Person of the week: Jak de Priester

Wow die opwinding was groot Saterdag-aand in Lourensford se wynkelder.
Regstreekse uitsending van "Varstrap" ( DSTV se Kyknet )

Ronel het my met die " Jak de Priester"- wortel aan die neus daar in die hart van die boeremusiek ingelei...

en dit was PRET !!

lewensgrootte kameras, video-toerusting, lank en aantreklike program-aanbieder, klank stuff, sexy gay "stage"- bestuurders, grimering vir mans onder die genadelose beligting, die hele lot!
Showbiz honey !!

Jy word gesê wanner jy moet klap en skree. Hulle "queue" jou.
alles baie opwindend.



die name van die orkeste ewenaar slegs die titels van die snitte wat hul bied... dit is 'n ander wêreld !!! Maar natuurlik vat Jak de Priester die "person of the week: toekenning vir sy oulike liedjies oor pa- wees en sulke tipe realiteite.
so net vir vermaak: die name van die finalis-boeremusiek orkeste:

• Donkiekar
  
• Die Penkoppe
• Die Boere Biscuits (ekt gedink hulle is nogal goed!)
  
• Die Korrelkoppe


• Witwatersrand dames orkes
  
• Distrik 7
  
• Die Kaapse Affodille
  
• Die Sandvelders
  
• Witblitz
  
• Brink Botha en sy orkes
  
• Bakgat
  
• Bredell Dansorkes
  
• Andre Victor se orkes
  

hooked!

Darling husband

i love you like a thirteenth cheque
i love you like the 1st cup of coffee in the morning
i love you like the satisfied heartbeat after a long run
i love you with the colour and excitement of an indie-craft-shop

thank you

image credit: Mahoney Joe

quiet

the conversation has gone quiet
and i can't figure it out
the lock does not fit the key
anymore

empty lost

empty
sounds echoing through the room
I'm talking
and you
just
barely
tolerating
it
strange
distance

person of the week: Wouter van Velden

person of the week..... an award not to be mistaken for frivlous admiration or manipulative "Pedestal- placement" ...but rather a true gesture of greatness...
such words find their meaning in the humble, brilliantly smart and sensitive spiritual leader/ shepherd of the NG Church in Wolseley.

this picture is for Ds Wouter.
For teaching us the pure, radical inclusivity demonstrated by our Great Spiritual Father during His time on earth.
We are enough, because He died for us.

x

friday fun after the frantic rush

One of the themes of my last month was:
running at break-neck speed and trying to get a billion little things done (in a day)
so this post by Marianne Elliot (in conversation with Tara Mohr, picture above) resonated with me:

"My ongoing challenge is overestimating how much I can do in a day (or an hour, for that matter) and then feeling rushed, like I’m always trying to catch up with the pace I’ve set for my own life.


One of the practices I’ve developed that helps with that is a morning check-in where I set myself some very realistic and simple “conditions of satisfaction” for the day (I learned this from Jen Louden)."


so- this weekend I'll try to slow down, reflect, breathe, eat slowly, have hours and hours of conversation with my parents and reconnect with my true pace.






I can't wait.
love, m

cuteness

too cute
too special not to share
hold on to your heart
greatness is about to start
unfolding in your
life.x

happy

enjoy the day!

More rules...

On a recent trip to Centurion I bought a book at the airport:
The Rules of life
by Richard Templar.
It says: "a personal code for living a better, happier, more successful kind of life"


Now immediately my mind asks:
better.....?
How / what is better? It is not the same for you than for me...
successful....
my definition? your definition?


Anyway- I'll stop being difficult and wade through the wisdom:
Rule number 9: Be on the side of the angels, not the beasts.
Richard says on page 20;
"Every action we make has an effect on our family, people around us, society, the world in general.
And that effect can be positive of detrimental.
It is usually our choice.

Does it hurt or hinder?
or does it help?"

I love simple messages. I love this Rule number 9.

try it

m

beautiful Thursday

Thank you Lord for a good night's rest
Thank you for convincing me that a 5km run would be "taking care of my temple"
Thank you for the cool weather

I pray for all the farmers.
I pray for all the employees of all the companies: that they may apply themselves truthfully and aim for Light.

Amen

gaan vir goud

eks mal oor hierdie uitdrukking:
Gaan vir goud.

die alliterasie is lekker...
die boodskap sterk

gaan groot
gaan beslis
gaan met mening
en dit alles: vir kwaliteit
die beste
die duursame
die blywende
goud


m

what do i need...

As I go through all kinds of feelings and experiences in my journey through life -- delight, surprise, chagrin, dismay --

I hold this question as a guiding light:
"What do I really need right now to be happy?"

What I come to over and over again is that
only qualities as vast and deep as love,
connection
and kindness
will really make me happy in any sort of enduring way.

—

Sharon Salzberg


♥
Awesome Sharon!