A ruminating Heart

The power of human connection.

“Everybody has a story” This is the essence of the human connection. The shared experience and relatability. At the core of my blog, I want the reader/ a reader to experience the “human connection”. And whilst it is not optimal as an in person connection, it is still a connection nevertheless. I wholeheartedly believe that…

August 1, 2024
To us, who thought it was all to late to pursue our dreams

Life. It may not be fair, but it is just. And like the tortoise and the hare, it is never about how fast you run, but rather, how you run the race. Life … It isn’t meant to be fair. For fair is: equal. But no one human is equal to another. So fairness cannot…

June 17, 2024
Reflection: Saying goodbye to May. I’m not quite ready for June.

As May comes to an end, I reflect on the seconds, hours and days this month has bought me. Apart from the everyday things of life, pay my car insurance and all that other good stuff like: catching a cold and acquiring a lingering cough that won’t leave my body, and having people look at…

May 31, 2024
Life: Remembering the simpler times

I do remember life before the internet, but that will also mean I am admitting that I am old. Well I kinda am. I am the generation where dial up internet was a real thing. Where we had to wait ages for the internet page to load up and the pixelation was all blocky. AOL…

May 30, 2024
Life: You cannot compare & be happy

I have (for one reason or another) met people from all walks of life. Call it fate or call it something else, our paths crossed. Professions of many kinds. Even an ex special ops who taught me about box breathing. (I wonder why it’s called box breathing?) Anyway … who knew I needed to learn…

May 29, 2024
Relationship: How I come to appreciate the beauty of simplicity

There are some things that cannot be described with words, but must be felt. The way we appreciate the small gestures that our partner shows, to let us know that they care.

May 22, 2024
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
Relationship: If you want to know what love is?

The sort of love that will weather the storm with you, protect you during times of hardship, are the ones that kindly says no to things when it is needed. And whilst it does not feel good, you will know that this kind of love has the stamina to run the race.

May 6, 2024
What would you do, If you knew the relationship you are in, has run its course? This is the story about risk.

What would you do, if you knew that your relationship has run its course? Would you continue, because it is easier? Or would you risk it for something unknown, that could possibly be great for the soul?

April 18, 2024
Why do people with kids, go to venues (only) to get away from their kids?

This sort of daily prompt questions, where you ask someone, the first thing that comes to their minds? What a salacious question to ask? But I am … daft enough to enter this domain. So here is my response.

April 14, 2024
A Random encounter: A happenstance perspective shift.

The strangers we meet, are sometimes a divine intervention for us to see hope in the most unassuming places. This is the story about Leilani and her positive disposition.

April 11, 2024
A thought piece: The thing about perspective is …

Perception shapes our perspective, and therefore – shapes our happiness.

April 10, 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
Learning to set boundaries early. It sets you free from feelings of anguish

Saying no is hard, but resentment is much harder to reconcile with yourself when you constantly allow others to constantly cross them. If we want to be comfortable in our own skin, we are going to have to learn to do a little hard to begin with.

April 7, 2024
A person who has the ability to suspend judgment is Unique because …

A person who has the ability to suspend their personal prejudice to seek understanding of another person’s view is a rare commodity. Here’s why?

March 24, 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
What’s something most people don’t understand?

That kindness and empathy does not come for free. Someone had to go through darkness, pushing through their own fears and insecurities, to come out the other side in one piece. For words are cheap and goodwill actions are the true character of a person whose character got broken down by life, in order for…

March 19, 2024