A few days ago, a friend asked me, “where do you see yourself in the next five years?”. The question brought my mind back to five years ago. If someone had asked me the same question, I would have had… Read More ›
Gratitude
Have you thanked God today?
In the face of the rising costs of living, alarming rates of lay-offs and unemployment, devastating crime waves, bleak news, and so many other uncertainties, it is easy for us to get overwhelmed by all that is happening around us and… Read More ›
The Beauty in Imperfections
As a young girl, I discovered I had a tiny hole in one of my ears – my right ear precisely. This hole wasn’t a piercing; I was born with it. It is also not in my ear lobule (like… Read More ›
My Twenty-Nine-Day Open Gratitude Challenge: 2020
The month of October is easily my favourite month of the year. This is partly because it is my birth month, but more significantly, because it is my covenant month – a month in which I embark on an annual… Read More ›
My Twenty-Nine-Day Open Gratitude Challenge: 2018
The month of October would always be an exceptional month for me – and this year, it is memorable. Every year since October 2015, I embark on a twenty-nine-day gratitude challenge. I call it “October of Gratitude” and the results… Read More ›
My Twenty-Nine-Day Open Gratitude Challenge: 2017
One of the first things people get to know about me is how special the month of October is to me. The reason is not far-fetched: aside from the fact that October is my birth month, this special month holds… Read More ›
365 Days…
I sat at my desk working on my Powerpoint slides for a class presentation which I had to deliver the following week on current vaccine approaches for dengue fever. It was about 2:30pm, and I was beginning to feel hungry…. Read More ›
My Open Gratitude Journal
I recall vividly just like it was yesterday when we chorused “happy new year” and well wishes for the new year. Now, we start the countdown to the end of the year 2017. How has your year been? Productive or… Read More ›
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