Since Valentine's Day, I'm no longer single. The unexpected has happened. I think, feel and believe that I have found my (soul) mate. Before meeting each other, we have been talking for very many hours. The 3-dimensional check - see my 2015 blog The 7 Hurdles - has evidenced what I feel. Her Chinese -Western zodiac and mine are very compatible: "A Dog is a wonderful...
I just wondered if it’s possible having no or low expectations (about others). Perhaps, having low expectations about yourself will result in low expectations about others - and vice versa. Hence, expectations and reciprocity seem quite related. The aforementioned may explain my "issue" in life: I have high expectations about myself, and lowering my expectations...
Not so long ago, it was simple to determine a friend or a foe. Today, there's a turn of a friendly card (see song below). "Identification, friend or foe (IFF) is a combat identification system designed for command and control. It uses a transponder that listens for an interrogation signal and then sends...
Over the years, several of my former friends (F+M) have changed boxes in my diagram below. Today, I'm wondering if empathy is an intermediate step towards indifference. Indifference can also be a blessing rather than a curse. Indifference clears the mind, including the bad memories. My inspiration urged me to make this diagram. I asked a few friends about our spot...
Onderstaand artikel, Vrouwen zijn beter in oude koeien uit de sloot halen, was oorspronkelijk de aanleiding voor deze blog. Langzaam kantelde het onderwerp naar de m/v machtsbalans. Die balans speelt vooral in een relatie. In andere situaties (o.a. spel, team, vriendschap) speelt dit niet of nauwelijks. Lang geleden, klaagde de vriendin van een vriend telkens over...
Some people have deep connections. Others have not. Deep connections survive about everything. Other connections will (ultimately) fail. My diagram is about the ingredients of such connections, like the how, what, when, where, & who. The presence of ingredients will provide a (good or bad) mix. Most ingredients are from my 2022 blog The 7 elements that define...
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