“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 Read more

“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 Read more

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 Read more

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”― Roy T. Bennett On a fateful night in 1998, my cousin was in a horrible car accident. She was 16 at the time, three years older than me. I still remember her frail body in the hospital with her beautiful Read more

A couple of months ago, I made a terrible mistake. The mistake was made on a Sunday afternoon, nonetheless. It was a hot and sunny afternoon. I just finished lunch and wanted to quickly cool off in my pool. The Kreepy was running in my 3.8m x 2.8m little splash pool and I did not Read more

“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” – Frank Herbert There is a bit of an inside joke at work: “I just want to understand.” The amounts of meetings and sessions and conversations we have to Read more

“We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the Read more