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This is post 12 of 13. If you have been following over the last week and a half then you will know I have been blogging daily as a little challenge that I set for myself before my birthday. This is not the topic I had in mind to post today but in keeping… Continue reading The Art of Letting Go
Around this time of the year I tend to get really introspective (more so than usual as reflection is seemingly a constant state of being for me). In all honesty, my mental life audit happens around mid to late June onwards but let’s not nit-pick over semantics. My birthday is fast approaching and is part… Continue reading Back Back, Forth and Forth
As a child, I used to love staring out of the window - particularly during long journeys (when I didn't fall asleep). Even sometimes at school, during class, I found it really restorative to gaze out of the window for a little bit. I have always been a dreamer (as I'm sure I've mentioned in… Continue reading The Importance of Staring
"Choose your pain, the pain of being haunted with regrets; or the pain of hard graft and discipline. The pain of discipline is ALWAYS better than the pain of regret in my opinion. Today I choose to Dream, Dare, be Disciplined and Dedicated. Today I choose the pain that leads to success in all that… Continue reading Choose Your Pain
"If you want to give light to others, you have to glow yourself" Vamar* called me a lighthouse today. It was a really random conversation that ended up being very profound and had me wishing I had recorded it or at the very least, taken notes. It began with him trying to convince me to… Continue reading Shining
"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others." On this day six years ago, that quote was my Facebook status. It resonated with me back in 2010 - enough for me to share with my friends and Lord knows I needed the reminder today. I'm currently in what I could refer to… Continue reading Seeing The Invisible
Sometimes, when I speak, my mother comes out. Spontaneous cacophony I cannot control, my trunk, encased in the fear of splintering your legacy, coerced upright by transcendent heritage and pride; tangible evidence that little brown girls fertilised by faith, sacrifice, high expectations and love can germinate into formidable forests, like you. [extract] ©Assumpta Ozua I've… Continue reading Woman Crush Wednesdays #1
Close your eyes and count to ten, then hope you never see Perfection again. She dropped down dead at Improbable's door. You can't be friends with her anymore. ©Assumpta Ozua This is a lesson I have to keep relearning. Perfection was an actual goal for me in my formative years. To be the perfect daughter,… Continue reading Choose Persistence
Lions never lose sleep over the opinions of sheep” That is my mantra for this month because: The past few weeks have been sprinkled with encounters with negative individuals that almost caused me to lose focus It’s my birth month and I’m a Leo! (not that I follow star signs particularly but hey) Back to… Continue reading Leo Season
Me Today You Tomorrow 