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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Friday, 20 May 2022

In the end, it starts with us!

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I started teaching in 1988. I spent the first term in a Grade 1 classroom, and for the rest of the year, I was in a special education classr...
Friday, 13 May 2022

Just be!

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When we look at each other with wonder, we will stand in awe of what God has made. Ignore the flaws. Ignore the talents. Ignore the things t...
Thursday, 12 May 2022

From my novel: The Power is Yours

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Chapter 4 An inestimable gift of love What you have to offer the world is rare and that adds value to who you are. You weren’t born by acci...
Friday, 6 May 2022

From my novel: The Power is Yours

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Chapter 2 Pressing toward the goal Many people regret the present moment and yearn for the past or future. They either live in the past, wi...

From my novel: The Power is Yours

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Chapter 1 Fight the good fight  Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “ The mind ,  once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensi...
Saturday, 23 April 2022

Do you have control over the future?

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As a chess player, you must predict what you see in front of you to win. You can anticipate your opponent’s next move, but everything you pl...
Thursday, 21 April 2022

When did it really start?

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Many of my posts are about pain, and I’m sure my readers are tired of reading about it. I often feel as if I’m stuck in a loop of repeating ...
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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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