> Britta, the deaf dumb and blind dog posing for the photographer on Saturday June 9 2007

>Had a wonderful evening last night in Paradiso, one of Amsterdams famous poptemples, to enjoy the music of the Daughters of famous soul singers.The place was packed with a beautiful mix of all the different ethnic groups we have living here and varying in age. Everybody was out to have a great time and that…

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>“The heart is what is important.” There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling.

>It is New Moon and it’s morning. Outside it is like the middle of the night. Tropical showers here. Yesterday we had a big thunderstorm and one of the lightnings hit the big building at the end of the street. Such incredible noise I felt in my heart.I had planned to go over to Andi…

>I am going crazy in my new Vista world, I have a new computer and things are going crazy including me.Yesterday I sort of fainted in the swimming pool.People told me I looked yellow and has the biggest and darkest circles around my eyes. I was spinning or at least my head was.And now I…

>Old age. One of the four sufferings according to buddhism. The others are: Birth, Sickness and Death.Here is what President Ikeda says of Old Age: Life loses its dynamism from the moment we lose the passion with which to live it. No matter what our age, we cannot afford to let the flame within our…

>I changed some wording on my blog.A lot of my talks with a dear friend are about Low Life. A kind of life I don’t want to have. Lowlife means to dwell in your misery. To talk bad about people. To not face your own demons but to try to hide them away from yourself…

>Today there is such a beautiful treasure again. Please enjoy these wise words with me: Where can we find happiness? Happiness is not found in a tranquil life free of storms and tempests. Real happiness is found in the struggles we undergo to realize our goals, in our efforts to move forward.

> As long as we are human, we are destined to make mistakes. We all fall prey to flawed beliefs and views. What separates a forward-looking person from an intransigent one, a virtuous person from a malevolent one, however, is whether one can candidly admit to ones mistakes and take bold steps to redress them.