Tag: #personaldevelopment
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The beauty of symmetry
Walking through the streets my eyes are caught by symmetry. I suppose to me it feels like balance, a delicate equilibrium that might be disturbed, but always finds it’s way back again. It’s perfect and imperfect. It’s moving. It’s what life is all about. One day it’s perfect, the next day you might face difficulties…
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A cold crash
What does your body tell you? I finally did it, I jumped into a lake in winter time. The temperature of the water was 6°C. 12 Years ago, I subscribed to a Wim Hof method breathing and ice bath workshop. It got cancelled due to a lack of participants. Back then, I was kind of…
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Be brave
Last week I went skiing with my oldest daughter. It was my present for her as she passed her exams. One day when I was changing my shoes, she picked up my skis and stored them in the locker. I was grateful as I was tired after a full day of skiing quite fanatically. This…
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This is what I could have said, but… I didn’t.
I’m reading a book, Jackdaws by Ken Follett. It’s about the resistance in France during the Second World War. It’s a good book. But that’s not what this blog is about. In the book I read a phrase: “Part of the time, I have to confess, I was composing wittily crushing remarks I could have…
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At ease
I’m in a garden, I sit at a wooden table and enjoy a nice cappuccino, I fill my lungs with fresh air and I realize that I’m at ease.I’m taking a yoga class in the yoga school that brings me to myself as soon as I enter the door, I’m at ease.I’m swimming, the water…
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Ganesha
A few years ago when I was in a huge process of transformation, a friend that travelled to India, brought me a Ganesha on his way back. Ganesha was there for me to guide me and symbolized new beginnings. Ganesha takes away obstacles and shows himself to the world in the shape of an elephant.…
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CHOICES
What was your answer when as a child someone asked you: “What do you want to become when you grow up?” My answer was, without any doubt: fashion designer. As a child I could spend hours in a book store scrolling through magazines admiring the latest designs from Chanel, Dior, YSL and many more. I…
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Dancing alone?!
May I invite you to dance alone occasionally? A few years ago I wanted to see a movie and litterally no one was available to join me. A friend said ‘why don’t you go alone’. Alone?! I know tons of people go to the movies alone, but for me at that time it was still…
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Guilty
The 7 sins. I’m guilty of prideI’m guilty of greedI’m guilty of wrathI’m guilty of envyI’m guilty of lustI’m guilty of gluttonyI’m guilty of sloth I’m guilty of being me. And honestly, I rather like being me. So, let me be guilty.
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The driving force of being
What hidden treasure unfolds for you when you allow yourself to be? I had a full day of nothing ahead of me. The luxury of an empty calendar. So, while having my first coffee of the day, I started planning in my head. First, finishing the book that I was reading, then bring it back…
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Your magic pause button
A blog about the joy of taking a break. Have a lovely summer holiday. Warm regards, Pamela
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Live in the moment
Wouldn’t it be great if I could only just be in the moment? In the moment I experience no expectation of the future, no pain or regret from the past. The moment is the great nothingness and the overwhelming all. I try to be in the moment…. Easier said than done and probably forever work…
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The acceptance of what is
He’s 88 years old. My passenger. We’re on our way to our 10 day Vipassana meditation course. It’s my second course. It’s his 15th. I sense that I can learn from him, so instead of listening to some music, my normal routine in the car, which I find very relaxing, the radio is turned off…
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Comfort zone
What does your comfort zone look like? Enjoy my new blog “Comfort zone”. Warm regards, Pamela
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Running the extra mile
Are you on the right track? Enjoy my new blog “Running the extra mile”. Warm regards, Pamela
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Inspiration overflow
I thought after writing my first few blogs that I’d written my story and that my short career as a blogger would end there. Oh, boy, how I was wrong! When I finally started allowing my creativity to flow, I found out it’s endless. It will never stop. And yes, I’m excited, because there’s more…
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WALKING ON SUNSHINE
Katrina and The Waves (1985) Today I’m walking on sunshine, yesterday I was walking on sunshine. For a long time now I feel great and I’m walking on sunshine. Over the past years that was not always the case. I’ve travelled a bumpy road that had highs and lows. Sometimes it was difficult to see…
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Dankbaar! (Grateful! English version below)
Na het posten van mijn vorige blog werd ik overweldigd door een intens gevoel van dankbaarheid. Via allerlei kanalen kreeg ik werkelijk prachtige, hartverwarmende reacties. Ik voelde me groot en klein tegelijk. Groot omdat dat wat ik te zeggen heb bij jullie resoneert en klein omdat ik maar gewoon een radertje in het grote geheel…
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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…