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A tradition like no other: today is that unique and special day in the year when one day, one hour, one minute makes a whole year difference…we turn the imaginary page of time tonight and after celebrating it we wake up in a brand New Year. By then, page 2018 of the ‘book of life and the world’ has been completely written and all experiences of the past year are stored in it.

The year of 2018 has been a year of mostly continuity for me and quite some ‘firsts’ for Misha; it started  with an amazing winter, lots of fun in the snow and skiing through winter wonderland and the summer has been unusually long, super warm and sunny. My beautiful enthusiastic lovely now 7-year old angel changed his first tooth, self-handedly caught his first fish, went to a real Dance Festival with daddy (Dream Village), steered a speedboat (and wanted to become a speedboat racer), got his swimming diploma, and many more. We’re cherishing our time together in Norway and NL and the love for and from friends and family makes life complete.

The celebration of Misha’s 7th Birthday with family in NL and a party with his friends in Norway was memorable, as was having my parents and sister with kids over for a splendid Norwegian Xmas celebration.

It has been yet another busy year running my company and balance came from peace and quiet times at home, as well as (dance) events throughout the year whoopwhoop…the year flew by; a continuous process of letting go of past and getting to know the present and future possibilities…most is balanced in the end.

It is good to know that all the 2018 experiences are stored in a safe place; in my heart and my memory…I can look back, laugh, cry, read, learn, and all of that without any regrets!

Writing things down and then turning the page of time also means that things can be put to rest…it is a good moment to go on and look forward towards everything that future offers and say: “Well, hellooo 2019, here I *am*!!”

Time, it is o-so relative…I wish everyone a splendid life in the Now, filling each moment with unconditional love…share it and pass it on…

Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider: “But then there’s a moment like tonight, a profound and transcendent experience, the feeling as if a door has opened, and it’s all because of that instrument, that incredible, magical instrument.”

Og Mandino: “Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.”

Francis Ford Coppola: “You don’t have to specialize – do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.”

Jason Fried: “You don’t need to win every medal to be successful.”

Leo Tolstoy: “Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”

Oprah Winfrey: “Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.”

Bruce Barton: “If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.”

Warmth, Light and LOVE to all you angels out there!

Ho ho hoooope you have wonderful Christmas days! 

Eric Hoffer: “A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.”

Bill Hicks: “It’s just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It’s only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money, a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.”

Aaron Rose: “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.”

Rex Hudler: “Be a fountain, not a drain.”

Eleanor Roosevelt: “Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”

Henry David Thoreau: “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

Brian Adams: “Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.”

Patricia Russell-McCloud: “Life is an escalator: You can move forward or backward; you can not remain still.”

Dr. Joyce Brothers: “No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.”

George Santayana: “The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”

Albert Einstein: “Imagination is more important than knowledge…”