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What Nelson Mandela Can Teach Us

“What Nelson Mandela can teach us about lifelong, dialogue-rich learning” by  Peter Rule, Stellenbosch University Nelson Mandela’s life and writings reveal his fascination with education. The late statesman’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, often profiles characters by their education and … Continue reading

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Girls, Girls Everywhere! Parents Please Teach Them These Lessons

Girls, Girls, Girls – they grow into women and it is our responsibility to make sure they do with the least harm. “So amazing how this world was made I consider if GOD is a woman The gift astounds me … Continue reading

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Five Things To Say No Thanks To And Never Repeat

Five, yes, here are five things that you ought to say, “No thanks,” and never repeat. Before getting into the details of those five things, let me give you the back story. Repeat Performances Every day of the week is … Continue reading

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Lifetime Lessons From A Grade School Teacher We All Can Learn

Lifetime lessons are taught daily but often we do not recognise them at the moment. This was written several years ago but bears repeating at this time. Lessons That Have Served A Lifetime The intensity of our conversation was and … Continue reading

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Life Is About Choices: Which Ones Will You Make Today?

Life is about choices. There is no two way about that. Bitter Or Better We can choose to be bitter or better. We can choose to be happy or sad. Our choices start with the lens that we choose to … Continue reading

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Transforming Lives: 11 Offered But ONLY One Teacher Changed Lives

Transforming lives, that is the topic of our conversation today. So, let me share a story. An Abundance Of Energy My Dad shared a conversation from his youth with me that I have reflected on for many years. It still … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday To Me! One More Year Completed And Cheers To New Beginnings

Happy Birthday to Me, the woman that I now am. For my 50th birthday, my daughter, first granddaughter (she was the only one at the time), and I made our way to the land of my birth, Jamaica. The reason … Continue reading

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Motivational Monday: Big Stuff Moments Of Michael’s Life

Motivational Monday is a popular hashtag and we are using it today to share one of my life’s big stuff moments. How One Event Changes My Life Well, it has been many years since this happened to me. Yet almost … Continue reading

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20 Lessons Learned In 2020 That Bear Daily Reminding

20 lessons that I learned last year. Not sure what to write for today’s blog post, I recalled that in the early days of Daughters of Sheba Foundation blog, I shared 17 Lessons Learned in 2017. 20 Lessons Or Was … Continue reading

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Life Lessons: Karma, Timed Misfortunes Or Crappy Coincidences? Which Are They?

Life lessons, you say but many call them a gong show, happenstance and other unsavoury names. In the coming weeks, Michael H. Ballard, a man of resilience, will join us as a Contributor. He and I have collaborated before and … Continue reading

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