Are any of you updated on the score how many people actually left Facebook after the call to leave the worlds biggest social media site, for I’ve lost track. Last week there was a sudden hype; then we saw Mark Zuckerberg defending himself in front of some senators who hadn’t really done their homework; and …
The desire to really make a difference is the start of every development. How often do you really give suit to what you really want; really feel, and really think? Or do you more get up in the morning with a list of things capturing your thoughts that are expected from you; or that you think or feel are expected of you; or …
Isn’t it incredible how time flies. We are already entering our third week of Spring again with the weather forecast for the coming week sayin it will be 20 degrees Celsius; almost hard to imagine after the intense cold of the past few month. Now before we slide into the spring in summer season, it …
In three weeks from now, March 21, the people of The Hague and all other communities of The Netherlands; will be asked to choose their representatives again for their local governments. The big question is however; will people go and vote? Do they trust ‘the system’ and their politicians enough to actually have faith their …
I watched a program last night on Dutch television that brought me to tears. It was about children who get specialized education because they have what is seen as a learning disorder. They either are dyslectic or have problems calculating numbers or in general find it hard to transfer knowledge from paper to their cognitive …
Modern day society is a demanding place to live in with a lot of overwhelming things to choose from. To protect ourselves against stress, nature has provided us with a build in stress defender; an energy pathway that runs through the body and transports the flow of energy. This particular transport system goes by the …
For a number of years now I do my grocery shopping at the Firat, in the Weimarstraat in The Hague. They have lovely vegetables; many of them organic at a fair price and an absolutely fantastic butcher’s shop that also sells home made condiments. What I also love about the shop,is the fact that they …
Can you imagine yourself doing absolutely nothing for 5 full minutes? I thought it would be a nice challenge for you to try out. Especially women seem to suffer from the always-doing-something affliction, scouting things that still need to be done. Men apparently have a nothing box that they can go to with a ‘gone …
A friend of mine who celebrated Christmas in England worded it exactly right. In the text message she sent me around midnight of Christmas day she wrote: “I’m like an enormous beached whale. Finally alone on top of my bed with a scalding hot cup of tea” Then she continued by sending me pictures of …
Did you think about your resolutions for 2018? Stop smoking? Loose 20 kilo? Find a nicer job? Spent more time with your loved-ones? Write that bestseller? A few come to mind easily enough. But does it also happen? Have you reached the required result of a resolution you made at the end of 2016 by …
