There is an African proverb that goes, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This is something that I have had to learn, sometimes the hard way, in my own life. I was raised to be very self-sufficient. I was given responsibilities early on, some of […]
How do We Respond?
How do we respond when we get bad news? Sometimes it is a matter of allowing ourselves time to just go into the depths of despair for a while, knowing we will come out. We sometimes have to remind ourselves that we do, indeed, have to come out of it and back into the LIGHT. […]
Planting Seeds
Although the weather has been exceptionally cold for the season, last weekend I finally, after a couple of weeks of green housing my annuals, sunk them into the ground and have been nurturing their growth ever since. The ones in the pots are the ones I am most concerned with. They have a tendency to […]
The Love of Men
In my last post, “Love You,” I spoke about how important it is to say those words in a meaningful way and to not be flippant about throwing those words around. In this blog, I am going to talk about how important those words are for MEN. There is a lot of conscious awareness of […]
Being Normal
I know that it is important at times to “fit in” or to “blend with the crowd,” but seriously, being normal is not my strong suit. I have lived all my life being outside of whatever box whomever had the box concept wanted slot me into. It took me until I was in grade one […]