totale, volkome, volmaakte Verlossing

Goeie Vrydag

Mattheus 27:46

teen 3 uur het Jesus hard uitgeroep:

"Eli, Eli, lema sabagtani?"

(vertaal; "My God, my God, waarom het U My verlaat?)

letters to a young poet

"You gave me much joy, my dear sir, with your Easter letter;
for it said many good things about yourself,
and the way you spoke of Jacobsen's great and beloved art showed me that I had not erred in guiding your life and its many questions to this source of plenty.

Now Niels Lyhne will open up before you, a book of glories and of the deeps;
the oftener one reads it-
there seems to be everything in it
from life's very faintest fragrance
to the full big taste of its heaviest fruits."




Rainer M Rilke.

Easter Prayer

the moon saw
Alpha
when You knelt
face to the ground
sorrowful garden

the moon saw
You weep
You were the Matza
and Afikomen
Jewish
Eternal
Saviour

tears in the dust
sorrowful heart
pure heart
 Omega

arranging furniture

so we're playing computer games

reading the newspaper

making babies

cooking

washing

worrying

all the while

the world is ending

bit by bit

and we

don't

even

notice

just a sad, soft nudging in the quiet

of night

a poem

a whisper

tugging for our attention

but we

look

away

cute gifts

my little treats in between studies...

browsing on etsy...

http://www.etsy.com

look at these "due date" gifts....

they think of EVERYTHING these days...

these products are from Shannon Carter.

hand-made

person of the week: Ds Theo Smit

Hy het 'n lang loopbaan van siele begelei na die saligheid van Jesus-kennis.

Hy was eers dominee op Wolseley (voor ma en pa soontoe verhuis het)
vandaar Durbanville. ( hy is die lang man heel regs in die foto )

Passie vir sending werk.... moue oprol en "get the job done"
hys van die "old school" goeie ouens.
Sterk pa
vasberade
voluit
broos en sensitief
goeie spreker
en wonderlike mens.

hier is mooi fotos van ons "persoon van die week" tydens een van dy 4 kinders se troues.

i love Paris....

La vie est bien plus belle avec des bonbons..

jazz at heart

yay! Ive always wanted to attend Cape Town's swankiest- musical festival for the jazzy hearts.
This is an annual event and draws the true Jazz followers from around the world.
Lovely cool March lures many a jazz-lover to the Mothercity's CTICC on 30th and 31st of March.



This event has a huge corporate-social following too and planes touch down from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and of course New Jersey ( Lauren Hill! )

Thanks to my "person of the week" I'm getting to go in a VIP lounge with her on Friday-night, 30th March.


let the good times roll.... off the arch of the cheeky trumpet... ♥

Welkom klein Olivia Malan

Baba dogtertjie gebore: Olivia Malan
3.13kg
dogter van Yolandé en Wynand Malan
wat 'n klein wonderwerkie.
♥

explore

what lies ahead?

sukkel met die studies....

ek sukkel om te swot..
die golf van opwinding het gebreek
en daarmee saam
'n lang asem uitgeblaas
helaas
daar is slegs wilskrag en dissipline
om op terug te val.
2 sterk vriende
wat my deurhelp
...

Human- Right's Day Mense Regte dag

mense regte dag
die reg op menswees
die reg om verkeerd te wees
die reg om te vergewe
die reg om weer op te staan
die reg op die delikate,
fyn bestaan van die mens
dis reg

gone

sometimes between the tumble of Tuesday
and the furious rush to Friday... i catch a small thought

just out of sight

to my right

it says:

gone

the link is gone
the connection is

gone

and as I turn my attention there

to my right

there is just a
strawberry

lying there

at the summer's end...
strange
just lying there

and the cars hoot and the lift closes in front of me
and the meeting adjourns
and night rushes up to me
and
moulds me into the mattress
and I fall asleep
with the little
thought
just

to the right

of
me

excerpt from "The Book Thief"

page 259

"You told me all about your goal" he said, "but I don't know what sort of day it is up there. I don't know if you scored it in the sun, or if the clouds have covered everything"
His hand prodded at his short-cropped hair
and his swampy eyes pleaded the most simple of simple things.

