Day #1

Today I am thanking God for the gift of life. I am grateful to be alive and be able to experience life in its abundance. I am grateful for the opportunity of waking up each day and going through lifes' paces and its only through God's grace :)

40 days of gratitude challenge

So I have decided to end my year on a positive note and just reflect on my life and give thanks and praise to the Almighty for a wonderful year. I will be posting everyday what I am grateful for and I challenge you to do the same before the year is over.

New found gem!

So here I was browsing through the internet for a meal ideas for tonight and I just bumped into this cookbook that has me all excited. Please visit the link below and be inspired by quick, easy and affordable recipes everyone will love :)


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/490865454/good-and-cheap

 

 

Daily inspiration

This man is one of the few authors/poets I wish I had met in my lifetime. Over the years I've bumped into a lot more of his quotes, poems and books and my heart can't help but grow fonder every time I read his work.

The journey to self

Before I even go anywhere I am hiding my face in shame for neglecting my gem for so long! I have been on a very turbulent journey of self discovery, trying to find my purpose on this earth and this has been very a painful but fruitful expedition.

I am still on it, going strong and loving every minute of it. I have sooo much to share; I see life in a totally different light than I did. I now listen to that little voice in my head a lot more and am on the right path to my pursuit of utmost happiness.


Aloha and adios, I'll be back soon. I'm in the middle of a very insightful book and will share my review as soon as I'm done.

  

Daily Inspiration

I just bumped into this and I had to share!!!!

Hot oil treatment

I’m one of those girls with 5 strands of wispy hair in her head so I never bothered myself with really taking care of my hair because I always thought that I didn’t have much to handle in that area.

However I made it a resolution this year to take better care of my hair and find out what works for me, and I did just that! I have been a fan of short treated hair for a couple of months so I’m always frequenting the barber and getting a cut and my barber always teases me by saying Mwari haakupe zvese (God will never give you everything).

 

I just recently bought what I now call the little bottle of ‘goodness’ which is hot oil hair repair. This bottle has a wide range of natural oils and is so small and handy to use. All you need to do is dampen you hair and apply about 5mls into your hair and steam it or wear a shower cap and place a hot towel over your head. After that you rinse it out and shampoo and condition your hair and you are done.

 

I always had this sandy color on my hair but after using the oil twice my hair is visibly darker and im loving it! Also to avoid tonging my hair and constantly exposing it to heat I am now using a mousse and a silk wrap to straighten my hair and boy do I love the results! I will keep you posted on the results of this new hair journey…. J

 

 

 

Say Something-A great big world ft Christina Aguilera

I first heard this song when I was having a very shit day at work and nothing on my playlist seemed to lift my spirits and put me back in the groove. So I decided to switch to the radio and find some inspiration there. There was some top 40 hits review going on so I was like ok let’s see where this goes and then they played this song. Let’s just say I’m a sucker romance and have always found solace in music when going through my trials so I wrote down the name of the song on my note pad.

Exactly a week later as I was walking into my room I saw the video. Absolutely blown away I was. That’s when I looked for the song, listened to the lyrics….. and shed a tear. How could a song reach out and touch my very core??? It was a nostalgic moment of being in a quadrant of loving someone but seeing the relationship slipping away. It brought back memories of fighting for something to the point where the more you fought the more you died a lil inside until it brought you to your knees; defeated. Memories of feeling like a caged animal seeking release, bound by your own fantasies of how amazing the relationship could be but not wanting to face the reality….

 

 

It is a therapeutic song, a healing song. If I had heard this song then it would have given me the strength to stretch my wings and take the leap faster than when I eventually did. Two thumbs (and big toes) up for this song. I’m sending the link to all my friends I hope they’ll love it as much as I do.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2U0Ivkn2Ds

Zonke Dikana-Feelings

Usually on my way to work I love listening to the radio. Its 20 minutes of infomercials, news, chatty dj’s and music. So today this particular radio station played a particular song that I somewhat liked. I obviously couldn’t make head or tail of the lyrics but I thought hmmmm this beat really sparks my afro jazzy side. So I got the name and went on youtube and all I can say is I was blown away!

 

Wow sung like a true woman who has finally been given the avenue to talk about how she really feels. It definitely fits my palate of jazz music and has officially made its way to number 1 on my playlist. I hope you will love it the same way I do

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwHHIMJUKSA