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Hallo daar! Een heel mooie nieuwe week alvast!
Ik hoop dat je fijne dagen hebt gehad.
Ik merk dat bij een hoop mensen moeheid en geleefd voelen de kop op steekt. De energie is nu heel ehm ja energiek en naar buiten toe gericht. Neem ook voldoende tijd om naar binnen te keren en even niets te doen. En vooral daarna lekker weer gaan spelen. Geniet en laat je voeden door de energie van de zomer. Laat het je niet leegzuigen. De keuze is aan jou.
Ik heb vrijdag lekker buiten gespeeld. Ik ben met een vriend naar het speelkasteel (en ook echt dat, ze woonden er slechts 1 maand van het jaar en gaven dan extravagante feesten voor de rich and famous) van een Rothschild geweest. Walgelijk wat mensen met hun geld doen. Oké toegeven het is een mooi ‘optrekje’ maar jeetje wat voor goeds je niet allemaal kunt doen met dat geld! Kunnen vele mensenlevens door gered worden.
In 1890 erfde baron Étienne van Zuylen van Nyevelt van de Haar (1860-1934) de kasteelruïne van zijn vader Gustave van Zuylen (1818-1890). Étienne was op 16 augustus 1887 in Parijs getrouwd met barones Hélène de Rothschild (1863-1947), een erfgename uit de Franse tak van de rijke bankiersfamilie De Rothschild. Mede dankzij haar fortuin had Étienne de middelen om het voorvaderlijk kasteel op een grandioze manier te laten herbouwen.
Saillant detail is dat deze mevrouw Rothschild en haar man werden uitgepoept door hun familie omdat ze buiten hun kring gingen trouwen en dat zij lesbiènne was. En om hun huis nu te kunnen onderhouden het open moeten stellen voor publiek. Na vele renovaties is de pot schijnbaar leeg. De familie Rothschild heeft in de loop der jaren een enorm vermogen verworven en waarschijnlijk piekte het vermogen in de eerste helft van de negentiende eeuw. Een deel is door vererven versnipperd geraakt, terwijl een ander deel verloren ging door slechte investeringen in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw. Desalniettemin heeft de familie zich in de loop der tijd hersteld en wordt het totale familievermogen geschat op 350 miljard….
Ik liep daar een beetje met gemengde gevoelens. Aan de ene kant ontzettend genieten van de natuur, de pracht en praal, het goed gezelschap en het weer en aan de andere kant vol ontzet en soort van boosheid naar de nutteloosheid hiervan en mijn weerzin tegen die illuminati familie. Maar bovenal genoten hoor, ook van de leuke verhalen zoals een Gregory Peck met smetvrees die daar logeerde en handdoeken van zijn bed naar de wc rolde zodat hij het tapijt niet hoefde aan te raken en dat hij een keer op handen en voeten naar de toilet moest kruipen (over die handdoeken) omdat hij het lichtknopje niet kon vinden. Nou ja dat is ook wel weer zielig. Maar als je die man ziet ook wel weer grappig. Zo zie je maar looks can be deceiving. Weinig over van die stoere man zo.
Maar goed bij deze de ChaChaChat van vandaag. Dit is even de laatste van juli en ik ben in augustus weer vol nieuwe energie terug! Fijne dagen!
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Ben net even naar de Pure Markt geweest, was weer genieten van het park, de mensen en de lekkere hapjes.
Nu weer lekker thuis. Ik ga zo wat tekenen, verder met de Tarot Summer School en een lange yoga sessie doen, zin in!
Fijne week allemaal! van de kasteelvrouwe 😉
XX
ENGLISH
Hi there! A very nice new week to you!
I hope you have had nice days.
I a lot of people are experiencing fatigue and overwhelm. The energy is now very energetic and outwardly focused. Take enough time to turn inward and do nothing. And after that play again. Enjoy and let yourself be fed by the energy of the summer. Do not let it drain you. The choice is yours.
