Embrace the end – reveal life's beginning.
Ever has it been
that love knows not its own depth
until the hour of separation.
– KAHLIL GIBRAN –
The Prophet
Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to ‘die before you die’ – and find that there is no death.
– ECKHART TOLLE –
The Power of Now
A man just died,
not a single day
in his life
satisfied.
He saw it clear,
a second before
he stepped into the light.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Inspired by themes from the Dutch song Verloren Tijd by Klein Orkest.
What if losing means winning?
Sometimes, you gain more
by letting go.
Sometimes, you lose
what you thought you needed,
only to find
what was truly yours all along.
And maybe,
amidst all the noise,
you had to lose first –
in order to clearly see.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
All your life, you think you are your body.
Sometimes, you think you are your mind.
The moment you die, you realize Who You truly Are.
– NEALE DONALD WALSCH –
Conversations with God
(translated from the Dutch version)
Want to fully live?
Face the end first.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Between what is said
and not meant,
and what is meant
and not said,
most of love is lost.
– KAHLIL GIBRAN –
Duality is life’s law.
Light and dark. Beginning and end.
Time and eternity. Life and death.
Embrace one, deny the other –
and you deny life’s fullness.
Both sides of the coin
form the coin.
Without shadow, no light.
Within shadow lies growth.
What you push away
will hold you.
Embrace it,
and it sets you free.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
“Goodbye,” said the fox. “Here is my secret.
It is very simple: One sees clearly only with the heart.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY –
The Little Prince
Let fear be.
Let distractions come,
and go.
Know what truly matters –
and let the rest slide.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Living so that, at any moment,
you’re ready to let go.
From that moment,
every second becomes
an unexpected gift.
No chasing.
No expectations that were never yours.
Just deep, honest appreciation.
Nothing owed.
Nothing assumed.
Nothing taken for granted.
Only gratitude.
For all that was, and all that is.
In that space,
you are truly alive.
That’s true abundance.
That’s a rich life.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
To truly live,
we must learn to let go.
Not just at the end –
but again, and again,
every single day.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Most people avoid thinking about death.
But what if facing it
is exactly what allows you
to truly live?
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Make the choices today
that your future self
will thank you for.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Love.
Gather the broken pieces.
Life is mastering the art
of letting go.
Love.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Live so fully
that regret has no place
to enter.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Death is not here to frighten you.
It’s here to remind you
how you truly wish to live.
Death whispers wisdom.
Listen closely –
and you’ll be set free.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Freedom is not found
in what you hold,
but in what you’re brave enough
to release..
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
True connection is rare.
Perhaps because being truly seen
means hiding is no longer possible.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
An arms race for your attention.
Everything pulls at you
until you’re nowhere at all.
Numb. Distracted. Lived by others.
But what if you embraced silence?
What if you chose stillness?
Chose meaning.
What is it you truly want?
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
The approaching death, and death itself – the dissolving of the physical form – is always a great opportunity for spiritual growth.
The tragedy is that most people let that chance slip away.
(…)
You then realize that death is an illusion, just as your identification with form was an illusion. The end of the illusion – that is all death is.
Death is only painful if you cling to the illusion.
– ECKHART TOLLE –
The Power of Now
(translated from the Dutch version)
You have never been closer to the end
than in this moment.
Every heartbeat is new.
Live it fully.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
If you had one week left,
how would you spend it?
You’d tell people what they truly mean.
You’d cherish every little detail.
Have the conversations you’ve avoided.
So why not now?
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Smartphone Paradox
Mindlessly reaching
for our phones.
Hungry for dopamine,
afraid to miss out.
Yet by scrolling,
we miss the moment.
The only thing that’s real.
Here. Now.
Always ‘connected’.
More alone than ever.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
When do people truly start living?
When they face death.
Death is the truth.
Forget this, and we live in an illusion.
And what remains?
Regret.
Regret weighs heavier
than the discipline to choose – right now –
what truly matters.
Waking up is a choice.
Don’t wait.
See what’s real: before it’s too late.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
We are all passing through.
We are all terminal.
Only the length of our encounters differs.
A brief encounter
can linger for a lifetime.
A lifetime
can pass like a brief encounter.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Always connected – yet further apart.
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
Always something.
Always noise, always more.
Silence is too loud.
Swiping, scrolling, snacking, snorting.
Chasing dopamine.
Running from yourself.
Afraid to stop.
Afraid to feel.
Afraid to be alone.
But what if you don’t run?
What if you stay?
What if you looked into the emptiness –
and found
you’d been there all along?
– JULIAN –
Vita Florentis
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