Another side to the #Covid-19 pandemic

First published 17th March 2020. Think about it. Another side to the COVID19:
The beginning of wisdom is to know that you don't know. The new virus leaves us with a picture of gloom and uncertainty around the world. Where not so long ago, we were moving further and further apart, today much more than ever, we can all do with a dose of human kindness.

Where once we were comfortable isolating ourselves from others, today we are forced into isolation and
we miss communal living. We don't have the answers to everything. However amid the chaos is the quiet and silence, asking us to pause and think. This could be a good time to reflect on the quality of our lives. It could also be a signal to allow nature rest a bit and revive itself from the pitter patter of our feet and the disruptive vibes our movements create.

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Before you buy that Valentine's gift, read this

Ever had the experience of spending weeks or even months preparing for Valentine’s Day and buying what you felt was the perfect gift, and as the days build up to that romantic and sensual moment, BAM! Something happens and you break up. The gifts are either stuck with you or you hate yourself for gifting them out in the first place to someone you would now call an asshole? The season of love is here again, a time for sharing, exchanging gifts and most definitely spending. Have you ever noticed that a lot of time and money goes into planning to get our loved one(s) and partner(s) the best Valentine’s Day gifts, and that many-a-time, we end up buying the wrong gifts or indulging in irrelevant spending? Valentine’s Day is expensive and millennials are the biggest spenders, followed by the generation before them.

Are You Employable?

Not everyone is under lockdown and not every economy has been badly affected by the global crissi. While some establishments have plummeted, others have either sprung up or rebranded . There are still Organizations out there looking for new skills and a diverse workforce. If you are not employable today, don’t expect to get a new job. If your skills are not relevant to the needs of today, you may not be considered relevant. It’s a hard and harsh fact but we need to tell ourselves the truth. Call me the TOUGH LOVE sister 😊 if you may. WE need to take our job security or cash inflow into our own hands. In today’s uncertain times of massive pay cuts and job losses, we can’t help but learn new skills or dust old ones. Many have come to grapple with the reality of putting aside skills and experiences which may have made them champions or the best staff of the year before the pandemic. Having found their titles, degrees, certificates and skill sets becomi...

You too can rise above life's tormoil.... #GlobalCitizen #CoronaChronicles

First published March 27 2020. To maintain an unchangeable sweetness of disposition, to think any thoughts that are pure and gentle , to be happy under all circumstances, such blessed conditions and such beauty of character should be the àim of all. If anyone has failed to lift himself above ungentleness, impurity and unhappiness, he is greatly deluded if he thinks he can make the world happier... - Above Life's Turmoil (written in 1910).

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