woensdag 31 december 2014




Tomorrow, 
 
is the first blank page of a 365 page book. 
 
Write a good one. 
 
 
- Brad Paisley -







Stop waiting for january first 
or anything else. 
 
Start now.






Just because something good ends, 

doesn't mean something better won't begin.


- Author unknown - 







The art of knowing
 is knowing what to ignore.   


- Rumi -






Darling,
you are much too whole
to be loved in halves.
Pavana पवन





When you have exhausted all possibilities,


remember this - you haven’t.

- Thomas Edison-


dinsdag 30 december 2014




The axe forgets; 
 
the tree remembers.
 
- African proverb -










Storms 
make trees
 take deeper roots.

- Dolly Parton -








Sometimes no reaction

is the best reaction.

- Unknown-
 
 
 






      A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. 
 
Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. 
 
Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. 
The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.   
 
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu -






Voordat je spreekt, stel jezelf de vraag:

Is het aardig, 
is het nodig, 
is het een verbetering

ten opzichte van de stilte? 

- Shirdi Sai Baba -





Nightmares 

are dreams too.







 Somebody once said 
 
we never know what is enough 
until we know what’s more than enough. 
 
- Billie Holiday -







maandag 29 december 2014

Max Richter - Embers










http://naturesdoorways.tumblr.com/post/106427842815



Frisse lucht verfrist ook de geest;

waar weinig zuurstof is,

is veel zeurstof.


 M.C. Bake





Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something.

You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe.

You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with,

you’re losing familiarity.

- James Hillman -






There will always be people in your life
 who will try to make you miserable.
 Don’t help them by doing the job yourself! 
 
- Laurell K. Hamilton -






“Why are you so quiet?” rubs on our nerves. 
 
What is the correct answer to that question 
and why does it sound so accusatory? 
 
“That’s just the way I am” would seem to be self-evident,
 but apparently not.
 
- Sophia Dembling -
 
 
 



You’re not shy; 
rather, you appreciate the joys of quiet.

You’re not unsociable; 
instead, you enjoy recharging through time alone.

You’re not unfriendly,
 but you do find more meaning in one-on-one connections 
than large gatherings.

-  The Introvert’s Way - Sophia Dembling -










I’ve been accused my whole life of being ‘too sensitive’.
 This actually kind of pisses me off, 
but maybe that’s just because I’m too sensitive. 



One of the risks of being quiet 
is that other people can fill your silence 
with their own interpretation: 
You’re bored.
 You’re depressed. 
You’re shy. 
You’re stuck up. 
You’re judgmental. 
When others can’t read us, they write their own story
—not always one we choose 
or that’s true to who we are.
 
 
-  Sophia Dembling, The Introvert’s Way -



 
 
 

zondag 28 december 2014





And then I thought …

 It’s not that I think too much, 
rather, 
sometimes I’m too aware.

- Author Unknown - 





Sluit je ogen 

en zie.
 

- James Joyce -



- Alexander Hill -




Don't live the same year 75 times 
 
and call it a life.
 
- Robin Sharma -









We don't see things as they are, 
 
we see them as we are.

- Anais Nin.-
 
 
 
 







It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

- Nicholas Sparks -






Fufillment

has nothing to do

with circumstances.

- Gangaji -





"Do you know what a mandala is?" 

"Um, those are those round Buddhist art things."
“The Tibetan monks make them out of dyed sand laid out into big beautiful designs. And when they’re done, after days and weeks of work, they wipe it all away.”
"Wow, that’s, that’s a lot."

"Try to look at your experience here as a mandala, Chapman. Work hard to make something as meaningful and beautiful as you can. And when you’re done, pack it in and know it was all temporary.

You have to remember that, it’s all temporary.” 


http://flowgently.tumblr.com/post/106397417504/do-you-know-what-a-mandala-is-um-those-are






Als je geen tijd hebt om te ontspannen, 

wordt het tijd om te ontspannen. 

- Sydney J. Harris -  


zaterdag 27 december 2014







Vergeven en vergeten 
betekent opgedane kostbare ervaringen
 uit het raam gooien.

- A. Schopenhauer - 











No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone.

That is the true experience of freedom:

having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

- Paulo Coelho -









Don't let people pull you into their storms.

Pull them into your Peace.
 
 
- Author unknown - 
 
 
 



Be happy for no reason, like a child.

If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble,

because that reason can be taken from you.
 
- Deepak Chopra -






Have a heart that never hardens, 
and a temper that never tires, 
and a touch that never hurts. 
 
- Charles Dickens -







Maybe the journey isn’t about becoming anything.

Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t you,

so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.

- Adam -
 
 
 
 
 



Have a spacious, open, and compassionate attitude
 toward your thoughts and emotions, 
because in fact your thoughts are your family, 
the family of your mind.

 Before them, 
as Dudjom Rinpoche used to say:
 “Be like an old wise man, 
watching a child play.”




vrijdag 26 december 2014




Grace carried me here,
 
 and by Grace I’ll carry on...
 
 
 




- Bob Dylan -







 You can either feel sorry for yourself 
or treat what has happened as a gift.
 Everything is either an opportunity to grow 
or an obstacle to keep you from growing.
You get to choose.

- Wayne Dyer -









Need nothing 

and then see what happens.

- Gangaji -