“Life can be a wonderful ballet, letting us express all the values we are living for if the sky of our imagination remains open to passion. ("A glimpse of the future")” ValuesPassionImaginationWonderfulFutureBalletGlimpseExpress Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Everything is in the mind, and the power of our will constructs our future. Let us, therefore, honor our brainpower and stimulate our imagination's vibrancy to create the ideal rhythm and perfect quality of our life pulsations.” MindImaginationFutureRadioRhythmWillVibrancyBrainpowerLife Pulsations 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
“The skeletons of the past must not hold back the dream of a new life, even though fear and regret, guilt and remorse may unsettle us during the effort to give our future a new home. (“Into a new life”)” HomeDreamPastFearEffortRegretFutureGuiltNew LifeRemorseNewSkeletonsHold BackEven ThoughUnsettle 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 are capable of recognizing that the highlights of our destiny can be found in the spell of a happy moment, we needn’t worry all the time about the hurly-burly of the future. ("Lost dreams")” DestinyWorryFutureRecognizingSpellHappy MomentsLost DreamsHurly Burly Author:Erik Pevernagie
“By retracing the emotional fragments lost in the turns and splits of the past, we may learn to reconstruct a shattered self, find a sensible present, and prepare to inhabit a share of the future. ("Camera obscura of the mind" )” SelfPastFutureCamera ObscuraInhabitRetraceEmotional FragmentsReconstractTurns And Splits Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As we are standing on a dazzling cliff, overwhelmed by a blizzard of unanswered questions, the alarming immaterialities of our living may cry out to us and our consciousness may ask us to account for what we are doing or for what we have not done. This may be the instant we might engineer our future with destiny. ( "Sisyphus on the hill")” ConsciousnessDestinyFutureQuestionsDazzlingBlizzardSisyphusEngineerCliffImmateriality Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we never want to look back on the past, we create tension between memory and independence, retrospection and progress. By so doing, we make a radical commitment to the future that becomes a state of unbridled freedom. (“Never looking back again” PastFreedomFutureCommitmentMemoryRetrospectionNever Looking Back AgainIndependebnce 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
“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
“Pessimism is not a prescription to escape the hornets’ nests of our anguish but a wrong tool to construct reliable steppingstones for the future. (''Happiness is blowing in the wind'')” HappinessFuturePessimismAnguishStepping StonesReliablePrescriptionHornet S NestWrong Tool Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Love is a daily revel, a celebration of the magic of the ‘present moment’ rather than an elusive expectation of the future. (“Another empty room”)” LoveMagicFuturePresent MomentCelebrationElusiveExpectationAnother Empty RoomDaily Revel Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us doom and gloom not creep into our day and lust for life not wither away. With the future as brother-in-arms, steps in the unknown should not frighten. ("Steps in the unknown" )” StepsFutureDayUnknownFrightenLust For LifeDoom And GloomCreepWitherBrother In Arms Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When people have not learned to interpret the past, to read the present; and to imagine and empower the future, they are living a life without a punchline, clueless about the story they are embarked upon. ("Not on the shortlist" )” PastImagineFuturePresentEmpowerCluelessPunchlineInterpretEmbarkShortlist Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The dialectic case of the 'things we do', the 'things we have done' and the 'things we are going to do' has been haunting present and earlier generations. For ages people have been confronted with the soul-searching question how should I interpret the past and how do I move forward. Linguistic sayings, which were inherited from century to century, gave us a good deal of remarkable advice and moral guidance in this field : " Do what is right and let come what come may ", " Do well and fear not ", " Do well and dread no shame ". Erik Pevernagie, Never looking back again” PastFearAdviceFutureShameGuidanceSoul SearchingLook BackDialectic Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Between our craves and our regrets stands the live stage of the presence that must give meaning and consistency and feel-good vibes to our life. At the same time, it raises the power of positivity and reconciles the history of our past with the expectations of the future. ("Island of regret.- Island of remorse.")” PastFuturePositivityMeaningConsistencyPresenceRegretsCravesExpectaionsFeel Good Vibes Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If life is slumping down into the algorithms of depression, succumbing to instigating moods of worthlessness, we must endeavor to get out of the rabbit hole of mistrust, shape challenging decisions, pick the fitting fight-or-flight mode, and hit the ground running. ("A glimpse of the future")” FutureDepressionEndeavorAlgorithmsWorthlessnessRabbit HoleFight Or Flight ModeHit The Ground RunningSlumping Down Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Espere" in Spanish, is the one word covering two meanings: "waiting" and "hoping". If life, however, offers no expectation or prospect, waiting represents time "wasted”. Waiting needs a future. If not, time is condemned to be "killed". In the event that we are lost in a gap of boredom and despair, we are driven back in a vacuum of senselessness and deadlocked in a point of nothingness. We are, so therefore, bound to watch the agony of "time". ("Waiting for a place behind the geraniums " )” LifeTimeLostWaitingFutureDespairDrivenBoredomNeedAgonyNothingnessWordSpanishExpectationWatchKilledPointHopingGapMeaningsBoundVacuumWastedSenselessnessCondemnedProspectThereforeGeraniumsDeadlocked 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
“When our mental functioning is whittling away and our mind becomes a lame duck, perception does not form the context anymore and all connections on the social chessboard are conked out. Only patience and endurance may draw us out of the quagmire of numbness and allow us to tear open the cloudy screen that is hiding our points of ‘interest’ and ‘attention’, so long as we focus on the ‘singular moments’ and the ‘appealing details’ in our life. Awareness can help us shape a comprehensive picture for a functional future. ("Lost the global story.")” LifeMindMomentsLostFocusAwarenessFuturePerceptionConnectionsPatienceDetailsEnduranceMentalComprehensiveNumbnessCloudyPictureShapeContextQuagmireScreenFunctioningAppealingSingularChessboardGlobal StoryLame DuckConked OutTear OpenWhittle Away Author:Erik Pevernagie
“By freeze-framing the image of our lifestyle, by stopping our mental clock at times and letting time flow, 'psychological' time can replace 'chronological' time and our human condition can be called into question. This opens the door to a new challenge and a new future. ( "Svp "Arrêt sur image" )” TimeFutureLifestylePsychologicalClockHuman ConditionMentalChallengeImageChronologyFreeze Frame Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Unexpected clashes between past and present may arouse a surge of bewilderment, but ‘time’ can be a redeemer and heal mental wreckage. Time might prove to be a dependable ally and a reliable coach to find a new inspiring sequel for the future. (“Disruption”)” PastTimeInspiringFutureProveHealUnexpectedPresentDisruptionFindRedeemerCoachDependableBewildermentReliableAllySurgeSequelArouseClashesMental Wreckage Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we take the time to unravel the surreptitious fragments from the past that are veiled in the muddle and jumble of our memory, we may single out the essentials for the present that might be best shots for the future. (Never looking back again", )” PastTimeFutureEssentialsMemoryPresentFragmentsSurreptitiousUnravelMuddle And Jumble 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
“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
“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