I come from a culture where if things go wrong in a marriage the woman is tainted and not the man. It seems as though women are the ones who are expected to make the changes and not men because of history i.e. it’s a man’s world and so women are replaceable. I know women…
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You know the hardest part of not knowing if you’re a positive thinker is when you’re young or get to your teens. Growing up in South Africa, a number of elements needed to be in place before one can really go out there and start from zero. It was hard to apply positive thinking especially…
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You know over the last six years I’ve made lots of friends around fifty to seventy years of age. Going to Zumba and meeting people of all ages has brought me to this article. I now take the learnings and try and use the mindset when it comes to my parents who are pensioners. My…
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As children, we are influenced largely by our peers, families and adults. We are still learning how to manage relationships, emotions, thoughts, plans, our actions, beliefs, feelings, pain, joy, excitement and sadness. I’m sure there’s more to this list. Children are used to being told no as often as a dog gets told “No.” Raising…
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I sat there looking up at the sky,As the flock of birds go by. The tall palm trees against the blue,feels like I’ve got the ocean view. Am I in a dream?The reality feels surreal…Though it feels great to be the beacon, the beam. My people and the dog, eternal,the reason I’m alight and burn like a…
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You know when I first left for my travels to the United Kingdom at the age of twenty-one, I thought that everything was better in the United Kingdom compared to South Africa. I mean while growing up and meeting people who came from the United States of America and the United Kingdom, they made it…
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For many years I didn’t understand fully the concept of not giving up and pondered for a long time about my passion for writing. I was twenty-six years old when I started playing the guitar properly. I knew long before this moment that I wanted to learn how to play flamenco music. At that time,…
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Okay, so many people have hard times and if you are having a hard time right now then this article is most definitely for you. If not, then this should be enlightening. There’s a very big reason why you are going through all of this. Look, you sometimes think your story is the worst possible…
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