Blister in the Sun (farefell to a friend)

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beer, Blister in the sun, Cape Town, Chapters, farewell, friendship, geocaching, London, Pints, Sad, Toti, UK, Violent Femmes

This is a little bit of a tribute to my good friend, Nick Masters.

Today, him and his family leave Toti (where he has have lived for 33 years), they head off to the UK (stopping in Cape Town first for a few days)

A new chapter in their lives await there.

I am happy for them and this amazing opportunity they have before them.  Plus loads of our friends (from Toti) are that side now.  So they land in a network of people already.

I write this with sadness and appreciation. Nick has been and will always be an amazing friend.  I write this to celebrate our friendship so far.  I am sad to see him go, but truth be told from like 2001 – 2008, i lived in other towns (in South Africa) and didnt see him much.  Then for 3 years when I lived in the UK (2009 – 2011), gosh we saw each other loads.

From sharing similar tastes in music / back in std 7, we sang along word for word to Violent Femmes (we still do) / to water skiing shenanigans / to loads of beer (breweries would be proud of us) / walking to streets of London after nights out, hmm were we walking straight? / singing on the tubes (maybe we sang with dutch courage… haha) / to our recent shared hobby: geocaching / watching bands / tenpin bowling (ah all the usual life stuff) / even some profound conversations

I am proud to have Nick as a friend and totally gonna miss that guy.  But thankfully we live in a world that we can communicate easily,

Nick, Godspeed dude in your new adventure!

Keep me space in your spare room.  Coming to visit soon.  And keep aside a few caches for us to find.

Rock on!

 

Ending Chapters

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Chapters, end, Football, good friend, premiere league, Sad, UK

I know it may be odd to put both these “ending chapters” together because they are far apart.
However they’re both in my life. So gonna just share my thoughts anyway…
Last week Sunday the Football Premiere League 2012/13 season came to an end.
I was sad. A part of my life came to an end for awhile.
Hear me out, I am not addicted.
Its just my passion and my hobby.
and life has chapters that end.

So we do have that sadness with us.

But another chapter that ended is the leaving of my good friend, Nick.
Him and his beautiful family are moving to England.
They leave Durban this Saturday.
This ending of this chapter really makes me sad.

My friend and I have shared many cool adventures and moments in our lives this far.

Sad to know he is going to be miles away.

So ending chapters sometimes carries sadness….

Song of the week 16 (Alanis Morissette – These r the thoughts)

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Alanis Morissette, angry, Canada, live gig, read my mind, spiritual, These r the thoughts

I really like this song.
I often find it playing through my veins. (thats imagery for you.)

These words always seem to grab my attention: “why do you say you are spiritual yet you treat people like shit”

so true of myself and others sometimes.

Here is a great live version of it:

Alanis Morissette – These r the thoughts

these are the thoughts that go through my head
in my backyard on a Sunday afternoon
when I have the house to myself and I am not
expending all that energy on fighting with my boyfriend

is he the one that I will marry?
why is it so hard to be objective about myself?
why do I feel cellularly alone?
am I supposed to live in this crazy city?
can blindly continued fear-induced regurgitated
life- denying tradition be overcome?

where does the money go that I send to those in need?
if we have so much why do some people have nothing still?
why do I feel frantic when I first wake up in the morning?
why do you say you are spiritual
yet you treat people like shit?

how can you say you’re close to God
and yet you talk behind my back as though I am not
a part of you?
why do I say I’m fine
when it’s obvious I’m not?
why’s it so hard to tell you what I want?
why can’t you just read my mind?

why do I fear that the quieter I am the less you will listen?
why do I care whether you like me or not?
why is it so hard for me to be angry?
why is it such work to stay conscious and so easy to get stuck
and not the other way around?

will I ever move back to canada?
can I be with a lover with whom I am a student and a master?
why am I encouraged to shut my mouth
when it gets too close to home?
why cannot i live in the moment?

A shout out to….

