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Category Archives: Helga’s random thoughts
Happiness 101
I was scrolling through the internet this morning, mainly through news sites when I came across a question: how happy are you? I opened the link and while it didn’t assess my happiness, it did give options to increasing it. … Continue reading
Ups & Downs of Life – A Different Perspective.
Life certainly does go up and down. It has swings and roundabouts and it has varying seasons. Sometimes we are on the outside looking in. It’s the difference between seeing an aeroplane flying overhead and being in it. It’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Helga's random thoughts
Tagged God's perspective, Perspective on life
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Morning Gorgeous
A friend is cleaning out her home and often-times I am the happy recipient of hand-me-downs. Truly I’m not looking for extra stuff – I too am trying to reduce the contents of my home rather than add to them, … Continue reading
“I Cannot Thank Prof Noakes Enough”
That was a sentence that caught my eye as I scrolled through a Banting site. It was sent from someone named Mandy, who celebrated her first Banting anniversary yesterday. What a difference to her life low carb eating has made. … Continue reading
Posted in Banting, Day to Day Blogs, Helga's random thoughts
Tagged Banting Balance, Eating LCHF, Finding the balance, Prof Tim Noakes
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Dear Kevin Anderson….
If I had to write to Kevin Anderson, here’s what I would write: Dear Kevin There have been several thrilling tennis matches this Wimbledon. We watched Dustin Brown entertain us in playing (and beating) Rafael Nadal. We saw Great Britain’s … Continue reading
Your Life Has Significance – Please Believe Me!
You just don’t know. That’s something that I’ve been saying today. Each of really just don’t know why we are here. Could it be because it’s not about ME and it’s not about NOW. What if the significance of my … Continue reading
We Are Different, We Are The Same
1-12pm The dichotomy of life – the vastness of contrasts, the intimacy of similarity. I started thinking about this today as I was driving to and from Somerset West. It began when I was listening to Focus on the Family … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, God's Grace; God's Love, Granny, Music, reflections, salvation
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