It may be

 that when we no longer know what to do

 we have come to our real work, 

and that when we no longer know which way to go 

we have come to our real journey. 

The mind that is not baffled is not employed. 

The impeded stream is the one that sings.

- Wendell Berry -

 

 

It is impossible to understand addiction 

without asking what relief the addict finds,

or hopes to find, 

in the drug or the addictive behaviour.

- Gabor Maté -

 

 

Listen closely: 

only time it’s too late to change yourself is when you’re dead. 

Until then

you’re simply making excuses or lying to yourself.

 

 

 

7 Things to Quit

1. Getting your self esteem from others.

2. Constantly attacking and putting yourself down.

3. Thinking that others are better than you.

4. Expecting things not to turn out well.

5. Living in the past.

6. Fearing the future.

7. Being afraid of, and resisting, change. 

 

 

The Bacon Brothers - Corona Tune

 

 Past and future

 are in the mind only

- I am now.

- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj -

 

 

 

 

 Hiding your hurt only intensifies it. 

Problems grow in the dark and only become bigger and bigger.

 But when exposed to the light of truth, they shrink. 

You are only as sick as your secrets.

 So take off your mask, stop pretending you’re perfect and walk into freedom.

- Rick Warren -

 

 

 Most people do not realize that as they continue to find things to complain about, they disallow their own physical well-being. 

Many do not realize that before they were complaining about an aching body or a chronic disease, they were complaining about many other things first. 

It does not matter if the object of your complaint is about someone you are angry with, behavior in others that you believe is wrong, or something wrong with your own physical body. 

Complaining is complaining, and it disallows improvement.

 

 

 

 

 What if we all revealed ourselves? 

Then, where would our insecurities hide?

 There is magic in vulnerability.

- Kajal Pandey-

 

 

 

 

To the child in me :

Just grow with the flow 

don't you out grow...

   - Parr Winn - 

 

 

 

 

 Before you assume, learn the facts.

 Before you judge, understand why.

 Before you hurt someone, feel.

 Before you speak, think.

 

 

  

Misunderstandings, hurt feelings, anger, frustration, sadness….so many of these negative emotions all stem from the fact that two people don’t talk to each other about things that are on their mind or weigh heavy on their heart. 

It happens in the workplace, it happens in friendships, it happens in dating, it happens in families, and it happens in marriages.

 It happens all of the time between just about everyone – so why don’t we fix it?? 

 Take a long breath, instead of coming from a blaming place, hold the intention of wanting the best for yourself, for the situation and for each other.

 

 

 

 

 Sit just to enjoy your sitting; 

you don't need to attain any goal.

 Each moment of sitting 

 brings you back to life.

 

 

 

 

 It passes ...

Until then,

it teaches. 

 

 

 

 

Sit with it 

 

Instead of drinking it away,

smoking it away,

sleeping it away,

eating it away,

fucking it away,

or running from it.

 

Sit with it 

 

Healing happens by feeling 

 

 

 

 

 

 Remember, 

goals are stars to steer by, 

not sticks with which to beat ourselves.

- Barbara Smith -

 

There are many times in my life, when I could’ve thrown in the towel. 

Many times in my life when I was on the floor...

when you’re on the floor, 

allow anybody to pick you up

It doesn’t matter how long you stay there

make sure you pick yourself up and dust yourself down...

you take the knowledge from the experience

 and you grow.

-   Marco Pierre White -

 

NITCH

 

 

 

 

 In difficulties

 lie the seeds of opportunity. 

 

 

 

 

 

I am another You 

You are another Me 

- Rumi -

 

 

 

 

 

Jong zijn 

is een gebrek 

dat dagelijks verbetert.

- Zweeds spreekwoord - 

 

 

 

 

Electriciteit werd niet uitgevonden 

terwijl iemand de kaars probeerde te verbeteren.

- Henri Audier - 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 When you feel angry, it's best to refrain from doing anything. 

You may like to withdraw your attention from the person of situation that is watering the seed of anger in you. 

Take time to come back to yourself 

- Thich Nhat Hanh -

 

 

 These are the hands

Gedicht van de Britse kinderboekenschrijver en -dichter Michael Rosen, geschreven in 2008 voor het zestigjarig bestaan van de NHS (National Health Service in het Verenigd Koninkrijk).

 

These are the hands
That touch us first
Feel your head
Find the pulse
And make your bed.

 

These are the hands
That tap your back
Test the skin
Hold your arm
Wheel the bin
Change the bulb
Fix the drip
Pour the jug
Replace your hip.

 

These are the hands
That fill the bath
Mop the floor
Flick the switch
Soothe the sore
Burn the swabs
Give us a jab
Throw out sharps
Design the lab.

 

And these are the hands
That stop the leaks
Empty the pan
Wipe the pipes
Carry the can
Clamp the veins
Make the cast
Log the dose
And touch us last.

 

Uit: These Are The Hands: Poems from the Heart of the NHS

 

 

 

I will breath.
I will think of solutions
I will not let my
worries control me.
I will not let my
stress break me.
I. will. simply. breathe.
And it will be okay...
Because I don't quit.

- Shayne McClendon -

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wie wil er nou garanties?

 

 

 

 

What’s it like

 to be this person in front of me?

 

 

 

If the beautiful were not in us,

 how would we ever recognize it?

-   Ernst Haas -

 

NITCH

 

 

 

 

 

Peace in my heart 

Peace in my soul 

 

Wherever I'm going

I'm already home 

 

 

 

 The sunlit horizon  :))))))

©wano

P.S. This is a colour photo

 

 

 

 Je gevoel van eigenwaarde 

is het vermogen 

om jezelf te kennen,

 jezelf te accepteren 

en jezelf te waarderen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Openstaan voor verandering?

 

 

 

 

 Are your desires important enough to make you willing to face your fears? 

Do you want it bad enough?

The choice is yours. 

You can choose to change your attitude from resignation to commitment, from a state of fear to a state of love. 

The first step is to question yourself, to literally change your internal statements to questions. 

Change 'I am a failure' to 'Could I be a success?'

 Change 'I am bored with my life' to 'Could I be exhilarated?'

 Change 'My life doesn’t make a difference' to 'Could I make a difference in the world?

- Debbie Ford -

 

Rui Morais de Sousa

http://ruimoraisdesousa.blogspot.ro/

 

 

 

 Even though

 things are not exactly how I'd like them to be, 

I will face my reality.

 I will look it directly in the eye

 and allow it to be here.

Surrender is an act of faith.

 

 

 

R.I.P. Frédéric Devreese

 

There is a difference 

between PAIN ad SUFFERING

 

 

 

 

 Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years.

 Death hangs over you. 

While you still live, while it is still in your power, be good.

- Marcus Aurelius -

 

Never forget how far you’ve come. 

 

Everything you have gotten through. 

 

All the times you have pushed on even when you felt you couldn’t. 

 

All the mornings you got out of bed no matter how hard it was.

 

 All the times you wanted to give up but you got through another day. 

 

Never forget how much strength you have learned and developed along the way.