A Life lived and living
If one of my silly stories can benefit just one person – it’s already more than I can ask for
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A year of the Earth turning
I was 10 when I became aware of how quickly a year can pass. I remember this distinctly because it was the first year where we rotated classes. Different teachers. More subjects, more things to lose and more steps to take. And each year after that, passed even quicker. For a very long time, I…
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Intent vs Impact
If ever you formed part of the corporate world you’d be familiar with courses and training on bullying, harassment and victimisation. The main message behind it: Intent does not matter. Impact does. The reason for that is in the olden days victims were dismissed. It was a joke, they are too sensitive etc. The problem…
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Of Cheese and Olives
When I started this blog in the Winter of 2016, my view on life was a lot different. Not the fundamentals of why I started this, but some basic views.A lot can happen in 10 years.Back then my life resolved around me, way more than what I would’ve liked to admit. Not in the spoilt…
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Decidedly, not cool
I have never been cool. Not once. Not when I started wearing glasses at 10 years old. And not when I stood up in front of all the gr. 8’s and said I wanted to become president. Also not on our Matric holiday when I asked the guests to leave, because it was late. Definitely…
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About Love
Unpopular personal opinion: I don’t believe in unrequited love. In other words, if you love someone and they don’t love you back – it was never love at all. This is not an opinion I’ve shared with people, because we all have that past where we ‘loved’ someone from a distance. But to me that…
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A stress ball
How do you handle stress? When I was in gr. 5, I bought a stressball while on holiday. Or my parents bought one for me, since I contributed nothing financially to civilization at that age. This was way before slime was a thing, so it was 2 layers of some sort of thick latex, the…
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A Tale of Twins
There’s a story about a set of male twins. The one is a stable man with a family. Good job, dedicated and trustworthy. The other twin is an unreliable alcoholic, in a perpetual state of self-pity. If you asked both of them what formed their decisions – they gave the same answer.They were the way…
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Our False Starts
Two weekends ago, it was the school Athletics SA’s and what an absolute treat. I thoroughly enjoy athletics despite me having almost zero talents in that regard. I could maybe jump a bit in primary school (far, not high) and had the style to cross a hurdle, but as my brother so eloquently raised the…
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Courageously Scared
Ever watched the cartoon Courage, the cowardly dog? A dog haunted by his own anxiety, but when needed – brave and morally aligned. Lessons for all mammals. I’ve been contemplating the definition of courage the last couple of weeks. Originally, I was not quite sure on what exactly courage is. I was very familiar with…
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That Dream and This Reality
What’s in a dream? In school I went to the Library on a regular basis. I loved it there. Sometimes I’d cycle there and spend a couple of hours reading in the kids corner on the bean bags that was there. Sometimes I went there with my teacher to prepare for a debating topic. But…