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So I missed yesterday... for many reasons I won't go into, but one I feel I have to share, especially as it ties in for today's theme of "Time to CELEBRATE 🍾" And the Harry's have certainly had much to celebrate in the last few days😍💕😉 What with a birth of a beautiful and precious new baby girl - the first Harry girl born in 27 years - and the big sister of her generation, and today a 50th birthday celebration of an amazing sister and special soul, there is definitely much to be celebrating 🍾 As much as this countdown has been a celebration of sorts of its own kind, what I have learnt in my life is that things are almost always better when shared.. including and definitely celebrating! Most who have come to know me and interact with me especially over the last few years have always marvelled at my ability to observe milestones and special days... as I have shared repeatedly no matter how big or small the wins are, it's so important to acknowle...

#37to40 and time to be THANKFUL this Tuesday... Unusually late for me to be posting but thought I'd let you in on a nightly ritual I try to maintain - that of paying gratitude for the little and big things in my life before I go to bed 🤍🌈✨ So as I head off for the night, I pay gratitude for a roof over my head, a warm bed to sleep in, a full tummy I've been fed with, for all my loved ones throughout the world that support and are there for me, and for the opportunity to share my wisdoms and blessings🙏💛💫  THANK YOU too to You for reading and liking and sharing my posts and being a part of my journey 🌈🦋🌻 Always remember how special and awesome you are and how someone out there is GRATEFUL for YOU and your presence in their life🤗💫🌞 Big hugs and lots of love always  💛 💫🌞 And hoping this inspires you to start your own thankfulness ritual in whatever way or form that works for you 🙏😉💐 • • • #40to40 #grateful #gratitude #choosehappy #inspiredliving #thank...

#38to40 and so the countdown continues 🎉😉💫 Today was a marvellously magical magnificent ME Monday 🤍✨ 🦋 From lying late in bed reading while the rain pitter-pattered outside, to a little nail treat and then a miraculous blue-skied sunshiney day after daayyyzzz of rain, wind and storms resulting in a beach walk ⛱ 💅 😀 🌧 🌞... It's the simple things in life that count and remind us to live each moment to the full 💛🤗💫 Rested, rejuvenated, renewed and ready for the week ahead and so grateful for this long weekend past 🤗🥰😉 Hope you all had a good one too 💛  Happy week ahead everyone 🌻🤍🌞 • • • #grateful #40to40 #choosehappy #littlethings #beachday #inspiredliving

How apt that as I begin my countdown to 40, we get to celebrate one of my favourite holidays here in South Africa (SA), Heritage Day . Perhaps the thing I love the most about SA is the unique diversity and mix of cultures that very other few places in the world get to experience... So today I pray tribute to my own heritage... my lineage and parentage that I have shared and written about before in some previous writinga about my ancestors and those before me ( Click here  if you missed it)... So as I take some moments to remember those that made and allowed me to be who I am, I invite you all to do the same... I am proud of the fact that I am a third generation Indian of South African heritage 🇿🇦 I classify myself as an South African Indian knowing that I was born and bred in this rich, diverse beautiful multicultural nation with some of the most breathtaking landscapes that I have had the privilege to behold (and yes, I have travelled fairly extensively to more than ...

#40to40 - Let the countdown begin 🍾🥂🎉 Today marks my official 40 to 40... a dauntingly terrifying yet exciting and fabulous feat and something I was almost ready to let slip by... After the last few months and year that's been, it was so easy to let life get the better of me and allow the stress, hardships and negativity take over my life... but as many who know me know - I am the unofficial Queen of countdowns and celebrator of milestones both big and small 🤩😋😉 ('cos life is just too short not to, right? 🤍)...  And so I have taken the challenge of living and loving and celebrating and commemorating my life to the lees in this new season to come 🥳🤍😉 How apt that it also happens to be the Spring Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere, one of my favourite times of the year and the heralding of this new season in my own life too 💐☀️🦋✨🌻 So journey with me as I find the small little pleasures and big awesome things that make life just a little bit better every d...