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I’ve learned
I’ve Learned by Omer B. Washington I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I’ve learned that no matter how much I …...
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I am woman
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start”. Nido Qubein Since the separation from my husband I have reflected often on who or what I am. Having...
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I am ……. as old as I am
I had a cousin who was killed in a car accident on his 21st birthday. He never graduated, never married, never travelled, never had children……. I had an aunt who died from cancer at age 33 years old....
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My attitudes # 2 – Next comes Optimism
My attitudes # 2 Optimism “The goal we seek, and the good we hope for, comes not as some final reward but as the hidden companion to our quest. It is not what we find, but the reason we cannot …...
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My attitudes # 9. Resilience. Bouncing back
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” Nelson Mandela. Thanks for pointing that out to me :) I thought there was supposed to be a rainbow at the top of...
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Responsibility
“Look at the word responsibility – “Response-ability” – the ability to choose your response. Highly pro-active people recognise that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or...
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Dancing The Transformative Grief Of Divorce
Sometimes I still feel low and I was wondering what that meant. Was this a normal part of the transitional stage of divorce or did I have a problem? I decided to do some reading. Here are some...
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UNWANTED PASSENGERS ON MY SHIP
“it not matters how straight the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the Master of my fate, I am the Captain of my soul.” William Henley If you imagine my life as a ship, with me the …...
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Adjusting my vision
After my joyous birthday celebrations and pronounced optimism for my future, I had been dragged down again. Having to deal with the practicalities of the property settlement made me feel lonely and...
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Creating my revival identity
When I was swept off course and thrown into a hole, it took every ounce of effort to simply survive. I refused to call myself a victim and instead I became a survivor. A victim sees something has...
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