True love 

 

is born 

 

from understanding.

 

- Buddha -

You are 100% responsible for the life you have

 

 - your perceptions, your feelings and how you react to it.  

 

It is all in how you look at things that make the difference. 

 

 

Milky way over Monument valley, Arizona, USA

Kritiek is in werkelijkheid een plek waar we onze woede plaatsen. 

 

Wat doen we dan? 

 

We beginnen kritiek uit te oefenen, 

 

wat beter is 

 

dan maar zitten en kijken naar onze eigen woede.

 -Jorge Cassieri -

Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn?

 Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends?

 Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven’t the answer to a question you’ve been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you’re alone in the whole house? 

Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.

- Norton Juster -

Sometimes I go for days without speaking to a soul.

I think, “I should make that call”, but I put it off.

Because there’s something pleasurable about not talking.

But then I love talking, so it’s not that.

But sometimes it can be nice.

It’s not like I sit here philosophizing, because I’ve no talent for that.

It’s just this thing about silence that’s so wonderful.

- Ingmar Bergman -

Je kunt je er druk om maken, 

maar het hoeft niet...

- Sjaak Hart - 

To love what you do

 

 and feel that it matters

 

— how could anything be more fun?

– Katherine Graham -

Van alle plaatsen in de wereld zijn er altijd favorieten. Het maakt niet uit hoeveel je beweegt, hoeveel je reist of waar je bent; het is nooit een verkeerd moment om terug te keren. Je weet heel goed wie de ‘personen bij wie je je thuis voelt’ zijn.

Personen bij wie je je thuis voelt, ruiken naar onvoorwaardelijke liefde en acceptatie. Ze ruiken naar genegenheid, naar lange knuffels, waar je je ogen sluit en glimlacht.

Om die reden is een persoon bij wie je je thuis voelt de beste spiegel om dagelijks in te kijken: het weerspiegelt altijd de meest echte en authentieke versie van jezelf. De mooiste. Het is het licht aan het eind van de tunnel, de steun tijdens de reis en de schouder waar je op kan huilen.

-Repairing Broken Wings-

 

The capacity to be happy is very precious.

 Someone who is able to be happy even when confronted with difficulties, has the capacity to offer light and a sense of joy to herself and to those around her.

When we are near someone like this, we feel happy, also.

Even when she enters hell, she will lighten up hell with the sound of her laughter.

- Thich Nhat Hanh -

Most of the Time

Forgive yourself every night,

Recommit every morning.

- Carl Alexandrè -

Compassion

 

 is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded.

 

 It’s a relationship between equals.

 

 Only when we know our own darkness well

 

 can we be present with the darkness of others. 

 

Compassion becomes real

 

 when we recognise our shared humanity.

 

- Pema Chödrön -

Mother your emotions, be there for them, listen to what they have to tell you, meet them with love and without judgment.

 Mother yourself, tell to that little child, inside yourself, all the loving things maybe your parents never got to tell you.

 If you would’ve had the perfect mother or the perfect dad, what would they have said to you to make you feel better.

 You can give that love to yourself now.

- Francois -

You don’t have to hide, pretend, or feel bad about

 

 not always being the 'strong one.' 

 

You’re not weak, 

 

you’re human, 

 

and you never have to apologize for that.

 

- Raphaela Browne -