Tag: Linda Keen

Topsy-turvey 

I hope I will not be getting in trouble with U.S. authorities for bringing back with me, in my suitcase no doubt, the indomitable Dutch weather. We have been experiencing an inordinate amount of rain, wind, clouds, and storms here in “sunny” California. Next to this, I have been hearing that the Netherlands was having a touch of a California drought… oops! Are these topsy-turvy climates trying to tell us something?

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Somewhere in between

Well, here I am, up in the air somewhere in between Sacramento where I live and Minneapolis, a northerly Midwestern American city where I often stop over on my way to my other homeland, the Netherlands. Minneapolis is a place where, until recently, it was many degrees below freezing, the kind of place I would prefer not to be in winter. Yet, when I looked online yesterday, I saw that it is almost spring-like there at the moment with some nice rain in the 40's (Fahrenheit that is).

Coming back to roost 

My daughter, Annie, who lives in Amsterdam, told me yesterday as well that spring seems to be in the air there too, just like I am at the moment, She told me that the crocuses are even blooming already and that many of the birds, large and small, are returning to the trees and canal right outside her apartment, coming back to roost from their winter adventures and ready to celebrate.

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Self-trashing

Did you ever notice how often you have dark thoughts about yourself, but ignore them — because you’ve been having them all your life since you can remember and think it is normal? I’m not talking about depressing thoughts having to do with the world-at-large, I’m talking about those bad thoughts directed primarily against yourself. You may begin to notice them by a lack of focus on what you are doing — and then watch yourself lapse into worry, embarrassment, guilt, etc. There are so many different ways we can trash ourselves without even realizing it.

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How can intuition help us to stay more positive?

When I was much younger I was not very interested in political affairs because I found them to be way too intellectual and miles away from the world of music and metaphysics in which I thrived. Yet, when I became a mother and a householder, I found myself, getting more and more interested in the mundane affairs of government and world politics. I remember how much this surprised me at the time, but now I know it is because I was becoming increasingly connected with the everyday world due to my concern for the safety of my family, my children’s future, and the future of an increasingly stressed planet.

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