Mystical Maya Angelou

This is the header of Maya Angelou's blog. Go there by clicking here.

She is beyond amazing and impactful.
I share with you today, an extract of her poem: "On the pulse of morning".
She read this at former president Bill Clinton's inauguration.

"... acrosss the wall of the world,
a river sings a beautiful song,
Come rest here by my side.

Each of you a bordered country,
Delicate and strangely made, proud,
Yet thrusting perpetually under siege.
Your armed struggles for profit
Have left collars of waste upon
My shore, currens of debris upon my breast.

Yet, today I call you to my riverside,
If you will study war no more. Come,
clad in peace, and I will sing the songs
The Creator gave to me when I and the
Tree and the stone were one...."

happiness and hot

yes yes I do not want to comment on the heatwave....
July is coming and it will be too icy to go for a run... ( I repeat this until I can fall asleep )

last week at current workplace.. bit unreal.
Thanks all for the lovely words, thoughful and sweet.
I stack them together like a little ladder
I'll use to stand on when I'm feeling blue and need some perspective.

person of the week: Amelia van der Merwe

Amelia wins person of the week....

she is as light as a feather..

light in laughter and light in criticism

yet weighty with conviction and strength. 

a joyous contradiction

a clever lady (third from the right)

a team player

a leader

not afraid of standing alone

but welcoming the wisdom and warmth

of company in her life.

a balanced soul.

2 magic-mystically- wise-women

The one awesome lady I follow regularly : Tara Sophia Mohr, made mention of this magical woman:
Jennifer Louden.

this is an extract of her recent blog post on "fool proof ways to make a difference"
read more over here.








super talented-gifted- Jennifer writes:

Acknowledge that you want to.

Feel into the ache in your heart or the tug in your belly. Bow to your desire.

Maybe your desire is to educate girls, end under-earning, heal veterans, open a dialogue between warring neighbors, stop bullying in your kid’s school, get people dancing…. whatever it is, embrace your longing.

Here’s the secret that will set you free: the longing doesn’t go away. Ever. It’s your fuel. And your compass. Listen to its insistent whispers. Learn to live with the itch.

so- what do you itch for??

m

kyk hier !!! Golden section

Ek loop hierdie raak op Etsy:
Golden Section Fine art.

dit is op my wenslysie.

stunning blog: The Sartorialist

feel like something pretty,
head over here.
The Sartorialist.

they did some work for Tiffany & Co.
swoon
beautiful
swoon
romance and joy
heartbreaking
tender
eternal

project:
true love in pictures.

(credits: The Satorialist and Garance Doré)

too soon old too late smart

I'm reading this cute little book.( Thanks Blanche )

Too soon old Too late smart .
Gordon Livingstone.
Chapter 10 extract:


"... this is the final and controlling paradox:
Only by embracing our mortality can we be happy in the time we have.
The intensity of our connections to those we love is a function of our knowledge
that everything and everyone is evanescent.
Our ability to experience any pleasure requires either a healthy denial
or courageous acceptance of the weight of time
and the prospect of ultimate defeat."



beautiful!

sweaty Sunday

It is hot
the quiet hot
the type of hot that keeps you downstairs
the type of hot where you wish for a splash-pool
and you consider ripping out the (beautifully, newply planted) greenery & shrubs to make space for the (imaginery) splash pool.
the type of hot that causes you to forget what day it is

Cape Town hot day


Maria

And so it goes

if you get up early and you pray/meditate

your day is awesome

m

kindertjies klein kindertjies rein

BADISA

helping those who have lost hope...

to help themselves.

Dankie aan almal wat Sept 2011 bygedra het tot Badisa se "farmworkers aid".

Onlangs is die laaste van die fondse aangewend vir skoolklere (en klein bederfies) vir die kinders wat my ma in pleegsorg geplaas het.

Dit beteken dat die kinders "sorgbehoewend" gevind is.

Groot woord,

wat impliseer dat hul verwaardeloos is en die ouers nie te vinde is nie, of nie in staat is om na hul om te sien nie.

kyk die blink skoolskoene links!

(ek het nog baie stories en fotos.

