>Do you ever feel sad? Or misunderstood? Do you ever feel that people are trying to put you down? When I feel this I just love to listen to Melanie as her songs give me strength. Today the song I want to here goes like this and I wish you could hear her sing. LITTLE…

>President Ikeda’s Words of Wisdom: Ultimately, we are responsible for our own destiny. It may seem to us that our fate is predetermined, whether by our genes or by our environment. What really matters, however, is how we can improve ourselves from this moment forward, how we can change the circumstances that we find ourselves…

>Women in a WartimePatrizia CasamirraGalerie, Marnixtraat 409 – Amsterdam The Old Testament of the Bible makes a significant reference to this abuse of power. In contrast to the commandments, “You shall not kill” and “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife”, the following verses appear (Deuteronomy 20): You shall put all its males to the…

>Daisaku Ikeda’s Words of Wisdom: When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished if you allow yourself to be swayed by some trifling matter, always looking over your shoulder and wondering what others are saying or thinking. The key to achievement is…

>After an absence of three years we could finally party again.Last night I partied with a bunch of friends – Xaviera Hollander and Rati Manjari, Lisa Lipkin and Allen Erzutst @ Venusfreaks in the Sugar Factory. We danced, ran into friends that we had not seen since the abortion demonstrations in the 70’s or last…

>One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact. Daisaku Ikeda – president of SGI +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Daisaku Ikeda is a Buddhist…

> Did a wonderful trip today. Saw much of the three northern provinces and took a nice picture in the early morning, right at De Afsluitdijk. For all my non-Dutch friends, I copied what it says about the Afsluitdijk from Wikipedia but the pictures are mine and I hope you like them. The Afsluitdijk (Closure-dike)…

>Last Saturday I got rained on three times and once again I am sick.A flu a cold whatever it is, It ain’t feeling good so I am going back to bed.Rest and sleep. I took ginger tea, the anti flu medicine Hot Coldrex and extra Vitamine C. Any thing else I should take?Please let me…

>” 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.”…

>Just four more weeks and my book is finished.I am so happy!It is like giving birth my girlfriend has been telling me. I have enough and I want to deliver and it looks like I finally will.So everyone who has been waiting for it….just keep on singing. If you know Dutch and are a native…