Expressions of Myself

Have you ever complained? Ha! If you are anything like me (like I used to be) I loved complaining and being the victim, I would complain about what others have done to me, how they made me do things, yes me Zenneline Life Coach & Mentor, I complained how my spouse hurt me, how bad I was treated and yes always saying I am not innocent in all of this I had my part to play, however I got angry at my circumstances and where I was at, but all I did was complain to any one who would listen about how bad I actually had it, did it help me? NO! It just made me feel worse! So I decided to keep quiet, I decided to STOP my complaining and change ME, change my attitude to one of GRATITUDE. I started Journaling everyday for almost a week, everyday I wrote about 10 things that I was grateful for and that changed my heart it changed my thought patterns, instead of focusing on what I didn’t have, I now focused on what I did have, which made my life pretty awesome!! What I have found is that mos...

I am watching the Series “Switched @ Birth” for those who don’t know it’s about two girls that were switched at birth, the one being hearing impaired which means she can talk half way but she mostly makes use of sign language, the recent episode I watched was where the whole episode was done in Sign Language and there was no sound apart from the background music, however the rest of the episode was done in sign language which meant I needed to read the subtitles. I couldn’t help but think how difficult it was for the DEAF kids to communicate to others that have no hearing problems, this specific episode had lots of feelings portrayed like feeling undermined , feeling less of , always feeling inferior to others , always having to compete and fight for what they believe in and their right to education . This episode had the DEAF kids sharing their school with hearing kids and there was a lot of uneasiness. It made me think a lot of being MISUNDERSTOOD, how easy it for us to be misunder...

Ever heard “it’s not what you say but how you say it” that makes an impact good or bad. Truth be told I have done that many times with my husband and most often not I took offense to what he has told me. He then also pointed out that I pulled a certain face that he strongly dislikes hence this would lead to us having a disagreement of sorts. Question: How often do we actually take not of our body language and the message we want to portray? (We actually DON’T take note of it at all until someone points it out, this making us aware of it) What is your attitude when someone points out a “flaw” in you? Do you become defensive?   OR Do you take it as something that you can be worked on, and you receive it and you decide to work on it for the better? #TIP: Its always good to have a “teachable spirit” so that when someone does tell you what they dislike about you and they are saying it with love and you know you changing it will benefit you, go and do it, this way you are gaining not l...

If you are like me strong willed go getter and knowing what you want you have either stopped at one point of your life for a moment and reflected, found yourself in a place that sounds look familiar and you know you were there before, it was either a good experience or a bad/ negative experience and for me most often than not it was the excited moments I recall then I ponder on Why is things so different now? Why have those people moved on? Why are have we lost contact? Fact of the matter is those relationships had to be dissolved because it just wasn’t serving me anymore I became exhausted just wanting to be noticed by these people, you could say I was co-dependent not so much on them but the feeling I got when I was in there presence almost like an addiction, you just can’t seem to get enough. Rereading chapters in my life are a good way of me accepting my decision then and appreciating what I have right now, thankful for the lessons also grateful for what I have now. I am all ov...

I remember at school we were given prescribed reading, we didn’t have a choice but to read those Shakepeare books from “Hamlet” to “King Lear” and lets not forget “ Withering Heights ” and wait for it… “The Great Gatsby” I must admit then I really only did it because I had to and it got me through English and I passed it. As I am writing this now I am thinking of how our kids today might feel the same being obligated to read the books they are given at school, I want to take a moment to introduce you to another point of view. I remember I LOVED Afrikaans as it was /is my mother tongue as I was born in Namibia so it came naturally and I didn’t need much motivation  to read my Afrikaans Voorgeskrewe boek, in fact I couldn’t wait to finish the book, I excelled in Afrikaans because I loved it so much and it was easy in my mind. Question: How much more won’t our kids excel if we encourage a healthy habit of reading? I think our kids will excel in school in there reading, and other task...