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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Sunday, 20 November 2022

Be enlightened or be quiet!

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Like many countries, South Africa has terrible heavy vehicle accidents on the highways and byways.  You can’t miss the news headlines:  At l...
Friday, 11 November 2022

How I started earning pennies!

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Yes! The title is correct. I started my own business and now earn pennies! And every penny pays something. What led to this initiative? I re...
Thursday, 8 September 2022

Stillness, but I’m still breathing!

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It has been several months of stillness, but I’m still breathing. I may not have written about my experience living on the West Coast of Sou...
Wednesday, 22 June 2022

From my novel: The Power is Yours

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  Chapter 3  Fearfully and Wonderfully Made The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionat...
Sunday, 12 June 2022

Raise your head and believe in your inner power

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It's impossible to fathom the power within you. It doesn't matter if you fall or fail. Whatever seems to break you or crack you open...
Thursday, 2 June 2022

Surfacing after sinking

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Today I surface for the first time in several days with new hope to move forward. The power of gratitude has been instrumental in helping me...
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...
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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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