Category: Open Heart Letters

Part 1: Learning to be accountable for my pain. The lessons I learnt about betrayal

This is a two part post about my understanding of betrayal. The second part, when I learn to overcome the hurt, to find healing. This topic of betrayal has been floating inside my head for quite some time, waiting to be written. I suppose now is a gooder time than any other. I ponder on…

December 4, 2025
Healing part 1: Learning to listen to your inner voice.

“The ears may never hear, but the soul knows. Learning to listen to your inner voice” Whatever the healing looks like, or what we are trying to heal from. It is a journey. An opportunity to be honest with ourselves. That anger that is bubbling deep within from a disrespect we told ourselves that was…

September 2, 2025
Those who judge the harshest, are the most broken

Life becomes more bearable when it is understood. This is my observation of judgemental individuals and trying to understand life from their perspective.

June 5, 2025
With a thankful heart: To all my readers of this blog …

This is a thank you post to all my readers. You have helped me reach a small, but significant milestone that I never thought I could reach. With that said; a thankful heart.

May 8, 2024
An open heart letter: A short prose about love that has weathered the storm

This is a prose about love and learning to weather the storm with the one you love. It takes challenges to make that love stronger, when it is forged; it is also strengthened.

April 8, 2024
How do we define “success”?

Our personal turmoil begins when we make comparisons with another individual and now sense that we have not lived up to some “expectation” and have fallen short of some sort of “success”. But how many of us have stopped to ask the fundamental question of: “What defines success to us as an independent being?” But…

March 21, 2024
Forgiveness comes from a place of understanding

If you can’t do it for them, do it for you. Don’t wait to forgive. The time on earth is finite. Why are we holding a grudge? Is it because we feel entitled to it? At what cost are we paying? We never consider the hidden cost of unforgiveness. Or the fact that we ……

February 29, 2024
You can never buy back time: Live a life without regret.

“All the world’s is a stage and all the men and women are merely players” – As you like it (Shakespeare) Don’t waste time on things we cannot not go back and change. Start anew. Turn a new page. This time around, do it better. Don’t get fixated on the idea of perfection. That’s called…

February 28, 2024
A floral installation: A short tale about hope & growth

A flower does not bloom over night. Their beauty also came with many struggles. They had to fight the darkness in order to find the sun, the source of nourishment. The flower never gave up because she couldn’t see the light. She has faith. Pushing one sprout at a time. She never gave up until…

February 26, 2024
An Open heart letter: Can we talk about courage for a moment?

I used to think of courageous people as having no fear. But what I have come to discover is that, it isn’t that these people don’t possess fear. They have an inherent self belief in the things that they are trying to strive for. “Conviction is the source of courage” You see, I have never…

February 20, 2024
My partner’s Lay off omen and what I learnt supporting him through the murky times.

This is a post about what I learnt on how to support my partner during his lay off and job search during an infertile job market, and how compassion helped me see things through the eyes of the struggling.

February 19, 2024
Forgiveness comes when there is understanding.

If you can’t do it for them, do it for you. Don’t wait to forgive. The time on earth is finite. Why are we holding a grudge? Is it because we feel entitled to it? At what cost are you paying? We never consider the hidden cost of unforgiveness. Or the fact that we ……

February 1, 2024