You Are Not Alone

January 22, 2019Vonita 5 Comments

There is so much to live for

So much to do

So much to strive for

So much for you

The world is your oyster

Cliche but it’s true!

Dreams

July 7, 2018Vonita Leave a comment

I’ve been reading about some truly beautiful role models over at Mum C’s blog. It is so uplifting to read about courageous young women, and their hopes and dreams.

As life goes by, we can forget about dreams and aspirations, just trying to pay the bills and raising kids and keeping all the juggled balls in the air.

But dreams keep us alive! They give us something to live for.

We as women have so much to offer this world. Compassion, empathy, nurturing and just a femininity that we can truly own.

So I endeavor to own it, dream on and live big. Because I can!

Female Role Models: Salamatu Musah Salifu

Desperation

May 18, 2018Vonita 2 Comments

Like a tsunami devastating

Everything in its sight

Emotions arise

Devouring our best

Intentions

We are left discarded –

Thrown against a blackened road

Our broken bones bruise our

Flesh

And when all calm returns

The only thing we can cling to

Is a desperate

Hope.

Rainbows and Feathers

March 7, 2018Vonita 14 Comments

Rainbows and feathers

Hold us in their palm

Lighting a darkened sky

Saving us from harm

When my eyes are down

And sorrow fills the day

Feathers and rainbows

Brighten up the way!

Living Hope

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018Vonita 4 Comments

I lived in fear for years on end

My soul was tied and bound

I had no place outside my realm

No open path that I could tell

I gave up hope, resigned to life

My bed was made so down I laid

But change came by and saw the heart

My tears had nearly drowned

I closed my eyes and lift my arms

I surrendered all to God

Please help me, Lord, my life is yours

I have nowhere else to go

He heard my prayers and felt my pain

And wiped it all away

I thank you Lord for all you’ve done

For all my life might be

I’ll live my days to glorify

My living hope in Thee!

Hope!

October 1, 2017Vonita 13 Comments

It feels so good to be able to look back at the past six months, since March when I had an adverse reaction to a life situation, and I was finally able to say ‘Enough’. And so I went all out on making positive choices and change to my life. (Thank you Zoloft, Calm app, Toastmasters, diploma of Graphic Design).

And here I am. Something happened on Friday that would normally have been a major trigger for me. In previous days I would have been a hopeless mess, struggling to deal with my non-existent self-esteem, and placing everyone higher than myself.

I’ve had a passing thought this weekend, what about the trigger on Friday? Shouldn’t I be upset about it? Shouldn’t I be struggling to cope?

And yet all that happens, is that it is a passing thought. I can see clearly that when people don’t act in a way we wish them to act, it is sometimes doing us a great favor. We are being saved from further pain. I am able to move on quickly to the next happy thought. Something that is uplifting and positive. And that’s a wonderful, wonderful place to be in.

I have hope!