Enjoy youself.

Sir Walter Raleigh once wrote, I can’t write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.

Well, this is a trend I decide to follow.

Tell me something; when you were a child did you want to emulate your favourite heroes, wishing you could be as strong, as beautiful, as smart, or as self- sufficient as they were? Do you still put up people on pedestal and wish you could just be like them?

In striving for imitation of others, you neglect your own uniqueness. By looking around you at what everyone else has, you ignore what you have. In focusing your energy and attention on others rather than on yourself, you hinder your ability to discover your own skills and talents.

Rather than envy the qualities others possess, why not discover your own unique qualities and talents that make you who you are? To find out what they are, create a “victory list” – a compilation of your successes and the things you have done in your life that have given you great satisfaction. A victory could be major, such as living a bad relationship or changing jobs, or it could be a daily achievement such as making time for you. It doesn’t matter whether the victories are big or small or how they compare to what others have done. What matters is how they make you feel.

I know it’s not relaxing to strive to be anyone else but myself. So join me to make a discussion today to be more comfortable with who we are and not stress about who we’d like to be.


Living life to the fullest
Kat.

THE ENEMY OF FAMILIARITY. By Katherine Lungiwe

Hello y’all, it’s been a wee while since I wrote some of my deep thoughts and reflections but Eehhhh....Mmmhhhhh there’s always a breakdown at some point.


So, I have been struggling with the decision of writing this post. But well, as I have learnt in the past and present that the will of God is always persistent, I will go ahead and share my thoughts and struggles as have been.


Earlier this week, I woke up with a sense of emptiness. Believe me or not... on the outside and physical realm i looked so fulfilled and happy but my soul was in a mood of weeping, I truly was lost in the inside. I knew it was one of those times where I had to understand what God wanted me to know. Why do I always have to reach that point???  Anyways, the good thing is to know when you hit that junction...RIGHT? Plus, it is a nice thing to understand every time and gain that I can’t do it without the Big Man Upstairs.


As i started to seek the Lord, being willing to hear His side of the story... With tears flowing out of my eyes... calling upon His name for help and mercy, a humble voice narrated the words “FAMILIARITY”... I couldn’t understand this... “FAMILIARITY?”
So I started mentioning the word familiarity again and again in different ways and aspects...as I continued my journey of searching... it was made clearer. THE ENEMY OF FAMILIARITY IS DESTROYING RELATIONSHIPS.

I couldn’t believe God was so bold enough to tell me this in my face. But well, He did, and He did this for my ownsake and boy I’m glad and overwhelmed!


So listen to this friends; the adversary of familiarity has destroyed relationships with God, work, church, friends,...It is this spirit that brings about break-up in marriages, friendships, family, work relations, habits, moral ethics...it all starts with this foe called familiarity. After familiarity you start taking things for granted ... and before you know it... BOOM... it’s all gone. I couldn’t believe what i was hearing. How could I have taken so long to learn this in such depth?


Truth be told, i was a victim of this enemy. Indeed, I had become so familiar with God. I being familiar with God meant, i was also getting so familiar with many important areas of my life.

Friends, this is a word I have been focusing on for the past few days. I realize now that when I become too familiar with God, Men, friends, career, ethics, habits, church, you name it all, I am heading to losing it all one day.


SO... to change my direction i ask for forgiveness to God and y’all. Forgive me for taking your Grace, Mercy, Love, Friendship, Trust, Peace, Support, Smiles, Hugs, Care, for granted.


Creating a new me, with the help of God.
Much Love, Kat