Retrospective

I thought it would all be different by now. As a young child, I looked to the adult years of my life with anticipation. Getting one's life together appeared deceptively easy. Everywhere I looked, people were content and smiling. Happiness and satisfaction seemingly found its way into everyone's life and shielded them all from trouble. …

Happy Women’s Day

Today we honor and appreciate the woman. The mother that birthed and nurtured us. Spoke love over us, and believed in us before we knew our own potential. The aunties that have been our second mothers and best friends. That have kept us grounded when we lost our way. The sisters that kept our secrets, …

Almost Human…

I'm inclined to root for the underdog. I like to believe (and please, let me live my innocent little world) that I can understand what's it like to be overlooked and to have to live in the absence of acceptance. I've probably sat alone in a corner more than is recommended for a normal adult …

Here’s to you

Raise your glass to the ones that dared to start.  Cheers to the bruised knees, evidence of standing after a fall. A toast to the strength that drives you to try "just once more." Applause for your victories; both great and small.   Here's to the legacy; the greatness you are building.   A word of thanks …

Cutting Ties

The start of a thing can be intoxicating in potential. A start is an opportunity. A new birth; a rebirth perhaps. The end of it, not always as enthralling. To know when it's time to let go is just as important as recognising new beginnings. Beginnings are beautiful. They're plump with the potential of all …

She heard my heart

I woke up and my spirit knew that the day was going to be a trying one. My intuition forewarned me. It is a thing for which I am grateful. Many prayers have been uttered from the nudge of my intuition. And this day was no different. I sensed what was to come and I …

What Do You See?

When you look within, what is it you see? Do you dare to see the greatness within you? Or do you find you are well versed in identifying the faults in your stars, rather than appreciating the light that flows from them? Has your self perception been unnaturally skewed towards the negative? Mine has. And …

I am good enough….

I am the black sheep. The bad child. The one they wish was different but never say it out loud. The one people ask about last, after all its not good news. I am not right, and likely never will be. I will never be the favourite. I have never been the top of the …

Where is your treasure?

I met someone today. Someone I had heard alot about over the years. Someone I had once believed I would be denied the privilege of meeting. Someone I respected. Someone I held in high esteem. By all outward perception, this individual embodied what would be ultimate success by worldly standards. Career, wealth, world travel,and high …

Silence. Prayer. Strength. Self.

Hello again. Welcome to another edition of life through the eyes of a wild child. That being me of course. Of late, I have been in a reflective mood. We cannot get better until we confront our shortcomings. Not to engage in bitterness and grudges, but to encounter a lesson that should, hopefully, impact the …