a nice day in the park - english!

For my friends in the States, who have not learned Dutch yet. I said I would translate something now and then.. :o)



It's funny how I can feel like shit for days, and then suddenly stumble unto a few simple lines of text which make me see the light again, and smile. I feel I am so complex sometimes, but apparently I am quit easy to cheer up.

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely
in an attractive and well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
chocolate in one hand, wine in the other,
body thoroughly used up, totally worn out
and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"


Yesterday me and my doggy Dali went to the park. That's one of the nice things about having a dog; you come outside much more often than before. You discover charming places in your town, which you had never noticed before. I lay in the grass, the sun was shining on my face, I saw all these little white flowers around me, HAPPY! I fell asleep, and woke up almost an hour later (doggy still there, purse not stolen). That was Enjoying the day with a capital E. Later, when I came home, the enjoyingt went on when I saw I had gotten freckles all over my face. Jippie!
Who saves themself, will become a stamp anytime soon right? So who wants to come with me and jump out of a plane (yes, we will use a parachute)? Ride a cow? Go skinny dipping? Is there someone who would like to bodypaint me? That could be so much fun. The summer is coming, I can almost smell her, so let us all make more out of life than we are doing now okay?
I am taking the ropes in my hands, I am binding the ends together, I am chopping through the knots.


(That last sentence probably does'nt make any sence in English, but in Dutch it is a nice saying. It means you are taking charge of your own life and your own happiness. Yeuj!)