by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jan 29, 2023 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
When I first heard about this exercise, I thought that there might be some important insight I could glean from “my older self”. But when I took a moment to consider the answer. To consider where I might be someday in the future. To consider where an older, wiser...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jan 5, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Reflection
Bear with me as I fumble through this new dream and goal of mine. Most people when they look at their bed, they see a bed. I actually don’t sleep in a bed. I sleep in a hammock. But that is beside the point. For me when I look at my hammock the first thing that...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 31, 2022 | Media, Personal Reflection
When it all made sense is sort of a goofy title for this blog post because in many ways I don’t know if my life has made any sense to me. Every day of my public school and high school life I was bullied. I did not know how to be around kids my age. No friend ever...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 26, 2022 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
This morning was a rough morning. I attempted to write out what going on inside my head. I am paralyzed by indecision not so much by fear but from lack of purpose, passion and conviction. There is a fog over me and my entire life as far as the eyes can see. I never...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 17, 2022 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
I don’t know what this post is going to look like. I am going to “follow the wild goose” which is a term I heard about a long time ago referring to a term the ancient Celts had for the Holy Spirit. So, I am actually not sure if I am using “follow the wild goose” as...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 21, 2022 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
It’s the thought of interacting and meeting the hundreds of people that for one reason or another will cross my path in my remaining time on this planet that will ultimately reveal their true colors that make my life so exhausting. There is a point where it is...