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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…

Photo by me Anger, of all emotions, is my go-to re-action. Frustration and anger are both the greyness that cloud my judgement sometimes. Something in me is triggered and jumps at the opportunity to be ‘right’, to ‘win’, to be seen, heard, and especially, to be taken seriously. And I think at last after so…