iBelieve i can make a difference.

Jezelf veranderen, ja of nee ?

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:19:17 +0200

Eerst jezelf accepteren. Je kan jezelf niet veranderen. Is één denkpiste. En is natuurlijk waar. Maar kunnen we nog spontaan, zonder vooroordelen en in vrijheid zijn wie we zijn. Kunnen we nog de dingen zien zoals ze echt zijn ?

Zijn ergernissen naar anderen geen gevolg van het patroon waarin wij vastzitten.
Waarom reageren we zoals we reageren. Waarom worden we plots zo kwaad?
Waarom juist op die persoon? Waarom net in die situatie?
Onze manier van reageren en omgaan met anderen leert ons juist heel veel over onszelf. We moeten alleen durven kijken.

Verander in jezelf wat je in een ander wil veranderen.
Kijk met een open en nieuwsgierige geest naar de dingen. Kijk zoals een kind die alles voor de eerste maal ziet. Al de rest komt van zelf

happyness

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:13:18 +0200

I would like to make people more happy with a small high quality ready-made chocolate snack and a pinch (barely legal ) of my secret potion that would flat out most current chocolate snacks)))

STOP weekend accidents now!

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100

We are most probably lowering weekend accidents of young drivers under influence step-by-step thanks to information campaigns and more repression.
What I don’t understand is our patience to solve this dramatic problem.
I think we have to just stop it NOW by true actions and I believe I have a simple idea… I would oblige car manufacturers to install in every car sold to a driver of 18 to 25 years a breath analyzer that does not allow you to start the car if you are under influence. Breath analyzers give an electronic signal, pass or fail; if you connect this signal to your ignition you can start the engine or not start it.
The technology exists, now we just need a regulation to impose it.
It is too easy to call young drivers killers and say they should act as responsible people. I’m sure all did not want to, but that is just the problem of influence, you are not yourself any more. Your judgment capabilities are inexistent.
Placing breath analyzers in every car will bother many, but it will be the everyday strongest signal to the youth not to drink and drive. ??If you find my petition too hard, at least let us obtain that car manufacturers should be obliged to offer this as an option parents can choose to buy to protect their children. But be aware if as a parent you choose not to have it installed that you can still sleep well at night...

I have driven under influence waking up the next morning and started thinking how I got home. Then running with a beating heart to the parking and see if the car was standing there undamaged and swearing next weekend I’ll stop drinking sooner. The problem is I had to swore this for many more years even though I buried 2 friends ....

How many decades are we still going to accept this fact?

For my children now I hope through iBelieve.be we can finally make a difference thanks to your support, advise or even better ideas.

I believe in you

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:43:58 +0100

I believe in you.

I believe more people should hear more people tell them more often: 'I believe in you'. We should say 'I believe in you' to ourselves more often too. 'I believe in me.'

I have sailed around the world. Not many people thought I could do it. Some even told me so. But I did. Because I believed I could. And my wife said she believed it too. So we went. And you know what? Once we believed we could do it, the rest was easy.

Now many people tell me 'I could never achieve such a thing.'

I assure them it's not that hard. To climb the highest mountain, all you need to do is take one small step at a time. In the end, you'll reach the top. Sailing around the world is just the same. Head in the same direction all the time, keep going mile by mile, and after some years you'll get to the place you've started from. The only problem is: you need to believe you can. The rest is easy.

The most difficult part of sailing around the world is making the decision to do so. It's like jumping off the highest board. Once you're gone, the rest is execution. Once you've taken the decision to pack up and leave, you're on your way. Easy.

But it all starts with 'I believe'. I believe in me. I believe in you.

People need to hear those words more often.

Kids coming home with their report card shouldn't have to listen to their parents only whining about their bad grades. They need encouragement for the good grades they got. It's the things they are good at that will help them make a difference in this world. And they need to believe that too.

What if Mozarts father had said he should study harder for mathematics and history instead of playing that damn piano all the time, something he was good at anyway? What if Einstein would have had to focus all his attention on french and geography, because he wasn't good at those? He changed the world because later in his life his wife said 'I believe in you', so he could focus on some papers he was working at while working as a clerck.

If each individual gets the support she needs and deserves, this world could become a better place.

Somewhere, someone may have the solution to something tremendously big right now. Let's tell her we believe in her. Because if nobody does, she will not believe in herself too.

Therefore: 'Hey! You out there! Yes, you! I believe in you!'