Its been a very lazy day for me. I practically spent the day in bed either reading, watching TV or practicing a bit of yoga (no funky poses all my body could manage was a corpse pose). Overall, I think this is exactly what I needed! Time to recharge and reconnect with myself before I can even dare connect with others.

In the past few months I have systematically cut myself off from the world. I abandoned facebook, gtalk, calling and the likes. I wasn’t necessarily in a dark melancholy place; I just needed a bit of focus to deal with my biggest priority for this period of my life. Whether this is selfish or not, is a different story altogether. Point is, I needed to do this for me, in part, because I recognised that I couldn’t be emotionally available to anyone period.

Now I think I have a handle on things and I am ready to reconnect with life. Or perhaps life is ready to reconnect with me! I don’t really know which is which but the reconnection vibe is here. Just this past few days whilst in Stellenbosch I found myself being reconnected to kindness of the human spirit. I meant this guy Daniel who showed me so much kindness and generosity. And no, it wasn’t because of my looks! I was just a stranger in a ‘foreign land’ and he took it upon himself to be hospitable and show me around. It was really awesome and very much appreciated. I guess it had been a while since anyone has been so nice to me. But it wasn’t just him, his friends Carel and Jessica were also very kind to me. They also offered to show me some really good time but sadly my visit was too short and frankly didn’t anticipate so much friendliness. I also reconnected with some old friends like Barns.

Wow! I guess the trip to Stellenbosch was truly worthwhile. Not only did it connect me to opinions of industry leaders and some interesting research, it reconnected me with life. It is what it is, and just when you least expect it, life might just pleasantly surprise you!. This may be through an unexpected gesture of a stranger or some random event that may cause you to stop and re-evaluate your priorities. So keep yourself connected to all that life has to offer … for as I said, you might just be pleasantly surprised 😉 !