It is Valentine’s Day today, in case you had not noticed. What with all this media hype and commercial overkill, you must have been living in a cocoon for a few days not to have noticed that it is the time of the year where a lot of normally sane people go out...
Continuing my theme for Valentine week, I am amazed at the pressure put on people to go out and do something for Valentine’s Day. There are currently so many single people out there and I know many who feel this pressure to be with someone. Are you single? Do...
It is Valentine week, and as usual in the Western world we are bombarded with all sorts of commercial pressure to go out and spend a fortune to show the true merit of our love for someone. I am guessing that this is now also the case in the rest of the world, as the...
During the last few weeks of grieving for my late father, we have received so much kindness and love from many friends and family. It truly is amazing just what compassion and kindness people are capable of showing at such times. A friend sent me the following verse...
Two weeks ago, my father suddenly passed away after a short bout of flu and a chest infection. The time since then has been rather surreal as we come to terms with our great loss. What has kept us going during our time of grief has been the support and love from so...
Trust amongst human beings is fundamental to a good relationship. In a great relationship, we must have love, caring, understanding and of course trust. What exactly is this quality of trust? To me it is about having faith in someone’e ability to retain...