THE FIRST TIME AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK

Driving in the car you feel the excitement almost bursting out of you. You see the big red roller coaster first. It’s so shinny and bright, like a big toffee apple.
You leap out of the car and run for the entrance, your parents trailing in your small footsteps. As you enter you feel a rush like never before. Everyone is smiling and laughing around you and it’s almost as if they are all being suspended in a pure state of euphoria.

Skidding to halt in front of the first ride you see. You look up to find a giant monkey staring down at you, smiling and saying come this way. You stand in line for what seems like a life time when finally you get into the little cart and buckle up. You’re a bundle of nerves and excitement.

You climb up, up and when you reach the top, you look through slits to see how high you are and realise you want to get out. Its too late, there’s no stopping now, as you free fall into a bundle of spins and full speed turns until just before you want to scream, it ends. Your first true experiences of freedom and endorphins something no one can ever forget.

WHAT HAPPENS TO IMAGINARY FRIENDS WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER NEEDED?

Remember when you were little and you had that one special friend no one seemed to notice or pay attention too yet to you they were your whole world. The friend you told all your secrets to, the one who did everything you did, the one who liked all the same things as you and the one who never had to go home to their parents. Yes I’m referring to your imaginary friend.

Well what happened to them after you grew up and found out, just like Father Christmas, that they weren’t really real. Did they just disappear and turn into nothing or are they floating around the universe waiting for the next little creative mind to conjure them up into reality again?

I guess it depends on the person and where they are in life. Creativity is a skill that not everyone possesses and therefore we can not dictate where these friends have gone as it is a journey for the individual mind to take.

A LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO TREES THAT ARE GROWING JUST FAR ENOUGH APART THAT THEY'LL NEVER TOUCH

There are two old oak trees growing in a forest. They have been together since their seeds were planted in 1988. They have shared many a memory over the years. Their lives have been intertwined from the beginning and their love for each other has grown almost as big as they are, yet they can never touch.

They have helped to keep their visitors dry in the rainy season and sheltered from the heat of the sun’s rays in the summer. Lovers have held each other passionately behind these trees and in all this time they have never touched.
Today was different though, there was a huge storm in the land of the oak tree and everything was moving rapidly in the howling wind when all of a sudden the two old oak trees branches touched each others. That one small touch was enough, enough to keep them happy for years to come. Proving that it’s not how often we touch but how much we love.

AN ACCIDENT

Maggie, a curly blonde with sea blue eyes had just turned five. She was a little tyrant; darting here and there in search of her next victim. The cat was her usual suspect but today she was quiet and calm.

She sat on her chair in the kitchen, extreme concentration on her face. She was helping mommy bake a cake. Something she loved doing and of course something that mostly kept her out of trouble.
She mixed and added ingredients as her mom gave them to her but when mommy turned around, Maggie, tried to add the icing sugar to the butter in the bowl and managed to pour the whole bag in. She was very upset and started to sob. Mommy looked at the bowl and said in a pleasant voice, “its okay my angel we will just have to make more cupcakes.”
Maggie was over the moon and decided not all accidents are bad.

A WALK IN THE PARK

The leaves are all turning a golden orange brown colour and floating gently to the floor. There are lapses of green here and there but mostly the shades of autumn lie scattered on the ground. The park is calm and quiet with gentle wisps of wind darting through the trees.
Autumn is here and it’s a beautiful time of year to take a walk in the park. There is an old couple sitting by a giant, mottled oak tree. They are holding hands and rekindling the love they felt in their youth. Nothing seems more precious to them than each other.

A small boy runs through the leaves scattering them all over the place as he darts off after the ball his father has just thrown. He screams with laughter as his dad catches him and tosses him high in the air.
Yes, autumn is here and it’s a beautiful time of year to take a walk in the park.

A SMALL CHILD’S LAUGHTER

A small child’s laughter can brighten up any ones day. It channels through the air and straight into your heart. It is so light and simple that no man or woman could ever betray it or disrespect it.

