Life

It always seems like death has won…

The last couple of days have been filled with great sadness. My beautiful cousin passed away last week and this weekend we laid her to rest in a dignified ceremony. As the different speakers came to share insights about her life, one after the other they echoed...

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Lessons that touched me at the Leaderex conference…

Lessons that touched me at the Leaderex conference…

I was so excited to receive an invite for the Leaderex conference. I had no idea that my encouragement and clarity of life’s journey would come from the various nuggets of wisdom the speakers I listened to shared. The profoundness of what was shared was not anything...

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At some point we all have to ‘do our time’…

At some point we all have to ‘do our time’…

I’m sure you can agree with me that most of us have heard the phrase “doing time” or “do your time” being uttered as part of popular culture lingo. The phrase “doing time” is slang for spending time in a jail or prison (http://onlineslangdictionary.com). I was reading...

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Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

I was watching the repeat of the BET Awards recently and one of the award categories that really got my attention was the life time achievement award; awarded to Samuel L. Jackson. I’ve noticed a similar trend at these prestigious award ceremonies, i.e. when most of...

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Hospitality is a special touch…

Hospitality is a special touch…

I was listening to a dear sister share about how her mum had these special plates and mugs which were never used by them. Her mum insisted that those plates and mugs were only to be used if really special guests came over. I just laughed as she shared this as I can...

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Come on people, It’s just me…

There’s something very interesting when a person of influence remarks ‘come on people, it’s just me’. Those words are a form of humility because when unpacked further, I believe the person is simply saying, ‘there is no need to treat me any differently, I just want...

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My hands are chained but I wear the signet ring…

My hands are chained but I wear the signet ring…

Many people across the world today enjoy the luxury of wearing signet rings as part of their jewellery items but most of us don’t know how this piece of jewellery once had a very powerful purpose in history. Allow me to share a brief history on the signet ring as...

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Poem – No one ever tells you…

No one ever tells you that the transitioning process from where you are to where you want to be can be so painful; so lonely sometimes and so confusing. No one ever tells you that there are days when you question why you took a leap of faith in the first place, when...

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