For me personally, a bit strange. Not that a lot of weird, bad things have been happening, but for the larger part of the year I felt disconnected, just doing my thing but not really 'from the heart', or with my heart entirely in it. 'Existing', not really 'living'. I still cannot explain that fully, though I blame a large part on the craziness that currently reigns the world at large and that I had let come too close to me to remain unaffected. In my case, it manifested itself as a numbness, as if I had distanced my Self from the world to protect it, but therefore could not stay in contact with it anymore.
That all changed during and after my vacation to Scotland where I found
an Inner Light, which also managed to rekindle my Inner Light and
reconnect me to my Self. This process was continued during my Paris and
Disney trips where my Inner Child and my Sense of Beauty were switched
back on.
That was the big current of 2018, for the rest it was a year of ups and downs and a few heartfelt losses. It was also a year of starting or restarting new (or almost new) things: the Warhammer hobby, a study of the Grail Mythos and what's known as 'Celtic' Christianity and, of course, a new way of studying Karate and Kempo outside of a school framework.
So what's in for 2019? To be honest, for the world at large I fear the worst. There is no indication that any of the craziness and anarchy that's been dominating 2018 will abate any time soon, I'm afraid it will only get worse. There's for instance Brexit to 'look forward' to and I can tell everyone right here and now that with all the uncertainties surrounding it, we have decided not to travel into the UK in the upcoming year if we can help it. Let the dust settle before we attempt to cross the Channel again.
Personally, I am looking forward to a year in which I will reclaim my personal happiness in various ways. I will focus more on my various hobbies, I will focus more on what is a source of some real joy and happiness, i.e., my spirituality.
But I will abandon many activities which expose me to toxicity and toxic behaviour. The antiracism ("Zwarte Piet") debate in the Netherlands for instance, however interesting and personally illuminating it has been, has never been my personal fight, and though I will continue supporting it, I will not actively engage into it anymore in 2019. And there is something else I am going to change, more on that in the upcoming week or so.
So, 2018 is done and 2019 is around the corner and full of wonderful opportunities. I wish you all a great end-of-year 2018 and a wonderful new beginning with 2019.
That was the big current of 2018, for the rest it was a year of ups and downs and a few heartfelt losses. It was also a year of starting or restarting new (or almost new) things: the Warhammer hobby, a study of the Grail Mythos and what's known as 'Celtic' Christianity and, of course, a new way of studying Karate and Kempo outside of a school framework.
So what's in for 2019? To be honest, for the world at large I fear the worst. There is no indication that any of the craziness and anarchy that's been dominating 2018 will abate any time soon, I'm afraid it will only get worse. There's for instance Brexit to 'look forward' to and I can tell everyone right here and now that with all the uncertainties surrounding it, we have decided not to travel into the UK in the upcoming year if we can help it. Let the dust settle before we attempt to cross the Channel again.
Personally, I am looking forward to a year in which I will reclaim my personal happiness in various ways. I will focus more on my various hobbies, I will focus more on what is a source of some real joy and happiness, i.e., my spirituality.
But I will abandon many activities which expose me to toxicity and toxic behaviour. The antiracism ("Zwarte Piet") debate in the Netherlands for instance, however interesting and personally illuminating it has been, has never been my personal fight, and though I will continue supporting it, I will not actively engage into it anymore in 2019. And there is something else I am going to change, more on that in the upcoming week or so.
So, 2018 is done and 2019 is around the corner and full of wonderful opportunities. I wish you all a great end-of-year 2018 and a wonderful new beginning with 2019.
