Godsdiens

Mense is somtyds bang om te praat oor Godsdiens. Min mense sien kans om te se waarvoor hulle staan. Mens dink mense glo dat jy moet glo soos hulle glo, maar eintlik het ons elkeeen ons eie geloofsisteem.
Baie maal wanneer jy praat daaroor, is dit 'n bakleiery, in plaas van om daaroor te praat en daardeur te groei
Geloof is gebaseer op iets wat jy nie kan sien nie, en as jy kon weet of sien, sou dit nie meer geloof gewees het nie.
Die balans om in iets te glo, en daarvoor op te staan, maar nie so erg dat mense hulle sal oordeel oor hulle eie geloof nie.
Die balans om 'n standvastige geloof te he, maar ook aan te pas volgens jou ervaringe en hoe jy leer van ander. Niemand weet alles nie. Mekaar onvervinding te deel.

Diary

12 jaar, 'n tyd van groei, en sekuriteit. Daarom is dit ook moeilik om weg te gaan. Dit is al wat ek ken, en ek voel ek raak bang vir die onbekende.
My aim is nog steeds is om so gou moontlik skuld af te betaal, en geld spaar om af te tree. Ek wou dit op 30 gedoen het, maar ek sou moes by die huis bly.

Ek is bly ek het weggebreek en my eie lewe begin het. ek sou 'n baie anders lewe gehad het. Ten minste was ek reeds uit die situasie in plaas van om deel te wees van die probleem.

As jy iemand wil waarsku oor iets, doen dit, more is die situasie dalk anders.
As mens nie die lesse leer soos jy aangaan nie, sal jy nie kans he om te verbeter nie.
Ek is dankbaar vir wat ek kon doen in die afgelope 10 jaar. Ek weet ek is nie soekend nie, ek is gelukkig reeds in myself. Ek dink soms ek moet my werksomset verander, maar as ek daarna kyk wonder ek of dit die moeite werd sal wees.

As ek luister na mense wat se dat jy kan jou werk geniet, afhangende van jou persepsie. Kyk na opportunities. Ek is seker ek kan myself uitleef in waar ek nou is. Die volgende 10 jaar is dit iets waarna ek kyk. Ek wil nie sommer net bedank en doen wat jy wil nie, want dit het nie baie geld in nie.

Die toekoms sal die geleentheid uitwys.
Wanneer jy 40 is, wonder ek wat dink jy van toe ek nou 30 is. Wat ek van jou verwag. En ek lag, want ek weet dat jy ook nog by dieselfde plek sal werk!

Ek geniet die lewe, en dit is net amazing om te weet hoe wonderlik die lewe is. Weet jy dit? Is dit nie wonderlik om te dink aan die lewe as iets wat jy nie moet deur gaan nie, maar iets wat jy gekies het om deur te gaan om jou te laat groei.

Iets wat jy gekies het om wie jy is te develope te ontwikkel. Nie te verbeter nie, net te ontwikkel (politically correct). Die lewe is lekker en interesant en ek persoonlik voel dat die lewe nie gewaist moet word nie, en elke dag gee jou opportunity om die lewe vir jou makliker en lekkerder te maak.

Leemte: Ek voel ek is nie 'n goeie leier nie. My deadline storie werk hard aan om na te kom.
Wat ek graag sal wil weet, wat is dit wat jy nou regtig wil leer. Wat dink jy anrie? Wie is jy?

Depressie

Die lewe gaan op en af, soos 'n golf. Dan lig die lewe jou op, en dan slaan hy jou weer plat. Maar een ding is dat jy nooit 'n nuwe moeilikheid kry voordat die huidige moeilikheid nie eers opgelos is nie.

Of as jy twee saam het, is dit omdat jy albei saam kan hanteer, of die een is die ander se antwoord.

Net as een probleem opgelos is, duik 'n nuwe een op. Dit is soos om 'n berg te klim. Die lewe gee jou tog soms ruskansies waar jy kan asem skep.

