Category: Steph’s Lounge

The funniest wittiest woman is gone!

Ah! So sad, but Joan Rivers is gone. The news was announced by her daughter, Melissa.

Joan lived to make people laugh; she was just a body of fun and joy and laughter.

I loved Fashion Police because of her. What a woman she was!

She may have died an old age of 81, but it seemed her time wasn’t up.

There’s still so much of her we wanted, so much mirth she took along, and this much we will miss

RIP Joan.

You left the world a happier place.

As we practice safety and caution this period, there are many ways you can occupy yourself indoors without getting bored.

Let’s see what we can come up with:

Buy a magazine and read. When was the last time you read page-to-page a magazine. Try it this weekend and see if you can discover a new hobby

Play games. The culture of games is slowing dying and this is sad. It’s time to revive this sport. Bring out your chess board and scrabble; ludo or snakes-and-ladder and PLAY all weekend. It’s really a fun way to bond with family and friends

Music. Listen to some of the classics that will take you back to days you wish to relive. Get your earphones and get lost in the world that makes you happy.

Cooking. Try something refreshing in the kitchen. Search Google  for a new dish you’d like to try and get your hands busy.

There are many more things you can do this weekend, so share your ideas.

And have a jolly good one!

One of the funniest persons who put a smile on my face as a young girl, Robin Williams, is dead.

It is sad as it is suggested that he killed himself.

Suicide leaves unanswered questions for those alive. Family and friends begin to question everything. I cannot begin to imagine what his family and friends are going through… it must be tough.

The scary thing is, many people are depressed, it’s alarming!

We need to reach out more to people. We need to care more. You might just be saving a life!

If you know anyone going through depression, or you suffer depression, please seek help!

Here are symptoms of depression that can help you understand better:

Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness

Loss of interest in daily activities

Appetite or weight changes. This can be significant weight loss or weight gain, or eating too much or too little

Sleep changes. You either suffer insomnia, especially waking in the early hours of the morning, or oversleeping (also known as hypersomnia).

Anger or irritability. Feeling agitated, restless, or even violent. Your tolerance level is low, your temper short, and everything and everyone gets on your nerves.

Loss of energy. Feeling fatigued, sluggish, and physically drained. Your whole body may feel heavy, and even small tasks are exhausting or take longer to complete.

Self-loathing. Strong feelings of worthlessness or guilt.

Reckless behaviour. This can be reckless drinking, driving, substance abuse, gambling etc

Concentration problems. Trouble focusing, making decisions, or remembering things.

Unexplained aches and pains. An increase in physical complaints such as headaches, back pain, aching muscles, and stomach pain.

#RIP Robin Williams

From inspirational books, to spiritual books…

How-to books, do-it-yourself books…

Nonfiction materials to fictional stories…

News, blogs, autobiographies and biographies…

Whatever you decide, just make sure you READ.

And do not complain about the length of the material

Read, it is one of the very few ways to rise above average.

Happy Weekend!

I am going to share with you some of the most unlikely things that can brighten a some-what dull or bad day.

Are you ready?

If you are having a bad moment with your partner, go into the shower and then let the water remain on your skin. Wrap a nice soft cloth around you, grab a nice book or magazine and escape into it and you’ll feel better about the whole situation

For the ladies, if you are having a tough day at work, maybe your boss is not impressed with a particular brief you are handling, take a minute and touch-up your makeup. Put some sweet lipstick on and powder your nose, then exhale. Aha! Try it and see if it doesn’t bring you alive.

If you have too many things on your mind driving you crazy; that is not the time to stay locked up. Wear something comfortable and take a leisure walk for, at least, 20 minutes. It’ll unclog your mind.

And finally, when your body feels like it needs your attention/rest, give it water. The benefits of drinking, at least, 6 bottles of water a day is countless.

Go on and have a beautiful Wednesday!

It’s the weekend, let’s kick it off with some sweet love poem 🙂

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“I loved you first; but afterwards your love”- Christina Rossetti

I loved you first: but afterwards your love

 Outsoaring mine, sang such a loftier song

As drowned the friendly cooings of my dove.

 Which owes the other most? my love was long,

 And yours one moment seemed to wax more strong;

I loved and guessed at you, you construed me

And loved me for what might or might not be –

 Nay, weights and measures do us both a wrong.

For verily love knows not ‘mine’ or ‘thine;’

 With separate ‘I’ and ‘thou’ free love has done,

  For one is both and both are one in love:

Rich love knows nought of ‘thine that is not mine;’

 Both have the strength and both the length thereof,

Both of us, of the love which makes us one.