Ons middel meisiekind, nou 34, is besig met haar meestersgraad in Positive Psychology. Soos diegene van julle wat my noual ken weet, dis vir my geensins belangrik om klein Unatjies te kloon nie. Inteendeel, ek verlustig my daarin dat die drie dogters so elk hul eie, eie unieke persoonlikheid het.
Sy stuur gister haar eerste amptelike assignment vir my aan om met ń vergrootglas deur te lees voor sy dit instuur. Vir my as hierdie kind van ons se ma, wat sy hier aan die begin oor my sê, is een van die heel mooiste komplimente wat ek kan kry…
VISUAL REPRESENTATION:
Visual representation of happiness To represent happiness, I have selected the following three figures: Dive in deep (the satisfaction of needs), Pure pleasure (fluctuating happiness), and Overflowing (the full range of emotions). The content and symbolic value of each photograph relate to happiness (feeling good) as positive affect, and satisfaction with life.
Visual representation 1:

Figure 1: Dive in deep (the satisfaction of needs) My mother has had her fair share of struggles in life. She runs her own business, while at the same time staying dedicated to her family and community. What my mother does even better than working hard and serving others, is having fun. Happiness to her is not about acquiring ‘things’, but about indulging in moments of pure pleasure. I took this photograph of her in the warm waters of the Mozambique ocean. It was a week after I had left my fast-paced corporate job to focus on my family. I felt depleted and with no direction in my life. I turned to my mother for guidance. However, her response was always the same: “Let’s do something fun today”. She knew that at that particular time in my life, I didn’t need direction. I needed to refuel my life. I was empty on resources and could not see past my current circumstances. I decided to follow her example and jumped into the ocean with her. What I remember of our time in Mozambique is not the feelings of sadness, worry and stress – I remember the warm waters, the scorching sun and the many moments of fun.
Ek het aangehou lees, al die groot woorde probeer verstaan, maar die lied in my hart het gebly. My kind verstaan haar ma. She gets me. En dit, vir my, gaan altyd ń hoogtepunt bly. Sy omhels wat haar mamma haar bied, dit wat haar mamma veilig en seker van voel om haar te bied.
Vandag begin ons nuwe huishulp, enetjie wat uit Malawi kom en nog nooit gewerk het nie. Ons tuinjong se bloedjong vroutjie.
Ek is so nie een wat ń ander volgens my hand wil leer nie! Wil haar liewer vrye teuels gee en kyk waarmee sy vorendag kom. Moes ek glimlag? Ja, baie. Moes ek keer dat sy ons klere verbrand? Ja!! Maar het ek en sy die proses geniet? Defnitief.
Gaan ek haar hou? Ek gaan my bes probeer!😉
Ek weet ons almal verskil. Vir my was dit net die wonderlikste gevoel om te weet dat my ‘baie brainy kind’ haar nog steeds na my toe draai in moeilike omstandighede.
En dat wie en wat ek is vir haar genoeg is.
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