Tag: community
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Not everyone deserves proximity to your purpose
They say that as we grow older, our circles grow smaller. And perhaps that is not loss, but refinement. Yes, I still mourn some friendships. It was never an issue of betrayal or brokenness, but rather distance, time, inevitable change, perhaps the quiet evolution of becoming. And so I hold the memories gently ; they…
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The opposite of love could be fear
Sounds strange, right ? But indulge my rambling ponder for three minutes: I once heard Trevor Noah say he kept his circle very small and didn’t make friends easily because he fears to put someone in a position where they could fail him; and that he in turn didn’t want to put himself in that…
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Tell them, show them you love them.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words never said and deeds never done. We often assume that they should know how much we love them. But we should never assume, we should let them know.
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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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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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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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Hope is not blind optimism…
“Hope is not blind optimism. It is rather the complete belief that our natural aspirations for truth, meaning, and purpose will come to full practical realization.” ~Unknown~ I would wish that everyone has hope. Hope is what helps the farmer to sleep at night in peaceful assurance that what he has planted is growing even…
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Lifting others up.
“Putting you down does nothing for me. Lifting you up however, does everything for both of us” ~Unknown~
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You are stronger than your fear and doubt.
” It’s not who we are that holds us back from brilliant success but who we think we are not.” ~???Author” Today I was thinking just how we are aware and at the same time unaware of our power and brilliance. Many people have been heard saying or have caught themselves asking their heart and…
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The highest level of relationship with anyone is attained when two people can communicate and understand each other even where no words are spoke. You know what a certain twitch in the eyes means, what that glassy glow says and can see the sorrow behind those eyes. You hear the music in their soul through…
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Believe them.
When someone shows you who they are believe them. Like the good old saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words” they say. If someone is blunt enough to tell you the truth or if you are able to listen to what they are saying with their words and what’s being implied or not said, also…
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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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You matter. I matter. We matter.
If we all put the goodness in use; that acquired by nature as human beings and everything we have learnt through nurture we shall realise that we are all an important part of the world. It’s like a symphony in which everyone finds their part and when we all play it right we create a…
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What if kindness became the new extreme ?
What if we filled the world with so much love and expressed so much kindness until we have given everything there is in us to give ? Kindness is expressed in all forms; simple as a smile offered to a total stranger, a good morning to the person who just stands next to you or…
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Loneliness and solitude.
Alone is not at all equivalent to lonely. You can be alone but completely happy and content with your solitude. Some people are so good at solitude. Solitude does not always translate to loneliness, an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation. Solitude can infact be very freeing and rejuvenating. It allows us to clear out…