A father, a lover, a man

Hello, friend… long time no see! But I could not let this day go by without updating you with some of the latest news about my life… it is Valentine’s Day, after all, and who can be better suited to share her two cents on Love, if not the LoveLabourer?I am the happy and sometimesContinue reading “A father, a lover, a man”

Back to the Garden of Eden

Sometimes, when we try to connect to a new reality, when we work so hard to integrate the events, the course of life – we get so caught up in the intricacies of our own existence that we entirely lose track of our knowledge, our good habits, our flow of life itself. We float adrift,Continue reading “Back to the Garden of Eden”

The Luminance of Aura

I have been procrastinating on writing this piece for over half a year now… That is how strong my inner mechanisms and machinations of self-sabotage can be, once they set their mind to it. And in spite of the many drafts, I never managed to bring myself to even scratch the surface of what “beginnings”Continue reading “The Luminance of Aura”

Love after Love

Dear Grandpa, As I write this, my eyes have welled with tears. Don’t worry, I have never felt despair or sorrow after you left, only love, gratitude, appreciation for who you were and are and the sadness of not having been able to share more with you. Although I am fully aware that you areContinue reading “Love after Love”

Lessons of unconditional love

On my birthday, I was approached by a guy who walked up to me and asked “Is your husband African?”. “My future husband, maybe”, I replied mischievously. “Then it’s going to be me”, he said. And I kept thinking that, if we were to end up together, that would be the absolute best “How IContinue reading “Lessons of unconditional love”

The day I learned about love

I learned what pure unconditional love is, one day of December, the year 2009, and this little lesson continues to grow in significance, every single day, every single time I give it some thought.At that time, my grandpa had been fighting cancer for more than 5 years, of which he spent quite a bit inContinue reading “The day I learned about love”

A friend in need…

For the past few months I have been enjoying the pleasure of reconnecting with a dear friend, whom I had drifted apart from, over the years. Interestingly enough, our paths crossed again, at a time when our emotional struggles were mirroring each other, so we were given the opportunity to be there for one another,Continue reading “A friend in need…”

Beginnings

“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place”. And when it does, it is scooped into the Universe’s nurturing embrace. For love is the generating force of all progress, of all movement, of all creation. Therefore, my wish for y’all beautiful people is that the only thing you bring with you into theContinue reading “Beginnings”