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Farewell, it wasn’t fun
Goodbye to a year that has defined new depths of beauty and pain, and left its mark somewhere adrift between the two, leaving an ambivalence of hope and hopelessness, where once there was certainty. Nothing changes after midnight tonight. But the token of 2021 may give some hope, while the rest brace themselves for a…
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2020: It doesn’t matter
Depleted. That is my word for 2020. After an eventful year, the net effect of this year has depleted my resources physically, and especially emotionally. Even a colourful life such as the one I’ve managed to create for myself could not have prepared me for the year that has passed. I discovered new levels of…
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Time rewrites every line
From my blog post titled Legacy of Beauty, this excerpt resonated strongly this evening. “As time morphs the pain into beauty it also morphs the beasts into angels. Those that manipulate the vulnerable suddenly appear as the downtrodden when their loss of control is lamented as a betrayal of love or affection. I sit with…
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The twins of love and pain
We see in the world around us that which occupies the most space in our hearts. When our hearts are filled with love and affection, we find no place for hate or bitterness. When we hold space in our life for justice for past oppression, we prevent that space from being filled with the love…
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Trading your future for your past
How much of life is wasted trying to reconcile the bad experiences of the past? For every moment that we spend dwelling on an injustice or oppression against us in the past, we impose an injustice and oppression on ourselves and others in the present moment. The present moment is what takes care of the…
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Rocks don’t bleed
Sometimes your tears are a mourning of what was, and at other times it’s a yearning for what could have been. More than this, it’s a path to the gentleness of your soul that is oppressed by the trials of life. When your heart stops yearning for what was, or what you wish could be…
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The broken cup
Too often, our focus is on how empty is our own cup. Sometimes it takes a while before we realise that we’re not taking care of ourselves as we lose ourselves in our concern for others. So we begin to focus on filling our cup so that the emotional fatigue can finally be overcome. Sadly,…
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Peace is not the absence of battles
When life feels overwhelming, the most effective way to slow things down is to choose our battles. Prioritising what’s important over what’s urgent usually sets the tone for what we tolerate or invest our time in, versus what we ignore or postpone. However, this only creates capacity to deal with new battles that may arise,…