Tag: Follow your Dreams

  • Sylvia Rose’s Story – Part Eight

    Sylvia Rose’s Story – Part Eight

    I know now why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou One evening after a very heated argument with my daughter; anger in her eyes she turned to me and said, “Happiness comes from within, you create your own happiness. Get your shit together. You have to love yourself before you can possibly love anyone.

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  • Tot Facienda Parum Factum

    Tot Facienda Parum Factum

    Tot Facienda Parum Factum “So much to do, so little done” Last words uttered by Cecil John Rhodes, British businessman, mining magnate and founder of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia) on his deathbed. This was the motto of my high school and whenever I remember these words, I recall my teachers, trying vainly to drum

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  • Decisions, Decisions.

    Decisions, Decisions.

    Vanilla ice cream or chocolate cake? Close your eyes take a deep breath and just pick one. Go with your heart, rely on your gut. It’s really not that hard. I mean for me of course I would have chosen a slice of chocolate cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side,

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  • A House Divided against Itself – Part Four

    A House Divided against Itself – Part Four

    Life returned to a sense of normality, which after two months was turned completely upside down. It happened when the husband awoke  at two in the morning to find he was alone in bed. He called out softly to his wife and on getting no response; he got up and made his way through the

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  • The Making of Ironmen

    The Making of Ironmen

    “Brother: A person who is there when you need him; someone who picks you up when you fall; a brother is always a friend.” – Unknown. We are Simon and Wayne, brothers who completed this year’s IRONMAN African Championship.

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  • A House Divided against Itself -Important Notice

    A House Divided against Itself -Important Notice

    Important Notice For those of you following this series – thank you and I hope you are benefiting from the content. This series will go onto a monthly basis as from  Saturday August 18 2018. If you have not read any of the series go to Part One. Many thanks to you all and please

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  • Syvia Rose’s Story – Important Notice

    Syvia Rose’s Story – Important Notice

    Important Notice For those of you following this series – thank you and I hope you are benefiting from the content. This series will go onto a monthly basis as from  Saturday September 1st. 2018. If you have not read any of the series go to Part One. Many thanks to you all and please

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  • The Hundred-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared.

    The Hundred-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared.

    “The violently burning tanker now drifted along the edge of the quay towards the center of the town. During this last journey, it set fire to all the houses along its route, a distance of 2.2 Kilometers. The wind was coming from the South-East that day, so it didn’t take more than twenty-five minutes before,

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  • The Funny Side of an American President

    The Funny Side of an American President

    Originally posted on The archive of Elizabeth-Jane: Originally published in the Wits Vuvuzela on July 25, 2018 Barack Obama talks at the Nelson Mandela annual lecture.                                                           …

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  • A House Divided against Itself – Part Three

    A House Divided against Itself – Part Three

    It seemed within in a mere matter of days that life in the household resumed its usual ways and the Australian adventure had lost its focus; but this was only short lived.

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