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FREEDOM
When do you feel free? One of the fun parts of posting blogs is that you get connected with all kinds of people. People that you know well, people that you never met, people close by and people living at the other side of the world. People that you haven’t seen or spoken to for…
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Breathe! And…Vive la vie!
A trip from Amsterdam to Maastricht 425 kms in one day I’m in my car Alone The radio is on Me singing Loud. Where would I be without my breath? Breathing, we do it every day, hour, minute, second. It’s a natural process that we hardly ever think about and yet for many of us…
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The mindf**k of the ego
What are you blaming yourself for? Your ego, you really need it to materialize things in this world. But, your ego also plays a game with you. It’s criticizing you. It piles you up with loads of guilt feelings: “I should have known better”, “ I didn’t take the right strategy”. We all know it’s…
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Fear is a road to nowhere. What are your after summer plans?
Summer holidays, for some of us is a time to reflect and make new plans. In September, instead of materialising these great ideas, very often our plans fade away, like the sun that is moving away from us for a while. All regular activities start again, colleagues easily fill our calendars, we bring our kids…
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Celebrate life!
Celebrate life! Both! I want both: I want to dance until the sun comes up in the morning and I want to do an early morning walk to see the same sun and nature waking up. See link for full blog.
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Focussssssst
Sssssst, be silent and listen to the sounds around you. Can you focus? Or does your mind take over and are you distracted by numerous thoughts? Did you ever drive your car to a place where you often go to and find out upon arrival that that place wasn’t the goal of today’s destination?Did you…
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Wise books
Whenever I read a wise book, something happens in my body. I feel a sense of bliss, a sense of coming home. I love this feeling of being at home. At home in my body, at home at myself, at home being just me. Being the Pamela that I truly am. To me there are…
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EYE-OPENER?!
Recently, I was in the garden of a friend overlooking the IJ river in the heart of Amsterdam. A sailing boat passed by in the distance. My friend is a sailor and was on his ship that week and stayed the night in a harbour at another village. He recognized the ship and said to…
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Mirror mirror on the wall
I look at myself in the mirror, I’m staring at the irrevocable process of growing older. I can brush it off and tell you I don’t mind. That would be a lie. I don’t like the signs in my face that show I’m ageing. But, I also feel blessed that I’m ageing, because if I…
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Be patient and crack that shell!
A seagull opens an oyster by throwing it on a stone ground from a certain height. If the shell cracks, his food is readily available. If it doesn’t, he picks the shell up again, flies to an adequate height and drops the shell another time. This goes on until the shell is open. There’s no…
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Hoe schrijf ik, op internationale vrouwendag, een ode aan alle wijze vrouwen zonder namen te noemen maar met het raken van jullie harten? (Below English version)
An ode to all woman. Originally written in Dutch, also translated in English today, international womans day. Happy reading, warm regards, Pamela
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Your golden next step?
Just tap from the pool of abundance! In my life there is a wise lady. She always says she likes to become one when she grows old, but to me she already is. In the past, when she saw me struggling with something, she would give me guidance. An example? I subcribed to an energy…
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Wake up your wisdom!
Today I write my first blog in English. I was a member of Junior Chamber International (JCI) some years ago. The slogan of JCI is learning by doing. So, let’s overcome uncertainties and see how far I get in English. At JCI, the moment you hit 40 you need to step back for the next…