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KZN... Kwaze kwamnandi ukuba sekhaya! ???? KwaZulu ????... Anyway, I have been thinking a lot about healing processes, precisely why certain healing methods work for some and not for others. Then the chit-chat voices in my head were going on about the collective memory of a bloodline.
The Metamorphosis of Identity: for the caterpillar never knows it is a butterfly! Sometimes the scariest confrontation is that between the mind, body and soul. When the human trinity is so out of sync, you feel a deep depression, an existential problem and pity for the conflicted frail species that …
There are infinite reasons why relationships break up. Incompatibility. Mistrust. Anger. Infidelity. Fear of 'abantu bazothini' and others' expectations. Abuse, manipulation and the inability to uphold the pretence anymore is of course top of the list, and I'm talking about physical, emotional and spiritual abuse.
On this mother's day, I thought it's fitting to talk about LOVE, a subject that troubles many. Izigodlo are filled with people seeking wisdom on Umaqondana / soul mate. Then there are hordes of people willing to go to the dark side, 'bringing back lost lovers' and all that rhetoric. Even though I agree that some love is broken through a 3rd party's hex or intervening, but most relationships fail because people are not compatible
