Category: JOURNALS OF THOUGHTS

By Anna Zalewska Ever found yourself oscillating bad decisions? or experiencing a dilemma about what you should be doing versus what you find yourself doing?  For instance, the kind of people you should  attract and be attracted to versus the ones you do, the places you should be found or not found, why you must… Continue reading The disconnect between ought to and is

Art by Rene Gruau This post has to start with this emoji😂 because I know how weird this title sounds. Further, how one of my friends will probably come to me to ask how my mind works but hear me out.... I think pain is a better teacher than pleasure, the lessons are deep and… Continue reading Romance with Pain

Painting by Hateliearts This is a piece I have wanted to write for the longest time as it largely forms the basis of some of my conversations around building memories and reaching certain decisions. I know you must have heard or read about how our body stores up trauma. I'd like to think it is our… Continue reading The Body Remembers

Art by Judy Bowman How can we really love people if we are selective of the parts we want to know? If you think about it but not for too long, you'd realise that we all have our little corners of the world. Where we take a larger piece of life, like a buffet and… Continue reading Making Space

Art by Nicholle kobi I was on a date when I asked the question "what is your favourite childhood memory?" I think some questions are more for us than the people we ask, maybe our ability to ask a question is proportionate to our zeal to seek out an answer and not just our repertoire… Continue reading SAY HAPPY DAYS!!!

Artist unknown What if each one of us are a continuous sentence in this story called life? Let's leave the main character's energy and focus on the other stars in our stories. Have you ever wondered if your story is a chapter in another person's story? I was reading a fantasy book about three sisters… Continue reading Rotating Spotlight

Art by Lewinale Havette When we think we know all there is to know, it is an indication that boundaries need to be challenged... I fell out of communication with a dear friend due to some misunderstanding at what I considered a very difficult period in my life. For perspective, the hardest parts were about… Continue reading Rethinking Selfishness

Art by Lisa If you take stock of your conversations, not from a judgmental lens, more of a refractive one, shining the spotlight on yourself too, you'd realise the struggle with ambivalence. You'd be quick to see that some of the attributes you admire about yourself may also be the ones you sometimes resent in… Continue reading Ambivalence