Een of ander tyd, kom mens op 'n stukkie rand, plato af, waarop jy kan asem skep, en terug kyk.

Boodskap vir 40

Boodskap vir wanneer ek 40 is:

As jy wil weet wie jy is, dink in terme van 10 jaar , en dit wat dieselfde gebly het, dit is wie jy is.
Ons is nie die emosies wat ons voel deur ons lewens wat bepaal wie ons is, maar wel die persepsie van wie jy is en wat jy van jouself dink.

Hoe beskryf jy jouself vir ander? Niemand anders kan vir jou ontdek wie jy is nie. Jy moet dit self doen.

As jy dan weet wie jy is, hoe dra jy jouself oor? Maar miskien is dit nie nodig om vir iemand te vertel wie jy is nie. Jou doen en late vertel mense wie jy is.

Etiket sorg dat mens nie geevalueer word as 'n ongeskikte persoon nie, maar as 'n ordentlike persoon.

20 was ek deurmekaar, maar jy durf die lewe aan met albei hande. Hoewel ek baie deurmekaar was godsdienslik. Ek weet ek het die waardes van die kerk aangeneem, en ek weet dat sommige mense maar kerk toe kom om gesien toe word.

As jy kerk behoort, gee jy verandwoordelikheid van jou salvation aan iemand anders. As jy nie aan een behoort nie, vat jy self verantwoordelikheid vir jou salvation
Omdat ek die menslikheid erken van die kerk, het ek gevoel ek groei verder as net dit wat die kerk mens kan leer.

Boodskap: Ek wil vir myself se hoe ek nou voel.
Toe ek 20 was, was dinge so nuut, en ek het al die drome gehad van wat kan wees. Nou kan ek kyk na 10 jaar en na myself kyk, ek het 'n vrou en kinders wat ek baie lief het, 'n huis waarin ek wil bly as ek aftree.

Dit is net so amazing om te dink dat mens soveel leer, en hoeveel ek nog gaan leer in hierdie 10 jaar.

Mense wat nie leer nie, is mense wat dood is. Om te leer, beteken om te groei, maar as jy nie groei nie, is jy dood.

Jy kan weer gebore word, maar hoe langer jy dood is, hoe moeiliker is dit om weer te leef.

"Spreekwoorden" by Pieter Bruegel (1528 - 1569)

I've build the most amazing puzzle based on the painting "Spreekwoorden" by Pieter Bruegel.

I am absolutely fasinated by his talent to combine so many different (100+ infact) proverbs on one painting. I wanted to learn each of the proverbs by heart at some point, but never got to do it.

Click here to view the painting:
http://www.taalkabaal.nl/spreekwoorden/index.php

Click here to read some of the proverbs (73) with their description (in Dutch) and indication of where to find them on the painting:
http://www.taalkabaal.nl/spreekwoorden/index2.php

When I find another longer list, I'll send the link.
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I found it! There are a total of 127 on this list the last time I counted!
http://www.literatuurgeschiedenis.nl/inhoud.asp?rubriek=spreekwoorden

It will show you on the painting where to look for the proverb when you click on it.

Can you spot them without looking?

Have fun!

School

Teachers may try to shock you by telling you that you will not amount to anything to try and change your behavior.  If only they would try to respect you as a person, you will flourish and take responsibility for yourself automatically.  Don’t wait for your teacher to respect you, respect them for what they are trying to teach you.  Next year you will go on to a next level, and they will stay behind.  But if you do not learn from them the first time, there will be a second time, and a third…  Don’t waist your time because you don’t like the teacher, learn and move to the next level.  If you don’t you will end up spending more and more time with the teacher you don’t like!

The tree of all knowledge - Anakin

When you hear the story about Adam and Even in the garden of Eden, the first thing you think of is who is to blame for eating those apples! That is where it all began, or so we’re told.  We either blame Eve for her curiosity: she did what she was told not to do (sounds like a true woman to me!) Then there was Adam, who followed Eve blindly without considering the consequences (a man is not a stone you know). 

