WHERE ARE YOU PARKED?
I was going to a place I visit often; it has a community library inside, and most of the time the parking is full. So, I arrived early one morning and just simply parked outside. The security guard said to me, ‘Why are you behaving like a visitor?’ You come here all the time’. I […]
IS YOUR BOWL TOO SMALL?
Have you ever felt like you were made for more, but you do not know how to go about it, or felt like you need to shrink or reduce your standards or preferences in certain spaces? This is not about pride, pickiness or inability to adapt or cooperate with people. There are people who cannot […]
THE BLESSING OF BIRTHMARKS AND IMPERFECTIONS
Everyone on the face of the earth is born unique. Every scar, mole, and birthmark is like nature’s fingerprint on your body uniquely crafted to make you one of a kind. Within reason, and is open to argument, even your tastes and preferences within moral and ethical boundaries were designed uniquely to you. Yes, there […]
ODE TO COOKIES!
(Vulnerable Post Alert) While eating cookies, I thought to myself, what if I stop eating cookies? Will I survive? Probably not! To you, it’s just a biscuit. To me, it is the transition ritual of my day, proof that my lunch went down well and the late afternoon snack that proves that I don’t need […]
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 […]
A Pot, A Spoon and Everyday Life: What They All Have in Common
There was a time in my life when I found chores and housework therapeutic (#insane!), I believed it calmed my soul and helped me think more clearly. I always felt fulfilled and ‘whole’ after I entered a freshly clean space. When I was about 9 years old, I saw one of those ‘home making and […]
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 […]
FROM HELLO TO THE ALTAR: 5 STEPS TO TAKE WHEN LOOKING FOR A LIFE PARTNER
1. Be Open and Accessible: Don’t shut yourself off from the world; be friendly, sociable, and available to serve in a way that aligns with your values. You may not have a very active social life when you are married because of increased responsibilities, so this is your chance to build friendships that will stand […]
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 […]