Friday, 21 August 2020
Inner demons...and celebrating
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
Emotion and freedom...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Mind ..... Be the change......from Saturn to Uranus....4
We planned to go to London
to see our son and bonus daughter,
as soon as it was possible to fly.
Everything went well
till the last minute.....
Just before going to the airport
I saw lot's of messages on whatsapp,
the last one was a not so happy smily face...
What happened?!?
Our daughter came back from Congo.
We didn't see her for a long, long time,
and she had to be in quarantine for 2 weeks.
She was healthy
and after a few days,
we decided to go and visit her.
We hugged her and talked.
It was only a few hours and....
it felt good :-)
Officially we were not supposed to see her,
but we choose to do so:
seeing her was to important
and 'she wasn't sick'.
We didn't stay to long,
and accept for the hugs
we kept distance.
Meeting in a responsible way...
Our daughter couldn't wait to see her friends,
so she decided to take a covid 19 test.
She didn't have to take the test,
she choose to...
She got the results and.....
tested positive....
We took our responsibility:
we cancelled our flights
and went in quarantine...
Health services called and
it was great to hear,
that they didn't talk about fear,
they talked about responsibility.....
A part of me felt guilty:
'I didn't follow the rules'
and...
'I will be punished'....
- my child mind.....-
This wasn't true,
they were glad we did what we had to do...
and we went in quarantine,
that we took our responsibility.
I learned much more from this call,
than reading all kind of articles....
Saturn: quilt, shame, responsibility....
Even though we didn't have symptoms,
we are part of a community.
So instead of going to the airport
we took action to change our plans
and....
everything worked out fine.
Even though our flight was not refundable,
they were more than helpful and changed it,
the same with the hotel.....
How come we talk about all the things that go wrong,
instead of all the things that go right....
And how often do we want it
OUR way and are we not flexible
not trusting that another way could be better....
From today Uranus is retrograde....
Do you take time to look inside
to heal?
I hope so.
I hope we all can go over 'the bridge',
deal with our wound 'Chiron'
so we can be ourselves
AND be part of the community.
Turn, turn, turn....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKP4cfU28vM
We went in quarantine,
perhaps not exactly in the way 'the rules' are....
We choose to be responsible
AND we choose for freedom....
We are lucky to live in an area
where there is no Covid 19 at het moment,
and there is lot's of space.
So I went for walks and we went for bike rides.
Was this wrong
or was it taking responsibility for us,
without harming others.
We couldn't have done this
if we lived in an area with lot's of infections...
At the moment there are more and more people infected,
especially young people..
There will be more rules.....
Saturn.....
I hope and wish that we can take responsibility for ourselves.
Deal with old hurt,
that makes us believe we can not be who we want to be,
that makes us believe we will be punished,
that forgot our talents,
our uniqueness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFxncb1gRY
I hope and wish
we remember our uniqueness
AND
that we are all ONE....
that we are part of the community
and the 'only' thing we have to do is:
Be love,
Be trust,
Be patient
and
Be open
to attract all we desire.
What is your choice?
Monday, 10 August 2020
Mind .....child mind or adult mind.....love or fear...3
Are you, the adult you,
making the choice,
or the 'child' you.....
If it is the 'child you',
most likely you are not choosing
from love,
but from fear....
The beginning of this year
we got great news:
we will be grandparents the end of the year :-)
I am happy for my son and bonus daughter
and told myself from the beginning:
'We live far away from each other
so it will be challenging to have a close connection.
I am so happy for them and I Know
she will have the best parents a child could have.'
People who know me,
know that I love children...
all children
and
if I can do something to make them feel better I do
and
all children can be who they are
and most of them feel they can with me :-)
When I looked at the questions I put in the blog last time,
I wrote down my first reactions.
One was:
-my safe place was my grandma......
Not my mom, but my grandma...
She lived next to us,
and I could go there,
felt always welcome,
I didn't have to do anything....
I always felt loved....
When my grandfather died,
I lived with her for a year.
She made little carpets for our children,
when I became a mom
and that felt very special.
She had sooo many great-grand children,
and she made them only for them...
In my mind she was my safe place.....
and...
in my mind I 'thought'
that I could not be
that grandmother as she was,
for our grandchild.....
because
'she will live far a way from me
and I lived next door to my grandmother'
I said:
'It is ok, I love all children and
will treat all other children
as if they are my grandchildren'....
Today I realised that our children
had grandparents far away as well
and...
our children loved there grandparents,
felt close to them,
had secret between them
-Bas and his grandfather-
and Anne,
when asked what she wanted to be when she grew up,
said:
'I want to be like grandma'
When I asked her why?!?
She said:
'then I can wash clothes'...
-I never washed clothes by hand,
and she did this with my mom
and loved it :-)-
Loes was close to her other grandma
and did everything to make her feel loved.
She was also very protective
and angry when she felt she was not treated well...
So...
How come I believed it was not possible
to have a close connection with our grandchild
and
'forgot' about the experience of our children....