"Could you go up and tell me how the weather looks?"

Naturally Liesel hurried up the stairs.
She stood a couple of meters from the spit stained door
and turned on the spot, observing the sky.

When she returned to the basement, she told him.

"They sky is blue today, Max,
and there is a big long cloud,
and it's stretched out like a rope.
At the end of it, the sun is like a yellow hole..."



Markus Zusak.

ok.. so I'm going through another Rumi-adoration phase...

Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and
find all the barriers
within yourself
that you have built
against it.

Rumi

Rumi to the rescue...

eks mal oor Rumi
Gek oor hom..
In 'n stille amper heilig-eerbiedige manier...

lees net hier:

Raise your words
not voice.
It is rain that grows flowers
not thunder.

rumi
(wie anders?)

great

Great om nuwe dinge te leer
Great om moeg te wees en dan te kan lê
Great om honger te wees en dan te kan eet
Great om lus te wees vir partytjie en dan trou-uitnodiging in pos te kry
Great om lus te wees vir 'n stywe drukkie en dan jou man by jou te hê.
lewe is Great

love like you've never been hurt...

dance like nobody's watching...

5 Louws

5 Louws
seën

person of the week: Chrismé Laubscher

Hierdie klein-niggie
is 'n dokter,
'n kundige perdryer,
'n Judo- kampioen,
'n atleet
en onlangs die ongelukkige ontvanger van
'n ski-ongeluk in Canada
( knie gaan bietjie hulp nodig hê om te herstel )
Uitreike gedoen in Zambiê
pragtige Christen

en sys net 30...

en syt Hartswater aant gons met haar glimlag :)

vir haar mooi opregte lewe van hulpverlening:
kry sy "Person of the week"

m

the wall street journal

wow... great article by Laura Vanderkam

Half way through the article:

"We all have the same 168 hours per week --
a number few people contemplate
even as they talk about "24-7" with abandon --
but since time passes
whether we acknowledge it or not,
we seldom think through exactly
how we're spending our hours."

mmmmakes you think
m

Klopjag

wow wow wow

talentvol
opreg

vol deernis

voor hul tyd !

koop die cd-- gaan ondersteun hulle --
luister
en wees
gevoed
♪

learning and development

I'm supposed to be studying, but I loved this chapter so much that it distacted me... I googled more about the theory and thought about sharing some of it here:
(subject: Enterprise Management)

Managers and leaders.
"Management can be exercised over resources, activities, projects and other non-personal things. Leadership can only be exercised over people.

Transactional vs Transformational leaders.

_ Transactional leaders see the relationship with their followers in terms of a trade:
they give followers the rewards they want in exchange for service, loyalty and compliance.
_Transformational leaders see their role as inspiring and motivating others to work at levels beyond compliance. Only transformational leadership can change a team / organisation's culture and create new direction.


*** a transformational leader has vision.

**** a transformational leader is able to anticipate ( the leader possesses foresight )

***** a transformational leader has value-congruence. (has the emotional capacity to empathise with people or with a group)

******this kind of leader will empower the group with the aim to make the group more effective.

The leader will be aware of her own needs and goals.

awesome stuff!

May you be a Monday- transformational leader!
cheers
M

person of the week: Garth van der Westhuizen

Garth van der Westhuizen.

Ok- so I could have gotten a more flattering picture of this 26-year old.
my bad. (He is feeling a bit overwhelmed at his farewell.)
I've only known him for 1 month.
Two things struck me:

• work ethic (I'm talking loyal and thorough beyond belief!)

