“Is heaven a place in the sky? Heaven is what we wear in our heart and in our mind. ( “Is heaven a place in the sky?” )” MindHeartHeavenSkyPlaceWear Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we find the natural rhythm and strike a perfect cord, we can sing our “own” song that will tune the signature of our life. ("The final decision" )” LifeSongRhythmSingTuneSignatureFinal DecisionPerfect Cord Author:Erik Pevernagie
“It is not a shame to be rocked on the waves of our dreams sometime, and roam around in our memories, stirring new emotions. Memories can be a balm for demolished expectations or disfigured reality.( "Knowing someone is waiting for us" )” RealityMemoriesDreamsEmotionsExpectationsWait For YouBalmDemolishedDisfiguredTo Be Rocked Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As emotions may take apart bit by bit the rational blueprints in our imagination, dreams may expose what is veiled in the safe haven of our thoughts and disclose elements, which bring to light some baffling qualities that we might never have presumed ("Only silence remained")” ImaginationSilenceDreamsThoughtsEmotionsRationalBlueprintsQualitiesDisclose Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we decide to quit the treadmill and understand how and when we must let loose, we can breathe the air of inner freedom and scent the fragrance of the daffodils in the garden of our dreams” DreamsBreatheScentFragranceInner FreedomDaffodilsTreadmillLetting Loose Book:Stilling our Mind Source: Stilling our Mind
“If we feel we cannot strike the right notes anymore and are not capable of forging ahead through the enticing pastures of our dreams, we must wisely put the treadmill on hold. So, let’s tame the inflated demands of greed for a while and look at our deeper self with compassion.("The empty Mirror")” CompassionDreamsGreedTameForging AheadPastureTreadmillInflatedDeeper SelfStrike The Right Note Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Dreams and imagination are guiding forces, shaping thoughts, feelings, and actions, while the lucidity of our minds keeps the vagaries of our dreams in balance. (“With a dream in the clear sky of her mind”)” FeelingsImaginationDreamsThoughtsActionsLucidityVagaries Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Dreams are anchors of purpose that offer orientation amid turbulence, confusion, and emotional upheaval. By maintaining room for authentic thought, we prevent prejudice, dogma, and fear from hijacking imagination. (“With a dream in the clear sky of her mind”)” DreamsPrejudiceDogmaOrientationTurbulenceEmotional UpheavalAnchor Of PurposeAuthentic ThoughtHijacking Imagination Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Conscious awareness tempers unbridled imagination that becomes fantasy or delusion. In balance, dreams do not become illusionary but visionary; not chaotic but controlled. (“With a dream in the clear sky of her mind”)” FantasyDreamsDelusionChaoticVisionaryConscious AwarenessIllusionaryUnbridled Imagination Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we unfetter our emotions, we liberate unconscious desires and intuitions and open up new grounds in the jungle of our dreams. (Another empty room)” DreamsEmotionsIntuitionJungleAnother Empty RoomUnfetterUnconscious Desire Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When the mind remains the ally of our heart, and the gut is the brain's brother-at-arms, we can tackle the challenging situations, be inspirational appeasers, and stay honest to a fault. If we want to satisfy our quest for the 'real moment,' we must be honest with ourselves and honest to the others and ready to reconcile all intricate contentions. ("Quest for the real moment")” InspirationalMindHeartBrainReconcileContentionHonest With YourselfGutBrother At ArmsHonest To A Fault Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Reality is not what we see, reality is what we think we see.” RealityThinkSee Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When the river of emotions bursts its banks and expectations go over the edges of reality, the brain creates hallucinations. Ringxiety-stricken people feel illusive vibrating alerts and hear phantom phone rings, since absence of ringing generates scaring emptiness and destroys their self-esteem. ("Kein Schwein ruft mich an" )” PeopleRealityBrainSelf EsteemEmotionsExpectationsAbsenceEmptinessCreateFeelRiverDestroyHallucinationsHearVibratePhoneBanksAlertEdgeRingPhantomBurstGenerateRingingSchweinStrickenIllusiveScaringPhantoms In The BrainRingxiety Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we dare to dream, we must dare to wake up. When we come to rub our eyes wide open and face up to realness, we can clear our vision and curb a whirlwind of bewilderment that might break our mind apart, once fantasy wrangles with reality and our awareness denies the true colors of facts. ("Behind the frosted glass”)” MindFactsDreamRealityVisionFantasyClearAwarenessWake UpDareDenyTrueColorsCurbWhirlwindBewildermentRealnessEyes Wide OpenWrangleFace UpRubFrosted GlassBreak