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Defining Love

Hi Friends, Can you believe it's already September? These months have been flying past us and soon it'll be a whole new year. It's in these very fast-paced days that I've been trying to find the time to reflect on the things I've learnt and unlearnt over the past few months and years.  If you're someone who knows me, you'll know how deep I can get when it comes to life and the little things. The little things that aren't so little. Lately, I've had to redefine what love means to me. I feel like I'm still growing up and every time I think I know what it means for me, God throws me a situation that makes me break it down even further to discover it at its core.  It's been especially hard to go through these experiences when you've grown up with a distorted view of what love looks like. Again, I ask myself what does love look like? Freedom. Non-attachment. Acceptance. I hear these words being used so often. Easier said than done. I cringe wh

A Journey of Addiction - The Silent Killer

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Hey friends, I was going through some pictures recently on Instagram by a photographer, Adrian Steirn. He got up close and personal with some guys that were shooting up heroin. It was a scary, thought provoking picture and it made me think long and hard about one of the silent killers of our generation - addiction.  I've been thinking about how desensitised we've become to the issue and the fact that many people don't understand what it takes for people living with an addiction problem to try and give it up or to live as a recovering substance abuser. The relapses, the shame they face from society, the frustration, the mental health issues and everything in-between. It's become so easy for us to play God and judge harshly on what we think is not okay or is a moral dilemma in our books. This is a very sensitive topic to many people out there, so I urge you to have an open heart when reading. There are many types of substance abuse, as we are all very well aware of but al