Armand Amar-Life

Als je zelf je levensverhaal mocht 

verzinnen, 

hoe zou het er dan uitzien? 

 Portrait of Alain de Botton by John Reynolds

 Het glas van het leven is half leeg 

- door Alain de Botton 

Bekijk de film hier : http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4488/Video/video/detail/2445104/Alain-de-Botton-Het-glas-van-het-leven-is-half-leeg.dhtml

Sometimes you wonder, I mean really wonder. I know we make our own reality, and we always have a choice, but how much is preordained? Is there always a fork in the road, and are there two preordained paths that are equally preordained? There could be hundreds of paths where one could go this way or that way—there’s a choice, and it’s very strange sometimes. And that’s a good ending for our interview. Goodbye, till next time.

- John Lennon - Rolling Stone Magazine (His last interview) -

http://whippple.tumblr.com/post/18300317434/sometimes-you-wonder-i-mean-really-wonder-i-know

There’s no place to go. There’s no place you ever go. You’re always in the same place. When you begin to realize there’s nowhere to go its quite shaking at first. Driving and driving and there’s nowhere to go. You’re not getting anywhere, because you’re there, you’re here.

- Ram Dass -

 http://letgoandletgrow.tumblr.com/post/17955379896/theres-no-place-to-go-theres-no-place-you-ever

Meanwhile at the bluegrass music festival 

A little bird comes in and joins the band

 http://www.dogwork.com/blugrs9/

 Bedankt Frieda !

If there is one thing I've learned in thirty years as a psychotherapist,
 it is this:

If you can let your experience happen, it will release its knots and unfold,
leading to a deeper, more grounded experience of yourself.

No matter how painful or scary your feelings appear to be,
your willingness to engage with them draws forth your essential strength,
 leading in a more life-positive direction.

- John Welwood -

 http://blog.gaiam.com/

People demand freedom of speech 

as a compensation 

for the freedom of thought 

which they seldom use.

- Soren Kierkegaard -

R.I.P. Rutger Kopland

 Weggaan
Weggaan is iets anders
dan het huis uitsluipen
zacht de deur dichttrekken
achter je bestaan en niet
terugkeren. Je blijft
iemand op wie wordt gewacht.

Weggaan kun je beschrijven als
een soort van blijven. Niemand
wacht want je bent er nog.
Niemand neemt afscheid
want je gaat niet weg.

- Rutger Kopland -

http://members.home.nl/dichtkunst/rutgerkopland-1.htm

http://vimeo.com/29741437

Meer gedichten : http://www.poezie-leestafel.info/rutger-kopland