Apart Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When the past gets its teeth into our daily life, it may get to grips with an astringent reality and adjust our timeline. By recognizing ourselves in the light of our history, we become aware of what we are. ("Going back to yesterday")” RealityPastHistoryYesterdayDaily LifeRecognizingTimelineAdjustBecome AwareGet To Grips WithIn The LightAstringentGet One S Teeth Into Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we don’t live in the same vibe, it is hard to be aware of each other. When our reading differs from our neighbors’ reality, our surroundings may take a range of discordant shades and daily episodes become unrecognizable. But if we endeavor to find out, the “who is who”, the “what is what” and the “where is Waldo”, we might demonstrate our social literacy and connectedness. ("Fish for silence.")” RealityReadingSocialSilenceRangeLiveEndeavorLiteracySurroundingsFishConnectednessDailyBecomeTakeNeighborsShadesDemonstrateBe AwareVibeFind OutEpisodeWho Is WhoDiscordantDiffer FromUnrecognizableWhere Is Waldo Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Reality may not always be a happy companion. If we learn to trust ourselves and fully put through our paces, we can discover something like a winner's soul ignoring itself and passing with flying colors. The future can be an open space with a range of surprises. ("What after bowling alone?" )” RealityTrustFutureCompanionSurprises Of LifeBowling AlonePassing With Flying ColorsWinner S Soul Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When the shine is wearing off and the underlying cracks of a garlanded lifestyle become painfully apparent, reality may inexorably take its toll and gruelingly reveal the presence of a blatant and hideous gap of irrelevance and vanity. ("Could the milk man be the devil?" )” RealityLifestyleVanityHideousShineIrrelevanceBlatantMilkmanGarlandUnderlying Cracks Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Women emerging like aliens in a hesitant future, in a men’s world with impervious codes, may feel like dots in an uncharted territory. Discovering the crucial points, which don't line up with the unbearability of reality, may be a key to the right compass in life. ( "Terra incognita")” LifeRealityWomenFutureAliensDiscoveringCompassEmergingFeelDotsKeyHesitantImperviousUncharted TerritoryCodesMen S WorldTerra IncognitaCrucial PointsLine UpUnbearability Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Social counterpoints can be a shrieking reality. But life may nevertheless become a colorful canvas with an array of opportunities, allowing us to escape from the suffocation of our enclosure if we hold ourselves receptive to the healing power of the daily little marvels and stay aware of the vivifying unexpectedness of the ‘moment’. (‘"Côté cour…Côté jardin" )” RealityOpportunitiesCanvasMomentReceptiveEnclosureSuffocationUnexpectednessCounterpointShrieking Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we are blinded by the razzle-dazzle of the limelight and can't even bring a little depth into our story, we must recognize that self-estrangement has besieged our minds, and reality has become a simulation. ("Was it all worthwhile?")” RealityDepthWorthwhileBlindedSimulationMindsLimelightBesiegedRazzle DazzleSelf Estrangement Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Silence is an intimate space where the boundaries between memory and reality dissolve. Let it be an invitation to introspection and to shape our identity. ("Only silence remained")” RealitySilenceIdentityIntrospectionMemory QuoteOnly Silence Remained Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We realize people perceive the world differently and feel how our senses shape our reality, swaying our comprehension of beings and things around us. When we think we perceive a bird or a plane, it might be quite something else. It could be Superman. (Is it a bird? Is it a plane?)” RealitySupermanIs It A Bird Is It A PlanePerceive The WorldSwaying Beings And Things Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we take a break from routine reality and clock-bound time, we encounter the privileged moment where time opens to depth, not to duration. ("Just for a moment")” RealityDepthRoutineDurationTake A BreakJust For A MomentClock Bound TimePriviledged Moment Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As we might be overwhelmed by the dictate of a mindset at odds with reality, and cannot get a grip on our unconsciousness, rather than curling up in the hive of uncomfortable expectations, let us cry out and unshackle our free will. ("Transcendental journey")” RealityMindsetFree WillTranscendentalUnconsciousnessDictateCry OutHiveUnshackleCurling Up Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We do not merely absorb reality: we can shape reality. Our consciousness is not split from how we view the world: it creates space for momentum and original undertakings. ("The umbrella of our imagination")” RealityConsciousnessMomentumAbsorbThe Umbrella Of Our ImaginationShape