THAT is how the mind works....
Old patterns are really persistent....
a part of you 'thinks'
it HAS to keep
these patterns because....
it is safe and will protect you....
Yes....
it is safe for the 'child mind'...
however....
I am not that child anymore....
Could it be that part of me
still likes to make sure that kids
feel loved and can be themselves
because
I KNOW how it feels if that doesn't happen
and......
wish that they don't have
to go through something I had to go through....
I am sure it is
and...
I am glad I can let go of this
something I don't need anymore...
I learned to love myself....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55476dCgSsw
I realise now
that the healing of my inner child
changed my 'child mind'....
and I am grateful.
Was my 'trauma'
that my mom had 3 children within 3 years
and I was the oldest?!?
Didn't I felt 'Seen'.......?
-something to say to yourself when you like in the mirror....-
Forgiving...
Most of the time
we talk about this
and talk about forgiving someone else....
Forgiving someone else can be the first step...
however....
you also have to forgive yourself...
or you can not go on...
Forgive yourself
that you couldn't do anything else,
because you were just a child....
you did the best you could,
you NEEDED to do this,
to make sure you would feel safe...
Now you are older and wiser...
Now you can choose to move on
and let your past be the past...
that it was a period of your life
where you learned a lot of lessons
lessons
you don't need to learn anymore...
-I had 3 children within 3 years.....
did I change a family pattern......
I hope and think so
AND...
I am sure I made 'mistakes'....
and...
our children are wiser than I was at that age :-)-
You don't have to survive anymore....
you can start living and enjoy life.
If your mind is 'protecting' you
by these
'small' incidents,
Imagine how it is
if there is real trauma...
and
realise we ALL have these 'old patterns' in us...
A death, divorce, virus or war....
How many people in Beirut are dealing with old hurt
AND
now this new trauma....
I know the world is changing,
I know there are lots of people in Beirut,
who are powerful
and dealing with there 'child mind'
and changing it in the 'adult mind'.
An adult takes action from love,
a child from fear....
So how is it with Covid 19/Corona
How do we deal with it?
Form love, or from fear.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55476dCgSsw
It all start with children....
If we want a world of love, peace and joy,
we have to start with our inner child,
with all the children.
Because of the covid 19/corona rules,
a lot of parents got more time
with there children than ever before....
how important...
The air is so much cleaner than it was before....
how great....
We can still choose.....
only....
our choices are not without consequences....
It was never without consequences,
only we see the consequences quicker
than ever before.
The energy is quicker:
so do you act from love or fear:
you will attract that energy...
And live goes on...
we can choose everyday
to have a great life.
Whatever you decide to let go in your life,
helps your children.....
they will get an easier live....
And....
it will help the next generation
So, if you want to help to get
to live in a world
of respect and love,
the best way to do it,
is being happy yourself....
Look at the mirrors,
let go of guild and shame
and accept, trust and choose....
Saturday, 8 August 2020
Mind .....we have a choice.....2
Sometimes you have to find a way past the obstacles....
If enough people do this,
there will be a new road....
Like you see in the picture....
The fence is there to make sure
you pay attention:
there is another road....
A lot of people saw this
AND
decided to pay attention
AND
take there own path....
I see the fence as authority, government,
religion, upbringing:
it should be something to help
you grow,
and make sure you are safe.....
Sometimes, we have to
make new decisions,
because time changed,
we changed....
We still need guidance
only in a different way....
When I look at Lebanon,
I see that the people are not happy,
already for a long time....
Lot of corruption and....
lot of pain.....
How can you change
if something like this is going on?
I had to think about Nelson Mandela.
He changed South Africa....
People thought there would be a war again,
when he became the leader.
They thought Nelson Mandela should be sooo angry:
he was put in jail for almost 30 years!!
No....
he talked about forgiveness,
people took responsibility
and change happened....
Can Lebanon do the same?
Build a new country
AND
take an even bigger step.....
After Nelson Mandela was gone,
there was still anger,
there were and are still things that are not ok.
For me it shows that even though
a leader has dealt with its issues,
he can not do it for others.....
He couldn't do it for his wife,
he couldn't do it for the rest of the people....
Taking responsibility
is something we ALL have to do for our selves...
Looking back,
is only ok,
if we also look at our shadow....
and choose to deal with it.
If not....
that shadow
will block our future.....
Let's deal with it....
so our shadow can
'walk with us'
while we heal....
and we can start building a future,
a future we choose to,
a future that makes us all happy.
In Holland there is an account number
to support people in Lebanon.
It is not going to the government,
it is going to NGO's....
there is not enough trust in the government...
Sometimes the people who we should trust
for our safety,
are not there to do what they should do
and then we should make different choices.
How is that with the Covid 19/corona virus?
How about those rules?
Some don't agree, some do,
some feel restricted, some don't....
I realise that it is all about our selves...
going our own path.
Respecting ourselves AND the community...
When I hear our prime minister,
I hear him talk about responsibility
and....
sometimes I am shocked
that people don't take more responsibility themselves....
