If you have been living in Toronto this summer, you will probably have joined the “I miss the rain”-camp. We have had day after day of gorgeous blue sky , and as much as that aids my spirit, my soul feels like the Sahara. When my travels took me to Montreal this last week where …
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Fortunate Monday Morning
Noticed a big smile as I walk along the train platform. It is sparked by the fact that I have a hairbrush still rolled up in my hair, a highly unusual view amidst the impeccably dressed business people on this Monday morning. “Monday Morning”, I hear my thoughts chatter, “who smiles on a Monday morning …
Moments
There are millions of moments in life Most of them pass us by unnoticed Many of them we squander As we desperately cling to the few moments That make us feel alive. Birds fly by my window, Each wing flap a moment. Raindrops fall from the sky, Each landing a moment. My eyes roam the …
Thank You
I have been struggling with confidence issues over the last little while, being unemployed, trying to work towards living my dreams while looking for a job to pay the bills in the meantime. Being alone all day has created negative loop conversations in my head which are taking some energy getting out of. Today I …
Kindness
Woke up this morning, somewhere in between excitement and anxiety. It is Monday and with that a new week of opportunities, a new risk of failing. A word slowly emerges from deep within like the sun from behind the horizon, first gentle and warm then increasing its light: Kindness. This is what I wish for …
Excel Art
I was just about done updating a spreadsheet when I SAW it. I have been looking at Excel sheets for years, but it never occurred to me that I had the perfect mosaic program in front of me. Instead of number values, I can enter colours. A simple yet highly entertaining and relaxing first attempt …
Inspiring Breakfast
Woke up this morning to a beautifully sunny Sunday morning with a chest heavy with doubts, questions and nostalgic feelings. Made myself a cup of tea. Which didn’t help as much. So Plan B: Inspirational Brainwash When I can’t do it myself, I have to find other ways of getting it done. Watch Gary (watched …
Magical Moments
Some moments are better left secret with no words to replicate their purity, no image to match their beauty, no close enough heart to feel their power. And yet, we tell the story anyhow – desperate to relive it, anxious to feel alive, wanting to reconnect the past with the present. We can’t ever reach …
Un soir au Valais
(I live in multiple languages and therefore have no choice but to capture moments that way, even though my command of that language may not be sufficient to please the experts. But then, show me anybody who is able to fully capture life with language alone. All we can ever do is give it our …
We may not walk together – but I’ll love you anway
You say you care about me, in a tone that makes me feel indebted. But all you have given me are reasons why I won’t succeed. You say you are the voice of reason with an authority that makes me bow. But all the reasons you have given me are excuses for why you didn’t …
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