Expressions of Myself

I have three assignments to do and then I am done for this year's leg of assignments in about a months time I start with my final exams for this year. This morning God took me to an email I received from Unisa in May 2014 where it says that “admission granted”.  I Matriculated in 2001, I was declined by many Universities and at that time I wanted to either become a Chartered Accountant or an Accounting Teacher. Well I was not accepted by any University because my marks didn't  cut it. I did study after school because I received a 50% bursary from Standford Business College and I did a year Diploma in Business Administration. I passed top of the Class in 2002. Fast forward to 2014 I finally got admission to study for a Bachelors Degree, not just any degree but a Bachelors Degree in Education.   At the age of 31 , being a wife  and mother of three , and working full time. As I am writing this blog, I am in tears because God reminded me of His hand over my l...

I met Simone Thomas at the first Cape Town Natural Hair Festival  in December  I bought one of her tank tops the red one (check picture). First of all, Simone has no idea I am writing this, secondly I am sharing my experience and what has happened since I have attended the first and second KroesRocks Hookup. The very first lesson I learned from the first KroesRocks Hookup in May was the power of having an accountability partner, someone who will keep you accountable for your goals long after your “lus” for it all has disappeared, this powerful story about accountability was shared by Vrishni Pillay who shared a very raw and beautiful  part of her life and how she had to deal with a difficult time in her life. She is hands down a WARRIOR in my eyes. My best friend Bianca and I made an agreement that we will follow through with a few things and keep each other accountable and it has been a wonderful experience as we got to keep our commitments made to ourselves...

God gave me a Word last week and without me being aware He orchestrated for me to deliver it in Church yesterday. Not me, He delivered the Word through me.  I would also like to share this Word on this platform as I feel it is one that is so relevant at this time. So I ask you the question "Who is seated at your table?" scripture reading John 12:1-8  Look around you. Who are the people you spend your time with? Who are the people you give your time to? Do they add value or do they subtract? Who is sitting at your table and the thought I got was “Who do we allow in our inner circle?” God’s Word came to me and said Daughter when last did you really examine the people around you? The people who you think you can trust. Who is at your table? Are they truly for you? Or have you just become so used to the people around you thinking they are for you but they are actually not. We often allow people at our tables out of fear of losing them however God sa...

What on earth are we birthing when we are always wanting to “by pass” everything? Yes trials and tribulations are daunting and they exhaust us however the lessons we learn in the midst of our trials are so invaluable why would we want to by pass anything? This morning I feel like shouting “STOP TRYING TO BY PASS EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE!!” JUST FREAKEN STOP IT!! Lately I am learning that everyone is interested in the mountain top experiences where success is the order of the day, everything is good and everyone is HAPPY. We jump from one place of being okay to the next place of being OKAY. We are not born to live an “OKAY” life. It seems too much work to actually get to the root causes of our issues, yet that is exactly what we need to do. In order for things to change the root must be plucked out so that there is room for new to be established. Do we actually deal with the why’s? Of things,  no we don’t because we have been conditioned to “cope” and so we don’t deal ...

I learned a valuable lesson years ago about the power of gratitude and there is also a scripture in the Bible that encourages one to be thankful about everything. I think that when we start to make a conscious decision to be thankful in all circumstances we learn to automatically not take things for granted. I also read Ann Voskamp's book 1000 Gifts and this book actually impacted my life greatly. After reading it I started making lists of things I am thankful for and now I literally thank everyone for everything...sometimes I think I get over the top however it's my way of showing appreciation and also my way of showing that I don't take things for granted. I was looking for a particular picture that I was going to use and write a blog about as I reflect today however I just can't seem to find one that would describe fully of what I was going through at the time instead I found many smiley pics of myself. I also learned something about myself lately that was really...