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Mahadi spoke.

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All it takes is a U-turn to inner self – By Mahadi Moloi As I've mentioned prior, many book's require's of me a different pace to get into them. Some longer than others, since more understanding and reflection is required to get into the story-line and into the head-space of the author. This read took me longer since it was a personal journey for me, the reader, while a very personal journey of the Author. Mahadi Moloi’s , All it takes is a U-Turn to inner self , is firstly a religion based book.  Mostly, it's a factual read of how this women went within the canvases of her own life experiences and tapped into her soul, relying on her faith based religion to take her through fires of heartache and eventually to a place of absolute restoration. An impressive read from this emerging author. Clearly this smart women, whose life experiences which could easily have robbed her of so much, literally took a U-turn from the world as we know it, and stepped into

When love blossoms...

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Orchids brings an exotic rarity to a space that can be associated with luxury and refinement.  With more understanding, the context of the flower can invoke deeper meaning than meets the eye. Perhaps it’s the unusual way in which the orchid plants flowers, which lead to ancient sexuality, virility, fertility and even romantic connotations having been attached to them. With over 20, 000+ accepted species in their genre, that varies in sizes with the smallest orchid being just 2mm wide, orchids are notably scent-filled and sensual in presentation. More than this, they are well documented for medicinal, spiritual and even botanic condiment production . Vanilla is the product of Orchids and historically, men would eat the larger bulbs entrusting for a male child while women the smaller bulbs for a female child.   The Aztecs combined chocolate with vanilla for perceived power and strength capabilities. The Asian’s considered the live orchid plants for lung and cough cures while

My fascination with beautiful windows

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So much can be said of a "simply beautiful" window. Be it in the detailed craft, the view, or both - a beautiful window invokes and conjures personal sentiment and in most instances calls for a moment of inner reflection- of a beautiful kind. There’s certainly something profoundly beautiful, about a beautiful window! Fortunately the world has many to showcase. While one can only think the inspiration behind beautiful windows found in places of worship has something to do with man’s yearning for heavenly and divine connection, stained glass windows have owned religions venues of all faiths. This could be seen in Spain’s La Sagrada Familia, Brazil’s Santuario Dom Bosc and Iran’s Nasir Al Mulk Mosque. Westminster Abbey reigns in color of intricate stained glass detail. The most spectacular detail has been seen in stain glass skylight type windows and delicately placed windows that usher in light. This being said, beautiful windows are not limited to stained glass