For a second imagine yourself coming out of an egg and finding yourself amongst a lot of movement. You follow who is in front of you, next to you, on top of you and everyone is rushing to go somewhere. You have no idea, but your instinct is driving you towards the water. You try…
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Recently I read the article about Rahaf al-Qunun, an 18-year-old Saudi Arabian girl who fled the abuse from her family as well as threats after renouncing Islam. Rahaf fled from her family while on a holiday and got stranded at Bangkok airport when she was stopped by Thai immigration authorities and her passport confiscated. She…
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Have you ever found yourself wanting to stand up for yourself and what is right all the time? How many times have you seen injustice perhaps with the way things have been running in your country, or perhaps with something that happened to your kids, or maybe to your grandparents? You really wanted to defend…
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Life is testing you at every second, are you on autopilot or are you watching? We can focus on listening to the birds chirp from out of the window while we make a cup of tea, perhaps we can focus on our thoughts while we make a cup of tea, perhaps we’re already complaining out…
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Children have incredible skills which are ignored because everything surrounding them including the television has created a standard of acceptance. When children are young, they have incredible skills which they themselves ignore or don’t think anything of. Majority of the time no one expects them to have a skill which begins at three, five or…
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Know your worth and don’t settle for less than what you deserve …
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It is ultimately the stories that one tells themselves that gives them the life they got and walk through life elegantly. Living in five countries, travelling to over a dozen, immersing into a new life which was different from the culture I was brought up in has allowed me to observe both the world outside…
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Thinking of a title for this article was difficult because responsibilities can also be linked to priorities. If you want, you can make notes or take some minutes to reflect on the following: At what age did you start taking responsibility gradually? What were the circumstances around that and what made you become responsible? Did…
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Painting words with poetry (check out this poem and translation in English under the blog section) – …
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