During my travels around the world, I find inspiration in unexpected encounters that I'd like to share with you. Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. This time: "How energy places make you happier, more creative, and more effective."
During my travels around the world, I find inspiration in unexpected encounters that I'd love to share with you. Sometimes you even have to move away to get closer. This time: 'A Network of Lights'.
Some places and times give you more meaning than others. This time, I'm taking a little trip closer to home, to a park near where I live in the Netherlands. Not far away, still it brought me a miracle. How close travel and a dull (natural) place can bring you light and inspiration. Take a look:
During my travels around the world, I found inspiration in unexpected encounters that I'd like to share with you. Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. This time: " A better world by being a temporary astronaut".
Years ago, I was at the WOMAD festival in Malmesbury, UK, where the album Big Blue Ball featuring artist Peter Gabriel was being presented. The idea behind it is that we see the Earth as a big blue ball when we look at it from a distance. Just like astronauts see and experience it. Because when you step back, you become aware of what you didn't see before. For many of them, it's an unforgettable life experience that makes a deep impression and brings them back with a new awareness to live and work differently. Just look.
During my travels around the world, I found inspiration in unexpected encounters that I'd like to share with you. Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. This time: "Our precious."
Years ago, I was on the film set of "The Shire," the home of the beloved Hobbits from "Hobbit & Lord of the Rings." On the North Island in Matamata, New Zealand. In my hands, I held the great ring used in the film "Lord of the Rings." Gollum's words inevitably came to mind: "My precious."
New insights sometimes come more easily when you step outside your "normal" bubble. Just like traveling to another country or culture can offer. Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. Each time a different place, a different time, and a new insight.
FROM NOW ON…
… you'll regularly find posts with insights from unexpected encounters with people and nature that I'd like to share with you. Here are a few: https://martinthoolen.com/en/blogs-en-artikelen/?_categorie_knops=wereldinspiraties&_categorie_knoppen=wereldinspiraties
During my travels around the world, I found inspiration from unexpected encounters that I'd like to share with you. Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. This time: ‘The Famous Healer from Ubud'.
During my travels around the world, I received inspiration from unexpected encounters that I'd like to share with you. This time: ‘The Flowing Soul’.
Sitting by a flowing stream in the woods of Queensland in Australia, I wondered years ago: If water flows, giving and receiving, would that also apply to the soul? Does it also flow best when it gives and receives as a natural cycle of life? And if so, how do you translate that into choices you make in your own work and life?
During my travels around the world, I found inspiration from unexpected encounters that I'd like to share with you. Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. This time: "the desert as a supermarket."
During my travels around the world, I received inspiration from unexpected encounters that I'd like to share with you.Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. This time: ‘Coaching Native Americans Shows What We Have In Common’.
Years ago, I was involved in a 10-day ceremonial event for Canadian 'First Nations Natives' on Bella Bella Island on Canada's west coast. An unforgettable experience, especially because of the discoveries I made while coaching a number of First Nations Natives.
During my travels around the world, I found inspiration from unexpected meetings that I'd like to share with you. Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. This time: 'What the Rainbow Shows: The forgotten light’.
Years ago, I was sailing on a ferry from England to Ireland. Imagine: cold, gray, sky, gloomy decorations on the ship, drizzly, fog banks, rain and hours of sailing. It all looked a bit gloomy. After a few hours I started daydreaming. I looked outside and suddenly saw the sun peeping through the fog banks. And suddenly there was a crystal-clear rainbow.
During my travels around the world, I received inspiration from unexpected encounters that I'd like to share with you.Sometimes you have to go (far) away to get closer. This time: ‘Coaching Native Americans Shows What We Have In Common’.
Years ago, I was involved in a 10-day ceremonial event for Canadian 'First Nations Natives' on Bella Bella Island on Canada's west coast. An unforgettable experience, especially because of the discoveries I made while coaching a number of First Nations Natives.