• integrity

If Garth says he'll finish the report, he will finish the report.
Don't let the fact that he has worked 12 hour-days
for weeks on end
make you doubt that he will deliver.
he will. he always does. Garth is great!
and sadly
Garth is spreading his wings
after 7 years at RCS, to soar over to Clicks.

cheers Person-of-the-week,
you will be missed
m

CIMA

yay eks weer 'n student!
Ek pak CIMA aaan
(Chartered Institute of Management Accounting)
klaskamer:
6 van ons.
Nazneen (werk vir die regering, ek skat haar 36/37/38, sy dra nie tradisionele Moslem-klere nie, baie gaaf en passievol vir reg & geregtigheid) Ek kry so half aktivis 'vibe' van haar af.
Leon (Afrikaans, oorspronklik van Natal, ek skat 19 of 20 en dink surfing is die coolste ding ooit, swot voltyds deur IBTC )
IBTC is die plek wat die CIMA klasse aanbied vir ons module, Enterprise Management
( 79 Roeland straat )

Tebogo (swart, geen idee hoe oud hy is nie) het langs my gesit en sy handboek met my gedeel. wit tande, oë bietjie geel soortvan, maar gaaf. ( weet nie of hy werk nie, kon nie uitmaak wat hy sê nie )

Davril is van "cape malay" of kleurling tipe agtergrond. werk voltyds en het 'n pak aangehad. Hy doen sommer al die vakke gelyk. Overkill as jy my vra. hy lyk ambisieus en ry 'n ou BMW.
ek weet nie of die BMW iets met ambisie te doen het nie.
soms voel dit asof al die jong Indier-outjies een of ander BMW ry. (ons almal het 21h02 daar uitgevaar en hyt agter my parkeer )


John is engels en het dig bos krul hare. Hy werk in IT en was merkbaar geïrriteerd toe ons oor Performance appraisals praat (en party het hul koppe geskud ja, ons doen dit by die werk ) en hulle doen dit nie by sy werk nie. Hy is in IT.

Maria, wit, amper 32, swot weer en het 'n oorvol skedule want ek wil mos NIKS mis nie en die lewe uitdruk en pers soos 'n suurlemoen...
sodat ons natuurlik tequila kan drink! (Of hoe gaan die gesegde?)
Ons is 'n kleurvolle groep en die lesing is aangebied deur Sue Jabbitt. Syt vir 12 jaar in UK vir die BBC gewerk. baie oulik.

ok, meer later, oor ons kleurvolle klassie.
lekker slaap.

3 year old marriage

♥
a marriage
a private thing
an investment
a triumph over centuries
a captivating social trend
a blissful unity
a heated argument
a lively tapestry
a part of me
you
forever
♥

person of the week: Fran Bruce

yay to Fran!!

funky
spirited
independent
loves her London home
loves trance
loves her Karoo fram
runs a beauty salon and
palms in the awards!
♥

goodwood

the sights the speed the chaos
the car-horns the looks the colour the
energy the desperation the momentum
the taxis the people the dreams
the cash heists the car dealerships
the street vendors
the sore feet the gatsby's
the 24 hour common denominator

the new workspace

of Maria
Swanepoel

photo shoot!

our family is preparing for a photo shoot.
(see the gents from Vorsprung-studio's magic.)

It was part of group-on ( deals / coupon ) type effort to increase publicity for this duo.

Okay, so I was the only one of the 5 that saw potential
in an arty/funky/ fun updated family portrait project.
They were all content with the 8- years ago studio-posed
attempt we made at last minute
when Blanche was here visiting from London.

okay: not quite true...
my sisters are not fond of the traditional setting and posed-faces.

So, hang on to your hats folks:
this 1 was extremely and radically different.
It was a fun high-energy-chaotic-
chasing- the- last- rays -of- the sun- Friday after work-tired-blast!

can't wait to see the end-product!
shoot-shoot-glam - its a wrap

my new favourite word... kindness

noun

[mass noun]

• the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate: he thanked them for their kindness and support
• [count noun] a kind act: it would be a kindness on your part to include him/her.
  

