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Feel it, know it, live it

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It's amazing that I named this blog "These things I know" and proceeded to write about things I know without actually expressing what I mean by 'know and knowing'.  This blog was started through me and not by me and so I didn't have time to scrutinise (thank the Lords) what was meant  the title, I simply received it and knew that this was it.... But my relationship with 'knowing' has significantly evolved since receiving that first impulse to begin the blog. I used to believe that 'knowing' is about understanding something, having a thing or concept 'make sense' to me and any individual with a sound mind. The Oxford Dictionary concurs with my limited (now I know) perspective of knowing. According to this version, to know is to "have information in your mind as a result of experience or because you have learned or been told of it" (Oxford University Press, 2010:826). I refer to this definition  as limited because it r...

Know your lane and stay in it

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Over the last three weeks I've been in semi-hermit mode. I deleted my Whatsapp, I don't follow anyone on Twitter so I only see my own tweets on the timeline and I only go on Instagram to share the fun I'm having and watch cat videos. I've chosen to go within and it's nice in here. All I need is within me! This social media sabbatical I'm on is helping me come to very clear decisions about the life I want for Myself. I haven't had this much clarity on the path I want to take in my life ever and it feels so good! I have a lot of mental space to ponder about my life, add more details to my creation, live limitless and realise (SEE God's blessings onto me) more because: 1. I'm not comparing what I'm creating to what others have created; 2. I'm not receiving unsolicited advice from humans who believe in 'constructive criticism'; 3. I feel less guilty about my thriving; 4. I'm not facing reality but creating it; 5. I...