>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…

>Yes, this is the Netherlands. Today I was in a traffic jam all the way from Amsterdam to ’s Hertogenbosch. On the way back I saw the same traffic jam but this time without me in it. What a crazy way of transport we have here. Most cars only have one person in it so…

>I have been driving around the Netherlands and taken some pictures but have not really had time to upload them and share my stories with you.But it’s been fun and I will tell you all about it. For now I’d just like to tell you:chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyoand be happy.

>Yesterday as I was hunting in bookstores I found this amazing photograph:Floating stones.I was moved and very impressed with this photograph.At home I looked it up on the Internet and I saw many more amazing photographs of this artist: Martin Hill. I asked him if I could use his photo for my weblog and he…

>Everyone who knows me knows my dog Britta, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that has shared my life since October 1993.She is an old ladydog now, she is getting stiff and her pace is very slow. Since she is deaf and blind sniffing and smelling is her biggest thrill. Our daily walk to Saskia’s petpalace(where…

>Isn’t the universe a most wondrous place? Look at this. It could be a rose, an anemone, or another flower but it is The Cat’s Eye. This Hubble telescope image shows one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen, NGC 6543, nicknamed the “Cat’s Eye Nebula.” Hubble reveals surprisingly intricate structures including concentric gas…