Sunday reflections

I read some blogs and came across this amazing music video of the song "How He Loves Us". Check it out!



I love it, because it reminds me that God loves us very much! I'm not quite aware of this always and watching this video is a good reminder of that. Hope you enjoy it and know that you are loved by God!

Love's the only road to travel

I would like to share a new hobby in which I'm engaged in since two weeks, and it's called Postcrossing. In one sentence: "send a postcard and receive a postcard back from a random person somewhere in the world". It means that I can have 5 cards traveling at one particular moment. The more cards you send, the more you will be able to send more cards. It's really fun! I love sending, but of course also receiving postcards. Postcrossing enables me to travel the world without actually going there. Don't get me wrong, I would love to travel to a lot of countries but it's just impossible. As with a lot of hobbies I have this is something I'm really intensely involved with. It's a sport to find cheap, but nice cards and to find a card that fits the person I'm sending it to. Luckily, most people like the same kind of cards. Otherwise, it would be a day job just to find the right cards for each person. Maybe I also want to buy a lot of different stamps, because there are people who like a lot of stamps. But for now, I don't want to rush into it too much, because I just started and it can be a lot of work just writing the postcards.

This is my 'status' in Postcrossing:
- Sent a total of 8 cards to: Belgium (1), Finland (3), U.S. (1), China (1), Hungary (1) and Germany (1). 3 out of 8 arrived so I'm anxiously waiting for the other cards to arrive.
- Received a total of 1 card from: Italy

This is the card I received. It's a beautiful card.



What I think is really striking is the fact that there are a lot of people who don't have the opportunity to engage in this kind of activities and obviously don't think it's that important. This is resembled in the top 10 of the countries who sent most postcards:

1. Finland
2. U.S.
3. Germany
4. Netherlands
5. China
6. U.K.
7. Portugal
8. Japan
9. Taiwan
10. Canada

The bottom five of the list:
177. Svalbard and Jan Mayen
178. San Marino
179. Senegal
180. Samoa
181. Smaller Territories of Chile

And of course, there are also a couple of countries who do not participate in Postcrossing.
Despite these depressing statistics I hope I can send my love to a lot of people all over the world. After all, "Love's the only road to travel".

Back to 'normal' life

So it's been a while since I wrote something on my blog... Actually, I don't know what to do with the blog. I don't feel like a bloggy kind of person, but everytime I read blogs by others I get inspired to write again. So the next period I'll try to be more active at my blog.
The holiday's over and I'm really glad to have my 'normal' life back. In the holiday I always feel a bit lonely, because I don't know who's gone for a holiday and who's not. I spent a lot of time by myself and I was really glad when I could follow classes again and do the things I normally do. I've always been a very busy person. I have a lot of interests and because of that I also do a lot of things. After the break-up with my ex-boyfriend I started to realize that it's maybe a good idea to take it easier. So now I have more time for myself and others than a year ago. I try to spend as much time as possible with friends, but also with myself. It's wonderful to have a night by myself, but also to spend a lot of time with friends. For example, yesterday was the reunion of my holiday to Cuba. Seeing all these people again was great! We went to a restaurant for a dinner, subsequently drank cocktails at a cafe and after that we went clubbing.. It was awesome! :-D
So next period I will evaluate whether to quit with the blog or not... But I feel like writing, so maybe I'll continue blogging.