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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Pressure Cooked
When I moved to the far north, I was placed in housing that I was not very fond of. It was noisy and had almost no privacy – which to me is a very important aspect of my life. I don’t particularly want to go out in shorts and wash my car, while waving at…
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Those damned Pink Roses
“Bloom where you‘re planted.” If you know me – you would know that I absolutely adore Spring. Growing up in the Highveld, where all of nature died and was smothered by black frost and whatever remained was set to fire – I was yearly amazed at how something that looked to be dead, can grow…
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Stop, and then what…?
“This journey isn’t about getting something done, ‘as quickly as possible.’ It’s about process, not instant gratification.” ― Michael Brown – The Presence Process A very specific memory I have from when I was very small, was waiting on my mom’s bed for her to finish her makeup in order for us to go to…
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Hopelessly devoted to Hope
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr When I was in primary school, my absolute favourite TV show was Seventh Heaven. It was a series about a minister, his family, ultimately 7 kids and their dog, Happy. I was committed to…
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Comfortably Proud
Whenever I’m in a meeting and I have concerns or request on my mind that I am trying to communicate – I tend to verbally continue on a thought that I had. Which can leave the room looking at me with a somewhat confused look on their faces. I started to joke around, that my…
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Get your head out of the Dumpster
The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.” – Sharon Salzberg In my previous living quarters, just outside of the motorized gate of the complex is a large, green dumpster. It used to be easy, putting my garbage bag in the back of my car and drop it off…
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Cabin Fever
“When the negative thoughts come — and they will; they come to all of us — it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.” — Joel Osteen I had big plans for the past weekend. I booked a rustic old log cabin a while ago,…
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The value of Things
“True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.” – Tom Robbins There is a couple of sayings when it comes to diamonds. It lasts forever, it’s formed under pressure and my favourite – it’s chunks of…
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Raging Fire
“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” ― Aristotle As it’s peaking in coldness all…
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A State of Upset
“Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.” Joel Osteen What upsets you in life? What are those small or big…