“The true responsible will do whatever it takes to hold each droplet accountable when the stormwater inundates the fences of our living. ("Finally things had lost their weightiness" )” LivingAccountableFencesWeightinessDroletInundateResonsibleStormwater Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let’s dare to prepare for living in an unchartered terrain, in a house with no name, and no number, if the sinking feeling of a musty relationship kills our spirit and exiles us from ourselves. Retraction and reflection allow us to rediscover and renew ourselves, in time. ("Feeling like a fallen star")” SpiritLivingReflectionExileSinking FeelingFallen StarRetractionUncharteredRediscover One SelfMusty Relationship Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we don’t want life to treat us like poor clodhoppers or bland hang-abouts, we have to turn ‘surviving’ into ‘living’, readjust our course and propel pointedly a precise track, without being deterred by fear and apprehension. ("Camera obscura of the mind" )” LifeFearLivingTrackSurvivingDeterPropelReadjustClodhopperHang About Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If reshaping a life style boils down to pretending and dwindling into a world of make-believe, living may turn into a schizophrenic merry-go-round and the real self might be crunched and munched on, piece by piece. (“He did not know that she knew”)” WorldLivingPretendingKnowMake BelieveReal SelfSchizophrenicLife StyleCrunchMerry Go RoundMunchTurn IntoReshapingDwindleBoil Down ToPiece By Piece Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Between hope and fear, let us kindle imagination and grow resilience, creating the momentum to transform rusty patterns and inhabit the wisdom of each precious “moment.” (“Going back to yesterday“)” WisdomHopeFearImaginationTransformationResilienceMomentumInhabitGoing Back To Yesterday Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If thinking and reason crack under pressure of emotional convulsions or when commissioned facts are resulting from fibs and fake constructions, truth may be in great peril. ( ”Blame storming”)” ThinkingReasonFactsTruthEmotionalPressureFakePerilCrackUnderConvulsionsBlame StormingFibsConstructionsResultingCommissioned Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When shrouded meanings and grim intentions are nicely polished up and pokerfaced personae are generously palming off their fantasy constructs, caution is the watchword, since rimpling water on the well of truth swiftly obscures our vision and perception. ("Trompe le pied.")” TruthVisionFantasyPerceptionObscureCautionGrimPolishedIntentionsWellMeaningsGenerouslyPersonaeSwiftlyPalm OffShroudedWatchwordConstrucsNicelyPokerfaceRimpling Water Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We cannot wait for the other shoe to drop, when the road becomes unendurably bumpy. If the aura of truth starts to wane and the light of the sky begins to splinter, only resilience can settle things. (“Steaming ahead”)” LightTruthSkyResilienceRoadSettleAuraDropShoeSplinterSteam AheadWait ForWaneBumpyUnendurably Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Definitions and meanings change all the time. Truth and reality are very volatile, indefinite, multi layered and sometimes very paradoxical. That’s why it is very fiddly to make a set definition for the phenomena of our daily life. ( " Did not expect it would ever happen, there" )” SometimesRealityTruthChangeDefinitionsDaily LifeParadoxicalExpectHappenMeaningsSetPhenomenaAll The TimeVolatileIndefiniteMulti LayeredFiddly Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Some fail to bear in mind that everyone is sentenced to death. Death is a treacherous virus that strikes randomly. The only truth is that nobody is going to make it out alive. We are all living on probation and our expiry date is indefinite. ( “Living on probation” )” TruthDeathAliveLivingFailVirusTreacherousRandomEveryoneNobodyProbationStrikeMake ItExpiry DateIndefiniteBear In MindSentenced To Death Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Without a clear-cut vision and a proper reading of the roadmap we may not reach the buoyant shores of the horizon. If we only keep looking into the middle distance, we might easily walk straight into the wall. ("Change of Vision")” ReadingChangeVisionHorizonReachEasilyShoresProperBuoyantRoadmapClear CutLook IntoMiddle DistanceWalk Into The Wall Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When people’s parallel truth collides with their real truth, they may have a hard time in subduing all the fanciful items and characters of their invented world. (“The day the mirror was talking back”)” PeopleWorldRealTruthItemsCharactersCollideParallelHard TimeSubdueFancifulInvented Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Life is a spread of surprises and it is both a privilege and a challenge to respond to things and events, and find the right answers to prickly questions. In this process, however, it might be wise to change first our perception and our way of looking at things, before persistently changing the very things and altering their hallmark. (“Life out there “)” LifeChangePerceptionPrivilegeChallengeHallmarkSurprisesPrickly Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Many politicians are tantalizing storytellers, as they mix facts with fiction, grab our emotion and tell things, they want us to believe. Their factoids are unremittingly reiterated, take a life on their own and in the end become the very truth… until the bubble bursts.