Last month, my “filling the well” promise was to spend more time with my closest girlfriends. Ladies, we all know the importance of getting our dose of soul-food, comfort and good ol giggles from our sisters. As soon as I gave myself permission to do it, I outdid myself; I more than fulfilled my promise! In fact, I took keeping promises to a new level! In the past month I had fabulous evenings out with the girls, we did everything from dinner, to comedy and poetry evenings.

Jules heard my promise and must have thought “Mmm, good idea Rae, hooking up with old friends, not a bad idea”. Naturally, Jules went BIG - forget dinner dates and laughing sessions. Jules’ kind of fun involves, beauty, a bit of brains and “world-peace”. As all celebs will tell you, you can’t run from the paparazzi. Jules was photographed, hanging with her ladies. From the picture, it appears that in addition to her long list of A-list friends, she has Miss Teen SA and Miss South Africa in her circle of mates. You go girl!

Thanks Jules, what a fun afternoon spent at the SABC in support of Childline and Child Protection week. I got the opportunity to address about 200 hundred children and tell them how precious they are and that South Africa loves them. I shared a message that I hold very close to my heart and have a great passion for. I spoke about the “Power of Dreams”. Coming from a small town in rural Transkei, I know for a fact, that dreams are sometimes all children have. Those are the lucky ones; a lot of the time, everyone is so busy surviving, that dreams take a back seat, so we can’t preach this message enough! Children need to know that it is more than ok to be a dreamer and even more importantly, that we all have what it to takes to turn our dreams into a reality.

Speaking to those 6 year olds reminded me of, and refreshed my own dreams. I am happy to say that while I continue to enjoy a journey of little dreams coming true, I have not arrived, and to quote Sir Richard Branson, “I wish to never arrive”, because that’s exactly how dreams work. LIMITLESS!