5 quotes that comfort

Or if I'm ever nervous, Jet asks. Not really very often anymore. That's one of the advantages of getting older. Give me an axe and the chances are high that I've chopped with it and besides I have so many special people around me who whispered sentences to me that straightened your back and made your chin stick out.

I share them with you because that might just be what you need on this Tuesday.

A person suffers most from the suffering they fear

My dear grandpa always said that. I always make my own version of ‘Time will tell, worry will come.’ When misery knocks at your door, you have to deal with it. You can be afraid your whole life of what might come, but that's a bit of a waste of the fun years. And you know what? You can handle it all. Even if you get a tremendous blow, you bounce back. Bet?

Blow it away

The wise words of Harriet Calo. Emphasizing ‘blow’ so not ‘sigh’ or ‘huff’, because that's actually too much effort for your opponent. If someone says something unkind, you gently blow those words away. And maybe you blow that person away too.

Those who matter don’t mind and those who mind don’t matter

A few years ago something happened to one of my dearest loved ones and I felt the need to protect that person from the outside world. The most important thing was that no one would say anything that would wrong her. Then I saw during a holiday in Ibizaa a sign with this text and I thought; that's it. My mother always said: “Big spirits don’t see it and little ones don’t concern themselves with it.” And those are true words.βMake it small and throw it away.

Brenda, the art director of Marie Claire was such an upbeat type that if someone rejected a cover that we all really liked, she would sigh, then fold an imaginary ball and throw it over her shoulder. Just try it, it works.

This little poem.

I come from a seafaring family. My father is a captain and my brother followed in his footsteps. Maybe that's why I draw so much comfort from these lines.

When it really comes down to it, we don't need much. Sometimes a little sentence is enough.

Ik moet weer naar de zee

Naar de eenzame zee en lucht

En alles wat ik vraag is een hoog schip

En een ster om haar door te sturen

Or if I'm ever nervous, Jet asks. Not really very often anymore. That's one of the advantages of getting older. Give me an axe and the chance is...