RealityOriginal UndertalingsView The World Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Dreaming is adding vibrant color to the shriveled landscape of our reality. Since we are not always in a position to decamp or lay claim to the future, it can tread lightly in the twinkling meanders of our mind and bring relief and mental freedom. ("Voices of the sea")” RealityFutureDreamingTwinklingVibrantMental FreedomTread LightlyDecampLay Claim ToShriveled Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When grief impounds our thinking and eats our brains, it seeps through all the cracks of our daily living. Only the soothing wind of comforting words may counter the withering twilight and the frostiness of darkness. ("All the words he always wanted to tell her.")” ThinkingGriefDarknessWindWordsCracksTwilightComfortingSoothingDaily LivingBrainsWitheringCounterFrostinessSeepImpound Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As light splinters into darkness, new thoughts may take over in the mind and allow upbeat views to gain power. Thus and so, thoughtfulness readily opens a blistering sky in the faltering shadow of unawareness. ("Absence of Desire")” MindLightDesireViewsDarknessSkyThoughtsShadowAbsenceOpenThoughtfulnessUpbeatUnawarenessAllowSplinterFalterTake OverGain PowerBlisteringReadily Author:Erik Pevernagie
“A world without dialogue is a universe of darkness. If people don't get together and share views and exchange ideas, they remain unaware, ignorant, and unconscious. As they live in a space that they don't understand, everything becomes meaningless, incoherent, and forcefully scary. If fear rules our lives, we lose the core of our being, since 'fear' is disrupting the schedule of our existence, and blocks the waves of the good vibrations. ("Beware of the neighbor")” FearDarknessIgnorantDialogueWavesUnawareGood VibrationsExchange IdeasBeware Of The NeighborShare Views Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Ignorance is killing poison. When people do not communicate, they are doomed to remain ignorant. If people do not get together and share views and exchange ideas, they remain unconscious and unaware. A world without dialogue is a universe of darkness. (“Because the world had corona”)” UniverseDarknessIgnoranceDialoguePoisonUnconsciousCoronaUnawareExchange IdeasShare Views Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Fear may oust people into the dimness of disruption. Let us instead transcend darkness and create room for light to shine. Now is the moment, and the "now" is the stepping stone that allows us to forge ahead, with abundance of awareness and understanding, and without obtrusive egos. (“Fear of the white page”)” DarknessAwarenessEgoMomentTranscendThe NowStepping StoneFear Of The White PageObtrusive Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Life gives us a bunch of choices because everything is a matter of perception. Where some see the light, others see darkness. Where some feel openness and expectation, others feel fear and danger. Where some are influenced by yin, others are dominated by yang. Where some are guided by trust, others are confined into suspicion. ( “Let us say more and speak less”)” LightFearDarknessDangerTrustPerceptionChoiceSuspicionYin And Yang Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us not focus on the chink in the canvas of the darkness but look at the light piercing through it. ("The final decision" )” LightDarknessFocusCanvasPierceFinal DecisionChink Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If the light in our hearts can brighten up the darkness in the mindset of our neighbors, we liberate them from a prison of distrust and prejudice. The healing glow unshackles the frozen atoms of their minds. ("Le ciel c'est l'autre")” LightHealingDarknessPrejudiceMindsetDistrustHeartsUnshackleFrozen AtomsLe Ciel C Est L Autre Author:Erik Pevernagie
“It is so simple and easy to hate and so grueling and hard to love, when the emotional “love forever”- revelation has become a crumbling “love never, ever again”- crack-up. There is no route back to a paradise lost, when the bonds of trust have, irrevocably, been blasted. ("Another empty room")” LoveHardHateEasySimpleEmotionalTrustEmptyRevelationCrumblingBondsRoomParadise LostLove ForeverGruelingBlastedCrack UpIrrevocablyLove Never AgainRoute Back Author:Erik Pevernagie
