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What’s in a Name?
My birth name is Peter James Pienaar. A perfectly respectable name, I think. But if I had arrived a few centuries earlier, somewhere around 1555, and if history had been a little kinder with titles, trumpets, and velvet cloaks, I might have been introduced as Lord Peter James. There are records linking the old Pinard…
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Tot Facienda Parum Factum – So Little Done
Featured Image: Upsplash.com – Pablo Marchan Montes. As my belated end-of-May publication(please forgive me for being late – I have been ‘Man Down’ with a nasty bout of flu). My creative energy also seems to have taken a break over the last couple of weeks! So, I decided to republish an article that I originally…
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Before the Tower Fell
“When we lose our words, we lose our way — but when we listen, we find each other again.” – Danny Glover Featured Image: Upsplash.com unsplash free pictures the ruins of ancient stonework tower – Search Not all that long ago, I realized something simple but profound: communication skills have always been the most powerful…
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From Collapse to Renewal: How Zeke’s Turning Point Awakened His True Purpose”
From collapse to renewal, Zeke’s journey reveals how purpose finds us when we’re finally ready to change.
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Power of Now Journal – Doorway to Presence
How practicing presence through focus, gratitude, and sensory perception has transformed my daily life.
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Love Life Purpose – Grief and Family
Featured Image: Pexels Free Images Grief and Family Grief has visited my life more often than I’d ever wish. As a child, the nights were the hardest; fear seemed to wait for the dark before it crept in. As an adult, I’ve learned that fear doesn’t keep to a schedule—it can make its appearance at…
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Love Life Purpose – Competitiveness and Creativity
Featured Image: Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking : Bayles, David, Orland, Ted, Mann, Sally: Amazon.ie: Books Competitiveness vs. Creativity I want to share something that has shaped much of my life—something you may recognise in yourself as well: competitiveness. I was born in 1942, near the end of the…
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Power of Now Journal – Doorway to Presence
“When you wash your hands, pay attention to all the sense perceptions associated with the activity; the sound and feel of the water, the movement of your hands, the scent of the soap, and so on.” Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now Journal Featured Image: pexels free photos images washing hands with soap bar…
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Power of Now Journal – Are You Present
“There is nothing you need to understand before you become present.” Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now Journal You may have heard Anselm’s quote: “For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand.”[1] I discovered that belief in anything is the vital key…
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Unlocking Your Dreams: The Power of Imagination
Love Life Purpose – Dream Big Dreaming sparks inspiration and opens up new possibilities, while setting a goal is how you turn those possibilities into reality through focused effort and planning. I’ve always been a dreamer, but not all of my dreams have become structured goals I’ve actively pursued. As a child, I often found…