zaterdag 3 januari 2015




No man is free

 who is not master of himself.

 

- Epictetus -






De nacht kwamen de ziekte sloeg me met
stilzwijgen.
Ze verlamde mijn blik en mijn voet, 
ze verlamde mijn blik en mijn voet. 

De dokter kwam en de dokter zei: 
Voor deze nacht is er geen heil,
is er geen heil.

De Liefde kwam en de Liefde zei me:
De nacht kan je wezen, je wortels verbergen,
maar hij kan niet verbergen - een vonk.
De vonk die woon in je binnenste,
en die brandt, ondanks de nacht. 

- Östen Sjöstrand - 











This is it, 

but if you ficate on it, 

then it isn't anymore. 

- Zen proverb -







Het is gemakkelijker om boos te zijn op iemand 
 
dan te zeggen dat je je gekwetst voelt.
 
 - Tom Gates -









It’s OK not to be optimistic. 

Buddhist teachings say, you know, 
feeling that you have to maintain hope can wear you out, 
so just be present… 
The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, 
and when you’re worrying about whether you’re hopeful 
or hopeless or pessimistic or optimistic, who cares? 
The main thing is that you’re showing up, 
that you’re here,
 and that you’re finding ever more capacity to love this world.

- Rilke -




Leer stil zijn en leer niets doen en leer wachten.

't Geheim der sterken school altijd daarin
dat zij zich instelden op lange drachten. 

- Henriëtte Roland Holst - 






Life will bring you pain all by itself.


Your responsibility is to create joy.



 



He who stands on tiptoe doesn’t stand firm.
He who rushes ahead doesn’t go far.
He who tries to shine dims his own light.
He who defines himself can’t know who he really is.
He who has power over others can’t empower himself.
He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures.
- Lao Tzu -



vrijdag 2 januari 2015

abel korzeniowski - And Just Like That




Whatever is going to happen will happen,

 whether we worry or not.


  Ana Monnar
 
 
 



This is a wonderful day,
 
  I have never seen this one before. 
 
- Maya Angelou -






One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life 
is to forgive everybody, everything, 
every night before you go to bed. 
 
- Bernard Baruch -
















Until further notice ... 
 
Celebrate everything






It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice,

they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.

- Mark Epstein -
 
 
 



We learn from history 
 
that we don’t learn from history!
 
 
- Desmond Tutu -






Ignore people who think 

they know more about you 

than you do

- Author Unknown - 

 

 

 

http://hearts-surrendered.tumblr.com/post/106749181667



If you are filled with anger, you create more suffering for yourself than for the other person. When you are inhabited by the energy of anger, you want to punish, you want to destroy. That is why those who are wise do not want to say anything or do anything while the anger is still in them. So you try to bring peace into yourself first. When you are calm, when you are lucid, you will see that the other person is a victim of confusion, of hate, of violence transmitted by society, by parents, by friends, by the environment.

When you are able to see that, your anger is no longer there.
- Thich Nhat Hanh -



donderdag 1 januari 2015




I don’t want to be
the other half of your soul.
I want to be the one
who reminds you
that you’re already whole.
 
 
- G.S. -
 
 
 
-
http://violentwavesofemotion.tumblr.com/post/106796000822



What a difference it makes 
 
when instead of trying to think positive, 
 
you stop believing your negative thoughts.


- Author Unknown - 







Voorbije toekomst

Je leeft nu in de voorbije toekomst.
Je zult er altijd nog zijn.
Je bent voor mij nooit
al lang geleden.
Je hoort er nog altijd bij.

Je bent in mijn onvervulde verwachtingen.
Je bent in mijn slapeloze dromen.
Je naam vervaagt niet in mijn herinneren.
Je bent present als je er niet bent.
Je bent waar je bij had kunnen zijn.
Je bent niet van voorbij, niet van gisteren.

Je bent van gisteren,
van vandaag
en morgen:
voorbije toekomst.

- Marinus van de Berg -






HAPPY NOW ! 

HERE !







and above all,
 
 what I love most, 
 
is normal, 
 
daily life.









  I am trying to learn

to begin to begin to begin. 
 
 
- Erica Jong -   
 
 
 




And now we welcome the new year.

Full of things that have never been.


 
 

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 -