Ik heb geen wonden; ik heb slechts herinneringen. Daarom mijn uitroepteken en vraagteken hierboven. De meeste herinneringen betreffen het overweldigende “gevoel” van gelukkig zijn. Ik hoop dat die herinneringen zullen blijven. De tijd zal ook nieuwe herinneringen brengen. Het vergeten van mijn oude herinneringen ligt daarom op de loer. Ik vermoed dat het gezegde...
In 2016, I published my blog Fear and the 7 Belief systems. For a long time, I felt that an update was necessary. This update is like a (total) make-over. In my view, there are 4 states of mind, being: Doubt, Fear, Hope & Love. Our emotions are (facial) expressions of those 4 states of mind. Also see my 2015 blog: Human Emotions – a new classification. The...
I have been struggling since late February. Struggling finding my inspiration, struggling finding an explanation for its disappearance. I think, feel and believe that I may have found my inspiration again. The result is my provisional diagram below. I'm still wondering if there's something missing. Initially, I assumed that my mission was completed, which seems...
This thought entered my mind several hours after receiving her e-mail announcing her break-up with me. Her fear has won from her happiness. My happiness is still around, despite my initial disbelief and my reluctant anger. I will not start step 3 bargaining (ie, DABDA) for her return. She asked me to respect her decision. Actually, I’m expecting that her regret and...
I have an adage in my life: maximising major changes in life to only one (1). Late 2024, a friend bought a house in Spain and left the Netherlands. My friend speaks adequate Spanish and had visited that region for many years, albeit as a Dutch tourist. My friend should have “grounded” but did not. Change in life is usually about family, friendship, house,...
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...
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