The Magnetic Compass

our skins

allow me to explore you tonightlet me feel your roughnessyou can feel my smoothnesscandlelight dancing on our skins warm hands locked in a sweet embracemy fingernails scratching your shouldersgoosebumps when you pull me closersweat glistening on our skins soft lips and trailing kissessoft whispers engraving memoriessweet nothings filled with promisessensation tingling under our skins edging…

Revisiting the past: The List explained (Part 3)

It is good to go back to your roots every now and again, just to touch base and rediscover where your passion and drive came from and to reevaluate where you are going to. Today’s breakdown of the 30 Before Thirty List includes four things that I have either stopped working on or that left…

hope

an autumn breeze washing over youa field full of flowers waiting for springthe promise of rain on a cloudy daythe sun’s rays casting over your way a world of promise awaitsit fills the gaps in our heartsalways on the horizona new day awaits a hope meant to wakesheltered by faith by The Magnetic Compass

30 Before Thirty: The List explained (Part 2)

Looking over this list now, it seems a bit impossible to do everything in six months. I will tell you this, it may seem ambitious of me to want to squeeze it all in. However, merely making this list and working on it, has ignited a new flame within me. It has already stirred so…

a flower in bloom

you taught me a lotnot through death, but through life you taught me to livealways to shine you were taken a little too soonsnatched from this life ready to bloom you were always a flowerweren’t you? always waiting for the sunriseplucked too soon now you are basking in a different lightforever in a wonderful full…

30 Before Thirty: The List explained (Part 1)

The other day I shared a list of 30 things I would like to do before I turn Thirty. So I thought, let me elaborate a bit on each of them. Today I am looking at items 1 to 3 on the list. The first 3 on the list involve a lot of hiking and…

Unleash the artist within you – Learning to paint

We are in an interesting time of our lives. Most of us have used this time to either reconnect with our families, learn a few new skills, start a new venture, catch up on some well-deserved ‘me’-time or caught up with a few new hobbies just to bust the boredom and serve as a creative…

Deliciously healthy vegan smoothie

Since starting the vegan lifestyle, I have tried putting things into my body that is considered to be a little bit healthier. This has included various types of snacks and foods. My fridge has never been as stocked with fresh foods as it is now. It comes with the territory, I guess. For snacking purposes,…

Almost Vegan – A start of a new lifestyle

I have tried this vegan lifestyle thing before, and after three full months of doing it, I crashed and burned over a plate of scrambled eggs. Granted, the scrambled eggs were a dish presented by my mother. I’d like to think that it is her specialty dish. Though, her lamb chops… Even my dad, who…

A year of transformation – 2020 Quick recap

2020 Has been one heck of a year. It has been relentlessly life-changing to every person, but with the right attitude we can grow strong through the lessons learnt from it thus far. With only 4 months of the year left, what will you make of it?