Joy and grief are states of being, we can’t have one without the other. Life has no relationship with stagnation. It’s not about gaining or losing, it’s about building resilience. Grief is like a flower, recovery is it’s bloom. Savouring joy and being in perpetual thanksgiving is the antidote to all grief. We have to […]
Do you believe in fate/destiny? I do not believe in preordered fate/destiny. I believe we all make choices, although some of us do so unconsciously. We have to think on the things we say yes to, before giving our assent. Decisions carry consequences so we must pay due diligence to the choices we make. © […]
Why do we operate as though we are heartless, sightless and vacuous? Why are we consumed by our own self importance? In another 10 to 100 years all that would remain of us is a head stone or a cremation vase. What do we envision our legacy to be? I assume we know that we […]
Why are some of us invested in disrupting the life of others instead of investing in our own lives? A lot of us whisper words of ill will into the universe, casting a spell of destruction and disruption. The spells we cast goes to the person it is directed at and ricochets back at us. […]
Life is like tributaries of water, there is an ebb and a flow. Nothing is lost in life, every situation, whether sweet or sour is only for a time. Life is meant to be savoured for everything passes. We are not without recourse, we have the power to face the storm as well as the […]
Betrayal can be a personal thing. We betray our purpose when we focus on material possessions and the accumulation of wealth. Battling our demons and overcoming our emotional state of being is the key to releasing our jealousy and hatred towards another’s path. We are all equal but we aren’t born with the same gifts. […]
Some of us have a false sense of entitlement. We operate on the precept of being untouchable. Our conscience is unsalvageable. Death, the great equalizer, knocks at our doors whether we are ready or not. What matters is how we live our lives in the space between birth and death. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2026
What advice would you give to your teenage self? My advice to my teenage self would be: don’t be distracted, be still. Stillness creates a space for us to communicate with our inner being. It is in stillness that all things are immediately made possible. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2026
When there are no guardrails ineptitude persists. Take those tinted glasses off, what we see is what is. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2026
Who are your favorite people to be around? My favourite people consists of those who are honest, secure, kind, sincere, confident, loving, gregarious, compassionate and empathetic. I detest hypocrisy, insincerity and jealousy. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2026
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