Simply, because I can ...

When we share our emotions, our dreams, our fears, our efforts, our pain, our hopes, and our joys, we open up powerful opportunities for others to learn. Life experience is a master teacher and when we share our experiences, we empower others. Life is too short not to take advantage of all the free resources around us. In this blog, I share what I have experienced in life simply, because I can...

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Saturday, 27 August 2011

Learning to deal with pain

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A few years ago, I fell. I didn't go to the doctor even though I knew the fall was bad. I injured a shoulder muscle and tendon. Over ti...
Thursday, 25 August 2011

There's purpose in your smile

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People spend too much time trying to find their purpose in life. Many feel that their life is worthless because they haven't found a p...
Friday, 15 July 2011

We are defined by the commitments we make!

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A school is a place where a child is given the opportunity to develop in different ways, whether it is on a cultural, physical, mental, e...
Monday, 4 July 2011

Life is what we make of it.

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Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."  The greatest problem we face ...
Friday, 3 June 2011

Painfully true!

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About two and a half years ago, I fell. I was trying to potty train my miniature dachshund after he had piddled in the house again. I'v...
Monday, 30 May 2011

It's time to take control

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Everyone has the same amount of time each day. How you manage your time is very different from how others manage theirs. If you feel that ...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011

The power of thought

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It's all in the power of the mind. Giving up is relatively easy. Fighting back is hard. Getting up every morning to face a normal day...
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Karin Erasmus Steyn
Langebaan, Western Cape, South Africa
I'm a retired high school teacher. I started teaching in 1988 and retired in 2021. The last 12 years were spent teach English for Grades 10, 11, and 12. I've written the following novels:1) Pop-In Jay Pomp (children), 2) Mareijke's Courage (adventure romance), 3) The 6th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill (murder mystery), 4) The Power is Yours (teen motivation), 5) Through the Bark (teen fantasy), 6) Implicitly (adventure romance), and I Think You Know (adventure romance). My motto in life is: You are what you constantly think. I live by these words. A person's thoughts have tremendous power: they can inspire, motivate, encourage, disillusion, and destroy. The art of thinking lies in the power to discern between the good and the bad, and still find a way for a positive attitude. This is the true weapon to success. I was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy in 2019, which brought an end to my teaching career. I relocated to the Western Cape in 2022. I love the bushveld where I lived for more than 20 years, but I'm enjoying the change. I'm currently married to Nick Steyn (1988), and we have two children, Jana (1992) and Colin (1997).
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