Simplifying your life is something different from becoming a minimalist. Like looking for meaning is different from joining a religion. You could get there eventually, but the road is empty and could take you anywhere. Still, the first steps for any change are the same : 1. Find out what it is you truly want, what get’s you going. what…
your own life
Why would you want to keep your life simple? I never thought of simplicity as something I would want in my life. I wanted excitement, I want adventure, experience, complexity, fun, challenge. Looking for those things I took risks, I travelled, I sought freedom, I sought independence. I had a clear picture of the life…
who is who?
Today’s question : who is the carrot here and who is the radish?
beauty
The great photographers of life must have some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. And isn’t this the secret of it all? Nurturing what already exists inside of you without any judgement? I woke up gloomy at 5 AM after a couple of…
french happiness
A surprise was waiting when I came back from France on friday ; my essay about imperfect love has been translated and published into the French Happinez. Apres l’infidelité… Read it here in Dutch.
wild herbs
Spring feels like summer here in France. Swimming in the river, 28 degrees when the sun is out and picking the first wild harvest which will go on to november! My favorite wild herb is fennel. It grows all through winter -though very small in the cold months – in front of our house. The fabulous…
the simple life
When my panic attacks peaked about ten years ago – I was 26 years old – I started to wonder : What did I do wrong? And soon after : What part of life had I not understood? It led to an expiration of possibilities, longings, dreams and false ideas. It led me to life in…
how to trust
Could it be that trust, real trust, has become as rare as the wild lion? The more we think we can control life, the more ‘the wild’ in our lives disappears. Not only what we call ‘wildlife’ but also the ‘wild’ side of our lives. We learn to trust in our bank account, in the roofs…
all the lives
“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close I feel my bones straining today. It is raining, again. After some sunny days in Amsterdam the rain is back as is the low grey sky. Everybody is tired and pale…
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