Why it is that in today’s sad and dreary world we as adults never laugh, atleast not with a joy of a child. A child laughs up to 300 times a day whereas a fully grown adult only laughs a maximum of 15 times a day.

It is a sad reality that there is actually a business for people to teach adults how to laugh, how to bring back your inner child and just laugh, for no rhyme or reason. If only there was a potion we could take to bring back the laughter...

I believe we need to teach ourselves to start laughing even if at first it is forced, it will eventually come naturally and the benefits of being positive and happy will create a far better lifestyle for us all.

LOVE AND HATE

Love and hate are the emotions that separate us all. Love can be seen in the eyes of a small child as they look up into the face of their mother whilst she makes them breakfast. Hate plasters her eyes as she thinks of her husband who left her last night for his small town secretary.

Why do we love and hate? Why can’t we just feel one or the other all the time? I believe it’s because without the one how can you ever appreciate the other? It’s the same as day and night, summer and winter or happy and sad; neither of these can be appreciated without the other. They belong together and we always need opposites in life. Hence the expression “opposites attract”.

Appreciate the emotions you feel for someone don’t loath them and rather try to embrace them as this will help you to lead a far happier life.

LAUGHTER

PATIENCE

NAUGHTY

“NOTHING IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN AN IDEA, WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE IDEA”

I believe this is 100 percent true. What would happen if every person in the world only had one idea. Each person would pursue this idea for minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or even years and when one day they either figure out what to do with the idea or fail horribly at it, they will not know what to do next.

Every person on this planet would be clueless at some or other point in their useless lives. They will feel stupid and completely useless once they have completed what ever it was that their idea was to do or be in the first place.

This world would not exist at all if it weren’t for many people with many, many different ideas all floating around all being used at different times to create a universe worth living in. So please if you do anything in this life time make sure that is that you have more than one idea in your head.

WATCH THIS SPACE

When I was younger all I ever wanted to be was a Television Personality. I wanted to be a TV news journalist or even a big shot actress. I never thought I would get the opportunity so I just kept living my life as though that dream would never come true. Why, would a small time girl such as myself became such a big shot in the Television world? It just wouldn’t happen in a million years.

I decided to study journalism instead so at least I could be close to my dream. I enjoyed every minute of it especially when we got to do on screen interviews. That really got my heart and blood pumping. All the other students hated it but I thrived off the fear and excitement it gave me.

Then one day a man from ABC came to watch our interviews I had no idea he was there but when we all finished our lecturer brought us together and told us what had happened. Most of the students looked like they wanted to get sick. I was smiling from ear to ear.

The following day I got a call from my lecturer saying that the ABC guy wanted me to star in a new show called “Watch this space”. I could not believe my time had come it just shows that anything can happen to anyone so pursue your dreams.

A SKILL SET CALLED LEADERSHIP

Leadership is a skill that one is almost always born with and therefore can not be bred into a person. I do believe some people can be brought up to be great leaders but the ones who are born leaders will be great and those taught to be leaders will just be average, again this is my own opinion.

Being a leader is a huge task, as you need to gain the trust of your followers. You need to be confident in yourself and you need to know what you are doing, is right. Never deny yourself in any way when it comes to leading your followers. Believe that any instinct you have is almost always a good instinct so go with it.

One big decision you need to make, is if you are going to be a great ‘good’ leader or great ‘bad’ leader and what I mean by this is are you going to be Nelson Mandela or Adolf Hitler? They were both great leaders but they affected their nations in two completely different ways. This is your decision; just remember you are constructing not only your destiny but those of your followers as well.

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

Sasha had just found out she was pregnant and she did not know how to tell her boyfriend or her parents. As she was only 15, this was going to be a tough subject to breech. Sasha didn’t know who to turn to so of course she spoke to her best friend, Lauren.

Lauren unfortunately had a huge crush on Sasha’s boyfriend and so when she found out about the baby she was not very happy. She decided that she would find a way to tell Sasha’s parents.

One Saturday afternoon when everyone was sitting in the lounge drinking hot chocolate and chatting, Lauren decided to set the elephant in the room and she told Sasha’s parents.