'forget' that we are all One...
As I wrote before:
often I get the chance to get personal experience.....
For me it felt good
as a society to go into ourselves,
and deal with personal issues.
If we had a choice,
we would not have chosen a virus
I assume,
and I am sure Lebanon would not have
chosen for this explosion....
but....
it gave a lot of people chances....
Chances to change....
I know a lot of people
who talked about
going back to nature,
taking time for themselves
and how they didn't like the 'rat race' of society
and...
Covid 19 made sure they got time for themselves,
nature got time to recover from pollution,
so....
they got what they asked for
only not in a way the imagined....
Instead of going inside
they complained.....
Are we still reacting from a hurt part deep down?
I am sure we do.....
In Beirut there is a lot of hurt,
hurt because of the wars,
people with trauma's,
and dealing with different religions.
A lot of people growing up,
didn't have a safe childhood.
How is it with the rest of us?
Was our childhood safe?
Was there someone you could to,
who felt safe,
were you could just be you?
How did you get punished/disciplined?
How was school, city/town?
Could you be YOU?
We now know,
how important the first years of children are....
Realise that all children want to please there parents....
even children who are abused....
Do you know YOUR truth?
Or are you still protecting others.....
It is not or/or...
it is and/and......
I had a great childhood
AND
a very challenging one....
By taking responsibility for ME,
I had to let go of some people
and....those challenges made me stronger...
Am I totally free?
Not yet....but I am getting closer and closer;-)
Today we biked through the forest and saw this,
realising that this is how a lot of people are...
Looking big and strong from the outside,
not showing what is inside.....
How many of us feel 'hollow'....
and how do we fill this space.....
You make your future
by how you fill this hollow part:
with anger, sorrow, worry,
or
with forgiveness and love...
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Your mind......sending love and healing to the people in Beirut
'It is so easy to feed your brain with information
that is close to you, familiar,
it is safe.....
If you are 'against' something or 'pro' something:
you always will find something that proves you are right....
The challenge is to feed your brain with ALL kind of information!
If you do, you make sure your brain has to re-think,
to find out what is right for YOU....
Uranus will go retrograde on Aug. 16
and we get time to -re-think the period from May till now.
Did you do what YOU wanted
or did you follow 'the group'....
When I looked back,
I realised that a lot has happened last month
and....
Uranus like,
lots of 'unexpected situations'....
We all get to re-think, re-visit,
go inside,
till the beginning of jan. 2021....'
This was the beginning of my blog
and then there was the explosion in Beirut....
I saw a post from someone in Beirut
posted that morning:
'It will be a great day'
with a sunny picture ....
Lebanon has a challenging history...
a beautiful country
and lot's of wars,
lot's of refugees.
How is their government,
do they take care of the people?
Do they take responsibility
or....do they need a 'wake up' call
from the people
or....an unexpected incident....
We are all ONE,
and I am sure the world will help
the coming time...
I saw Qatar is sending field hospitals,
Holland sending first aid helpers and
I am sure more country's will follow.
The explosion started with something
that shouldn't be there...
People will have to take responsibility...
and something needs to change.
Most likely in the government
and also in the people...
It is easy to get angry at the government
and forget to look inside.....
Adults in Lebanon
are now in a same situation as
when they were young:
they were in a war back then
and now if feels like a war again.
Did they heal their old hurt,
or is there some healing necessary,
and will they choose to do that now....
It would be great if they did...
especially if they have children...
Some people realised their hurt
and I know they looked at it
and are in a healing process.
They could stay calm with there children...
and made sure they felt safe.
Those people will be
as important for Lebanon
as the rebuilding of the city.....
So Lebanon can be a country
of peace and abundance again....
-this was the rest of my blog-
'I realise that sometimes
I still react from an old pattern:
'I have to do it myself,
because no one else will help me'....
How come I don't take the time?
Do I not have enough patience
or don't I trust enough?'
When I read this again,
I wondered how much patience you need?!?
Perhaps sometimes you HAVE to stand up,
take action.
The only healthy way to do it,
is to go to your fear first....
Letting go of fear
is only possible
if you take responsibility for your self.
Then, instead of anger,
it leads to action.
This will lead to change:
Instead of hate you see
how it can be.
You work together
from integrity,
from power and responsibility
to make changes....
big changes....
I wish everyone the courage
to change anger into action...
It is needed in Beirut
and....
it is needed in everyone life at the moment.
Next time more...
Sunday, 2 August 2020
We are all empaths....roots are important.
we start that way
and depending on what kind of element
is most important to you,
you deal with emotions and stress
in a different way.
Fire persons get angry/ run away,
Earth persons are going to help others
Air persons 'park' there emotions
and start to solve problems,
Water persons are desolving.....merging,
forget who they are....
You see this in children
and often they are mis-understood,
and,
if not dealing with this as an adult,
will stay an 'immature empath'....
A child needs guidance and respect
from the adults around them
and...
they can only give it to their children
if they deal with there own 'hurt' inside...