I doubt I need to tell you to take time out and relax, anyone I know doesn’t need to be told twice. I am sure most days every human on the planet gets that sluggish feeling where all we want to do is switch off, however our society doesn’t exactly agree with that notion. Only […]
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Managing Recurring Hurt
Completely healing from hurt, heartbreak or any form of disappointment is honestly a thing of the past. Social media and this new digital age brings the concept of “recurring hurt” into fruition. Before, when someone broke your heart, you could let that person go and if you wished, never see them again. You were given […]
The Fig Treehouse
Nestled away on a farm near the Crocodile River rests a fig tree. Someone had the ingenious idea to build a tree house within and around the sturdy base of this old tree, and boy am I grateful that they did. I had the incredible blessing of experiencing this small corner of heaven with my […]
Have You Leveled Up ?
The core essence of who I am as Melissa has not changed as time has passed. The defining characteristics of what makes my soul unique to me,has stayed strong and true through the years. However my perspectives, ambitions, outlooks and rational have come and gone, each time reappearing in a different way. I believe that […]
How To Move Past Your “FOMO”.
The importance of social media places too much pressure on people to partake in unhealthy habits and sacrifice what is right for them, in order to avoid experiencing the most feared emotion- “FOMO”. Before social media was so prevalent in our society, people didn’t feel so much pressure to ensure that every single weekend they […]
A Single Year
It seems to be a general consensus among everyone that I talk to – 2018 has been one hell of a never-ending year. As December approaches, I sit and reflect on the year that has passed and the events that have taken place that have led me to this point. I find myself repeating the […]
How can we get to know God ?
God is love. But what does scripture say about love ? It is easy for us to see love as an attribute rather than who God is. For us love is something that we do,not something that we are. When my friend bought me a bunch of flowers for my birthday and we had breakfast […]
How To Build Your Confidence
Everybody would love to be more confident in their lives. I would love to walk around looking and feeling like a confident bad-ass woman, and so I did some digging and a little bit of introspection to ask the question – how can I build my confidence? Wrap the stone as if it were a […]
What Will You Do When God Calls ?
Whenever I pray for a situation to change in my life I ask God to make me feel uncomfortable so that it is easier for me to move on or shift things in my life. It is really easy for me to decide that things need to change or that I need to alter my […]
Experiencing Periods of Isolation
As a 20-something year old I was feeling extremely isolated and really lonely. I always painted a picture of my social life in my 20’s to be cocktails every weekend, fluffy pajama sleepovers and mocha’s on Sunday morning. I would really like to have the sort of social life that looked something like that, however […]