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Unboxed!

Did you see that I removed my tagline? If you are new here then you probably did not see. But I did remove it. I had a colourful tagline that described some of me to the dot. But then I took it down. Why you ask? Well, it spoke of all the things I thought I was, and don’t get me wrong, I am all those things and more. Writer, speaker, change agent…. and and and! I really am all those things. But, of late (I wonder if it’s ...

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The world is full of kind people

Is there really anything like an ordinary day? No two days are ever the same, even if you have nothing to do. It’s even worse when you are busy right? On this particular day, there were so many system issues that I decided to take a 30 minute break and rushed to the shops to buy bath soap (so I thought!). I got there and decided I was already at the shops I should pick a few more things that I needed or thought I needed (I am working ...

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Overthinking Life

I will be honest, I overthink everything! Not all the time, but most of the time. There are always so many options and so many possibilities and so many ways to do things. I get caught on trying to do things right and this makes me waste a lot of time sometimes. Oh, and I am very open and honest as well. I know a lot of people are very guarded about what they say and who they say it to, I have my days, but generally I am a very open and ...

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You are not alone in your depression

I was going to title this post something like ‘You are not alone’, but ended up adding ‘in your depression’ because I feel it is high time we talked about depression loudly and in open spaces. No more talking about it as if it doesn’t exist, as if it is all in someone’s head! No more telling people to grow up or snap out of it! One of my favourite stories in the bible is the story of Elijah and the ...

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Labels: Who are you?

One of my favourite passages in the bible is the one where Jesus asks his disciples ‘Who do people say the son of man is?’. In Matthew 16:13. Feels like an out of the blue question. His disciples had answers, but it only got real when he asked them “But what about you?” , “Who do you say I am?” I am not going to ask you who you think Jesus is, but I feel that is a question we need to ask ourselves a lot of these days. Everyone has ...

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A Woman’s worth

August is Women’s Month in South Africa. 9th August is celebrated as women’s day. A whole day to women. Real women, a real woman. That is something I have heard so many times. I think as a child I was so eager to please, so eager to be respectful, to hear the words ‘Ke ngwana wa ga mang?’ Be asked in a positive wow way rather than in a disapproving way. ‘O mosadi tota’! What does that even mean? What makes ...

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That the works of God should be revealed

Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the ...