#groundedafrican

That’s my word for the year. I have been looking around me for the past few weeks, and all I see is stuff. My wardrobes and cupboards are overflowing. My inboxes are overflowing. My folders are overflowing. There is just too much “overflowing” going on around me. Image: Canva That is not the only reason I want to have less of everything. I want to have less because I want to focus on the things…

“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” Joseph Campbell Image: Canva

“To put your things in order means to put your past in order, too. It’s like resetting your life and settling your accounts so that you can take the next step forward.”Marie Kondo (The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up) Image: Canva

“…as man comes into the world financed by God, the supply needed for his perfect self-expression will be at hand.”Florence Scovel Shinn (The Game of Life) Image: Canva

“See yourself doing and having the very best in life—you’ll find that as you think, so shall you be.”Wayne W. Dyer (Happiness is the Way) Image: Canva

“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder”E.B.White Image: Canva

“Saying thank you is not just courtesy. By recognizing other people—privately, publicly, and, when appropriate, in remuneration—you allow them to feel that they benefit from your success, and you give them a stake in its continuance.”Mitch Horowitz (Secrets of Self -Mastery) Image: Readwise

“The grateful mind continually expects good things, and expectation becomes faith.”Wallace D. Wattles Image: Canva