But my interest does not lie with Adam and Eve, or by trying to find who is to blame.  My interest lies with the tree.  I always wondered why it was called the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil”.  Why did God say they would surely die if they would eat or even touch this tree?  Isn’t knowledge good?  Isn’t it good to know what is good and what is evil?  Surely it will allow us to make wiser choices in future, and it will give us better perspective?

Think for a minute what has this ‘knowledge’ done to us.  People are judging each other for being either good or evil.  We judge each other's actions, feelings and even thoughts.  We do not like people who are different from us.  We do not accept one another for who we are, because we have this wonderful tool of judgment according to our own ‘knowledge’ and ‘wisdom’.  We judge ourselves according to others accomplishments, and the verdict is either failure, or success.

Judging people can be tiring sometimes.  It’s a great responsibility you place on yourself.  Just when you ‘labeled’ or judged someone as bad, they turn around and surprise you with a heavenly action, and vice versa!  For example:  It is confusing when someone that steps out of a prison risks his own life to save a child from being run over by a car.  Or, the Minister that watched you grow up and was supposed to care the most of all people, turn his back when you really needed help.  When things like this happens, you will find yourself on a yo-yo.  “Now he's good… now he's bad… now she's good… now she's bad…”.  It will go on forever if you do not stop judging.  People can never be what you want them to be.  Someone is either your friend through thick and thin, not only when they do as you would like them to do.

Think what it would be like if we did not know this tree of knowledge existed at all! What do you think the world would be like if you couldn’t judge?  Forget for a moment about crime and cruelty.  I’m talking about simple human judging.  Judging others on their looks, the way they react, the way they live, or even their past.  If you could for one moment imagine life without the judgment you place on others and on yourself, you will imagine a life without crime and cruelty.  If we could really look at people with open eyes, looking for that other fellow human being, you would see no one as your enemy anymore.  Only confused souls looking for a place of belonging.

Gossip is one of the most frequently outlets of mankind to judge people according to our preferences.  Next time you want to say something bad about someone, ask yourself what will you get from this action.  Does it pleases you to run others down to make you look important? All people are equal, whether you like it or not.  To judge each other on our differences, is to tell God we do not like His creativity.  Every human being is special, and so much care has been taken to create them.  Do not destroy God’s work.  Treat every person as if they already live out their full potential, and you will help to make them the best person they can be.

Kindergarden to College

Ask a kindergarden class, “How many of you can draw?” and all hands shoot up.   Yes, of course we can draw - all of us.  What can you draw? Anything! How about a dog eating a fire truck in the jungle? Sure! How big you want it?

How many of you can sing?  All hands.  Of course we sing!  What can you sing?  Anything!  What if you don’t know the words?  No problem, we make them up.  Let’s sing!  Now?  Why not!

How many of you dance?  Unanimous again.  What kind of music do you like to dance to?  Any kind!  Let’s dance!  Now?  Sure, why not?

Do you like to act in plays?  Yes!  Do you play musical instruments? Yes! Do you write poetry?  Yes!  Can you read and write and count?  Yes! We’re learning that stuff now.

Their answer is Yes!  Over and over again, Yes!  The children are confident in spirit, infinite in resources, and eager to learn.  Everything is still possible. 

Try those same questions on a college audience.  A small percentage of the students will raise their hands when asked if they draw or dance or sing or paint or act or play an instruments.  Not infrequently, those who do raise their hands will want to qualify their response with their limitations:  “I only play piano, I only draw horses, I only dance to rock and roll, I only sing in the shower.”

When asked why the limitations, college students answer they do not have talent, are not majoring in the subject, or have not done any of these things since about third grade, or worse, that they are embarrassed for others to see them sing or dance or act.  You can imagine the response to the same questions asked of an older audience.  The answer”  No, none of the above.

What went wrong between kindergarden and college?  What happened to YES! Of course I can? 

Taken from the book “Uh-oh” by Robert Fulghum