There is More to You than This

There is More to You than This

Here's to a lesson of not being content and/or comfortable with the status quo. Here's to the pursuit of more, bacause really and trully, God created us with the capability to do more than our everyday jobs. Who said you can only pursue one career path? or can only study in one field? What happened to versatility? pursuing one's interests?
Think of how boring we would be if we had no interest in music, books, or movies. If all we lived, ate, became were our careers?

To versality,
Lady B!

No More! (A Poem by Anna Mwalagho)

No More! (A Poem by Anna Mwalagho).

Here's to the triumphant spirit of the African woman.

Enjoy,
Lady B!

The journey towards the pursuit of dreams!

So, like every person, I’ve also been struggling with ‘non-action’. Perhaps it’s a natural phenomenon; but it doesn’t seem to be happening to everyone. There are people who are bold and courageous to do what they set out to do, with no hesitation nor procrastination. And, honestly, I’ve always wished I had that kind of courage.

Anyhow, being a logical person; I’m very big on ideas. I’ve always been an ‘ideas’ person,  but failed to execute. No, rather failed to attempt. Isn’t it amazing  how clichéd it always sounds when someone says “rather try and fail, than try to fail’. Well, I’ve always been on the latter group of people.

But I had my “Aha!” moment, just the other day, when a colleague – one who’s become to be a very good friend and sister (there’s always a good girlfriend around, wherever you are.), shared with me how she set out to pursue her dream and make 2013 the year, when she started living her dream.

And it got me thinking about my journey, where it’s headed and the pace or path it’s on now. I was reminded of all the ideas I’ve got on my journals, which to date, are just ideas written out. I decided then and there, that it is now or never. Either I pursued what I wanted, or just got by and live to regret it afterwards.

So what now?

What now, you may wonder. Well, I’ve decided that this is a new season for me - the dawn of a new day. First, I’m going to take a bold step and act on my ideas and really pursue them. Yes, it won’t be easy, but courage, dedication and hard work are the key pillars to get me to where I want to be. So, I guess, you just watch the  space…..

What are you doing in pursuit of your dreams?

Courageous,

Lady B!

Cry our beloved children - Limpopo girl (7) dies after rape

Limpopo girl (7) dies after rape

Imagine the shock when I heard the news yesterday afternoon of the shameful death of a 7 year old girl following a rape incident by a man she was sent to give keys to.

My heart was bleeding. As a mother myself, I can not even beging to imagine the trauma of your child being raped, let alone die as a result. And yet I ask, are we naive as women (as in the case of the grand mother who sent the little girl to give keys to the men) to trust the men around us? But, then again, what can you do when the very same village of people around you do harm to the child they are supposed to protect? Who can we trust, if our own brothers, uncles, spouses are the ones inflicting pain on our children? Where are our men when our children are being brutally assaulted?

What will become of our nation when its future mothers are caused such damage at an early age? Have we ever stopped to think of what becomes of the child who survives rape?

This week thursday, will mark Human Rights Day in South Africa and 9 other countries. And yet, I wonder, what are human rights? where do they exist, cause they don't exist in my homeland, where children are being raped. Not that the rae of adult women and elderly is correct, but really, how low can we go to even assault a little child with no imagination of what sex or sexual intercouse is? What is the intention even? Is it to hurt the parents, to prove one's manhood, what, what, WHAT?????

Hurting and mind-blogged,
Lady B!

Respect yourself, know your worth

Respect yourself, know your worth

Something for the weekend

Hey ladies,

How profound is this, to know and have the affirmation of the power you possess as a woman - the ability to nurture and birth life.

Here's to celebrating the gift of womanhood.

Have a great weekend.

Lady B!

50 Shades of questions

50 Shades of questions.....

So, I've just finished reading 50 shades of Grey by E.L James. At first I was keen to read the two suceeding books because I found it to be quite captivating, and honestly, curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to know what happens next.

I won't lie and say I din't enjoy the book, cause I did. It was quite intriguing, and an interesting read, and yes, sometimes I did find myself smiling at the dialogue between Christian and Anastasia, especially the email conversations.

But in all honesty, being a woman, I found myself at times frustrated with Anastasia, and seriously thinking about a number of issues that I picked up on the book:

1. Power relations between men and women - I found myself really questioning the power relations between men and women. Who has the power; is it the woman who dresses sexy and can arouse a man when she wants to, or the alter-ego man who represents masculinity, and possess something the woman so badly wants (at the moment), that she doesn't have? what was the real attraction to Christian, was it the arrogance, the material wealth or it was sexual, i.e. the way the pants hang from the waist?

2. Being deceived by your own body- how strange that the body can deceive one, but responding pleasurably to something one would consider to be painful. Do we actually have control over our bodies, or is it a matter of how weather or not we want the body to respond in a certain way in our minds, and in another in our emotions?

3. We all have skeletons - you can have it all, but at the end of the day, we're all human and want more or less the same thing. To love, and be loved, and be fulfilled in our lives. Even  Christian, the greek god, wants 'more'.

Have you read the book? What were your thoughs?

Laters baby,
Lady B!