest thing to carry when you get older.” This is the best advice I have heard today. Recently I had a huge imposter syndrome moment which is largely attributable to a period in which I had a long spell of fails and losses. I had lost…
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To dream
“Sometimes the ultimate dream is to be able to dream at all.” If there is anything a child should be given in their childhood and possibly to every adult daily on their lofe’s journey, it should be the space and the freedom to dream and the tools to act on their dream.
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Forward with hope
Isn’t this why we have a large windscreen for the front view and a small sidemirror to look back ? (Metaphorocally and literally so). Just because you were disappointed yesterday does not mean that you will fail tomorrow. Cheers to getting up and showing up everyday.
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Love yourself with tenderness.
When you love yourself, be deliberate and tender. You are uniquely you and no one can be a better you. You are God’s gift to the world; His masterpiece. When you look at yourself, say those same sweet things to you that you’d say to the person you love. Be unconditional while at it. Invest…
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#9 Travel diary: bicycles everywhere.
When I was a young girl, my brother taught me how to ride a bicycle. It was a very freeing activity. When I rode down that rocky road past farms and past slowly trekking people, I felt like one of those people in the exclusive league which my brother was born into, the free males.…