What Lauren hadn’t taken into consideration is how much Sasha’s parents loved her and even though they were angry with Sasha they were angrier at Lauren for trying to get poor Sasha into trouble. Moral of the story is never try hurt someone because karma will bite twice as hard.

EVERYDAY IS A GOOD DAY

The moment you wake up in the morning make a conscious decision to have a good day. Don’t let that silly man in his sports car get you down because he hooted at you. Think that he’s just jealous because he knows your having an awesome day.

Walk through your office door with a smile on your face and if someone starts moaning at you, just look at them with that same smile and say how can I help you. This will shock them back to life and make things far more productive.

Spilt tea on your new black pants? Well it could have been worse, they could have been white. Never think that life is tough because there are people out there with no arms or legs, people with incurable diseases and people who go week for week without food. Never mind the millions of people in the world who have no one to love them. The glass should always be half full instead of half empty.

Take every single day as the best day of your life and never stop the smiling and the laughter that it brings with it.

FEELINGS FOLLOW BEHAVIOUR

Think about breaking up with a boyfriend…you never think about what you are going to say, you act out irrationally and attack that person for no real reason at all. You say things you don’t mean, you say things you never even thought were possible to say and then after everything has happened, this is when you truly feel the rashness of your words and decisions. You then either break down in tears or pack up laughing but no matter what, most people tend to act out before they feel what is truly happening around them.

We as a human race need to learn to sit back, take in the situation in its entirety and then act on what we understand and feel is right. Telling your sibling they are heartless and worth nothing and then only realising later that none of what you said is true and retracting the statement is not enough. The damage is already done. That person has already been hurt and nothing you say or do can take that back.

This is where we need to learn to listen to what people have to say, understand what they are saying, understand what they and you are feeling and then behave accordingly.

NOT ALL WHO WONDER ARE LOST

I find wondering can be about knowing exactly where you are going but just taking your time getting there. For instance wondering through your own mind whilst studying…you know what you need to be doing yet you prefer to think of more interesting things to do. Wondering is one of the most popular forms of procrastination.

I’m sure someone who needs to go get tested for any serious illness would wonder around for hours knowing where they should be but trying to will themselves to reach their final destination is almost impossible. Wondering is a form of escape.

Wondering is almost definitely not about being lost but about trapping time into a small box and letting it out ever so slowing that one is able to deal with each situation in due course. No one likes to deal with too much all at once so instead we take small steps to nowhere in order to accept what shall take place at a later stage. Wondering is a way of preparing oneself for the future.

OUR GREATEST STRENGTHS ARE OUR GREATEST WEAKNESSES

A person who is passionate about speaking in front of huge crowds of people may find that they become too much of a perfectionist and therefore they feel they are inadequate to fulfil such a role.

Everyone tends to over analyse the things they are good at. Barbara Streisand stopped singing in public for over 20years just because she made the small mistake of forgetting the lines to a song in the middle of the performance. Anyone could have made this mistake but for Barbara it was the end of her on stage career for years. Until the day they created Teleprompters. Though she forgot about one thing and that was what would happen if the crowd stood up, like they did, and blocked the prompters. She did manage to make it through that particular show I might add.

If ones ego becomes too big they will always make a mistake. Try to keep yourself in line with the rest of the world, but never hold yourself back because you don’t want to make a mistake. The sky is the limit, as long as you consider your limitations.

WEDDING CAKE-IN-THE-MIDDLE-OF-THE ROAD

Cassidy was having a terrible day. Nothing seemed to be going her way. She thought that getting engaged would be the happiest time of her life but no, nothing seemed to be right.

She could not find a free church for at least 3 years. The caterers she had always wanted had gone bankrupt and left her small town to head south and lastly she had gained 5kgs since she had last tried on her perfect wedding dress and now it wasn’t really perfect anymore.

So poor Cassidy just wanted to curl up and cry for hours on end. This was when Cassidy looked up only too see a Gigantic, perfect looking Wedding Cake-in-the-middle-of-the road. Of course it was only a float competition put on by the local Hotel school students but none the less this gave Cassidy a great idea.

