Who we are

Have you become who or what you wanted to be?
I don’t believe in an ultimate state: I’m learning
every day, meeting interesting people and enjoying
the journey. Where I have gotten to so far, is not bad at all.

Source(s) of inspiration
Not any in particular, but being consciousness of the fact that a mental picture of the end result really helps in getting you there: what you achieve is a matter of what you believe!

Source(s) of inspiration
People showing the ability to put things into perspective – there is always another side to every story, a different view, opposite direction, new angle, there is no single truth that fits all – and pointing that out with humor! Balance in life is a balancing act, but that’s how it works.

Have you become who or what you wanted to be?
That is a tricky one, because it implies that I once
knew who or what I wanted to become, while that
changed over time. But there is one thing I always wanted to achieve I guess, and I succeeded in that: I live a blissful life.

Source(s) of inspiration
When I was working for Frans Maas, we conducted a program to reduce health-related absenteeism. But it was so much more, and for me personally this was the start of a long and interesting journey, including learning Transcendental Meditation, and close encounters with life (my children) and death (my parents).

Source(s) of inspiration
That would be the people I have been working with and relating to. And of course books that I came across, such as The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche, The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho, and Steven Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.