zaterdag 26 juli 2014




Within ourselves is not very far
and yet it is so far
that one's whole life is not always long enough
to get there.








Invest in yourself.

You can afford it.

Trust me.

- Rashon Carraway -







It is that dream we carry
that something miraculous will happen
that it must happen -
that time will open
that the heart will open
that doors will open
and that the rock face will open
that springs will gush forth -
that the dream will open
and that one morning we'll glide in
to a harbour we didn't know was there.

- Olav H. Hauge -




vrijdag 25 juli 2014





Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year’s time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.

- Andre Maurois -



donderdag 24 juli 2014





Ask for what you want.

Give other people the opportunity to say “yes”.

Stop saying “no” for them.

- Roger Ellerton -









Silences speak...







Have you forgotten 
 
that you are alive? 
 
- Matthieu Ricard -




dinsdag 22 juli 2014




Ik heb nog veel te leren...
besef ik dan. 






HUISHOUDELIJKE OBSERVATIE 

Onder al dit vuil 
is de vloer eigenlijk heel schoon. 


- Lydia Davies - 






Probeer niet je de manieren van een ander eigen te maken, want de diefstal zal onmiddellijk opvallen en de dief zal er even belachelijk uitzien als een roodborstje waar haastig pauweveren in gestoken zijn. 

Stijl is zo uniek en onoverdraagbaar, zo volmaakt persoonlijk als een vingerafdruk. 

- Maya Angelou - 







I have no control over what people think of me


but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.




- Beth Ditto -



Simply Being Meditation




Hoewel het maar al te gemakkelijk is om kwaad te worden, 
vinden we het meestal moeilijk om kwaad te worden 
op het juiste moment, 
op de juiste persoon,
op de goede manier 
en om de juiste reden.

- Aristoteles - 




maandag 21 juli 2014




I lie to myself all the time. 

But I never believe me.

 S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders 

 





The great lesson from the true mystics, from the zen monks, from the humanistic and transpersonal psychologists, is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s own back yard.
This lesson can be easily lost.
To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign
 of ignorance that everything is miraculous.








Don’t be afraid of being scared.
 To be afraid is a sign of common sense. 
Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.  
 
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón -





zondag 20 juli 2014




Joy 
 
is the best makeup.
 

- Anne Lamott - 









In this world of numbness and information overload,
 
 the ability to feel, my boy, 
 
is a rare gift indeed.