("What after bowling alone?" )” WantLifeBelieveFactsTruthEmotionFictionAlonePoliticiansBowlingStorytellersBecomeTellTantalizingIn The EndGrabMixBurstBubbleUnremittingFactoidReiterate Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While we are expecting everybody to tell downright the truth, many are muddying the water, drowning questions in a river of words and trying to make us forget what actually the real issue is about. If paltering and deflecting matters might become a new way of telling the truth, interaction might be doomed to culminate in a cluster shell of suspicion and mutual trust to become frantically undermined. ( “Blame storming” )” TruthWordsInteractionMutual TrustDeflectingBlame StormingCluster ShellDrowning QuestionsMuddying The WaterPaltering Author:Erik Pevernagie
“No hemming or hawing, no hinting or manipulation, no sledgehammer–subtlety may hold us back from claiming a climate of transparency and capturing an untainted and luminescent skyline, when the boldness of the truth is coming defiantly to the fore. ("Did not expect it would ever happen there" )” TruthBoldnessTransparencySkylineManipulationsUntaintedHemming And HawingLuminiscentSledgehammer Subtlety Author:Erik Pevernagie
“By and large, the truth is not merely a fierce battle with ignorance and fallacy, but, first and foremost, a combat with our own preconceived ideas and aprioristic conceptions. ("The hidden sides of his character" )” CharacterTruthIgnoranceBattleCombatFallacyPreconceived IdeasConceptionsHidden SidesAprioristic Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If brainstorming becomes 'blamestorming' by reason of time pressure or on account of pure laziness, the truth may be assaulted and unyieldingly vilified . Blamestorming becomes then downright a perfidious appeal to scapegoating with a torrent of frantic manhunts for 'culprits on duty'. ('Blamestorming')” TruthPressureLazinessBrainstormingVilifyScapegoatingOn DutyCulpritsBlamestorming Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Truth' and 'facts' are 'sworn enemies,' but facts are often torn into a smokescreen and camouflaged into an appearance of alluring reliability. Only gullible people might swallow this for fear of being treated like dummies. ("The hidden sides of his character")” FactsTruthAppearanceReliabilityGullibleSwallowDummiesSworn EnemiesSmokescreenCamouflaged Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As we are whiling away days of idleness, time may flow rashly through the screen of our thoughts and veil the relevance of individual fragments in our story. The clock of reality can arrest us, though, and compel us to confront the demands of the truth. ("Non mais, t'as vu l'heure !")” RealityTruthTimeThoughtsClockIdlenessRelevanceVeilHeure Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Truth and facts often have a contrary message with a trying mission to show the cards' real color shuffled in the rough-and-tumble of our social and political arena. ("Imbroglio")” FactsTruthPoliticalSocialContraryMissionMessageImbrogliosRough And TumbleShuffle The Cards Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Some may remain imprisoned in a gridlock of lies or keep on blurring the lines between facts and fables, expecting us to buy the debilitating and fake narrative of their life, until they eventually end up on the chopping block of the inexorable truth. Be that as it may, one can “fool people some of the time, but not all of the time”. (“Bribe payers' index »)” LifeTruthLiesNarrativeFakeExpectingInexorableRemainGridlockEventuallyImprisonedDebilitatingChopping BlockBlur The LinesBribe PayersFacts And FablesFool People Author:Erik Pevernagie
“One must face the harsh music and recognize that emotional investment has lost the battle against fleetingness and volatility if a relationship appears to have been only a wild-goose chase. ("Was it all worthwhile?")” RelationshipEmotionalInvestmentWorthwhileRecognizeVolatilityFace The MusicFleetingnessWild Goose Chase Author:Erik Pevernagie
“In a relationship, people may be inhabited by discordant personalities. For that reason, it might be convenient for partners if one of both could sometimes be a little hard of hearing, or the other a bit shortsighted. ("Mutual understanding")” RelationshipPartnersConvenientMutual UnderstandingPersonalitiesShortsightedHard Of HearingDiscordant Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We may like to know the relevance of loyalty in an ever-shifting world and comprehend the essence of "commitment" in a rapidly altering relationship. In a frame of the "easy come easy go syndrome” many interpretations are brought to mind like "It was all a misunderstanding" or "I liked what the other did, but at this moment I must recognize he didn't do what I really do like". ("Was it all worthwhile?")” RelationshipCommitmentEssenceLoyaltyInterpretationMisunderstandingLikeSyndromeEasy Come Easy GoEver Shifting Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we expect to “know” the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, we may have a hard time seeing the whole picture, since the truth is a willful construction that allows us often merely to “guess”. ("Hinter der Mattscheibe")” TruthConstructionKnowExpectNothing But The TruthWhole PictureAllowGuessWillfulHard TimeThe Whole Truth Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Truth is always experienced subjectively and is shaped by the context of our perceptions. ("Behind the frosted glass”)” TruthPerceptionContextBehind The Frosted GlassSubjectively Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The traps of unbridled passion that drive us to hold back the truth and hamper us from speaking candidly and truthfully must not invade our thinking. Living on lies and denying irrefutable facts to attain power or glory condemn anyone to walk on bumpy paths with awkward pitfalls and embarrassing wrangles. ("The power and the glory" )” ThinkingTruthPitfallsPower And GloryUnbridledBumpy PathsIrrefutable FactsLiving On LiesSpeaking CandidlyWrangles Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Instead of breaking or cherry-picking the rules, many just follow the inner rules, which have been instilled during their lifetime and have subtly permeated their thinking. They value rules, as it offers the ravishment of a securing, ceremonial rhythm in life and it prevents them from breaking free from their cocoon, all the more because freedom can be so scaring and exhausting. ("When forgetting the rules of the game" )” ThinkingLifeFreedomLifetimeValueRhythmRulesForgettingGameInstillFollowBreakingOfferPreventBreak FreeCocoonPermeateCherry PickingScaringSubtlyExhausingRavishmentCeremonialInner RulesSecuring Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While walking down the memory lane, we may discover in the remains of our early days, surprising little details that have been eclipsed under the mantle of forgetfulness or inattention. Those loose shreds in our remembrance can highlight the importance of the fundamentals that steer our daily lives. But they may also entice us to crack the particular value that we impart to trivial matters or quirky actions. Then, we are capable of discerning the uprightness and the truth behind the appearances. ("Dirty bike")” RemainsValueForgetfulnessImpartQuirkyEclipseAppearancesInattentionMemory LaneEarly Days Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we choose to be free and accountable for creating our own ideals and meaning in life, we must accept that with this freedom comes the burden of responsibility. We must ensure that our actions reflect the values we choose to uphold. ( "Lost the Global Story." )” ActionFreedomResponsibilityValueLost The Global Story Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us not give way to the temptations of a false self and the illusions of an inflated reality, but let us highlight our deeper self's authenticity and forward the truth of our words and the straightness of our actions. ("With confidence")” TruthWordsAuthenticityActionsIllusionsFalse SelfDeeper SelfStraightnessInflated Reality Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Expanding the competitions’ “dirty bike” or ‘dirty ball” corruption reveals a mirror of society. If politicians deviate from their honest cause into bribery, if art turns into a battle of greed or consumerism, and truth becomes post-truth, the integrity erodes desperately, values are sacrificed at the altar of vainglory, and the moral compass is in a complete mess. (“The dirty bike")” TruthGreedCorruptionConsumerismBriberyPost TruthVaingloryThe Dirty BikeDirty BallDirty Bike Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Is it a bird? Is it a plane? We recognize our perception often plays tricks on us. We understand we can easily mistake appearances for reality, challenging the certainty of our knowledge and facing the fragility of our truth.” RealityTruthKnowledgePerceptionCertaintyFragilityIs It A Bird Is It A PlaneAppearences Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We are all the construction of a story and it is only at the end that we can assess the value of the plot. ("Everybody his story")” ValuePlotStoryConstructionAssessAt The End Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The truth we defend not only with our words, but with our being, that is the real juice of life. (“Juicy rumours”)” TruthJuice Of LifeJuicy Rumours Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We might not be able to know what reality is about, but we can’t but be aware of the explicitness of facts. To get a better grip on the intricate nature of the truth and its ambiguity, we have got to scrutinize facts and find out about their codes. But, yet, we can’t ignore that reality is a very intriguing place, since facts may be construed, receive variant contexts and create alternate outcomes, which, in turn, might spark new realities, over again. ("Imbroglio" )” FactsRealityTruthAmbiguityIntriguingCodesConstrueContextsExplicitness Author:Erik Pevernagie