Cassidy decided to use her own back garden as the ceremony area and she used the Hotel school chefs to do the catering who also gave her a great diet so she looked beautiful in her dress on the big day.

When life hands you lemons be creative and use to down your tequila shots.

THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING

The world is a buzz of people running through the streets, cars hooting, babies crying and just the general pitter patter of the everyday noises that we call life.

No one notices anything different. Everyone is living life as they normally would. Stay at home moms are running their babies off to a play date so they can fit in their next Mani Pedi. Working dads are shouting across the board room at an office full of nervous staff. Then there are the teenagers testing the boundaries of their very existence and the grade ones going to school for the first time, excitement and nerves spread across their faces like wild fire.

When all of a sudden out of nowhere “the sound of one hand clapping” brings to the world a lapse of silence. No one can explain what they felt during that minute but all shall never be the same again. Everyone decided their destinies shall change due to one small clap.

Never under estimate the small things in life as they can make the biggest changes.

HOW DO YOU STEP FROM A 100-FOOT POLE

One always looks at the snotty kids of the rich and famous and say “I wish that were me, I wish that I could have everything in life that my heart desires”. In all honesty though, do you really wish that were you?

We walk through life climbing the ladder one step at a time; gaining knowledge and plenty of respect for others as we go along. We take things in our own stride; we do what we want to do and when we want to do it. We are able to learn from our own mistakes without others judging us.

Now try stepping in the shoes of one of these so called rich kids. Some have no ambitions in life yet they are expected to stand at the top of a 100-foot pole for all to see and never make a single mistake. Is their life easy? Sure, if you think living your life in the spot light is easy then why not go have a bash at it I’m pretty sure they’ll trade places with you for a day or six.

FISH FALLING FROM THE SKY

Walking down the street I stop to observe what a lovely sunny day it is. When all of a sudden I feel like I’ve just been hit with a frying pain full of fish paste.

I look around and all I can see is a big smelly gross cat fish lying about 30cm from my feet. Next thing I know my entire street is being bombarded with gigantic cat fish.

Then I realise that I’m deep within the ocean of white surrounded by the creatures of the sea. Whales, dolphins, starfish and every colour of the rainbow surround me. Oh what bliss it is to be free and float around in your own imagination.

WHAT IS THE COLOUR OF THE WIND?

The colour of the wind is like the pattern of the universe. No one can ever see it but yet all we want to do is paint it.

Wind creates its own colour by painting our emotions. It can make one happy, sad or angry; creating a true vision of blues, purples, yellows, oranges and even reds. Taking these colours we create a rainbow of nature and human emotion combined.

Watch the wind stir up a pile of old autumn leaves as they swirl up into a deep blue autumn sky and blend into a parallel universe of beauty. Life without the wind would be like a human without a heart nothing would be interesting or fun. Remember that summers day when you were walking down the street with hundreds of screaming, laughing children, adults and teenagers on an everyday stroll through town and whoops your skirt blew up and everyone saw; don’t tell me that flash of your bright blue and pink lingerie never brought the slightest tough of red to your perfect porcelain complexion.

The colour of the wind is the colour of every small drop of nature in this world, of every creative mind trying to break free and lastly it’s the colour of emotion that spreads across each face in this unforgettable universe.

We are afraid of the wrong things

People are often more afraid of the little irrelevant things, most of which cannot even harm you at all, such the dark. The things we are afraid of often take over our daily lives and stop us from living fulfilling lives.

People are afraid to live when they should be afraid of not living, as it could all come to an end at any time. We should live our lives as if it could be our last and do the things we have always wanted to do.

Once it is over there is no going back and it will be too late for regrets.