“After dispelling love or ravaging hate has done its work, we may come into remission from sorrow or regret and needn’t freak out while creating a soothing space for cuddling up into the warmth of a new haven. (“Finally unbend.”)” LoveHateRegretSorrowRemissionDispellingFreak OutCuddling UpRavageNew Haven Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Since love and hate can be fierce partners in crime, it is highly recommended to trace any early indicia of the fault lines in a shaky relationship in order to avert irreparable damage. ("Mes cliques et mes claques" )” LoveHateRelationshipDamageAvertIrreparablePartners In CrimeFault LinesShakyIndicia Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us not hate or kill time, but embrace and escort it as a brother in arms, without nostalgia or strain. If we follow the beat of our heart and channel the timeliness of our expectations, we can detach ourselves from greed with its tempting voices whispering "more and more" all the time. ("Swim or sink")” HateExpectationsEmbraceGreedNostalgiaHeart BeatEscortSwim Or SinkBrother In ArmsKill Time Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When words remain unspoken and emotions are left unexpressed, just a glint in the eyes from otherness can inflame the mind and rouse a shower of empathy. ("Only needed a light ")” MindLightEmotionsWordsEyesUnspokenJustOthernessRemainInflameGlintUnexpressedRouseShower Empathy Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If no signal ever awakens any smoldering desire or seething passion in the wasteland of our mental universe, only a third eye may throw inspiriting light on the path to good vibrations. (“A thousand times”)” LightDesireUniversePassionPathMentalAwakenThird EyeWastelandEverSeethingThrowSignalGood VibrationsSmolderingA Thousand TimesInspirit Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we feel related with our environment we are able to develop and improve the quality of our involvement, since connectedness and concern are remedies against ignorance and envy. ("I only needed a light )” LightQualityEnvironmentIgnoranceConcernEnvyRelatedInvolvementConnectednessRemedies Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Some may be more fortunate than others, and many might feel more like second bests, not sure how to survive. Not seeing the light on their path, they keep on living with fear. Albeit social security systems may be supportive existential anxiety subsists, crushing their identity. Only by converting 'fear' into a challenge, we can grit our teeth, strengthen resilience, and brighten up the dimness in our minds. ("A new life with Schengen"")” LightFearIdentityResilienceFortunateChallengeSurviveSecond BestSchengenExistential Anxiety Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us find inner freedom in each lucky moment that we encounter, like a sun-basking butterfly that finds peace on a cherry blossom petal. (“I seek you”)” PeaceButterflyEncounterCherry BlossomsInner FreedomPetalI Seek YouLucky MomentSun Basking Author:Erik Pevernagie
“People, walking on the catwalk of indifference and evaporating in a bubble of apathy, may be unconscious of the decay of their emotions and the scattering of their attention that are crucial obstacles to refreshing their mental framework and to topping up the content of their life story. ( “Twilight of desire “ )” AttentionEmotionsIndifferenceApathyLife StoryContentCatwalkEvaporateMental Framework Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we don’t counter the onslaught of the insidious triviality of transgression in our daily environment and if we gradually lose grip on the pervading taint of apathy and disrespect, we need irrevocably restructure our thinking and adjust the mechanism of our action. Taking everything for granted and accepting anything uncontested, might generate disjunction, arouse extreme heartbreak and, finally, turn our living into a scourge. ("Even if the world goes down, my mobile will save me" turn into )” EnvironmentHeartbreakApathyMobileDisrespectTransgressionScourgeTrivialityOnslaughtUncontested Author:Erik Pevernagie
“By squirming out of our dungeon of indifference and wriggling from ourself-centered vault of unawareness, love can conjure up an aura of mental opulence and an inkling of infinity.( "Love as dizzy as a cathedral”)” LoveIndifferenceInfinityMentalDizzyUnawarenessOpulenceAuraCathedralDungeonVaultInklingSquirmingConjure UpOurself CenteredWriggle Author:Erik Pevernagie
“People who feel imprisoned in a pen of alienation, in a world of misfits, clobbered by unresponsiveness and indifference, may find release by ring-fencing a mental space to reflect on their mindset and to recover their true self. ("Did not expect it would ever happen there" )” MindsetIndifferenceTrue SelfAlienationMisfitsReflectUnresponsiveMental SpaceRing Fencing Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The addiction to our mobiles may insidiously unlock evil actions by helplessly surrendering to the plague of blatant indifference, arrogant inattention, and flighty bee-lining and sophisticated acts of revenge. Smartphones may unstitch positive points in our lives and incidentally enchant us by instant selfies but, with some, they might inexorably trigger off shabby and despicable practices. ("Even if the world goes down, my mobile will save me" )” EvilAddictionRevengeIndifferencePlagueInattentionSelfiesMobilesBee Lining Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When attention turns into indifference or love fades away into a grey zone of discomfort, only imagination can bring us back to the limelight of life. ("Is that all there is?")” LoveLifeImaginationAttentionIndifferenceDiscomfortFade AwayLimelightIs That All There IsGrey Zone Author:Erik Pevernagie