Blessing Mpofu https://blessing.im/ on life and leadership Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:29:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 60939749 I Miss People https://blessing.im/miss-people/ https://blessing.im/miss-people/#respond Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:18:33 +0000 https://blessing.im/?p=24670 I miss people. No, I’m not in my own Cast Away movie. I am around people; rather they are around me. Talking to me, writing to me and stuff.  People are weird. Interesting and wonderful. Their weirdness colours what they do and how they say things. Lately, they are saying a lot but how they …

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]]> https://blessing.im/miss-people/feed/ 0 24670 Otto, Oxygen; All The Gases—Life https://blessing.im/otto-oxygen/ https://blessing.im/otto-oxygen/#respond Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:25:04 +0000 https://blessing.im/?p=24551 a moment in life of reflection and taking it all in.

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]]> https://blessing.im/otto-oxygen/feed/ 0 24551 My Gratitude and My Neighbour https://blessing.im/my-gratitude-and-my-neighbour/ https://blessing.im/my-gratitude-and-my-neighbour/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:37:10 +0000 https://blessing.im/my-gratitude-and-my-neighbour/ Today I’m working from home. Next to my desk is Otto. I wonder what is going through his mind. I project: he’s enjoying watching the rain fall. He’s watching the trees in the park negotiate their survival with the wind. Wow. A moment. Then [turn your sound on] sirens blur. One of the many emergency …

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]]> https://blessing.im/my-gratitude-and-my-neighbour/feed/ 0 20052 The Simple https://blessing.im/the-simple/ https://blessing.im/the-simple/#respond Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:13:15 +0000 https://blessing.im/the-simple/ Profound: finding life and joy in simple things. I got home from my morning run to be greeted by Otto with an unbridled exuberance. Joy. My Park Run community celebrated people and their effort in a life giving way. I shared a little of my life and others shared something from their lives. Oxygen. It …

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]]> https://blessing.im/the-simple/feed/ 0 19897 I Almost Forgot Wonder https://blessing.im/wonder/ https://blessing.im/wonder/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:51:08 +0000 https://blessing.im/?p=17152 It feels like I had almost forgot to wonder. Awe is not awe when it becomes familiar. Life is mundane, but when we’re open to wonder and be captivated by awe, it is “magical”. Glorious. Spectacular. To be savoured. I loved being surprised by the drama of the weather. The reaction of people and nature …

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