Many moons ago at a school camp (I was a student teacher), the camp leader gave a nice speech where he set the standard ground rules and he said something about respect that I still – to this day – found profound. He made it clear that everyone he meets is deserving of is respect Read more

I decided last week to take a couple of days leave for this week. When you are coping in a high stress environment from all directions, for a prolonged time – a breather is just necessary at times. And some other things as well. So the plan was to visit my brother first and from Read more

If all of us would describe our idea of peaceful – what would it look like? Would it be silence? Laughter from loved one’s? Screaming children? Loud singing? For me peace is in nature. A bright blue sky and the sun on my skin. A cool breeze that plays with my hair. Greenery all around Read more

 I have come to accept that I can be quite naive at times. I know – I don’t really have the nose for it, but here we are. When I was about 8 – one of my mothers’ friends said I was so cute – she wanted to adopt me. So of course – I Read more

And here we are, almost at the end of 2024 on Christmas eve. Some of you are away on holiday. Others are resting at home. Some are working throughout this time period. There will be a mixture of excitement for most, but some might be grumpy with all the celebrations. For some of you, there Read more

When I was a little girl and had my long nose stuck in books and all the happy endings – I used to beg my parents if we can take orphans in for the school holidays. My parents were never for that idea. Where I had the daydream, they were a bit more realistic about Read more

A colleague, who is quite intelligent and a bit of a recluse, came to talk to me last week about everything that is unfolding at work. (There’s a LOT going on). I asked him my normal go-to question: If you can do anything you want, what would it be? His answer left me a bit Read more

I had a precarious incident last week. I was inquiring about work conducted after a request was discussed and agreed upon with a subordinate. After being sent on a bit of a ghost chase, it came out that the work was in fact – not done. I then received a message in the lines of: Read more

“We’ve created a perfect world filled with delusions. Based on extremities. Joyously victorious; pitiful victim. Arrogantly confident; morbidly insecure. Vicious accuser of others; humble defender of own. Obsessive focus on wants; negligent dismissal of needs. Our delusion holds no place for in-betweens, no grace, no real understanding, nor compassion. We shifted reality away from the Read more

I am not a strong person. Example A – I used 4 spray-cans of stain-guard over my new couch this past weekend and my right hand was just rubbery after that. It was all numb and weak and I had to wriggle to lift my water-bottle. To be honest, I am still slightly sore in Read more