Your values are the beliefs and principles that you believe are important in the way that you live and work. They (should) determine your priorities and guide your decisions and the way you act towards others. (source: Mindtools) Read more….
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2024 in 20 pictures
The most daring, the most sad, the most wonderful experience and a few more in 20 images of 2024
Back to the Birthroom
A room in which a birth takes place is often not easily forgotten. Most of you readers who have given birth might remember the rooms vividly, those rooms where our children saw the light for the first time. I know I do. It was an old farmhouse near Utrecht for our firstborn.
Seedsaving: A future full of hope
While I am standing between the tomato plants, my right foot suddenly sinks down twenty centimeters. I am startled and think: Whose home have I disturbed? And at that moment, a large rat runs past me to the outside. I scream, and that must have been heard a mile away.
There and back again: The garden of abundance
A full year of gardening: the garden of abundance. I tucked the garden in with fresh leaves. Just as we tucked in our children, night after night when they went to sleep, so did I with the garden to let it rest in winters arms. Get a hot pot of thea, a blanket and a comfortable seat, and read along. Yes, this is a longread for a cold winternight. Happy reading!
How a Rule of Life Brings Peace in the Hectic Pace of Life
In our overcrowded modern life, we have to keep a lot of balls in the air: work, family, church or volunteer work, a social life, hobbies, and so on. It is therefore not surprising that many people long for simplicity and attention. But how do you achieve them? How can you maintain peace and order in your head, heart and home?
HOLD ON. Cover Reveal Inside!
Cover Reveal Inside!
Thanksgiving Thougths
HOLDING FAST BY LETTING GO The less longing, the more presence The less we bang on the door, the more it opens for us. The less we demand, the more we see the beauty of…
OOPS! Is there a book coming around the corner?
Once upon a time there was somebody hiding in the mountains of Austria. She only gave a small peek of her hiding place. But that is long ago by now. I am pretty sorry that…
Rule of Life Literature List
Hello reader! I just have to translate this blog. Give me a minute;-) Or send me a gentle reminder @theworldaroundmytable.com/contact Nr. 1 The Ten CommandmentsExodus 20, The Bible Nr. 2 The Rule of St. BenedictAuthor:…
A Little Rabbit in Mrs. McJanneke’s Garden
Here are the garden stories of August and September. Last week, it was still over 30 degrees Celcius here, but suddenly the temperature has plummeted, and it feels like autumn. We’ve made some arrangements, this…
Schillig’s seal
A young seal curiously sticks its snout above the waves, about ten meters away from us. We could have a “Who is the most curious here?” contest. No idea who would win. It looks mischievously…