Matshidiso /mat•sea•dee•so/ -Blessing or Consolation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'A Love Once Lost, Being Reunited' Matshidiso Zanele Ngcobo An often paranoid single mother living her life in fear. She had two choices: leave the love of her life or loose everything. That was atleast fifteen years ago. what happens when she has to return home, Will she reconnect with her ex lover or continue to let him live his life without telling him the truth? Hlulani Roman Nkwinika The oldest out of his five siblings- he will do anything for them, especially his little sister, Ntsumi. So much that he's spend five of his years in prison, taking the fall for killing her abusive ex boyfriend. Little did he know that before going to prison, he had impregnated the former Sotho princess. Her leaving broke more than his heart, his soul let his body too. He tried looking for her everywhere, hitting dead end after dead end. What happens when these two get reunited? READ 'MATSHIDISO' TO FIND OUT MORE! ⚠︎ Contains South African Languages ⚠︎ ⚠︎ Contains Grammatical Errors ⚠︎ ⚠︎ Contains Mature Content ⚠︎

Many of us are not happy about ourselves, something we have done or not done, or the way we react to other people. We keep recycling sad thoughts until they become what we are. We can break this cycle . . . we really can choose to be happy. For most people being happy is not difficult but it does require persistence to undo the habits of a life time. There are many simple techniques to promote happiness. Some of them you probably heard from your grandmother . . . but there are other, less obvious ways. The brain makes up about 2 percent of a human's body weight, uses 20% of the oxygen consumed by the body and . . . is often not under our control. Proof? Try counting slowly with your eyes closed in a quiet place. How far did you get before you lost count and started thinking about something else? Many people can't make it past ten. Drugs are not the answer. Why risk addiction while destroying your lungs and your brain with alcohol, nicotine (smoking tobacco or vaping), cannabis (marijuana), opium derived drugs like Oxycontin or other unnecessary and unhealthy chemicals? If you need to dispel a bad mood, use one or more meditation techniques, evolution's natural way to obtain happiness. There are external causes of unhappiness and these are discussed in later chapters. I appreciate, and will respond to, questions, comments, suggestions (and votes). Thanks for reading. Dunc MacPhun. .

I invite you to share in our journey. I started writing this book 13 May 2008 It takes you through our whole experience of rising up and prospering in South Africa - even under a racist ANC government. I've written this book as an inspiration, that even in the face of huge adversity, you can come out on the other side and make it. However, my wish for you is not to only "make it" - but live your best life. I invite you to come on this journey with us. It was sometimes an emotional rollercoaster with many trials and tribulations, but the end result was worth it. This book is very special and unique in the sense that it was started and written while I was at the lowest point in my life with no salvation in sight... It's wasn't written in hindsight or after the fact. It started with hope, a dream, a promise. You will see when you start going through these pages - If I could make it, surely you can. The book also has a public Facebook page "How we made it in South Africa" with loads of pictures and videos of us and our adventures. You're most welcome to visit the page and say hi. Enjoy your journey.

Desperate to find relief from the intense highs and lows of his bipolar disorder, and be able to function on tour, James figures out a solution that seems to work wonders. It's doesn't take long until things begin to spiral out of control, which lead to Nikki and DJ realizing that something is seriously wrong. . TW: This is an EATING DISORDER story ... if that triggers you, DON'T READ THIS!! I care about your well being ! . If you are comfortable reading it, go right ahead!!! I always say if any one has any questions about eating disorders please ask! As someone who has been through it myself, i am always willing to educate and raise more awareness! :) Also your feedback and comments are always appreciated!!!

Faith is learning a whole new life it seams from how she grew up. New York City has new adventures and new people to discover. A particularly outgoing best friend will help push her into new things. Come along with her as she learns about a world that everyone else seams so comfortable in. Will her friend introducing her to new faces nearly everywhere she goes lead to something more than she ever expected. Faith has a lot to adjust to compared to what she is used to, will the people who tried to shape her growing up still play a role in how she lives now? Strict rules to follow and always the possible guilt of doing something your not supposed to always looming over her head. Can someone trying to escape a super controlling and strict religious upbringing, find themselves in the big city. Will Faith find confidence in herself to finally be comfortable, or will she remain strict on keeping her past a secret. Will she find unknown feelings in her best friends older brother? Even though secrets surround his darker side that she isn't used to. Faith has a whole future to fill full of new things for herself. What or who will she fill it with? ~~Listen, there are probably going to be triggering aspects to this story as it goes so please use your best judgement, and only read if you are in a safe enough headspace to read a story containing those things. Keep yourself safe first. TW~ abuse, eating disorder, body image issues, spiritual abuse, rape. I will try to update this list if anything needs to be added Also this is going to be like the opposite of those books romanticizing super strict religious lives. Nothing against them if it works for you, those views just aren't going to be in this book. Some of this story will be based on my own experiences dealing with some of the aspects of this story.

