Category Archives for "Musings and observations"

Receiving

In preparation for this post, I looked up the definitions of receiving. There are many, therefore I will clarify about which kind of receiving I am talking about: to get or be given something; to react to something. How is it for you if someone gives you something? Let’s say it is something small in […]

Gratitude

Do you feel gratitude in your life, in your day? Do you wake up feeling grateful to be alive? Gratitude is a tricky thing. We learn that something has to be in place in order to be grateful. From my own experience, I have to say that this is not so. Being grateful is a […]

Polarity

What is it that we like so much about polarity? What is our need to have the either – or in our world? I wonder if it is connected to our need for judgment – or is it the other way around? I find myself becoming more and more aware of the polarity in the […]

Reason & Justification

Have you ever wanted to change something in your life and nothing actually changed? Hmmm, I have been there. I remember when I said I would do ……  differently if …….. (fill in the blank). Only, even the external situation changed, I still did not do …… differently. Have you ever said something like that? […]

Hiding

What do I mean with hiding? In living our lives, we can either show up as us or we can hide, hide in plain sight so to speak. As much as I had been involved in organizations, I hid who I was without even being aware of it. Who are you? I mean, who are […]

Allowance

What does it mean to be in allowance? Are allowance and acceptance two different words for the same thing? Outwardly, they seem to be the same. Let’s start with the second one. Allowance and acceptance are worlds apart. Perceive the energy of each word. What do you notice? With acceptance there is a sense of being […]

Leadership

First we need to look at what leadership is and what it could be. Today, so many people understand leadership as another word for being boss. That means they tell others what to do, when and how to do it. The focus is on how much profit can I make and what can I do […]

Mimicry

As little babies and toddlers, we learned much by mimicking others. And, without being aware of it, we continued it throughout our life. How many habits do you have that are a mimicry of what others do, belief, how they behave? Are you aware of them? Mostly, we have no idea that we are doing […]

A Backdoor?

I would like to talk about backdoors. In your house, a backdoor allows you to get out of the house, sometimes its your way of sneaking out. Now my question is: How many backdoor do you have in your life? Whhaat? Backdoors in my life??!! What do you mean? I don’t have any backdoor! Hmmm! […]

The Kingdom of We

In light of my recent presentation about Benevolent Leadership, I am inspired to write about the ‘Kingdom of We’ which is part of being a benevolent leader. So what do I mean with that? Let me ask you a few questions (don’t go for the answer, just get a sense of it): When you make a choice, […]