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I received a phone call from two friends today. Two people so close to my heart J Izo and Zee.     I have been having such a crappy, stressful week, and this phone call just made me feel so much better. They made me forget about everything I am facing and brought me back to what is important. They brought me back to “Self”. Last year, Izo, Zee and I would sit on their balcony, and we would tell each other stories. Stories of love and broken trust, stories of pain and fighting through the tears. Stories of falling and getting back up again. Stories of losing ourselves… Throughout the year, each one of us with our different stories, had one common theme. That of loss. We had each lost a piece of ourselves, in one way or another. Whether it be to someone else or a personal loss, we had lost a piece and were desperately seeking for it to return, even if only partially. And so our journeys began, both individually and together. Day after day, week after week, month after m...

2nd January 2014. 2 days into the new year. I am thankful and I am grateful that I am still here. But this morning I woke up to the news of another death in my family. Death. One moment you're happy and celebrating with family, and the next, one is taken away from us. It just shows us that nothing is truly guaranteed in this thing called life. It shows us that our time on this earth is so limited, no one knows if they will live to see another day. Today, I just want to say this: Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Do not put off telling someone how you feel. Do not put off showing someone you care. Do not put off doing something that brings you joy. Do you. Be your authentic self and pay no mind to that that brings you down. This life thing is short. Tomorrow is not guaranteed, so there is no time for negativity. I wish you all a prosperous new year. A year filled with love. A year filled with lessons. A year filled with dreams becoming reality. A year filled ...