Month: December 2016

December 18, 2016

Tagged Appreciation, Blessings, Forgiveness, Growth, Happiness

Blessed and Thankful

So my year is nearly coming to an end, and I cannot begin to express the joy and happiness I feel. I have had the blessing to see yet another year, to love, to feel, to cry, to laugh with my loved ones.
I have experienced yet another year of growth and intense love. God has been great and faithful. Life has ups and downs and sometimes the downs can be really ugly you just want to stay down, but when you’re up, all you can do is give thanks and appreciate the blessings and these are the moments that give you the strength to get up when you’re down.

This short post I dedicate to the people who have been part of my life this year and have impacted it greatly, there are those I know we couldn’t share every moment together but are forever in my heart. The special people who will read this and smile, I pray to spend many more years laughing and crying by your side.

I want to appreciate myself too, for the woman I’ve grown to be. I can say sublimely, I am my own person, my own woman.

♣️

WRITE YOUR OWN STORY, DON’T ALLOW OTHERS TO DO IT FOR YOU.

Spoken Truth

December 14, 2016

Tagged Capability, Experts, Family, Friends, love

WRITE YOUR OWN STORY, DON’T ALLOW OTHERS TO DO IT FOR YOU.

I find that nowadays there are so many love experts, with opinions on “how to lead your relationships”, “how to conduct yourself in case of any event that may arise in a relationship”.If you ask me I’ll tell you simply that’s basically […]

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I find that nowadays there are so many love experts, with opinions on “how to lead your relationships”, “how to conduct yourself in case of any event that may arise in a relationship”.
If you ask me I’ll tell you simply that’s basically foolishness and BS of the highest extent.

Here, I will give opposing views and some might seem harsh but these are my opinions. I am no expert on any particular field (well apart from sleeping), but I believe that relationship “counselors” should not be called experts! Rather rumormongers or ultracrepidarians. (Note how I started by saying they give opinions at the beginning?)

Exactly what is their expertise? Nobody can make me understand that they are well and thoroughly equipped with knowledge of self-intellectual faculties. If you do not understand yourself at times, how can you begin to conceive others’ emotions and problems? You cannot relate at all to anyone’s situation be it as similar as your’s or another’s.

Emotion and feeling are very powerful tools of the mind & soul for a mere human being to just analyze and make deductions. It’s like trying to make someone understand why you love/hate somebody or something, consider the other person doesn’t share similar sentiment and therefore cannot fathom the intensity of your feelings.

Social media has created room for all types of relationship experts. You will find all sorts of “advisers”, “confidants”, “mentors” and my personal favorite “spiritual guiders”. I think the contributing factor has been the sudden need to advertise relationship problems online.
Take for instance these photos

and I agree.

I disagree!!

I concur 100%
I believe that the people who deserve your tears are the people you love the most because if they upset you, crying and distress shows how much you care about them. People who deserve your tears are the people who have walked with you throughout life and never left your side.

So don’t sit and let anyone tell you how to go about your relationships be it with family, relatives, friends. You alone know exactly what you’re going through in any relationship you nurture. I believe firmly therefore, that makes the basis of my post, that you alone have the power to decide whether or not a relationship is fruitful or not. Consult yourself first and you’ll realize you have the answers.

♣️

Adventure

December 14, 2016

Tagged Art, Creative, Decor, Landscape, Scenery

SOULFUL ENVIRONMENT

What exactly do you imagine your compound looking like? As you know I have always appreciated, creative work of art, nicely done food, properly placed lighting that makes a room stand out, beautiful landscape especially if it’s hand-crafted, I value effort and […]

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I have always imagined owning a colorful house; actually scratch that, a homey house. You know those houses once you go into and don’t need to be told feel at home? You automatically feel comfortable in the space you are in.
When I say colorful I don’t mean a house painted in different colors, I mean collectibles, art created by kids, beautiful glassware, woodcraft and carvings, decorations of wine/beer bottles or jars( nail polish remover will help take the labels right off), bookshelf made out of pallets… but I hope you get the picture.

Anyway I want to focus on compound. I recently visited a hotel that had a very radiantly done terrain. At times I miss the words to describe exactly what I feel when I see fine work of art, so I capture the moment.
Perhaps am a bit extreme, but I believe that an environment can alter your general attitude/mood. Imagine walking into an empty space, “how would you feel?” personally I know my emotional stimulus is will not be awestruck. I’ll just leave these here…Enjoy..

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♣️
SHYKO.
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Through Life

Nobody taught me to love wholly, selflessly, patiently, faithfully and earnestly meant to be brave. I learnt and still am, learning it from God;