As we pursue our purposes, we have a tendency to mind only the future and not the present. Our minds are always set on the next thing to do and we miss out on the little things that count around us. Every bit of our journey to achieving our goals is as important as the goal itself. We are constantly busy and always moving. This is good but we must stop to smell the flowers …
I was out with a friend for lunch and when we got talking about how expensive most things had gotten, we found that we were moaning about the same things. Food, car running, clothing, telephone, data and treats such as we were having that afternoon; just being able to take yourself out for lunch. If you are like me, your grocery bill must have more than tripled over the last 3 or so years, while …
I have two sistas born by my parents and they didn’t have the privilege to choose me. They were born in the same family after me, so they didn’t have much of a choice but to accept me. Sometimes I am good to them, at other times not so good to them. They can choose not to speak to me for a while but they cannot make the decision to ‘unsista’ me. You see, they …
Many things can make a human being snap at any time, but what happens to a parent when their innocent happy child suddenly comes down with an illness over which they have no power is only best imagined. In the movie Miracles From Heaven, Jennifer Garner acts the role of a mother tossed into the near crazy zone when the family discovers that their 10 year old daughter has a rare and incurable disease. Refusing …
Dear Bloomer, Remember that popular scripture in Ecclesiastes 3? The one about times and seasons? There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal… There’s so much to draw from it, but the most obvious lesson is the fact that there are and will be …
