"Vrijheid is blijheid !" Dat was de reactie van een lokale vriend op mijn mededeling dat mijn nieuwe relatie al weer uit is. Deze breuk is nog steeds tot mijn eigen verbazing en (deels) ongeloof. Meestal is dat gezegde waar. Toch hecht ik zelf veel meer aan (mijn) vrijheid in gebondenheid. De afbeelding en het citaat rechts zetten mij wel aan het denken. Is dat echt...
In 2015, I wrote The fundamental lack of trust between men and women. Today, my 2026 update that includes: (1) Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (1992), and (2) my 2022 blog The 7 elements that define the type of relationship. My 2019 diagram (below) was/is too complicated. My 2019 blog: Lessons in Love (2) – female insecurities Bridging the 7 elements that...
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...
I’m in a new phase of my rollercoaster of solitude and loneliness. I failed to see this coming, despite part 6 of this blog series from October 2024. My comforting feeing of solitude seems to have vanished into thin air. Feelings of (temporary) loneliness have replaced my solitude. I can hardly remember such feelings. I’m not sure if I ever experienced those...
The statement above is usually (mis)attributed to economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946). Many - if not most - facts are time-boxed. A famous example is the 1609 controversy on heliocentrism: does the Earth rotate around the Sun (eg, Galileo Galilei) or vice versa (ie, the Roman Catholic Church)? Not changing your mind when the facts change, reveals the existence...
In a recent facebook remark, I wondered how we can restore togetherness in a society; or in Dutch: hoe krijg je saamhorigheid terug in een "samen"leving? Our Western societies are often characterized by glorifying freedom (eg, sexual expression, speech) and by individualism. I received several replies. A friend of a friend is convinced that global grass roots...
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