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  Photo by me in South Africa When I was a little girl, I was physically punished/abused many years by my caretakers/nannies. I was so terrified of the consequences that I never told my parents, or anyone, except for one of my sisters, who is only a year younger than me and suffered the same…

Photo of me in South Africa Road trips always remind me of life itself. . Maybe it is such a cliche, but still rings true for me. Not knowing where the road will take us each day, but knowing our final destination we keep going forward. Life also has a very distinct ‘destination’ although I…

How can i understand or grasp the immensity of reality or of what is real if i can only experience ‘what is’ through my own limited perspective? . Even if i knew everything there is and will ever be to be known by any human mind, it will still be a limited perception of the…

Photo by me I have been thinking a lot lately about the way I give myself automatic answers to avoid saying or doing certain things. One of these messages I constantly repeat to myself is “no, he/she/they won’t understand”. I realise I think this a lot and it stops me from being me and expressing…