Life Stories

THE SCANTY DIARY OF A TURNING THIRTY YEAR OLD

I do not recall who said this, but it is true- that age comes with wisdom and experience (and eventually senior citizen discounts). The wisdom you might not always use, the experience may not always make you act differently in a similar situation, and the senior person discounts- I will think about
September 29, 2017
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Life Stories

Challenged by Empathy

Challenged by Empathy
The good old difference between empathy and sympathy. Most times we think we are being empathetic when we are being sympathetic because we hugged someone and tried our best not to say anything that would patronize them or the right to their feeling and suffering. I have also, like most, always believed
April 11, 2017
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Life Stories

Knowing and Celebrating Our Women Heroes

Knowing and Celebrating Our Women Heroes
Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi et al. Our heroes and freedom fighters. We learn about them in school, we find books about them even when we are not looking: comics, children’s version, biographies; millions of articles online, detailed Wikipedia accounts- name it. In light of International Women’s Day accept
March 20, 2017
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Poetry Corner

Memories

Memories
As we advance in life, the way we remember things changes. The thoughts, feelings and judgements we attach to memories alters because we too are altered by the magnitude of life. We shrivel and we open up, stretching our boundaries, testing our fears, realizing our follies, acknowledging our triumphs, amazing ourselves by
February 27, 2017
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Life Stories

Underpaid, Unappreciated and Forgotten: Our Police

Underpaid, Unappreciated and Forgotten: Our Police
Lady Justice can not help it and loses her composure. She unveils her eye(s) in awe that justice could be lacking to such a degree that it becomes difficult to define it and its role. Furthermore, people lose hope in systems and revert to our ancestral way- restorative justice- a good form
February 15, 2017
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