Postsjaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 2 min readWins, Losses, LessonsSometimes life gives you exactly what you asked for. Other times, it gives you something else entirely… not the thing, but the lesson. I used to hate that. I wanted the neat result, not a lecture in patience or a crash course in resilience. But it happens so often that I can’t ignore it anymore. I have realised that the “something else” is…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 4 min readSoul encounters you can't ignore"Our souls speak a language that is beyond human understanding. A connection so rare the universe won't let us part." - Nikki Rowe. Some connections just impact your life and world differently. Yes, you meet all kinds of people all the time… in queues, at work, on the street, online. The sheer number is dizzying when you really stop to think…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 4 min readThe Beautiful Madness“You can’t know this right now, but… your ragged, rugged honesty… your crazy, passionate, naked vulnerability… your trusting plunge into the unknown of life at every turn… your journey of love and healing… these change your world, the world of those around you and the world as a whole. Someday you’ll know how important you are.” - Jacob…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 4 min readMoments That Stretch Time."Happiness, not in another place but this place… not for another hour, but this hour." - Walt Whitman It has always amused me how Friday seems to arrive with its own rhythm. The whole week moves along in its usual routine, then Friday waltzes in like a friend who doesn’t knock before walking through the door, carrying an unspoken reminder…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 3 min readYour Why Lives in Others.“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman I think we all have those random moments of contemplation where we ponder the point of our existence on some deeper level and personally I am of the opinion that your…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 3 min readThe Sweetest Potato You’ll Never EatMost of us know the sweet potato as that wonderful, slightly nutty vegetable that sneaks onto our plates in place of ordinary spuds. High in fibre, loaded with vitamin A, rich in antioxidants, the humble sweet potato has long since earned its reputation as a healthier choice, especially for those trying to steer clear of refined carbs. But this…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 3 min readLosing Yourself to Find the World“To live is to be open to the world, to be curious and receptive to its gifts.” — Leo Buscaglia There is something that, once noticed, can shift the ground beneath your feet every single time you remember it. That being, the moment you stop staring at your own toes and actually look up, the world begins to shine. Life is not short on…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 5 min readThe Tilt Towards LightI can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou Glass half full, make lemonade from lemons, you can see the roses or the thorns… we have all heard the optimistic one liners until they begin to sound like radio jingles on repeat. They are fine as slogans, but there is a deeper sort of optimism that…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 3 min readCheesy Business...Who on this earth does not love a little bit or a lot of CHEEEESE!!!! Cheese is one of those go to's that will never get a no from me and it does not matter it is accompanied with something or whether it is on it's own! About ten minutes away from us, in a little place called Botrivier, there is a shop called the cheese stall. I have driven past…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 4 min readThe Unfiltered SelfWriting is something which has been a large part of my life since I was a young girl… I still have notebooks from way back when, with some pretty deep, thoughts written in them for a young teen. I suppose I have just always found a certain kind of peace in self expression through written word and this has carried itself with me since then. But…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 2 min readWildflower ContemplationsIn a dream soaked garden where time forgets itself, the air glows with sorbet skies… rosewater pinks, sherbet oranges, and lilac whispers melting into one another like spilled joy. Blooms don’t grow here, they swoon, unfurling with the elegance of secrets told in colour. Each petal holds the hush of something sacred, something that knows your…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 3 min readAdjusted to SelfWell there it is - it is Thursday already. It has been an interesting week and despite a relative amount of chaos along the way, I woke up this morning and I felt great! I contemplated all the happenings since Monday as I had my morning cup of tea and I felt completely content, inspired and ready to tackle the day ahead - which is going to be a…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 5 min readTime is free, but it's priceless.“Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.” ― Harvey MacKay I became accustomed to treating the hours in my days like spare change in my jeans pockets… a somewhat “easy come, easy go” type of approach if you will. Eventually…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 2 min readJust a Monday ramble...To give of ourselves to others is one of the greatest gifts we are offered in this life, as is the encouragement and upliftment of those around us, but what so many of us forget is to retain the balance between the giving "of ourselves" and the giving "to ourselves". I am not referring to things of a materialistic nature, no - I am referring to…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 5 min readSalt of the Earth.There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡. I have met all sorts of people in my lifetime thus far. The ones who arrive in designer shoes and shades and the ones who barely have a pair left to their name. Some…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 4 min readWe are not Islands.I have always had enjoyed that tongue in cheek quote “You are unique, just like everybody else.” On the surface, it is somewhat amusing... but dig a little deeper, and you quickly realise that it’s actually quite profound. We all walk through our days carrying the idea that our problems are ours alone, as if they require a secret password which…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 5 min readJust one of those Saturdays...Today has been one of those days in which I thought about, thinking about writing. I probably made my way through this cycle of thought, think and “possibly do” about a hundred times – not unlike a dog chasing its tail really. I have not been feeling all that great today. Clearly, I ate something yesterday which did not agree with me (I’m going…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 5 min readEnough... IS...enough.“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.” - Steve Maraboli 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡... 𝐈𝐒... 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. That quote reminded me of how strange it is that so many of us spend (at least) half our lives at…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 4 min readMeaning in the MiddleTake a moment to realize how great it is that you’re working on it. Then step forward and offer your best efforts yet. — Ralph Marston Sometimes I have compared how life “develops” to the prepping of sourdough. It is not really a process which can be rushed - not if you truly want the best results out of it anyway. You mix what you’ve got, you…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 months ago • 6 min readThe Measure of a Moment.“I'll tell you what I miss. I miss that throbbing heart telling me to take a leap when the sky looks too dark. I miss the walk that I took in the narrow cobblestoned pathways that fumed of history and undying stories of love and loss. I miss the coffee that scented like mist in a frozen dream in a land of strange beauty. I miss the afternoon tea…
