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Is friendship with the opposite sex worth it?

I have to admit upon dissolving a long marriage I am very torn about whether I want to get involved with the opposite sex again. There really is a fundamental difference of perspective between genders that is not exaggerated. But it is precisely this difference that makes friendship worthwhile. ... (edited) read more

Because the most tiring thing isn't walking alone, but meeting so many different versions of humanity that drain your energy along the way..(:

Protect your energy

Sometimes we don't realise it but things, people , conversations and certain activities drain us.

Do you have a backup plan?

What if you are single forever? This is a question I had to face a few years ago, after a friend of mine took his own life and we later found out why. At the time, I was recovering from a permanent injury I had sustained in the gym. I had been training far too hard, sometimes three times a day,... read more

I'd written this one after following a prompt.

The prompt was: I became unrecognizable after loving you. I was there - watching water circle a drain in a still shadow coldly cast by colder light I was there - at some border of dimmer meet where specular reflections had glowed incomplete I was there - when fog had joined with sweating... read more

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I remember going to my grandfather's farm when I was younger, in the mountains and rural side of Natal — the roads up there are gravel and I used to dread visiting cause I thought life was hard there (Boiling water outside to bath, no electricity, and no WiFi). I grew up in a small town where water... (edited) read more