“A dog can embody renewal, spontaneity, and the creation of new values, representing freedom from societal constraints and a return to authentic, creative living. ("I am young and have no dog")” FreedomSpontaneityAuthentic LivingCreative LivingI Am Young And Have No DogNew ValuesSocietal Constraints Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As we inhale soothing wellbeing through the radiant glow of an unsuspected lighthouse in the dark stormy nights of our life, we can come to feel the exhilarating rhythm of our heartbeat, finding compassion with ourselves and at one time reaching out to all the others. ("Le ciel c'est l'autre")” CompassionWellbeingSoothingExhilaratingStormyInhaleLighthouseGlowReaching Out Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let them not cold-call our attention, besiege our feelings, and disturb our dreams, those dealers in phony compassion selling wishful thinking through merchandising sentimental poppycock. ("Like a frozen image")” FeelingsAttentionCompassionSentimentalWishful ThinkingPhonyBesiegedCold CallingPoppycock Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we cannot tame the valkyries of our emotions and restrain the burgeoning crankiness of our actions, we have to empower our mind, at some point, and let time flow on the waves of remission and compassion… and loosen up. ("Transcendental meditation")” CompassionMeditationEmotionsTranscendenceEmpowerRemissionTameValkyriesCrankinessLoosen Up Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While we are threading our way through the vagaries of life, our shortage of reciprocity and solidarity may corner us into breaches of culpability. We can eschew this and kindle a dream of universalism that does not impose itself but emerges from the world's numerous cultural and topical particularities and enable us to compare, discern, and identify, allowing us to marvel at the diversity. In this way, we can embrace universal recognition, human understanding, peace of mind, and compassion with others and with ourselves. ("I only needed a light ")” CompassionDiversityRecognitionSolidarityReciprocityCulturalUniversalismCulpabilityHuman UnderstandingParticularity Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we want to take care of the world outside, we must awaken the world within. Through humility, we can find a thread of compassion and understanding woven through the intricate fabric of life. (“Rain Man - With a sky out of control“)” UnderstandingCompassionHumilityWorld WithinIntricate Fabric Of LifeThe World Outside Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we keep challenging entrenched prejudices, we can embrace diversity of thought and experience. Openmindedness heightens our self-awareness and compassion. (On a Doggy Day)” CompassionSelf AwarenessDiversity Of ThoughtOpenmindednessOn A Doggy DayEntrenched Prejudices Author:Erik Pevernagie
“There is nothing either ' good or bad ' but ' thinking ' makes it so. It is the "perception" that makes things what they are. Good and bad is in our mind. It is our mindset, our mental attitude that determines how we will interpret and respond to situations. Erik pevernagie - ("Is that all there is ?")” ThinkingMindPerceptionMindsetGoodBad Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Material and technical changes are mostly quite visible. But less visible are the changes in the mind of the people, their way of thinking, their conception of the world and the quality of their fears. ("Horizon and Vision" )” ThinkingMindVisionVisibleHorizonConceptionFearsChangesMaterialTechnical Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Even if we have bad feelings about our past and it causes a sense of alienation, it belongs to our history. Its benchmarks are stored in the granary of our mind and crucial evaluations for the future cannot be made without consulting the archive of our memory. ( “Not without the past”)” MindPastHistoryFutureMemoryCrucialAlienationEvaluationConsultingArchivesBenchmarkingStoreBad FeelingsGranary Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we go down the rabbit hole of our unconsciousness and try to unravel the knotty points of our life story we may encounter a bunch of hidden niceties or emotional stowaways. Forgotten details in the windmill of our mind may daintily reveal, where things might have gone wrong. (“I wonder what went wrong.”)” MindWonderForgottenDetailsBunchLife StoryTryHiddenRevealEncounterNicetiesRabbit HolePointsGo WrongUnravelWindmillEmtionalKnottyKnotty PointsStowawaysUnconscioussDaintilyWindmill Of The Mind Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When love is roaming in our mind, looping in the deepest fringes of our heart, undreamt spaciousness emerges, repealing the constraints of triviality and letting stifling narrowness fade away. While our mindset is besieged by a revolving burst of emotion, our world is ultimately opening up. (Cape of good hope)” WorldLoveMindHeartMindsetDeepFringeConstraintsFade AwayTrivialityRoamingRevolvingSpaciousnessLoopLetEmergeNarrownessUltimatelyOpen UpBesiegedStifleRepealCape Of Good HopeBurst Of EmotionUndreamt Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When our mind is in shambles and we dare to reflect on the story of our life, we may discover, in the stream of our thoughts, the fault line between what we have underfelt and what we have overthought on our way. (“Axel Red”)” MindDareStoryDiscoverReflectFault LinesOn Our WayStream Of ThoughtIn ShamblesOverthoughtUnderfelt Author:Erik Pevernagie