Change is inevitable

Forgive me if my post is slightly longer than usual, but I’d like to use this opportunity to dedicate it to the memory of two beautiful and remarkably strong women who have both died over the past few days. One was a much older matriarch. Someone who had been graced with an abundance of years.…

Appreciating life

With South Africans finally closing the chapter on a scandal-ridden presidency, many of us are looking forward to a sense of normality. For nearly a decade we’ve been held captive by such an intricate network of deception that, towards the end, there was an almost frenetic desire to undo its suffocating stranglehold on our collective…

Time for renewal

Finally!! It’s spring! Without fail, every year we are blessed with the most dramatic vistas, courtesy of Mother Nature. The rolling landscapes dotted with striking, brightly coloured blooms; the towering mountain peaks, the calmer sea waters and the not-so-cloudy skies draped in rich and vibrant shades of blue; the bright, warm, golden radiance of the…

Happy, purpose driven OR both …what would you rather be?

The older I become, the more head-space I give to this very profound concept of a life well lived. How does one even begin to describe, let alone understand, all the facets of a life well lived?  The literature is flooded with advise from life gurus, philosophers and religious thinkers, all professing to know what…

What’s in a name?

Truth be told, I was so inspired the other day reading a link to someone's Facebook page, that I immediately started jotting down a few ideas of my own. A few, led to a few more ... till eventually I couldn't stop the flood of ideas. That's when the idea hit me like a bolt…