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In all lands, with all people, there are two Alters where people go to worship,

One is the Alter of pain, suffering, separation, fear, lack, anger, competition,

The other is the Alter of peace, love, abundance, joy, happiness, success, 

Each person must choose how to live Read more....

Recently an old friend died - not that he was so old. He went before retirement age, and we have not had contact for over four decades. But he was a friend. Until religion interfered. His passing scratched open wounds from my teenage years that I thought I had made peace with. This man was a lovely, intelligent boy with a good nature and a kind heart. He was also from a different religion .......... Read more  

In 2019, I planned to celebrate my 60th birthday the ideal way was to go up on Table Mountain, something I have not done before. Yes, I am a Capetonian and have not been up. The celebrations would continue into the evening with the whole family in a restaurant with sea food platter on the menu. You can imagine my disappointment when my daughter arrived home from work very exhausted and too tired to join us on Table Mountain. Little did I know the surprised she had planned for me ........Read more ....

You find yourself standing in a circle and looking

at all the people who colour your life.

 

Most colours you like, like the radiant red from

the people you love and love you back.

You smile.

Some colours are a pulsing black. 

Your smile disappears.

They are your biggest ............... Read more

I started sneezing on 7 December but thought it`s just hay fever and nasal problems. By Wednesday it was getting worse but mostly hay fever and runny nose. Thursday let me know that fever of 38.2 is no joke. I was dehydrating and headache. As I always have fever from my migraines I just thought it`s just another migraine........Read more 

Having and raising children are probably one of the greatest mysteries that God gave us. There is no manual, and sometimes it appears there is no rhyme or reason behind God’s decisions. But there is. There always is. We just need to keep our faith and focus on the future and on the fact that God is never wrong. A person attempts suicide because .............Read more ....

One afternoon, a fox was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from a lofty branch.

“Just the thing to quench my thirst,” he thought.

Taking a couple of steps back, the fox jumped and just missed the hanging grapes. The fox tried again but still failed to reach them.

Finally, giving up, the fox turned his nose up and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and walked away.

Moral of the story: It’s easy to despise what you can't have.