Marit de Jong

Leven vanuit dankbaarheid. Altijd bezig met onderzoek wat waarheid is en naar nieuw ideeëngoed over relaties.Heb veel vragen.

[Dating Dynamics @Dating_Dynamics]

The difference between a marriage that lasts 3 years and one that lasts 50 years is 7 skills.

It's not communication.
It's not trust.

It's these seven things most people refuse to learn until it's too late....

[Marit de Jong @maritster]

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[Marit de Jong @maritster]

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[Larry Conger 🇺🇸 @eMTBrides]

My allergies actin up real bad listening to this.. this is absolutely beautiful! 🥹

He got a PrayerSong for his wife and she couldn’t believe this PrayerSong was about her 😮 this is an ad for custom Christian songs but I had to share because it touches our soul 💯🫶

[Marit de Jong @maritster]

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[Larry Conger 🇺🇸 @eMTBrides]

Wow 😮 a birthday song to remember 🎁 he got her a custom song and she can’t believe it was about HER 🥹 look at the husbands face got me cracking up 😆 That was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯🫶🏽 what do u think? 👈

[Habibullah Khan @Huk06]

A gymnast from our brother country Azerbaijan just did a triple triple, an insane impossible feat. I think this is the first time in the world in competition

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[Marit de Jong @maritster]

#TheSplit op #npoplus is een van de beste educatieve diepgaande en vermakelijke series over inzichten in #relatieshit die ik in jaren heb gezien. Absolute aanrader.

[Carole Huff Hicks @CaroleHuffHicks]

The British series The Split on Hulu has excellent acting. Sober subject with nuanced characters and human depth of feelings. Thoroughly adult and mature. #TheSplit

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

A new mom recorded a precious moment when her newborn twins locked eyes for the first time.

[Marit de Jong @maritster]

Belachelijke #ziggo #bioscoopreclame van n popcorn vretende man diede tv pauzeert zodat hij met nog meer popcorn een onthoofding beter kan zien. #faillisement van de menselijkheid

[Stig Abell @StigAbell]

I’m 45 today. My lovely wife, who is a potter, made me this mug, which exactly epitomises my outlook on life.

[Kareem Rifai 🌐 @KareemRifai]

After Vance accused Zelensky of not saying thank you, Zelensky is now tweeting individual thanks to every single world leader expressing solidarity with Ukraine.

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

It’s actually crazy to think that for decades, all this trash would have just flowed into the ocean. How did we accept this?

This is still the reality for most polluted rivers today—but hopefully, not for much longer!

[Marit de Jong @maritster]

#MaryOliver
It is a serious thing.

[Marit de Jong @maritster]

#relatievaardigheden

[liminal @Liminal1988]

Deep talk with your partner

[Marit de Jong @maritster]

@a7med_khaled131 @mariammaslouhi Take care. Peace now ❤️‍🩹

[Marit de Jong @maritster]

#DeJoodseRaad “Ik geloof dat mensen in deze tijd wel degelijk openstaan voor nieuwe perspectieven en elkaars verhaal willen begrijpen. Die zachtheid komt anno 2024 misschien niet veel aan de oppervlakte maar de reacties op deze serie, wijzen er op dat die er wel is.”Zeker weten.

[Yo-Yo Ma @YoYo_Ma]

A #songofcomfort for anyone who needs it.