"As you fall asleep at night take a minute to think back over the day. Remember the moments that were wonderful and give thanks for each one of them ~ Goodnight."

{ The Secret Of Music }

When you're happy, you enjoy the music. But....when you're sad, you understand the lyrics.

{ Travelling }

" I think there is nothing worse than missing an opportunity that could have changed your life."

" I'll always remember taking your hand and telling you that everyting would be okay."

Vintage is just a cool word for OLD

When life is hard........PRAY

When life is "super great" ............PRAY

" I'm not beautiful like you - I'm beautiful like me."

" If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders."

Use your heart to love somebody, and if your heart is big enough.......use it to love everybody

" Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration."

"Books are the hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books."

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend."

" In the depth of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible Summer."

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can only collect a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

" One of the greatest things about being a Christian is that you don't have to live by the world's standards."

{ Die Liefde }

Liefde is net 'n woord totdat iemand jou hart aanraak en daardie woord betekenis gee.

"LET'S GO TO THE CITY AND FALL IN LOVE"

{ You Choose }

" I thought growing up was something that happened automatically as you got older. But it turns out it's something you have to choose to do."

I Hope you like the stars I stole for you.

{ Our Mistakes }

"Mistakes are painfull when they happen. But years later a collection of mistakes called experience will lead us to success."

" Books are for people who wish they were somewhere els."

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it LOVE.

Smile and let the world wonder why

Start everyday with a new hope

Leave bad memories behind

and

Have faith for a better tomorrow

{ The Art Of Living }

" I think everything in life is art. What you do...how you dress...the way you love someone...how you talk...how you smile and your personality...What you believe in and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea...how you decorate your home...your crocery list...the food you make...how your writing looks...and the way you feel. Life is art."

“Everyone has their day offs. 80% of those times, you shouldn’t listen to yourself. Go rally up and be your biggest cheerleader. Because YOU are the only one in control of your mind. But the other 20% of the time? Take the day off. Give yourself the break. Walk away from things, regroup, breathe. And when you’re ready, come back again. Whole. Strong. Renewed.”

{ Let It Rain }

“it’s not so bad you know, those emotional moments and the random times you have to shed a tear. in fact there’s nothing wrong at all. it’s unrealistic to expect endless sunshine sparkles in your life cos’ rain is necessary. we all need to irrigate the seeds of our thoughts, smoothen the gradient of our souls and wet our appetite for life. so no, i won’t apologize or pity myself for the rain. i won’t apologize for growth.”

There are so many things we don’t understand. Normally…because we are man and we are not God. But Jesus promises to give us the understanding we need if we would ask Him. And although the “understanding” doesn’t necessarily mean the answers to our questions, it could be a the most peaceful, heartwarming comfort we could get from Him, knowing that He loves us and wants nothing more than the best.

"In Psalm 73 is David diep ontsteld oor die goddeloses wat soveel meer het as hy. Maar dan rig hy sy oë op die Vader en besef opnuut dat wat hy het, soveel kosbaarder is as aardse goed."

" Sometimes when I'm asleep, I try to wake up and I can't. Sleep has me in it's grip, and that is my dream."

The world into which we are born is brutal and cruel, and at the same time of divine beauty.

{ All Grown Up }

Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household of kids or you look down and see your feet are miles and miles away form the rest of you - and you realize you've grown up.

" When dreams come true, we will hold the bricks and build our fairytale castle. Tremendous and marvelous."

{ Our House }

" The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives."

"I am truly grateful for the people.....
circumstances and events that are bringing joy into my life."

{ Memories }

When you get older, it feels like happy memories and sad memories are pretty much the same thing. It is all just emotions in the end. And any of it can make you weep.

{ Things Change All The Time }

At this age, everything is changing.Day by day we don’t notice,but just look back over the past year and you will realize everything has.People you thought were going to be there forever aren’t,and people you never imagined you’d be speaking to are now some of your closest friends.

Life makes little sense,and the more we grow the less sense it will make. So make the most of now,before it all changes once again,because in the near future,all of this is only going to be memories.

{ Lately.....}

I've been feeling so pressed for time lately. Working.....fetching children...homework....dinner... etc, is consuming my life lol. I consider this both a good and a bad thing. On the one hand, I'm busy busy busy, and that makes my days fly by! On the other hand, it does just that- makes my days fly by. I feel like I haven't really had the time to do the things I really want to do. Those being: spending time with Nico, going to the beach, reading, etc.

Hopefully I will fall into a nice groove again soon. Happy Friday!



" I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question."

{ Run...Baby.....Run }

Ever feel like running away? Yeah, me too. Running away for just a few minutes can make your life a whole lot sweeter. But don't get to caught up and run away all the time until you lose your identity.

"Travelling makes me modest - I see what a tiny place I occupy in the world."

If you like a whole bunch of things and I like a whole bunch of things,maby....one of the things that we both like,can be each other.

“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author’s words reverberating in your head.



Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.



{ It's You }

When I see you, the world stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at you. There’s nothing else. No noise, no other people, no thoughts or worries, no yesterday, no tomorrow. The world just stops, and it is a beautiful place, and there is only you.