Bucket list: 100 things to do before you die

1. Bungee jump
2. Graduate with a degree in PR
3. Move out of my parents house
4. Host the party of the century and invite at least 100 people
5. Own a penthouse
6. Make friends with the neighbors
7. Grow my own garden
8. Ask a hot stranger on a date
9. Go on a blind date

10. Fall deeply, hopelessly and unconditionally in love
11. Marry a millionaire
12. Drive a convertible with top down
13. Raise a family
14. Write my own personal mission statement, long term goals, etc.
15. Have a successful career
16. Ask for a raise / bonus
17. Pretend to be the boss for one day
18. Find a job I love
19. Start my own business
20. Write my will
21. Be someone’s mentor
22. Skydive
23. Shark dive
24. Scuba dive
25. Swim with a dolphin
26. Go skinny dipping
27. Shower in a waterfall
28. Go up in a hot air balloon
29. Go to Europe / Travel
30. Go to the Oprah show
31. Go to Disneyland
32. Travel around the world in a month
33. Go to the Rio carnival, in costume
34. Fly to the moon
35. Ride a camel in the dessert
36. Go to the North Pole and sleep in a igloo
37. Go to Hawaii
38. Go to Niagra Falls
39. Go to Las Vegas
40. Learn to play poker
41. Learn to speak French and Italian
42. Kiss a hot Italian guy
43. Attend at least one Soccer World cup
44. Go to Old Trafford to watch a Manchester game

45. Have my own photo shoot
46. Eat junk food until I get sick
47. Be an extra in a movie or an advert
48. Write a fan letter to Nelson Mandela
49. Tell someone all my secrets over a bottle of Captain
50. Brew my own beer
51. Party all night and go straight to work without having gone home, just once
52. Learn to bartend
53. Get wasted on an airplane
54. Fly in a private jet
55. Learn to rollerblade
56. Learn how to accept criticism
57. Learn to say yes even when I don’t want to
58. Learn to stand up for myself
59. Learn to forgive and forget
60. Learn to accept myself for who I am
61. Learn to accept my greatest weakness and use it to my advantage
62. Shave off all my hair in support of cancer
63. Surprise my mom with a spa weekend
64. Send a message in a bottle
65. Go to parliament
66. Learn to tango
67. Write a romantic novel
68. Spend the whole day in bed reading romantic novels
69. Sit on a jury
70. Learn to play the drums
71. Learn to juggle – with three balls
72. Teach someone illiterate to read
73. Stay the night in a haunted house by myself
74. Stay in a castle
75. Party with royalty
76. Party with celebrities
77. Spend New Years in an exotic location
78. Help out with a worthwhile cause
79. Loose 10 kilos in one week
80. Join the gym and actually go religiously
81. Sing Heal the World in front of a large audience
82. Enter idols (just for fun)
83. Make a complete and utter fool of myself on national TV
84. Ride on the back of an elephant
85. Pet a lion
86. Buy myself a Gucci bag
87. Sleep under the stars at the beach
88. Overcome a fear
89. Make my own billboard
90. Give a public speech
91. Go to a black Eyed Peas concert
92. Donate money to a charity
93. Go fishing
94. Create my own website
95. Visit the Holy Land
96. Visit a prisoner
97. Run a marathon
98. Adopt an orphan
99. Ride a tandem bicycle
100. Stand naked in the rain

Is Polygamy a Feminist Issue?

Yes of course polygamy is a feminist issue. The most obvious reason being that men and women are suppose to be equal and yet men may take more than one wife, but women simply may not.

If a women would even attempt to have more than one husband she would most likely be outcasted from society.

Women fought long and hard for the right to be a mans equal and yet there are just somethings or some situations were women will never be equal to a man or be allowed, in the eyes of society, to do what men may do and Polygamy happens to be one of those things.

If I were the boss?

If I were the boss there would be shorter working hours. The way I see it is once you have completed your work for the day, and there is only so much you can do per day, your mind starts to wonder.

If I were the boss Friday would be a half day, because most people get distracted and are thinking and planning their weekend instead of giving their work their full attention and it ends up being an unproductive day.

If I were the boss and my employees worked after hours and weekends, overtime would be paid per hour, but of course proof of actual work that has been done will have to be provided or submitted.

If I were the boss the office would be a friendly, open environment, where creativity can flow free and employees do not attack each other at every turn.

And finally If I were the boss there would be a kiosk, with healthy snacks at a decent price on every floor and on Fridays each employee may have one snack of their choice for free!!!