- Firs thing you need to do to heal fatigue and overwhelm is to admit that it is affecting you. Admit without judgement. Acknowledge. It doesn’t make you weak, dumb, less than others. Everyone is emotionally out of balance every now and then. There is nothing wrong with you. Accept how you feel, stop fighting.
- Now the second step is to lessen the input. Whatever is draining your energy or asking your attention and taking away from your focus, delete that as much as possible from your life. Define what gives and what drains your energy
- And when you have emptied yourself enough and you feel you can handle a bit of input, feed your soul by doing things that make you and your energy sing! Like perhaps indeed singing, or art, going out in nature, dancing, whatever you love to do (and don’t feel guilty doing it!) …play, have fun, fill your cup! Make clear for yourself what you need to do less of and what you need to make time for so it can feed you. And I hear you, you don’t have time. Stop the draining acts of scrolling online, social media, Netflix, etc. and see how much time you have left! 😉 You can always make time!
I have played outside on Friday. With a friend I visited the play castle (and it really was that, they lived there only 1 month of the year and then gave extravagant parties for the rich and famous) of a Rothschild. Disgusting what people do with their money. Okay to admit it is a nice ‘retreat’ but what good you can not do with that money! It can save so many lives.
In 1890 Baron Étienne van Zuylen of Nyevelt van de Haar (1860-1934) inherited the castle ruins of his father Gustave van Zuylen (1818-1890). Étienne was married in Paris on 16 August 1887 to Baroness Hélène de Rothschild (1863-1947), an heiress from the French branch of the rich banker family De Rothschild. Partly thanks to her fortune, Étienne had the means to rebuild the ancestral castle in a grandiose way.
A salient detail is that Mrs. Rothschild and her husband were pooped out by their family because they were married outside their circle and that she was lesbian. And to be able to maintain their house now, it has to be open to the public. After many renovations, the pot is apparently empty. The Rothschild family has acquired enormous wealth over the years and probably peaked in the first half of the nineteenth century. One part was shredded by inheritance, while another part was lost due to poor investments in the second half of the nineteenth century. Nonetheless, the family has recovered over time and the total family wealth is estimated at 350 billion ….
I walked there a bit with mixed feelings. On the one hand, enjoying nature, the beauty and splendor, the good company and the weather, and on the other hand full of horror and kind of anger for the uselessness of this and my aversion to that illuminati family. But most of all I enjoyed myself, also from the nice stories such as a Gregory Peck with hosophobia who stayed there and he put towels on the floor from the bed to the toilet so he did not have to touch the carpet and that he once he had to crawl to the bathroom on all fours (on those towels) because he could not find the light switch. Well that is sad true. But when you think of a man like Gregory Peck it is also a bit funny. So you see looks can be deceiving. Not such a tough guy after all.
In the video of today (in Dutch) I speak of a small time out this July as I am very busy with work. I will be back in August full of new energy!
For this week’s Tarot Time I drew the Eight of Pentacles in reverse which is about working very hard at something and realizing that it will not yield fruit. Even though you have invested a lot of time, money and effort into something, sometimes we just have to count our losses and stop ourselves from becoming frustrated because it is not going anywhere. Know when you need to quit. No shame in that. You tried. The next card was Knight of Swords which marks the beginning of something new, new energy, a forward motion. This card is all about the mind, action from the mind, with little regard for those around you. If you stop your other venture beware that you not move forward treading all over other people. And use your heart as well, not just your mind in making new moves. Do not scream to loud if you feel you are not heard or seen. This card also warns against not making rash financial decisions and it could also point out a person in your life that is brash, bold and loud. Do not let this person overrule you, do not let yourself be tempted by promises that are to good to be true. So yes move forward but use your heart and take note of the people around you. Be kind and be careful of bold people and/or decisions.
Have just been to the Pure Market, was again enjoying the park, the people and the tasty snacks.
Now home again. I’m going to draw something, continue with the Tarot Summer School and do a long yoga session, feel like it!
Happy week all!
XX
