by Brigitte van Tuijl | Dec 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
“What’s on your radar for the year ahead?” someone asked me last week. “Nothing,” I answered. “I don’t plan anything and simply watch the unfolding of life. Life gets simpler and easier all the time, and I love and enjoy it more and more.” If you’ve been following me...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Dec 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
When you don’t know what to do or what (new) direction to take, find comfort in not knowing. Your path will become clear at the exact right moment. It always does. Don’t worry about it. Just enjoy the moments and watch how life unfolds for you. The ONLY problem with...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Dec 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
I came across this tree (see picture) on yesterday’s walk. Saturday’s wind gusts uprooted it. For some reason, it made me think of what J. Krishnamurti, a mystic, speaker and writer, once said. He asked his audience at one of his talks if they wanted to know his...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
I took these pictures Saturday morning, on the way to my father’s funeral. He’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a couple of years ago and had been gradually fading away ever since. In March 2022, he could no longer live at home with my mother. He moved into a...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
When you go with the flow, life feels easy, effortless, and everything falls into place like magic. No wonder people are always looking for ways to find this state of being. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi even wrote an entire book about (and entitled) flow. Here’s part of...