Christmas is… about hope
Is hope just a cop-out?
Hope.
I never really liked the sound of the word.
It used to annoy me.
Who cares for naive optimism and wishful thinking when the world (your world?)...
Are we too busy watching other people’s lives to live out our own?
Maybe it’s just me but when I sit down to do something I really want to do, like you know, build that dream writing career which is beckoning me...
The Search For All-Inclusive Love And Compassion
Our planet's course seems set on self-destruct. The world seems plagued with one catastrophe after another. Recent mudslides in Sierra Leone, hurricanes and other storms in the United States...
Come as you are
COME AS YOU ARE.
I saw this quote printed on the back of a girl's jacket in a picture online. I paused for a moment and instantly knew this statement...
THE LIES WE TELL
Some days it's hard to tell the truth from the lies anymore, especially when we believe the lies that we tell. I'm talking about those sneaky deceptive lies that...
Shame Exposed
There is one South Africanism that has distinctly marked our country linguistically: the use of the word "Shame". Used to express sympathy for the diminutive, it has confused many...
A Colourful Life
Have you ever got into the shower only to find that the water is not hot enough? Have you been served a meal and found that it lacked flavour?...
Numbing The Pain
I know that for some, this year has been a very challenging year. It has been a year filled with world devastation, illness, personal struggles, loss of family members,...
Self Care, is not Selfish
So often we can find ourselves at the hand of comments and criticisms from people.
'You did that wrong. Do not do that. Do this better.'
As humans, we are constantly...
The perfection of peace
There is a dying currency of peace in today’s society. Just 50 years ago there were no cell-phones, social media or 24 hour television networks. Where there would have...