INTRODUCTION Nelson "Madiba" Mandela without doubt is one of the most inspiring figures to have lived on this earth. Although he wasn't some great general, inventor or founder of a religious faith, Mandela embodied the greatness of the human being. Rising above dire social, political and human limitations, Mandela showed that anyone with a simple belief and commitment to that belief can become great. With many examples of bad leadership, pervasive poverty and corruption, there is seemingly little that is inspiring about the African continent for many young African like me. Yet all over the continent, there are good people who by the example of their commitment to doing their best, continue to serve as inspiration for their families and communities. Nelson Mandela is one of such. By his beliefs and actions, Mandela and countless Africans show that anyone irrespective of their background can rise above any limitations to become great. Sacrificing the usual trappings of a normal life; freedom, family and personal comfort, Mandela spent 27 years in prison for daring to live up to his beliefs, speaking up for and insisting on the rights of other black South Africans. He underscores the importance of personal courage and sacrifice in the pursuit of our ideals and visions. Mandela's actions teach us to that it is our right and responsibility to live a truly authentic, vibrant and purposeful life. He teaches us to stay true to who we are, stretch the boundaries of personal limitations and social restrictions in order to live our best life. Gleaned from the example of his life, the ten lessons (plus one) in this e-book will inspire you to be the best version of yourself and live the life you were meant to live.

First part of the Beverage-Series Seoul, South Korea. Inbetween of skyscrapers and millions of people, there are two people who somehow seem to always hit the Rock Bottom of life. Mentally, financially, always down to do whatever it takes to somehow get through the day. Kim Jaehyun, who barely hit the 25-Years-Barrier last year, is one of these two people. With his parents deceased in a car accident two days after his fourteenth birthday, no closer family nearby and no place to go, he hit point zero when he dropped out of highschool to become one of Koreas famous idols. Obviously without any further success. He is talented, of course, but there always seemed to be people who were more talented, more handsome, more easygoing and stress-free. And after one of countless auditions he participated in, he got to a point where he just somehow gave up on his dream. Working in one out of a million convenience stores in Seoul, he started to spend almost all of his income in things, that would finally take away all of his pain... But something in his live started to change, without him realizing it, when he met Choi Jimin, who seemed to go through all and the same problems he knew from his everyday life. ****TRIGGER WARNING**** The story, you're about to read contains stuff like smoking, drug & alcohol abuse, abusive & toxic relationships, depression, selfharm, anxiety and vulgar language. Do or do not read, if you're going through any kinds of these things. It's up to you, but I warned you. Reader discretion is advised.

Rita becomes strict with her eating, everyday the number of calories she eats gets lower and the amount of time she does cardio gets higher. She practices of managing her starvation by distracting it and never catches a break on the scale. Nobody is aware of it, it was something Rita doesn't want her friends or family to know, hiding her body from them didn't last long. Her mother noticed the dramatic weight change on her body. She tries to help her get back to her eating and tells her many times that she's "perfectly skinny" but nothing works. Her mother puts her foot down as Rita started to get ill, her mom takes her to a mental health hospital. She deals with consequences from her nurses and other patients.

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Spurned /spɜːnɜd/ -To refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth having. ------------------------------------------------------------ Itumeleng Nthabiseng Mashaba A single wife- she's married but she's not... Her life is slowly falling apart, She's stuck in a loveless marriage. A marriage that was once filled with joy and passion, turned into lies and cheating. But she can't leave him... he's all she has apart from her children, She want to give them the perfect family but he's finally pushing her over the edge. "You say that you love me but still find it in your guts to cheat on me, not once or twice but multiple times" Kwenzokuhle Onkemetse Dlamini He loves her but does she know that? But he also loves the streets, a little too much that he's not willing to give up his whoring ways for the love of his life. He's slowly loosing her- he's also loosing himself and without her, everything will come crumbling down. "I love you, Tumi... I really do, just hear me out" Join Itumeleng and Kwenzokuhle as they convey around their arrangement and try to make their marriage work, or not- Divorce is always an option. READ 'SPURNED' TO FIND OUT MORE ⚠︎ Contains South African Languages ⚠︎ ⚠︎ Contains Grammatical Errors ⚠︎ ⚠︎ Contains Mature Content ⚠︎