When I was 23 years old, my father very unexpectedly passed away due to a medical procedure gone wrong. I remember leaving the hospital where it happened and going back to my house. To go home I needed to walk through a street where a typical Dutch market fair was going on, with hundreds of …
Coming weekend, November 14, following good old Dutch tradition, Sinterklaas and his consort Piet will arrive at Scheveningen harbor again. Nobody really knows where the old custom comes from. Researching the history of it I found many different interpretations of the out of the box couple. On the Dutch isles up North for instance, Terschelling, …
Animal Kingdom has a lot to teach us. A lion or a cat for instance teaches us that some good tongue smacking, having a heartfelt yawn and stretching the limbs after a nap , is important to get the energies flowing. It makes me wonder how many people in our Western World in fact jump …
Each season brings along, not only its own characteristics, but also its own influence on people. While one group suffers from a feeling of blues when the first leaves start to drop, others enjoy the splendor of colors autumn brings. This morning me and my dog went for a very early morning walk in the …
Recently I read on the internet it is statistically proven I have less chance of contracting diabetes when I sit while I eat; than when I walk while I eat. Statistic results however always confuse me. Many components compound to an event or occurrence; I always find it dangerous to take one aspect out of …
While the brain wonders and questions, the heart knows. This may come as a bit of a shock to some, but actually our brains are not that smart. Our true intelligence resides in the heart. Unfortunately many of us live in the head rather than the heart,thus sourcing their lifestyle and decision-making from calculated thinking. …
Anything imaginable is also possible. “Use your imagination”. I bet it has been told to every one of us at some point or maybe even several times in our lives. The remark carries more significance than one might think at first glance. It is in fact one of these things we tend to say without …
Every now and again, I draw a Tarot card on my own website. Not so much to have my future predicted, for that is not what the Nan Yar – Who am I personal development cards intend to do. Instead they are meant to serve as a trigger to stir the knowing I carry deep …
There are those moments where suddenly the light bulb goes on. Things I’ve seen happening right under my very eyes for very long, yet as I’m so used to seeing them happen the way they do, I hardly ever question their validity. Recently I came to notice certain patterns about myself, that I had never …
It happened about 10 years ago and was caused by a Lamborghini. I was driving my kids to school. In their natural early morning state, they were either still half asleep or grumpy, until my oldest, then 10-year old son, spotted a Lamborghini. My children’s voices came alive hailing praise over the God called Car …
