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"REJECTING PERFECTIONISM" (A nostalgic short story about my great grandfather, and his daughter, my grandmother - "Nanny Orah") ❤️ The Swedes have a word for REJECTING PERFECTIONISM: "LAGOM", roughly translates to "JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT", "BALANCE & FOCUS ON THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS." My father's-mother's-father (Oscar Johnson - my great grandfather), immigrated to Canada from Sweden when the Titanic sailed... The Story is... ...Oscar had 2 tickets for the Titanic, however his brother was called to work 2 weeks earlier... They never took the Titanic... if not for this perceived "Imperfect timing", perhaps he and my grandmother and my father and I never would have existed! 🤷‍♂️ Dependant on perspective, this may have been "Lagom"? Supposedly... Oscar brought electricity to Northern Alberta, and... supposedly, Oscar once bought land on a handshake in Peace River Country (later found to have oil) - the handshake wasn't honoured... who knows what that could have meant for my family... Dependant on perspective, this may have been "Lagom"? His Daughter (Orah Johnson), my Dad's Mom, is one of the most inspiring women I've ever known. Her kids and grandkids (myself included) could do no wrong in her eyes, always loved and accepted for who we were. Orah valued and paid close attention to everyones unique individuality and encouraged our strengths and abilities, never a harsh or critical word spoken to us, only seeing our value! She was proud of us all in our unique authentic ways. Full of love, compassion, empathy, understanding, seeing the best in everyone, she showed gentle assertiveness and care. To Orah everyone had value and worth! She somehow lived and embodied: "Lagom", as though she believed EVERYONE IS ESSENTIAL, and EVERYONE WAS JUST RIGHT for who they are! ❤️ The mindset of Lagom can bring a different perspective. Life may not be perfect, perhaps there is a balance and peace of mind when focusing on the essentials and rejecting perfectionism? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIG2f5maatenaZIsi=ZIVNulKaHBrDu8gt

I believe Taroof is the reason behind the 1979 Iranian revolution.

You deserve more views man. Good explenation, thank you.

What a nice and excellent video! Never saw anything like it. And you nailed it. Uitzieken, to sick out, is taking that one extra day in which you feel already pretty okay, but feeble, to build up your strength again, before going back to work or school. Regarding 'bespreekbaarheid', here translated with speakability, there is a Dutch proverb: "Je moet van je hart geen moordkuil maken", which translates into: "You must not turn your heart into a murder pit". It's better to speak up and to speak out, than let negative emotions fester and make one harbor great animosity.

Love this content! So very relaxing

I'm proud to be a Dutchman even though I do consider immigrating abroad

Happy wife, happy live 😅

Migrated to Australia, I miss the Dutch birthdays en de gezelligheid. Australia isn't a gezellig land or culture

You forgot one very important one. "Doe normaal" which is "Act normal". We prefer not to stand out too much to be appreciated. Don't force an identity. Be yourself and fit in a little. What is nice about this, is that people who don't yet know who they are, can fit in easily. It hinders of course very extravagant individualistic types. They can perceive it as a kind of "social prison". But they will be "gedoogd" (tolerated). By the way, I cannot believe that many of the things mentioned in the video are not done in the rest of the world. The words may be typically Dutch, but the behavior isn't.

My Dutch parents immigrated to Australia. I don’t even know my own family there,I keep wondering how my life would have been changed had they stayed 😢

I like the Dutch word ‘uitbuiken’, meaning bulge out (literally uit=out, buik=belly and uitbuiken is the verb). Give your belly some more room after a heavy and lavish meal, like Thanksgiving dinner. Go sit on the couch, move the belt one notch or remove the belt entirely and loosen the top button of your trousers. Slide a bit down the couch and you’ll have the perfect position to bulge out. It could be that the average American could not imagine doing this because he wears sweatpants to dinner. Or she a stretch legging, which we in Dutch call ‘fluisterbroek’ or whisper trousers, because you see the ‘lips’ move but you can’t hear anything being said.

The secrets are…. They don’t have to seal with da Brothers… yep that’s it!

Such a beautiful looking country 🙂