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Blogger - Anri Basson<br />
Ek is ‘n 24-jarige wat bedags my besig<br />
hou as ‘n admin klerk en snags ‘n student.<br />
Jeffreysbaai is my tuiste waar ek verlief<br />
geraak het op die mooiste sonsondergange<br />
en geleer het om saam die wind te waai. Ek<br />
deel my passie vir skryf met almal en raak<br />
gereeld nostalgies agter prosa en poësie.<br />
Ek hou baie daarvan om jong mense te<br />
inspireer met my skryfwerk. My droom is om<br />
eendag boeke te skryf en ‘n sukses te maak<br />
in die besigheidswêreld.<br />
https://voelgoed.co.za/author/blogger-anri-basson/<br />
Wat is genoeg vir jou?<br />
Dit is ‘n vraag wat so min beantwoord word. In plaas daarvan, laat ons ander mense,<br />
advertensies en emosies ons antwoord.<br />
Hoeveel het jy nodig om werklik gelukkig te kan wees?<br />
Hoeveel geld, hoeveel status, hoeveel dinge en vrye tyd?<br />
Meeste mense se reaksie sal klaarblyklik iets wees soos “baie” of “meer as wat ek nou het”.<br />
Dis heeltemal onduidelik en dubbelsinnig. Maar het jy ‘n nommer? ‘n Duidelike reaksie op<br />
die bogenoemde? Indien nie, dan het ons werk om te doen.<br />
Aangesien ons as mens, kontak het met items van hoë gehalte, begin ons almal ly aan die<br />
“vloek van onderskeiding”. Die laer kwalitieit items wat altyd volmaak en aanvaarbaar was,<br />
is nie meer goed genoeg nie. Ons dink ons benodig meer kos, ruimte, meer dinge en meer<br />
geld as wat ons doen.<br />
Die lys gaan so voort. Solank die verwagtinge tred hou met realisme. Om nie te weet wat<br />
genoeg is nie, sal jou van jou pad af hou.<br />
Maar soms wonder ek of lewe van ons werklik nog vir geluk?<br />
En weet ons wat ons het? Of sien ons raak wat daar is of mis ons wat daar kon wees?<br />
My ma het my altyd geleer, dat jy tevrede moet wees met wat jy het. Geld kan nie geluk<br />
koop nie, geluk is meer werd as dit. Ek het begin besef hoeveel van party mense se lewens,<br />
word gesteel deur dinge wat hulle besit.<br />
Die lewe is ‘n voortdurende stryd vir meer. Namate ons ouer raak, groei ons begeertes<br />
meer – ons drome en wense word veels groter, die strewe na meer word deel van ons lewens.<br />
Want meer is mos beter. Ons definieer ons nie meer deur ons gedagtes en dade nie,<br />
maar deur die dinge wat ons besit.<br />
Wat as minder eintlik meer is? Ek is tevrede met die minste.<br />
Ek is gelukkig met wat ek het, ja daar is wel dae wat ek soms daaraan dink om ‘n groter<br />
huis te hê of ‘n groter motor, maar dan dink ek weer aan hoe bevoorreg ek is, met dit wat ek<br />
het. Minder vervul my lewe.<br />
Maar die probleem met die samelewing is egter, dat die strewe na meer nooit tot ‘n einde<br />
kom nie. Dis net ‘n siklus wat keer op keer herhaal word. Ons almal is opsoek na geluk en<br />
vreugde.<br />
Ons besef nie altyd wat ons het nie. Maar as jy geloof in die Here het, ‘n dak oor jou kop, ‘n<br />
goeie gesondheid en ‘n familie, dan het jy klaar meer as genoeg.<br />
Vra jouself af, is jy tevrede met die minste? Of is die meeste nie genoeg?<br />
25 Rules for mothers of daughters<br />
1. Paint her nails. Then let her scratch it off<br />
and dirty them up. Teach her to care about<br />
her appearance, and then quickly remind<br />
her that living and having fun is most important.<br />
2. Let her put on your makeup, even if<br />
it means bright-red-smudged lips and<br />
streaked-blue eyes. Let her experiment in<br />
her attempts to be like you…then let her be<br />
herself.<br />
3. Let her be wild. She may want to stay<br />
home and read books on the couch, or she<br />
may want to hop on the back of a motorcycle-gasp.<br />
She may be a homebody or<br />
a traveler. She may fall in love with the<br />
wrong boy, or meet mr. right at age 5. Try<br />
to remember that you were her age once.<br />
Everyone makes mistakes, let her make<br />
her own.<br />
4. Be present. Be there for her at her Kindergarten<br />
performances, her dance recitals,<br />
her soccer games…her everyday-little-moments.<br />
When she looks through the crowds<br />
of people, she will be looking for your<br />
smile and pride. Show it to her as often as<br />
possible.<br />
5. Encourage her to try on your shoes and<br />
play dress-up. If she would rather wear her<br />
brother’s superman cape with high heals,<br />
allow it. If she wants to wear a tutu or dinosaur<br />
costume to the grocery store, why stop<br />
her? She needs to decide who she is and<br />
be confident in her decision.<br />
6. Teach her to be independent. Show her<br />
by example that woman can be strong. Find<br />
and follow your own passions. Search for<br />
