CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to first learn to understand myself and then others better. In this way, aging can be something to look forward to and if we can do this together, I believe we could get rid of a lot of fear and anger and live with more love for ourselves and thus others..

ABOUT ME

I am Diederik,

There are many things that I could say, but the best thing is to connect in person... But if you are curious: everyone is free to ask :)

UPDATE
Even though all of my profile needs some update, just as my philosophy has indeed undergone some re and deconstruction, I am happy to say that -after a break Im again more open to the couchsurfing community again!

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy is still under construction.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted a lot of people. And the last few years Ive been sharing my gratefulness with hosts

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had a number of surfers so far, even though 2 actually werent from couchsurfing. One person I met on the airport who missed his connection. It was great to trust someone and get a great reward! In general my experiences were great, relaxed, having extra housemates, sharing different views. So I guess I like it :-)

Interests

My basic needs are the same, my interests can differ from year to year and since I dont feel like updating my couchsurfaccount a lot, I just mention that right now I am into meeting new people (and I will give an update if this is no longer the case :) )!

• spirituality
• outdoors
• making music
• and more
• the (inner) universe
• and playing a game of chess

Music, Movies, and Books

I cannot say I have any favorite musician, even less can I do a prediction about what music I will like in the future. Music creates a feeling, and my feelings change over time. I embrace change in music. I like John Cages approach: the best music is the music that aint writting yet

I have never been a big reader, but please tell me if you read a book that inspired you!. I like movies with a surreal atmosphere.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I liked the last time I created a wave in a professional tennis tournament in an at that moment quiet dutch tennis crowd. After the wave, people started to support their countryman much more who was playing at that moment. After that he started to play much better and won the match. He later said that the support of the crowd helped him to win the match. I really like to experience that you can change outcomes if you dont let yourself be led by possible behaviour or possible thoughts of others (in this case the tenniscrowd that potentially doesnt like people screaming for a wave) too much..

Teach, Learn, Share

I dont know who I like to learn from, I guess it depends on what I want to learn which I am not sure about yet, but maybe a good surfer can help me with that.

I am not made to teach, but I hope that some people will love some of my doings.

What I Can Share with Hosts

That probably differs on a daily basis and on the person Im hanging around with, but my idea is to offer a lot of friendliness and I offer to be a good guide if the times right for that and in any case do my part in making this meeting a nice one!