"Haast? Daar heb ik helemaal geen tijd voor!" - Sarai Pannekoek
Blijf in het moment en accepteer het.
Liefde.
30-11-2013
10-11-2013
Don Miguel Ruiz
Don Miguel Ruiz is one of my favorite authors. He wrote The Four Agreements and another book, The Fifth Agreement.
Five agreements that can deffinitely lead to personal freedom, full of self-love, integrity and peace. The Five Agreements are:
1. Be impeccable with your word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Think about the message and the words you use. Does this add truth and love to the conversation?
2. Don't take anything personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
It's so easy to take many things personally - which may lead to sad situations. Remember that everyone lives their own reality. You do, and I do too. And if in fact you are hurt by others opinions, there's always a way to communicate about it. Please, don't take anything personally.
3. Don't make assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
Life is more beautiful when there's no room for assumptions. Communication is the key. Do not assume, for you can not look through the other person's mind. Ask questions and communicate when you want to clear things out.
4. Always do your best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment: it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Give your best under any circumstance. Get the most out of it, with your own capability, every single moment. When you do your best always, there's no room for regret.
5. Be skeptical but learn to listen
Be skeptical, but learn to listen. Don't believe yourself or anybody else. Use the power of doubt to question everything you hear: Is it really the truth? Listen to the intent behind the words, and you will understand the real message.
Learn to listen, don't ignore your feelings and use your heart too.
Five agreements that can deffinitely lead to personal freedom, full of self-love, integrity and peace. The Five Agreements are:
1. Be impeccable with your word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Think about the message and the words you use. Does this add truth and love to the conversation?
2. Don't take anything personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
It's so easy to take many things personally - which may lead to sad situations. Remember that everyone lives their own reality. You do, and I do too. And if in fact you are hurt by others opinions, there's always a way to communicate about it. Please, don't take anything personally.
3. Don't make assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
Life is more beautiful when there's no room for assumptions. Communication is the key. Do not assume, for you can not look through the other person's mind. Ask questions and communicate when you want to clear things out.
4. Always do your best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment: it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Give your best under any circumstance. Get the most out of it, with your own capability, every single moment. When you do your best always, there's no room for regret.
5. Be skeptical but learn to listen
Be skeptical, but learn to listen. Don't believe yourself or anybody else. Use the power of doubt to question everything you hear: Is it really the truth? Listen to the intent behind the words, and you will understand the real message.
Learn to listen, don't ignore your feelings and use your heart too.
09-11-2013
Vulnerability
"The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed." - Ernest Hemingway
And,
Brene Brown and the power of Vulnerability.
Love it.
And,
Brene Brown and the power of Vulnerability.
Love it.
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04-11-2013
1986 - 2013
"Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many." - Unknown
As it's my birthday today, I've been overwhelmed by gratitude and happiness.
Oh, Life, you simply are amazing.
I feel,
Blessed, for the soul that I am, the body that I have and the life that I am living. The opportunities I get, the chances I take and the positive I see.
And also.
Thankful, for the loving family and friends that I have - you all ROCK my world.
Liefde.
As it's my birthday today, I've been overwhelmed by gratitude and happiness.
Oh, Life, you simply are amazing.
I feel,
Blessed, for the soul that I am, the body that I have and the life that I am living. The opportunities I get, the chances I take and the positive I see.
And also.
Thankful, for the loving family and friends that I have - you all ROCK my world.
Liefde.
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10-10-2013
The Invitation
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own
without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day.
And if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own
without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day.
And if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
- Oriah, Mountain Dreaming
From the book The Invitation
30-09-2013
FF your heart
Hashtag-FF (#FF) is twitter-slang for Follow Friday and it's what tweeple use in their 140-character-messages to let their tweethearts know who to follow, on a Friday.
Well, today it's Monday and since #FM does not exist in Twitterland, I'll just keep the #FF.
#FF your heart.
Probably the easiest thing to say, yet a pretty tough thing to do. It does take courage to take time and listen, and to follow your heart. Especially when making important decisions. The conscious mind keeps on analyzing, while the unconscious tries to tell you otherwise. Thoughts and emotions are running through your head and can keep you up late at night too.
First, make peace with your emotions. Try not to define everything all at once. Take your time and tust your heart - it knows and it will guide you. Sometimes your heart is quite when you look for the answers. When the time is right, your heart will speak its answers.
[Note to self] FF your heart. Also on other days.
[Note to self] FF your heart. Also on other days.
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