outlets of expression and enjoyment for<br />
yourself- not just your husband or children.<br />
Define yourself by your own attributes, not<br />
by what others expect you to be. Know who<br />
Sarah Driscoll<br />
you are as a person, and help your daughter<br />
find out who she is.<br />
7. Pick flowers with her. Put them in her<br />
hair. There is nothing more beautiful than a<br />
girl and a flower.<br />
8. Let her get messy. Get messy with her,<br />
no matter how much it makes you cringe<br />
inside. Splash in the puddles, throw snowballs,<br />
make mud pies, finger paint the walls:<br />
just let it happen. The most wonderful of<br />
memories are often the messy ones.<br />
9. Give her good role models- you being<br />
one of them. Introduce her to successful<br />
woman- friends, co-workers, doctors,<br />
astronauts, or authors. Read to her about<br />
influential woman- Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa<br />
Parks, Marie Curie. Read her the words of<br />
inspirational woman- Jane Austen, Sylvia<br />
Plath, Emily Dickinson. She should know<br />
that anything is possible.<br />
10. Show her affection. Daughters will mimic<br />
the compassion of their mother. “I love<br />
yous” and Eskimo kisses go a long way.<br />
11. Hold her hand. Whether she is 3 yearsold<br />
in the parking lot or sixteen years old<br />
in the mall, hold on to her always- this will<br />
teach her to be confident in herself and<br />
proud of her family.<br />
12. Believe in her. It is the moments that<br />
she does not believe in herself that she<br />
will need you to believe enough for both of<br />
you. Whether it is a spelling test in the first<br />
grade, a big game or recital, a first date, or<br />
the first day of college…remind her of the<br />
independent and capable woman you have<br />
taught her to be.<br />
13. Tell her how beautiful she is. Whether it<br />
is her first day of Kindergarten, immediately<br />
after a soccer game where she is grassstained<br />
and sweaty, or her wedding day.<br />
She needs your reminders. She needs your<br />
pride. She needs your reassurance. She is<br />
only human.<br />
14. Love her father. Teach her to love a<br />
good man, like him. One who lets her be<br />
herself…she is after all wonderful.<br />
15. Make forts with boxes and blankets.<br />
Help her to find magic in the ordinary, to<br />
imagine, to create and to believe in fairy<br />
tales. Someday she will make her 5 by 5<br />
dorm-room her home with magic touches<br />
and inspiration. And she will fall in love with<br />
a boy and believe him to be Prince Charming.<br />
16. Read to her. Read her Dr. Seuss and<br />
Eric Carle. But also remember the power<br />
of Sylvia Plath and Robert Frost. Show her<br />
the beauty of words on a page and let her<br />
see you enjoy them. Words can be simply<br />
written and simply spoken, yet can harvest<br />
so much meaning. Help her to find their<br />
meaning.<br />
17. Teach her how to love- with passion<br />
and kisses. Love her passionately. Love<br />
her father passionately and her siblings<br />
passionately. Express your love. Show her<br />
how to love with no restraint. Let her get her<br />
heart broken and try again. Let her cry, and<br />
gush, giggle and scream. She will love like<br />
you love or hate like you hate. So, choose<br />
love for both you and her.<br />
18. Encourage her to dance and sing.<br />
Dance and sing with her- even if it sounds<br />
or looks horrible. Let her wiggle to nursery<br />
rhymes. Let her dance on her daddy’s feet<br />
and spin in your arms. Then later, let her<br />
blast noise and headbang in her bedroom<br />
with her door shut if she wants. Or karaoke<br />
to Tom Petty in the living room if she would<br />
rather. Introduce her to the classics- like<br />
The Beatles- and listen to her latest favoritelike<br />
Taylor Swift. Share the magic of music<br />
together, it will bring you closer- or at least<br />
create a soundtrack to your life together.<br />
19. Share secrets together. Communicate.<br />
Talk. Talk about anything. Let her tell you<br />
about boys, friends, school. Listen. Ask<br />
questions. Share dreams, hopes, concerns.<br />
She is not only your daughter, you are not<br />
only her mother. Be her friend too.<br />
20. Teach her manners. Because sometimes<br />
you have to be her mother, not just<br />
her friend. The world is a happier place<br />
when made up of polite words and smiles.<br />
21. Teach her when to stand-up and when<br />
to walk away. Whether she has classmates<br />
who tease her because of her glasses, or<br />
a boyfriend who tells her she is too fat - let<br />
