Category Archives: Life Experiences

Things that have happened to me which have influenced my life

Rejection

“Like a sandcastle, all is temporary. Build it, tend it, enjoy it. And when the time comes, let it go.” ~Jack Kornfield So have you ever loved someone who has been rejected. How do you help them cope with it? … Continue reading

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Anxiety

This isn’t my article. This was written by a woman on facebook and there is no way I could better it, so posted in it’s entirety. I could not paste the link here but it is linked on my facebook page. … Continue reading

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Drama Queens … or Kings….

“You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.” ― Sue Grafton Some … Continue reading

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Betrayal

“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.” ― Malcolm X I have thought long and hard about whether to publish this blog and have had … Continue reading

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Reacting to Anger

“Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half.” ~Unknown This is so true.  There are times in our lives when we become annoyed, angry, frustrated and sometimes judge peoples motives wrongly and misinterpret things. … Continue reading

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Love

“Love comes to those who still hope even though they’ve been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they’ve been betrayed, to those who still love even though they’ve been hurt before.” ~Unknown It is my firm belief that … Continue reading

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The principles I would like to live my life by

Quotation below by persons unknown says it all really. Don’t think i need to add anything. It takes years to build up trust, but only seconds to destroy it. You can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After … Continue reading

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Trust

“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.” -Frank Crane Having been brought up in South Africa as a Black second class citizen I have always been distrustful. … Continue reading

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Success

I attended my son’s final chapel at his school last night and one of the readings was the reading below. It got me thinking? So many people regard success in terms of financial wellbeing. But what really is success? Is … Continue reading

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Is Being Fine or Being Okay good enough

This is a line taken from the movie Hitch? “What if fine isn’t good enough? What if i want extraordinary?” I’ve spent my life never accepting that being fine is enough. I’ve strived to excel and I’ve strived to be … Continue reading

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