“If we don’t manage to connect the dots anymore and the power of our imagination is creaking at the seams, in a world of withering expectations, we have to rewrite the script of our life. ("Into a new life")” WorldLifeImaginationPowerExpectationsManageDotsScriptWitheringConnectRewriteCreakingAt The Seams Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The many unsuspected little things on our road can strike us in their innocence and cure eye blindness and deafness. They may connect us with the people, and with our selves. The sparkle of every single moment can conjure up promising expectations and new budding of imagination. ("The grass was greener over there")” ImaginationExpectationsInnocenceDeafnessConnectBuddingEye BlindnessUnnsuspected Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we expect to identify ourselves in a second other but don’t recognize ourselves in our choice, living can turn into bitterness because the wheel of time has set another compass. When we understand that the chosen one is merely a fabrication of our imagination, the ivory tower of our expectations patently crumbles down. Only by revisiting and resetting our emotional construction do we ingrain its substance and viability. ( "Alpha and Omega")” ImaginationExpectationsChoiceCompassWheel Of TimeAlpha And OmegaIvory TowerIdentifying OneselfSecond OtherEmotional Construction Author:Erik Pevernagie
“An insipid voice message or an incongruent emergence from the “other” world may disrupt our whole thinking system. If we are not able to deal with the fragmentation of our self and assess the deconstruction of our identity, a corny incident could easily capsize our being. A misinterpretation of facts and expectations may perturb our awareness and unsettle our perception. When “I” and “me” don’t get along very well, the road to oneness may be very often bumpy. (“Alors, tout a basculé”)” ThinkingSelfFactsVoiceAwarenessIdentityPerceptionExpectationsOnenessBeingCornyRoadEmergenceMeIMessageInsipidDeconstructionFragmentationMisinterpretationDisruptIncidentOther WorldAssessGet AlongDeal WithIncongruentPerturbUnsettleBumpy RoadCapsizeThinking System Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Expectations are at war, if good feeling and discomfort clash. When we are expecting zest and joy, our good karma may be ousted by distress and frustration, if negative downbeat waves are emitted. Just with a feel of realism, without prejudice, should we step into the future. What will be, will be. Only the fortune of war will tell, since life may be war or peace. ("Fish for silence.")” LifeWarJoySilenceFutureExpectationsNegativePrejudiceFrustrationRealismDistressDiscomfortClashFeelWar And PeaceFishWavesGood FeelingZestGood KarmaEmitDownbeatOustWhat Will Be Will BeFortune Of WarStep Into Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Understanding” may become “misunderstanding”, if no commitment or no responsibilities are assumed, no specific objectives set, no definite expectations met and common values and interests no longer shared. Mutual understanding may then, against all odds, end up in heartache, confusion and bewilderment. ("Mutual understanding" )” UnderstandingShareExpectationsCommitmentObjectivesConfusionHeartacheMisunderstandingAgainst All OddsBewildermentInterestsMutual UnderstandingResponsibilitiesAssumeSpecificEnd UpCommon Values Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The fresh “breeze of freedom” that so many people promise lightheartedly, so often, remains void in the hot desert of yearning expectations. Pretending that everything is just a deplorable misunderstanding, may soothe their conscience and let them walk out easily on their pledge. (“Breeze of freedom)” FreedomPromiseExpectationsConscienceDesertPretendingMisunderstandingPledgeLightheartedFresh Breeze Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We can always hope, but we must not live on hope. Let us step beyond expectations, and remain resilient. Let us breathe consciously without fright, striving to take over our grail of freedom. ("Expectations")” FreedomExpectationsBreatheResilientFrightStrivingConsciouslyGrailLive On HopeStep Beyond Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While many feel deceived by a scattered ‘now’ of a broken present, others have started diving into the nostalgia of the future, sowing the seeds of their lust for life in a garden of their expectations. ("A glimpse of the future")” FutureExpectationsGardenNostalgiaGlimpseSowLust For LifeBroken PresentScattered Now Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As gloom and doom have been creeping into their lives, many can’t feel anymore the freshness of their emotions that withered alongside the wearisome path of their expectations. ("Drunken sailor" )” LifePathEmotionsExpectationsFreshnessCreepWitherDrunken SailorWearisomeGloom And Doom Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While we hear Carl Jung's jazzy humming and Nietzsche's dance steps intermittently during our musings, we can willingly tear down the spread of depression from all the gray zones around and allow the sun to shine and warm up the hearts' expectations. ("A handful of dust")” SunDepressionExpectationsNietzscheMusingsHummingCarl JungDance StepsHandful Of DustGray Zone Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Happiness is good management of expectations and good management means making order and assembling the contingent elements of the "do's'" and the "don'ts", the "maybe yes'" and the "maybe not's". When we really want to live in agreement with ourselves and find peace with the surrounding world, good