Summary

The website content is a personal narrative detailing the author's intense love for life and their philosophical reflections on battling breast cancer, while advocating for a harmonious relationship with nature and promoting a life of simplicity and abundance.

Abstract

The author shares a deeply personal poem that expresses their emotional journey in the face of a breast cancer diagnosis. Despite the challenges, they find solace and strength in their connection to Gaia, a personification of Earth, and their love for life intensifies. The narrative reveals the author's plans for treatment, including chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation, and the impact on their partner and family, who have previously experienced loss due to the same disease. Embracing a nomadic lifestyle and advocating for sustainable living, the author remains an optimist, committed to contributing positively to the world. They acknowledge the urgency of life and the importance of personal meaning, urging readers to navigate life's complexities with simplicity and to face fears with acceptance and courage.

Opinions

The author views their battle with cancer as an investment in the rest of their life, emphasizing a commitment to living fully despite adversity.
They express a philosophical stance on healing, noting the irony of using chemicals to cure a disease potentially caused by chemical accumulation and traumas.
The author values the power of conscious living and the role of humans in the evolutionary process of the planet.
They believe in the importance of sharing personal experiences openly to foster connection and understanding.
The author's perspective on life is one of urgency, advocating for awareness and meaningful change in our ways of living, economic systems, and technological advancements.
They maintain a hopeful outlook, suggesting that many of our fears are unfounded and that life should be lived intensely, with clarity and brave decision-making.
The author emphasizes the significance of simple abundance and regenerative biomimicry as guiding principles for aligning human systems with nature.

LIFE

Now That Life Halts for Me, I Love Gaia More Intensely Than Ever

A poem of expanding life

Picture: S. Hermann & F. Richter via Pixabay

My breath is moist with tears The winter came and froze me My face is framed with silver lining clouds to mirror my grief

My breath is moist with tears I sigh among the branches who breathe with me and drink my life and thank me over and over

My breath is moist with tears I cannot hold the salty water she takes the mermaid and makes her swim fast, faster, fastest

I run out of breath there’s no moist left in my eyes in my veins in my soul

My breath is moist with tears and my love just holds me

When the clouds break and the rain runs down my cheeks I see the grey reflection of my own clouds in the mirror of life

And I love her more than ever My Gaia. My soul. My life. We are intertwined forever and ever

Even though the road ahead is filled with mist and the unknown, my songs of life will guide me …

Life Happens

In Asian religions dying during life is a normal phenomenon. And now I know how it feels. I had life crises before, but never like this. I will write about it openly. But please, don’t pity me. Or Mike and my family.

I will make many happy stories too. You know me. Always the realist. Always the optimist.

However, it clouds our life energy when we receive too much pity. And Mike and I just want to be courageously living, as we have always done.

Last year, we went fully nomadic. Contributing to life and healthy alternatives to our poisoned reality on this Earth. We lived for months in beautiful Greece, went home (to the Netherlands) on a Xmas break, planning to go back after three weeks.

And then life happened.

To make a long story short, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and have no choice but to take the harsh route. Nine months of investment in the rest of my life. Heavy chemo, an operation, and radiation.

My life will have a Dutch hospital background this year.

It feels so weird to allow chemicals into my veins to cure a disease that’s caused by… accumulated chemicals and traumas…

But I refuse to stop my life short!

For Mike and his daughters, it’s confrontational too. Exactly twenty years ago, they lost their wife and mom to breast cancer. They were 42, 12, and 9 years old. This loving family of mine is so brave. They say that it will give them the chance to experience the whole process consciously this time.

With a different outcome.

We go for it!

Change of Voice

As a one-off, I tag some friends on this platform. So you will know why my voice might change somewhat during this year.

May sound more urgent. May share more details about our planetary evolution, simple abundance, mirrors, healthy technologies and economies, and our role as humans in this evolutionary process that’s now happening big time.

Dr Mehmet Martine Trista Selma Elisabeth Amy Michele Rebecca Rebecca Zelam Dew Tree Agnes Agnes Jenine Adelia Kaia Yael Maria CR Annelise Nicole Caroline Melissa Charlotte Gurpreet Lanu Aurora Annick Neha Noma Sherry Paul Bill Kathryn Joe George Jessica B. A. Tony Rasheed Henery Chowa FILZA 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 Simona Tamela Jayne Infiniti Russ Salam Ravyne Fred Liam The Maverick Thewriteyard Stuart Maria Sumera Ntathu Arthur Britni Dipti Eliot Daniella Ryan Do The Green Helen Jo Ann Kevin Nicole Kim Priya J.J. Roz Jyssica Radha Upen Suzanne Tre René Terry Jill Eli Shin Karen ◦•●✿ Christina Dr. Christine Keno Dennett Stephen Sean Danny Ev umair Ashok

I’ll keep on writing as I did. About simple abundance and regenerative biomimicry. About the many possibilities to change our ways, our lives, our economies, our technologies, our societies, and our planet awareness with open, dynamic, living systems.

How to bring our human systems in line with Nature, with Gaia, with planetary laws.

Life is getting urgent for me. And for you too.

Giving personal meaning to life is all that counts in our life. And awareness will help us understand what meaning really means to us. It’s different for everyone, you know…

There are many challenges ahead of us. Some we’ll have to face. But many are more about fearing danger than about real danger itself.

So, when the dragon finally does stare us in the face, there’s only one thing we can do. Go for full acceptance, surrender. Make our heads as clear as we can. Take brave decisions. And live life even more intensely than ever before.

Conscious of the signs all around us. Navigating complexity with simplicity.

That’s what I’ll do. After all, life’s a roller coaster.

See you around…

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