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Sacred Spaces, blogging, Faith, Thoughts, my blog, inspirational, spiritual, sacred

My other blog.  Come and check out Sacred Spaces.  Click over HERE

We are one day closer…

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chapter, forward, life, make it account, one day, where we are, who we are

I had this simple thought this morning:
We are one day closer to who we are supposed to be.
We are one day closer to where we are supposed to be.
We are one day closer to another life chapter.

It just dawned on me. (Again)
That this day is a gift.
This day finds me closer…
Closer to hugging Jesus. (I really want to do that.)
I may not understand or know entirely who I am… But I am one day closer to finding that out.
I am one day closer to being where I am supposed to be…

Where I will end up one day.
So I will appreciate this day.
I will make it count.

I am moving forward…

A sense of peace

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crisp air, night, Peace, sky, Stars, stillness

Last night I walked across the field to the conference hall where all the people on the training weekend were singing songs of worship to Jesus.

While I walked under that night time sky, with shimmering stars in the distance and a cool crisp air brushing against my cheeks, I felt a sense of peace and reassurance of God there.

Those moments are priceless…

The Spelilng Msitakes

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blogs, life, mess, Mistakes, spelling

i hvae been told taht my blogs sometmies haev spelilng mistakes in them.

for thsoe times i am srory.

mabye there is a lesosn in that for us anyway

Tehre is a theory that if the first and last letter are correct then your brain can assocaite what is actulaly meant to be written. we have powefrul minds.

Maybe life is like that too.

“in the choas of it all.  When thnigs get msesy, we still remain calm and make sense of it all.”

beauty out of ashes.

seeing pretty when the world sees ugly.

the glorious mess.

Traffic Calming – are you for real?

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Calm, Hillcrest, irony, speed bumps, traffic, traffic calming, Waterfall

Have you seen this type of sign before?

You gotta love the irony in this sign?  “yes sure, bring on more speed bumps.  us motorists love those.  They really meake us feel calm. why thank you, how considerate of you.”

haha! Are you kidding me?

I live in Hillcrest.  They have recently put up about 6 speed bumps between Hillcrest and Waterfall and gosh, if you asked most drivers, do they make them feel calm… I am sure they would answer with 2 letters not 3.

No!

At least this sign still made me smile though.

Friendship

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friendship, Hospital, support

My friend is in hospital. I popped into see him. He is a new friend. Only known him for a couple of months.
When I got there I noticed his friend, Chase had been with him since he got to the hospital and has been hanging out there for whole day thus far.
Just there for support.

I just smiled to myself:
What a great display of friendship.

He’s just there.
Simple
Yet profound.

Song of the week 15 (Anberlin – Godspeed)

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Anberlin, Cities, Godspeed, lied, Young

This song is screaming in my head today… especially the lyrics

“they lied when they said the good die young.”
my heart is broken for a life lost. A friend of a friend died.
She was so young. on the surface she seemed okay
yet inside she was battling in her life.
how many people walk past us carrying a weight that we don’t see…

Anberlin – Godspeed

Burning down neverland (scatter the ashes)
White lines black tar the matches
Is this another death by misadventure
Tell me what you got, what you really got (hey hey!)
We’ll rest in our graves,
Lexington course your veins
Sleepers can’t just wake the dead
When needles and lovers collapse on guilty beds

Fall asleep, don’t fall asleep
Don’t fall asleep

(They lied when they said that the good die young)

THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
woah-oh-ah-oh
THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
stay with me, stay with me tonight

Burning down bridges now (scatter the ashes)
Godspeed to all you’re after
Is this a life left just to remember
Tell them who you were, who you really were (hey hey!)
Kill yourself slowly over time, fashion statement suicide
She’s still asleep in a Chelsea hotel
Bad turns to worse, and the worst turns into hell

Fall asleep, don’t fall asleep
Don’t fall asleep

(God save the eyes that dim tonight)

THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
woah-oh-ah-oh
THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
Stay with me, stay with me tonight

WOAH-OH-AH-OH

THEY LIED, WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
woah-oh-ah-oh
THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
Stay with me, stay with me tonight
THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
woah-oh-ahoh
THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
Stay with me, stay with me tonight