Archive for June, 2017

QOTD June 30 2017

Friday, June 30th, 2017

Albert Einstein: “I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.”

 

QOTD June 29 2017

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

William Van Horne: “Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.”

 

QOTD June 28 2017

Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

Sir Winston Churchill: “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”

 

 

QOTD June 27 2017

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

Sir Colin Marshall: “The customer doesn’t expect everything will go right all the time; the big test is what you do when things go wrong.”

 

QOTD June 26 2017

Monday, June 26th, 2017

Michael Patrick King: “Seasons change, so do cities. People come into your life and people go, but it’s comforting to know: the ones you love are always in your heart and if you’re very lucky, a plane ride away.”

 

QOTD June 26 2017

Sunday, June 25th, 2017

Audre Lorde: “Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.”

 

QOTD June 24 2017

Saturday, June 24th, 2017

Rodney Yee: “As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.”

 

QOTD June 23 2017

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

James Gordon: “It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.”

 

QOTD June 22 2017

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

Carl Jung: “The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”

 

QOTD June 21 2017

Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

Eddie Cantor: “Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”

 

QOTD June 20 2017

Tuesday, June 20th, 2017

Hugh Macleod: “Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it’s primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it’s a primal calling.”

 

QOTD June 19 2017

Monday, June 19th, 2017

Sharon Salzberg: “Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.”

 

QOTD June 18 2017

Sunday, June 18th, 2017

Mary Howitt: “For visions come not to polluted eyes.”

 

QOTD June 17 2017

Saturday, June 17th, 2017

Lisa Williams: “The only way to last a really long time is to build something useful enough that people will want to keep it going after you die, and to cultivate a sense of ownership in other people. In short: make good shit and give it away as fast as you can.”

 

QOTD June 16 2017

Friday, June 16th, 2017

Agnes Repplier: “We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.”

 

Parkfeest 2017

Friday, June 16th, 2017

Despite some earlier (one-day) dance festivals earlier this year, only one qualifies as the traditional opening of the summer festival season: the Parkfeest in Oosterhout! 🙂

The first night is, as usual, ‘coverband night’ with: Joe Cocker Tribute, Deep White, Bruno Mars Tribute, Pearl Jamming and Tribute 2 Bob Marley. The stage tomorrow is filled with: Nielson, The Common Linnets, Kraantje Pappie, Jett Rebel, Kovacs, Van Dik Hout and Txarango (Barcelona based, Latin-American rhythms with reggae, pop and dub).

Sunday is family day and Misha is gonna be part of it; first time to go festivalling with my big little angel woohooo!! 🙂

 

QOTD June 15 2017

Thursday, June 15th, 2017

Jennifer Hudson: “We all have the power to choose how we are going to handle every situation we are faced with throughout our lives. We are in control of the decision we make whether it’s about work, relationships, parenting, or our health.”

 

QOTD June 14 2017

Wednesday, June 14th, 2017

The Dalai Lama: “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

 

QOTD June 13 2017

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

Ali Vincent: “The only battle to win is the battle within, that place where we realize that we deserve to have and create all that we want in our lives.”

 

QOTD June 12 2017

Monday, June 12th, 2017

Sir Winston Churchill: “Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”