Weekly Wanderings

I am going to start something fresh and new very soon. This week I saw the first signs of Spring in the Dutch countryside, which means it’s time for some rigorous spring-cleaning. Yes, this means [...]

Drinking tea can help us to appreciate imperfection. Yes, it may sound a bit weird and new age at first but in the old cultures of Asia, drinking tea was seen as a way to accept life as it is. [...]

Whatever your (political) opinion is, I think we can all agree that we live in a period of change. Sadly, change almost always provokes conflict. When I look at the news these days, I see a lot [...]

The clock is definitely my biggest enemy and I’m quite sure that it’s one of your enemies as well. I mean, think about an average working day of yours; how much of what you do on a day is [...]

We all want to live unique lives that resonate with our true nature. But what if we don’t know (yet) what that true nature is? Last week, I spoke to you about the importance of listening to our [...]

What is your idea of a good live? Much of our behaviour and whether it’s ‘good’ or ‘bad’, is defined by three things: 1. The government: Is it allowed/legal? 2. Culture: Is it [...]

It’s always so easy to highlight the good parts of our life. It just feels so good to talk about the successes, about the things your proud of and what you’re amazingly happy about. We all aspire [...]

Action, reaction. ‘Act fast, be quick, buy now, act now’. We’re often motivated to be in a hurry. At the end of the year we ask ourselves: If not now when? But is it really that bad to postpone [...]

Life can be stressed. Life can be full. Life can be not like you expected. It’s almost Christmas and we all know what it should be like: a happy family gathering around a table filled with [...]

Yes, the very cliché phrase ‘yolo; you only live once’, is actually going to help us planning 2017 in a philosophical way. Two weeks ago, I spoke to you about the necessity of being bad sometimes [...]