zaterdag 7 december 2013






Wat wil het leven van jóu?    

- Brigitte van Baren -





 




Yes, I'm happy...

No, my life isn't perfect...










Ma Solitude - Georges Moustaki




Pour avoir si souvent dormi
Avec ma solitude
Je m'en suis fait presqu'une amie
Une douce habitude
Ell' ne me quitte pas d'un pas
Fidèle comme une ombre
Elle m'a suivi ça et là
Aux quatre coins du monde

Non, je ne suis jamais seul
Avec ma solitude

Quand elle est au creux de mon lit
Elle prend toute la place
Et nous passons de longues nuits
Tous les deux face à face
Je ne sais vraiment pas jusqu'où
Ira cette complice
Faudra-t-il que j'y prenne goût
Ou que je réagisse?

Non, je ne suis jamais seul
Avec ma solitude

Par elle, j'ai autant appris
Que j'ai versé de larmes
Si parfois je la répudie
Jamais elle ne désarme
Et si je préfère l'amour
D'une autre courtisane
Elle sera à mon dernier jour
Ma dernière compagne

Non, je ne suis jamais seul
Avec ma solitude
Non, je ne suis jamais seul
Avec ma solitude







Raise your words, not voice. 

It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
 
- Rumi-
 
 
 
 




ainsi soit-il...







VANDAAG

Ik wil vandaag eens lekker denken
lekker denken positief
niks te morren
niks te knorren
alle mensen heb ik lief 

geen seconde wil ik balen
't wordt een vlekkeloze dag
duizendmaal wil ik herhalen:
heerlijk dat ik leven mag 


- Toon Hermans - 







And then there is the most dangerous risk of all -

  the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.

  Randy Komisar



vrijdag 6 december 2013




“I still get very high and very low in life. 
Daily. 
But I’ve finally accepted the fact 
that sensitive is just how I was made, 
that I don’t have to hide it and I don’t have to fix it. 
I’m not broken.

Brrrr....




Tread softly

Breathe peacefully


Laugh hysterically



 - Nelson Mandela -











Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. 
 
That’s one of my favorite things to say. 
 
So what.
 
- Andy Warhol -






Ik heb me bevrijd van de gedachte dat gezondheid een voorwaarde is voor een goed leven. Er gaat een grote dwang uit van het gezondheidsideaal: je moet alles doen om toch maar gezond te blijven. Maar we hebben onze gezondheid minder in de hand dan we zouden willen. Nu weet ik dat gezondheid niet alles is. Je kunt gerust een fijn leven leiden zonder helemaal gezond te zijn. 

- Karin Spaink - in de Volkskrant 






Houd elke dag dertig minuten vrij voor je zorgen

en doe in die tijd een dutje.


- Abraham Lincoln - 



toon hermans sinterklaas

R.I.P. Nelson Mandela


donderdag 5 december 2013





Always remember 
that the future
 comes one day at a time.

- Dean Acheson -
 
 
 






Iedere poging tot meditatie is de ontkenning ervan.
 Alleen gewaarzijn van wat je denkt en doet is meditatie
 en niets anders ... 
 Meditatie betekent het bewustzijn ontdoen van zijn inhoud.
 
- Krishnamurti - 
 
 
 







woensdag 4 december 2013

Nick Cave - Into My Arms




The sun will rise tomorrow. It always does, and all the wishing in the world for the way things were, or for what they could have been, won’t change that. It won’t change how things are.


- Elizabeth Scott, Something Maybe -






I could just give up, 

but I won’t. 

 

 

 






It is important to reflect calmly, 
again and again, 
that death is real and comes without warning.

Don’t be like the pigeon in the Tibetan proverb: 
He spends all night fussing about, making his bed,
 and dawn comes up before he has even had time to go to sleep.

- Rigpa - Glimpse of the day - 





BE -

DON'T TRY TO BECOME 

- Osho -








Is het moeilijk?
Niet als je de juiste manier weet.



De juiste manier weten; 

dat is moeilijk.

uit Zen en de Kunst van het Motoronderhoud 




dinsdag 3 december 2013






... en toen viel er een deugddoende stilte









 Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, 
your creativity, or your curiosity. 

 It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. 

Go on and do all you can with it, 
and make it the life you want to live.


- Mae C. Jemison -











“Most of us are experts at solving other people’s problems, but we generally solve them in terms of our own and the advice we give is seldom for other people but for ourselves.”

– Nan Fairbrother, The House in the Country -







I don't understand
how someone would not have a sense of humor
about themselves ...






So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! 
 
A lifetime is not long enough. 
 
 
 
 
 

maandag 2 december 2013





If you don't like where you are,
 change it! 
You're not a tree. 
- Jim Rohn -









Right now. 
 It’s the only moment in the history of the world over which we have any sort of control over our thoughts, actions, or feelings. 
We can’t control what happened even thirty seconds ago, and we can’t control what’s going to happen in ten minutes, but right now we can make decisions that will help to determine what our future’s like, and that may make amends for past mistakes or build on past successes and achievements.









Confidence doesn’t come from being the best at something.
 
 It comes from realizing you don’t have to be.
 
 
 
 




We are our own dragons as well as our own heroes, 

and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
 
- Tom Robbins - 



zondag 1 december 2013





I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.

I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life.” I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.

I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou -









Tomorrow, I’m gonna start busting my ass again.
 
 Why? Because it’s about damn time.
 
 I’m creating a new normal. No pain, no gain. 
 
A healthy body means a healthy mind. 
 
Ready? Go.
 
 
- Author Unknown - 









Als ik later groot ben 

wil ik ...








To develop a complete mind :
Study the science of art,
study the art of science.

Learn how to see.
Realize that everything connects to everyting else.

- Leonardo Da Vinci - 








But who can say what’s best? 
 
 
 



 
Why are we scared to die? 
 
Do any of us remember being scared when we were born?

- Trevor Kay -