The older you get the more you fear. Can you remember the very first time you felt fear? Did you freeze or did you confront your fears? We all are afraid of something and even multiple things. Maybe you’re afraid of the future, afraid to get into a relationship again, afraid to drive, afraid of…
I have decided to write an article about this as this is still a big topic in patriarchal societies even today. Recently I have come from a very open and expressive life which I’ve lived for eighteen years to the eastern culture. A few people are concerned about me sharing myself with the public. Growing…
I would say that there is initially a combination of things that can bring you back to your essence. I see them as stepping stones to the ultimate form of grounding i.e. meditation. For me coming back to my country of birth, family, meditation and mediation are what takes me full circle. It was often seeing the difficulty people faced in South Africa and within my family that’s gave/gives me the power to make a difference.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…