her know she does not have to listen. Make<br />
sure she knows how to demand respect -<br />
she is worthy of it. It does not mean she has<br />
to fight back with fists or words, because<br />
sometimes you say more with silence.<br />
Also make sure she knows which battles<br />
are worth fighting. Remind her that some<br />
people can be mean and nasty because of<br />
jealousy, or other personal reasons. Help<br />
her to understand when to shut her mouth<br />
and walk-away. Teach her to be the better<br />
person.<br />
22. Let her choose who she loves. Even<br />
when you see through the charming boy<br />
she thinks he is, let her love him without<br />
your disapproving words; she will anyway.<br />
When he breaks her heart, be there for her<br />
with words of support rather than I told-youso.<br />
Let her mess up again and again until<br />
she finds the one. And when she finds the<br />
one, tell her.<br />
23. Mother her. Being a mother - to her - is<br />
undoubtedly one of your greatest accomplishments.<br />
Share with her the joys of<br />
motherhood, so one day she will want to<br />
be a mother too. Remind her over and over<br />
again with words and kisses that no one will<br />
ever love her like you love her. No one can<br />
replace or replicate a mother’s love for their<br />
children.<br />
24. Comfort her. Because sometimes you<br />
just need your mommy. When she is sick,<br />
rub her back, make her soup and cover<br />
her in blankets - no matter how old she is.<br />
Someday, if she is giving birth to her own<br />
child, push her hair out of her face, encourage<br />
her, and tell her how beautiful she is.<br />
These are the moments she will remember<br />
you for. And someday when her husband<br />
rubs her back in attempt to comfort her...she<br />
may just whisper, “I need my mommy.”<br />
25. Be home. When she is sick with a cold<br />
or broken heart, she will come to you; welcome<br />
her. When she is engaged or pregnant,<br />
she will run to you to share her news;<br />
embrace her. When she is lost or confused,<br />
she will search for you; find her. When she<br />
needs advice on boys, schools, friends or<br />
an outfit; tell her. She is your daughter and<br />
will always need a safe harbor - where she<br />
can turn a key to see comforting eyes and a<br />
familiar smile; be home.<br />
Red Snapper with<br />
Chimichurri Sauce<br />
Ingredients<br />
Fish<br />
1 medium whole fish, about 2 1/2 to 3<br />
pounds, cleaned and scaled (or one individual<br />
fish such as branzino for each person)<br />
2 Tablespoons olive oil, divided<br />
Kosher salt/sea salt and fresh ground pepper<br />
to taste<br />
3 cloves crushed garlic<br />
1 sprig fresh rosemary<br />
Fresh thyme or favorite herbs to taste<br />
1 lemon, cut into wedges<br />
1/4 cup dry Italian white wine<br />
Chimichurri Sauce<br />
1 1/4 cup packed flat-leaf parsley, coarsely<br />
chopped<br />
1/2 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped<br />
1/3 cup red wine vinegar<br />
1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper<br />
flakes<br />
1/2 teaspoon cumin<br />
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt<br />
2 garlic cloves<br />
1 to 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil<br />
Method<br />
Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit<br />
In a large baking dish, add 1 tablespoon<br />
olive oil and spread around dish. Place fish<br />
in dish and coat with remaining tablespoon<br />
olive oil, salt, and pepper. Insert garlic,<br />
rosemary, thyme, other herbs, and lemon to<br />
cavity of fish. Pour white wine over and inside<br />
cavity of fish. Bake until fish is opaque<br />
and skin is browned, about 10 minutes<br />
per inch of thickness of the fish. While fish<br />
is baking, make sauce. Combine parsley,<br />
cilantro, vinegar, red pepper flakes, cumin,<br />
salt and 2 garlic cloves in a food processor.<br />
Pulse on high seed until garlic is minced,<br />
about 4 to 5 seconds. Transfer herb-garlic<br />
mixture into a small bowl. Stir in oil and mix<br />
until thoroughly combined. Set sauce aside.<br />
To serve fish, lift the top of the fillet off the<br />
fish with a cake server or knife and place<br />
on a serving plate. Grab the head, tail, and<br />
backbone; remove and discard. Discard<br />
the herbs and lemon. Transfer remaining<br />
fillet onto serving plate and drizzle sparingly<br />
with chimichurri sauce. If making individual<br />
fish for each person, follow the same steps,<br />
and instead of removing bones, serve each<br />
person the whole fish on a plate.<br />
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