Ah, Catalina! Life lessons from a telenovela.
I have not watched any telenovela with this title, but thanks to the years of Telemundo and Spanish series on local television stations in the past (thank God for deliverance), I have watched enough series with a character named Catalina. For those who don’t know, ‘tele-novelas’ refer to the Mexican or Spanish series that were […]
THE TRUTH ABOUT SCARS
As I opened up my laptop, my screensaver appeared on the screen. It’s a lovely picture of me, if I dare say so myself. It was taken on a day that was not one of my best days, but has become a precious memory. As I looked closer, I noticed something was wrong with my […]
Dealing with Flaws, Habits and Shadows
Shadows are beams of darkness that are direct products of light. Shadows ‘shine’ brightest in the brightest of lights; they are deemed in the darkness. Shadows exist in different forms, both real and in our minds, souls, emotions or even habits. What does a habit shadow look like? I once had a friend in university […]
Life Lessons from a ROTTING Onion
In the DreamWorks movie Shrek, the character Shrek said to Donkey: “Ogres are like onions”. People are like onions, too, for the simple reason that they have layers. Onions have dry crusty layers, then half dry and half juicy layers, then fleshed out layers, and if it’s still budding, a green inner layer that no […]
Random Thoughts 3.0
What if we stopped focusing on the tortoise and focused on the hare? Many times, we have a hare in our families, a hare in our boardrooms, a hare in our lives, that is a part of us, an area where our light or strength shines brightly and may be ahead of the curve. Maybe […]
Random Thoughts 2.0
What if all your dreams came true? Would you be happy then? Would you be more fulfilled? Would your days be filled with calm or chaos, friendship or loneliness? We are not just building dreams, we are building our health, relationships and values right beside it. While reaching the top of the mountain is great, […]
DO IT AFRAID!
Growing up, I was scared of the dark. Not just scared, petrified. But somehow in contrast, I considered nighttime the most beautiful time of the day, the dark night contrasting with an enchanting moon and twinkling stars. My siblings knew of my fear and used it against me; they would quietly turn off the lights […]
UNFORGETTABLE LESSONS FROM A ‘LEARNER DRIVER’
DRIVING LESSONS I am ashamed to say this, but it might be of comfort to someone who feels stuck. It took me more than a decade of driving lessons, actually, to start driving on the road by myself. In my defence, it was because of an accident that I caused in the first 2 weeks […]
WHEN YOUR RIVER RUNS DRY
When you board an aeroplane, the cabin crew always give a list of instructions to follow for safety during the flight. ‘Use your seatbelt’. ‘Stow away your tray after use’. ‘In the event of an emergency, please put on your oxygen mask first before you assist someone. These rules hold true not just in a […]
Lessons From Deborah: How to Shine a Little Light and Make a Big Difference.
Meet Jael, a young Bedouin girl who is now a wife to a nomadic farmer living in Canaan. She has heard of the God of Israel, and the Israelites are camped not too far from her people. Jael probably heard of the war between Israel and the Amalekites and monitored news on how the battle […]