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A cactus and a lizard! I didn’t ask for that!
Once upon a time, a man asked God for a flower… and a butterfly. But God gave him a cactus… and a caterpillar. The man was sad because he couldn’t understand why his request was misunderstood. Then he thought:...
Valuing our victories
On my recent trip to Brazil, I reencountered a friend that I had met in South Africa. It had been 6 years since we last saw each other. It seemed to me that as she was complementing me on how different I was, how my appearan...
Is that allowed?
Dating is a difficult phase, isn’t it? There are so many questions in mind… Does he really love me? Is he the right person for me? Do I have a future with him? Is it going to turn out o.k.? With so much competition out ther...
The Chinos Lesson
August 2011, the VYG organised an amazing trip to Thorpe Park. There were 170 of us. It was a great time together, but there was something very unpleasant that happened right at the entrance of the park. Many of the VYG m...
Back to the past?
I know a lady who dated a young man when she was young; she got pregnant and then they separated… Twenty years on and she still lives in the past. She thinks of him, thinks of how happy they used to be, the things they used t...
Do you live or manage to survive?
I was distracted doing some tasks and, out of the blue, silly thoughts began to fill my mind; immediately, I identified where they were coming from. I rebuked the devil and sent all those thoughts back to where they came from ...
Have you filled in the hole?
When I was in college, there were two subjects I wished I could wipe off the face of the earth: Mathematics and Physics.
It all depends on the root
Many times, a certain behaviour or attitude becomes a problem, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that this is the problem. This is why changing one’s attitude doesn’t always solve the problem; and when you least expect, t...
