Be Inspired by Miss Stone

Today, I want to talk about woman on woman hate. Today, I want to talk about those women who hate on you just for being you. And I mean, if you’re a woman who knows what she wants, then having a few people ‘hate on you’ is normal I guess. However, in this day and age, there are woman who sit on their arses all day long and still hate on you for going out there and achieving your goals. You still find bitter women who have nothing to their name, but feel they have a right to tell you shit about what you have. You still find women who think finding a rich man and getting him to look after you is the be all and end all, and frown upon you for working hard every day to make your own money. I live by my personal mantra, ‘Temporary sacrifice. Life-long gain.’ My year has especially been one of sacrifices lately. Sacrificed my permanent employment and monthly salary to go back to school and do my Masters degree. I sacrificed living in my home and my personal space, and chose to r...

This year started off with the death of a family member. Since that incident, I lost three more family members to death. Death be not proud. My family has suffered so much this year, yet we soldier on. I have not written in such a long time. This Psychology Masters programme has really taken up most of my time; it has certainly taken up all of my energy. On Wednesday, after a grueling few weeks of portfolios and exams, I received my first semester results and I passed!! But today’s post is not about death or even my studies; today I want to speak about Pain. Hurt. But it is also about moving on from the pain. Yes, we have all been hurt before. We have all been betrayed before. We have all felt a pain so unbearable; we thought we could never face another day.   We have all hurt someone before too. We have all betrayed someone in one way or another and we have all been responsible for someone else’s deep, unbearable pain. We live and we learn though. In the past few w...