My Mammie het gister verjaar

my Mammie het gister verjaar
en toe die werkstaak my toelaat om te bedaar
en sy sweep neerlê
kry ekke kans om te sê:
"Veels Geluk liewe Ma"
♥
Mag daar nog baie jare wees
wat ons kan klets oor 'n snytjie koek
en kan droom oor die Camino wat ons gaan stap
baie jare waarin ons kan huil en grap
oor die lewe
se snaakse vorms & draaie
en al die afdraai-paaie...
Dankie vir die reguit pad wat jy ten toonstel
en die empatie met die mindere
wat jy vergestalt
veels geluk ma
♥

wegbreuk... wil ek

ek wil gaan
7km buite Robertson
stilte
vreugde
die Laaitjie

my new favourite word...

I found my new favourite word on this incredibly gifted and wise man's blog:
Dr Rick Hanson.

check it out here.
he talks about Benevolence.

Here I quote a piece from his blog:

" This goodwill is present in warmth, friendliness,
compassion, ordinary decency,
fair play, kindness, altruism,
generosity, and love.
The benevolent heart leans toward others;
it is not neutral or indifferent.

Benevolence is the opposite of ill will,
coldness, prejudice, cruelty, and aggression.
We’ve all been benevolent,
we all know what it’s like to wish someone well."

beautiful.. I lap up these words...
Thank you Dr Hanson!


these special words..
I send them up to the heavens
so that they may fill the sky
and the clouds
and rain down on us with their meaning.
x M

Person of the week: Vivienne la Cock

hierdie dame lewe met die fynproewer se sensitiwiteit,
sy gee gretig van haarself.
Tannie Sannie, Ina en Viv
het 'n pragtige ooievaarstee gereel vir Yolandé.
Haskell's Vineyard.


Haar tafelgebed was so mooi.
opreg.

"person of the week" is die vrou van - formaat:
Vivienne la Cock.

goose-bump-awesome...

just admire these photos by Maike:

Just have a look at this depth of talent..
the feeling
the vibrance
awesome-elegance!



and then another wedding:
(Strandfontein)


bliss !

beautiful phrases: Immortality (Milan Kundera)

The two rivals now care only about one thing:
which of them will be recognized
by the opinion of this small audience
as the possessor of the truth,
for to be proved wrong
means for each of them the same thing
as losing his honour.
Or losing a piece of his own self.


The opinion they advocate
is itself not all that important to them.
But because once they have made this opinion
an attribute of their self,
attacking it
is like stabbing a part of their body.


page 136

beautiful phrases: The book Thief (Markus Zusak)

There had been a change in him.
A slight shift.

She saw it, but didn't realise until later, when everything came together.
She didn't see him watching as he played,
having no idea that Hans Hubermann's accordion was a story.
In the times ahead,
that story would arrive at 33 Himmel street
in the early hours of morning,
wearing ruffled shoulders
and a shivering jacket.

I would carry a suitcase,
a book and two questions.
A story.
Story after story.
Story within story.


page 76

Blanche en Stuart en Craig verjaar op dieselfde dag!

Veels geluk aan die 10de Feb - babas !!

person of the week: Whitney Houston

Person of the week: Whitney Houston.
singer (1980's and 90's) and a mom.... with lots of issues & anger.. and a nasty husband..
she gets the award for the cover of the Dolly Parton-song: I will always love you.
(the memorable theme song for The Bodyguard.)

rest in peace.
m

The Nutcracker on ice

1st: Russia 1892
from the heart of the stage, to you
The tale of love
gentle, fragile, lunge
warm yet
cold as the ice-rink
and cuts like the blades
and swirls like the falling snow
costumes to delight in tow
fastest twirls, arabesque, ecstatic.
Christmas time, baubles and figureskating-mice
ballet at its most graceful
the Nutcracker on ice

m