Think of its possibilities...

Allow yourself to be free... 

I try each day, and as dark as some days are, when the light eventually finds its way back, it tastes so sweet.

:)

I do this... blogging what-what... in the spirit of, love.I hope it keeps even just one of you going. 
Do let me know.

Sent in by Etcher: Randa Adechoubou (I love You)

Don't take your greatness to the grave. 

Harness your will and challenge yourself. 

 

"Beauty attracts men but wisdom keeps them..."

A  woman once said "Beauty attracts men but wisdom keeps them. Elegance catches men's attention but intelligence convinces them. Nagging irritates men but 'constructive silence weakens them.

The 'boy' in every man pumps out occasionally, the ability to handle this is a woman's truest maturity. Men have secret struggles and silent pains, should you ever find them out, you have exhibited the greatest maturity.

In the long-run your 'words' matter more to a man than your 'looks', so invest the right words. Earn a man's respect and he will consider you the yard stick for all his action. Learn to mold the moods of your man. Men will naturally give u their futures if they can recall your maturity in yesterday's issues... 

Women are everywhere but queens are scarce. Let the queen in you come alive and he will hold.

Photo by: Pamela Earleywine 

I dreamt of my life

I dreamt of my life. 

I cut out pictures from magazines of all the things I envisioned for myself. I stuck them on a big poster. A vision board they called it.

Detailed and exciting, I smiled at what I believed deep down would come. What I knew was to be, my life.

They called me crazy.  

I learned about affirmations: a declaration that something is true.

I wrote my list of truths: 'I am beautiful, worthy and enough'; 'I am poised well spoken and articulate; I am bold and dynamic...'

I believed almost none of them in the beginning but as if a sacred creed, I protected my list in sticky plastic, neatly cut it up so it was pocket sized, and carefully placed it in my wallet.

It all seemed a little weird, but I was convinced that’s where my transformation lay.

What was I doing? I couldn't even remember the first three phrases on my list.

I persisted.

When days seemed darker and self-loathing cloaked my spirit, perching itself on my shoulders.

I would rush to a toilet booth. Retrieve the mirror Louis Hay had recommended I get. I would look myself deep in the eyes; with rejection so intense it would bring me to tears.

I would force myself. I would look at myself, through the tears.

“I love you Vuyi. I love you.”

Painful tears.

'I am beautiful, worthy and enough'; 'I am poised well spoken and articulate; I am bold and dynamic...'

Slowly, gently… I came to see myself. Somehow. I came to accept myself.

I read about Osho, I watched Wayne Dyer, Kehoe, Chopra, Tolle and gurus from across the globe speak truth I had been aching for.

I learned about the universe and divine order.

I became acquainted with the God in Me.

'I am beautiful, worthy and enough'; 'I am poised well spoken and articulate; I am bold and dynamic...'

I began to believe.

I dreamt. Bigger dreams. Truer dreams.

I didn't think to ask questions of the how, or the when. That, would take care of itself.

And then… As the years progressed I finally began to come into myself and encounter the magic of this world. 

I awakened. 

As I crossed off each item on my list, and as each image on my vision boards came to life. 
I got it.

The law of attraction is as real as the sun that sets without prompting. 

The moon is as vast as the being that we all are. 

And the caterpillar transforming into a butterfly only serves to reflect to you your own potential. Your own power.

Own your power.

Life is certainly not easy. In fact, it seems to get harder the older I get. Yet the truths of this journey can be found everywhere, if only you move towards understanding them.

There is only so much that anyone can do for you. Only YOU hold the power to design and mould the life that you see for yourself.

Excuses are plenty, and they are so tiring. 
The roadblocks you have owned are only but an idea in your head. 
This place gives us everything we need. 
Always.

There is really nothing more important or real than gratitude. Be thankful for what you have. Take note of all that you have been given, and that you have, now. 
You read this far… Isn't that something to celebrate?

Change the way you look at things and the things that you look at will begin to change. 

Put in the work. 

Understand. 

See.

And you will begin to gain insight into what some of the most successful, insightful and enlightened beings know about the ‘secrets of the universe’.

That in fact, there are no secrets.

I wish you well on your journey. All of my love and encouragement. 
Place yourself in AMAZING.

'Stop trying to act normal, you are limiting your greatness.' -Mangaliso Tsepo Sobukwe

 

Every bit adds up...

Who will stop you?

 

The Cookie Thief

 

A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.

She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. . .grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.

So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, “If I wasn’t so nice, I would blacken his eye.”

With each cookie she took, he took one too, when only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half.

He offered her half, as he ate the other, she snatched it from him and thought… oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he’s also rude, why he didn’t even show any gratitude!

She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.

She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat, then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.

If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief. Author: Valerie Cox

How many times in our lives have we absolutely known that something was a certain way, only to discover later that what we believed to be true … was not?

Author: Valerie Cox

 

We are all here on a journey to learn. I certainly am not perfect but work at unearthing the best parts of myself with each day. The person I was just three months ago is not the same today (all the good sh*ts still there though), I have grown up, matured, and take every lesson that presents itself to me. 

I have cried a flood of tears from growing pains, reminisced on memories I wished I had held tighter - but recognise that they stayed as long as they were scheduled, and slowly, I continue to sharpen the vision I hold for my life.  Life is not easy, in fact unbearable at some points, but I have learned that if I remain grateful and aware of the opportunities (some call it lucky - I believe its alertness) that surround me ALL THE TIME. Sho!! I always seem to find myself in AMAZING territories. 

 

Don't you just love that?

To err is human; the simple words ''I'm sorry'' are bliss... 

Adventure is fuel.

Boldness will get you EVERYWHERE.

So with that...

Dream, bigger. 

Dare, exorbitantly. 

Live, louder. 

And know this: it all really is possible. Stru. 

Some Thursday cheese for ya ;)

All LOVE. 

Aim high, Roam free...