management is liberating. ( " Expectations " )” WorldHappinessOrderPeaceExpectationsManagementLiveAgreementLiberatingSurroundingContingentMaybe NotDo S And Don Ts Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When a soothing wind blows gently love through the thistledown of expectations, hope may inveigle the future for timeless care and tenderness to be anchored in a bay of good luck. ("Happiness blowing in the wind" )” LoveCareHappinessHopeWindFutureExpectationsBlowTendernessTimelessGood LuckSoothingBayGentlyAnchoredBlowing In The WindInveigleThistledown Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When love nestles down in the bewildering anchorage of our expectations, let us not disappoint it through lack of attention or loss of interest. ("Love. Dizzy as a cathedral")” LoveExpectationsDisappointDizzyBewilderingLoss Of InterestLack Of AttentionNestleAnchorage Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Love may be an inexhaustible well of inspiration for writing loads of letters until the wind of unresponsiveness blows frostiness into the fold of expectations.( "Poste restante" )” LoveInspirationExpectationsPoste RestanteFrostinessWriting LettersUnresponsivenessInexhaustible Author:Erik Pevernagie
“In our relationships with others, we need to remain free, without becoming what they want us to be, despite ourselves, with no enslavement to their expectations. The alienation from ourselves can never be an option in the garden of our mental health. ("Steaming ahead")” RelationshipsExpectationsMental HealthEnslavementAlienation From OurselvesRemaining Free Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Before a sunk-cost fallacy creeps into the body of our expectations, we must disentangle a clear line in the merry-go-round of our desires and bring to light the real-world evidence in the cropland of our relationships. (“The infinite Wisdom of Meditation“)” RelationshipsMeditationExpectationsDesiresMerry Go RoundThe Infinite WisdomSunk Cost FallacyCroplandDisentangleReal World Evidence Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When love stealthily settles down in our inner world as we dwell through fields of expectations with eyes wide open, unfurling sceneries of wonderment slowly unroll on our path and overwhelm our mindset. ("I seek you")” LoveExpectationsMindsetInner WorldWondermentI Seek YouUnfurlingSceneriesWith Eyes Wide Open Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When questioning ourselves, we must identify, where we are heading to. Do we prefer our life to remain untitled. Will we stand bare and naked without dressing any expectations or do we decide to interact with the world around. Will we play a part on the stage of life or do we choose to remain simply a chapter without heading, an episode without caption, an untitled interval. ("Life untitled" )” WorldLifeExpectationsNakedChooseCaptionIdentifyChapterInteractBareEpisodeHeadingIntervalPlay A RoleUntitled Author:Erik Pevernagie
“By staging our dreams and spreading our wings into real-life, sheltered from the terror of failure, we can enhance our quest for the benchmarks that can help us build the steppingstones into the expectations of the future. ("Loss of urban benchmarks" )” FutureExpectationsReal LifeQuestBenchmarksSteppingstoneSheltered FromStaging Our DreamsTerror Of Failure Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Finding a balance between living in the present and planning for the future is a key to navigating uncertainty. It's about aligning our mindset with the understanding that expectations and strategies should be adaptable and fluid, not rigid or dogmatic. ("Life had taken them by Surprise “)” ExpectationsLiving In The PresentStrategiesPlanning For The FutureLife Had Taken Them By SurpriseAligning Our MindsetNavigating Uncertainty Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While our liberty is steering us through the whims of our desires and the ups and downs of our expectations, we must make sure that the pieces of the puzzle of our destination fit into the mystery structures of the others. When we use our awareness and freedom of choice, we learn to avoid pitfalls or hopeless flops.” LibertyMeditationExpectationsDesiresUps And DownsWhimsThe Infinite WisdomPieces Of The Puzzle Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Love can become art when it fulfills each other's expectations by living graciously "in alliance' with each other without making do with skimpily 'living together' or aiming at overpowering or taking possession of the other..("I wonder what went wrong")” LoveExpectationsLiving TogetherOverpoweringGraciouslyWhat Went WrongLiving In AllianceTaking Possession Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When perception, thoughtfulness and understanding do meet, we can fashion a range of viable expectations and craft a world of togetherness. ("Morning after")” WorldUnderstandingFashionPerceptionExpectationsTogethernessThoughtfulnessCraftMeetViable Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we feel devastated sometimes by the deafening noise of the daily commotion, the voices of the sea may help us to elope into a haven of new dimensions. Through our "third ear," we can hear inspirational sounds in the symphony of our expectations while discovering uncharted alleys in the chaos of our mind. ("Voices of the sea")” ExpectationsDevastatedSoundsDeafeningElopeDaily CommotionNew DimensionThird EarVoices Of The Sea 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
“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
“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