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Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.
The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.
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Saw this lovely feet patterns made on the sand during my evening walk, but alas, I didn’t see the birdie that owned the steps. I guess she took her walk earlier 🙂
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Change is difficult to embrace most times because of the fear of the unknown and this fear leaves us clinging to old habits, experiences and even harmful situations that we should let go of.
When we fail to let go and release these things that we need to leave behind, we are unable to create room to receive better experiences.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Every Tuesday, I share snippets of thoughts that I call ‘My Thinking Corner.’
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple. You can check this link for more details.
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♦ The afflictions that life brings us are like furnaces of refinement, that purifies the afflicted.
♦ To experience harmony, we have to accept our painful past experiences as pebbles to climb up higher to the light.
When I took my eye’s away from the mess of the pain that the harsh experience of life brought my way, I started to see the message. At a first glance, it may look too hard and insurmountable, but you should look again and again. There’s always a better possibility.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.
The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.
![PicsArt_08-29-12.04.14[1]](https://acookingpotandtwistedtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/picsart_08-29-12-04-141.png)
Seeing the cute figurine of a white elephant in the room made me chuckle. That’s not a very mundane item but I couldn’t resist clicking.
“Elephant in the room” or ” Elephant in the living room ‘ is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is going unaddressed. The idiomatic expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss and a “white elephant” is a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness.
Well, that said, I don’t think the little elephant is such a huge possession, but maybe the owner has other problems that they are not willing to talk about 😉
Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Every Tuesday, I share snippets of thoughts that I call ‘My Thinking Corner.’
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple. You can check this link for more details.
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♦ You have to believe in yourself and your talent. You must believe that small fact with your entire being.
♦ That little faith that you have in yourself is not just a catalyst for change but keeps you going even when doubt begins to set in.
Lovely nuggets of integrity come in from Lady Cee and words of wisdom from Deb Glover. You need to check these out.
I hope these words add some value.
Regards,
Jacqueline
Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.
The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.
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After meandering around some nooks and crannies of Deira, I was hungry enough to want to buy the roasted chicken. From experience, street food tastes good 😉
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Healing starts with the first step of acknowledgement of your issues and positive reaffirmations. It becomes your beginning. A starting point to the journey of self-forgiveness and reconciliation. The affirmations open up your subconscious by telling it ‘that you are in charge.’ You are taking ownership of the changes that you need to make to get where you need to be.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Every Tuesday, I share snippets of thoughts that I call ‘My Thinking Corner.’
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple. You can check this link for more details.
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♥ I am already perfect right here and right now.
♥ If I wait until I become perfect – according to another person’s standard – to love myself, I will waste my life.
All you need to do is to love yourself today, more than you did yesterday and to treat yourself as one who is deeply loved, because as you cherish who you are, you will be more productive. You will blossom with joy and beauty that comes from within and even love others more.
Words of wisdom are sent in from Deb and you’ve got to read these, short and deep nuggets.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Mundane Monday challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.
The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.
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After washing my daughters’ hair with the new shampoo that I just bought, the fruity fragrance clung in the air and the soap suds were pale aquamarine colour. Since I was searching for my Mundane Monday shot, I decided to take a quick snap. Unfortunately, I couldn’t capture the fragrance 🙂
Jacqueline
Every Tuesday, I share snippets of thoughts that I call ‘My Thinking Corner.’
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple. You can check this link for more details.
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♦ When you expand your thinking, your beliefs and everything about yourself, your love and understanding flow freely.
♦ On the alternate side, when you contract, you put up walls and shut yourself off from growth.
Always ask yourself; ‘do I want to grow or do I want to remain stunted?’
Awesome thoughts come in from Oba’s big picture and Rosema’s handpicked. You’ve got to read these 🙂
Jacqueline
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