It’s been long since I posted anything on this platform, too long if I may add. In that time I have experienced a lot of ups and downs in my life, mostly downs though. I have lost a lot of things in the past ten or so months. I am at a point where I… Read More Hello…stranger
I have never written a poem in my life. Today however, as I was doing my morning reflections, something changed. This little poem started it’s first few lines as a normal story, and then I don’t know what happened. I hope it will be enjoyable I wish I was a superhero. I wish I had… Read More Morning Thoughts
When I was growing up I wanted to be a father more than anything. I wanted to go to work in the morning, come back in the evening and just sit on the sofa and read the newspaper. I thought that was all there was to life. To me, a father was that cool… Read More The King of the Castle
Last week I decided to share a few lessons I have learnt over my nearly forty years of existence. After writing the initial blog, I couldn’t help but feel like I had left out a few more. This post is the second part in this two part series. These are personal lessons and may or… Read More Older & Wise-ish: A few of my life lessons 2
I have been away for a while. I have tried and failed to write anything that resembles a blog post in more than three months. During that hiatus, a lot of things have happened in my life. I have gone through ups and (mostly) downs in that period that I never thought I was going… Read More Older & Wise-ish: A Few of my Life Lessons
wear a smile. I open my eyes in the morning, and the pain of being alive comes flooding. It fills every bit of my being, drowning me almost. I try to search the depths of my heart for strength to get out of the blankets but it’s no easy task. I look at my phone… Read More I wear a Smile
In a world where you can be anything, be kind. I know we have seen it herd this statement a lot of times, but have you ever experienced it? At a time where we ‘value’ being ‘savage’ and ‘violent’, what does it mean to be kind? I have been struggling with a number of things… Read More Be Kind
Sometimes I find myself wishing I didn’t believe in what I believe in. At times I wish my parents never taught me the values they did when raising me. Life will drive you to situations where things would be nicer or faster if you took a ‘short cut’. I have said it before that we… Read More A Balancing Act
In Zimbabwe, most of us have a strong connection to the rural areas. Most of our parents were raised there and only came to towns and cities to look for jobs. It is with this background that most of us will find ourselves having to go there every now and then. I hated going there… Read More Swim against the current
The first quarter has come and gone and I appreciate that I am progressing well with my blogging resolution. I may appear like I marched valiantly into the second quarter, but that is not the case. I dragged myself over the finishing line battered, bruised and barely breathing. I threw myself wholeheartedly into my tasks,… Read More Few Lessons
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