Wou net baie Dankie se vir elkeen.)

Hierdie maaitjies hoef nou nie skaam te wees om

volgende week skool toe te gaan nie.

Hulle het skoene en elk 'n witboordjie hemp

Groete

Maria

een konsep... een gevoel

waarheid
oplet
teenwoordig wees
onafgewaterde aandag
liefde

m

to find the goose that lays the golden eggs

e p i c

with age...

Memories fade
and we forget the good laughs
after a few years...

but our hearts never forget

and true friendship is
epic


m

new beginnings

sometimes we know what needs to be done

but it is not neat or clear.

sometimes we know what needs to be said

but it cuts the listener.

sometimes we know we have to leave

but the comfort and promises of "it will be better"...

is alluring and tugging at your adventurous heart.

and so: sometimes

I just need to act

out of boldness

risking for more

and trusting

It is by risking and opening your hand to more,

that you will find.

you will find adventure

challenge

and more...

Maria

Person of the week: Rob Pattinson

just because he is so so so gorgeous

thank you Rob! (queue sound: 13 year old teenage sob )

yeehaaa party time.

Newlands Forest Christmas year end picnic....

lovely time was had by all

stil

een van my hartskamers is stil
die stoel is geskuif
dit maak dat die mat so krul staan
daar was beweging
maar ek hoor nie jou stem nie

soveel vriende & geeste & stemme & siele in my hartsgange
en soveel pret en lag en gesels en gee
maar ek kan nie 1 vriend as plaasvervanger vir 'n ander he nie
elkeen
sy eie plekkie
onvervangbaar
die stilte lui
soos 'n sirene
in my kop

Julie Daley Rocks !!

Blog from Julie Daley:

What do you want?

What do you really want? That is what you will get. Not what you think you want. What you really, really, really want. If you really want what is true, it’s its own protection. ~Adyashanti

I listened to these words last night as I was working.

I like to listen to Adya’s satsangs, just taking in his words and the transmission that comes through them.
I have a sense these words wove their way through me last night as I was sleeping, because in meditation this morning, I could see how deeply ingrained my thinking is to choose something that will please others, get their approval. It is fairly unconscious still…until now.

I could clearly see it this morning.
And so as I noticed this, I wondered, “Do I even know what it is to choose what I want? Do I know what I want? Do I really know what is true for me?

Am I willing to look, to know for myself?

Am I willing to ask the hard questions?”
This comes down to being able to tune into this self, this being.

This ego has been all about pleasing others (and of course the equal and opposite force of rebellion against that pleasing, but then that’s much more under the surface, but not as under as it used to be).

This coming into oneself, trusting the organic flow from within,

trusting one’s own desires, is key to being an alive, creative being.

And, it really doesn’t care about pleasing. It doesn’t know pleasing. It just is.

_________________ dit het so baie vir my beteken vanaand _______________________

the road splits ahead

and so I came to a fork in the road

and left looked happy and familiar

and right looked bright with new colours I've not seen before

so which road do I take

we have but 1 chance

Maria

ek aanvaar

ek is nou 31 (amper 3 maande al )
en ek leer van aanvaarding... nie soos kennis in jou kop inprop-leer in die sin van teësinnig leer nie, maar 'n sagte leer.

ek aanvaar dat die botter ook soms hard is in die deftige restaurant se brood-mandjie
ek aanvaar dat die tee nie altyd sterk genoeg is nie ( al het ek die sakkie lank ingehou )
ek aanvaar dat ek skrikkerig is vir die tegnologiese -golf wat ons huis inrol... blackberries, ipads, ipods, dstv, wi-fi-, bla bla, HD, bla -afkorting-bla
ek aanvaar dat dit okay is om te huil na die Twilight-flieks ( al is ek 31 en nie 13 nie )

ek aanvaar dat ander mense Kersfees op 'n ander manier vier
ek aanvaar dat baie mense nie Kersfees vier nie


ek sal nog aanvaardings- deel deur die loop van die week.
x
m

troubled

i keep feeling that something is about to happen

like Edward won't love Bella anymore...

or dread enters this heart...