How Do You Show Love?

Bloganuary Day 24

Today’s Prompt: How do you show love?

I would say that there are 2 ways that I show love largely. I love to give friends and family little gifts. Nothing extravagant though. For example, I work for an FMCG company that owns a lot of different personal care and household brands. There is always a product that friends and family say they love so I make sure I take them that product whenever I visit them. It brings me great joy to see the look of delight on their faces. Sometimes the gift is not a physical item. I also enjoy taking people to places that they have never been before or sharing an experience that is new to them.

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The other way I show love is by sharing my knowledge. I love to see people grow and if there are any tools I can give them to get them to the next wrung on their ladder, then I will do so. I have learnt that I should only help when asked or else the seeds will fall on rocky ground. If I insist on ignoring this rule, I will get frustrated and the other person will continue to do what they have always done (and complain about it) still be merrily on their way. It’s not their fault though as they didn’t really want the help in the first place.

I am not a physical person as it’s not how I was brought up but I promised myself when my son was born that I would not raise him that way. We also didn’t say “I love you” very often in our family and I vowed that wouldn’t happen with my son as well. We say “I love you” to each other every day and especially when we are parting ways for the day and hugs are given freely when needed or requested.

That’s me for today. How do you show love?

What’s a lie you tell yourself?

Bloganuary Day 23

Today’s prompt: What’s a lie you tell youself?

Hmmm…if I knew it was a lie, would I still be telling it to myself? I think it’s fair to say that just about every day I work on uncovering what lies I have been telling myself because it’s what we humans do to ourselves. I would like to believe as I write this though that there are none that I am consciously aware of at this time.

Now if you asked me what one of the worst and biggest lies I have ever told myself was, I would tell you that it was the lie that I was not worthy of all the good things that life has to offer all the time. I always assumed that if something good happened to me that it was by pure luck and not because I was worthy. I have an inkling of where that belief probably came from but it doesn’t matter anymore. What matters is that I am aware of it and I am actively working on unlearning that load of hogwash and learning and accepting how worthy I truly am of all the great and wonderful things that God has given me and that He still has planned for me.

What lie are you unlearning and what is the postive message you are replacing it with?

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

Arthur Schopenhauer

What was my childhood dream job?

Bloganuary Day 22

Today’s prompt: What was your dream job as a child?

I actually don’t remember. I do know it was an administrative type job but I can’t say I had a clear picture of it in mind. In my early teens, I knew it would be a corporate job. I used to picture myself in 80’s power suites with high heels and a briefcase. I pictured working in an office with awesome views of the town. I remember being able to see skycrapers nearby. By the time I finished high school I still wasn’t clear on what I would become. I studied food technology because it sounded interesting and it wasn’t offered at a tertiary institution in my home town.

Well, that diploma in Food Technology did get me into the corporate world. I don’t wear power suites but I do get to dress up smartly when I choose to and wear high heels. My briefcase has been swapped for a laptop backpack. Instead of awesome views of the city, I have awesome views of the sea. I’d say that I largely living my dream. Wouldn’t you?

What was your dream job? Are you living your dream now?

The view from my desk