Sixty, and I’ve Lost Faith in the World
Reflections on a society adrift, the burden of deeper insight, and the enduring call of the soul beyond the horizon.
December 2, 2024
Today, I Turn 60
Sixty years. A milestone where you’re supposed to look back with wisdom and contentment, but I feel anything but calm. I’ve never been more worried about the future. Not because I believe in the hysteria around climate change or the endless stream of fear-driven headlines, but because I see how the essence of life is slipping away. How the soul of humanity is being drowned in a whirlpool of superficiality and emptiness.
As someone who thinks and feels differently — deeply, intensely, and with a vision that reaches beyond the horizon — these times feel harder than ever. It’s as if everything is designed to suppress what truly matters: questions about meaning, purpose, and our place in something much bigger than ourselves. The world demands answers, numbers, and control. But it’s this obsession with control that blinds us to what really matters.
What I see is humanity losing itself. Not because of climate change or economic chaos, but because of a deeper crisis: a spiritual emptiness. We’ve lost touch with our souls, with the understanding that we’re here for something far greater than material things. And that hits me deeply, because I know what it feels like to ask: “What’s the point of all this?”
Turning sixty doesn’t mean I’ve found all the answers. But what I’ve discovered is that those answers aren’t in the outside world; they’re far beyond it. In what I call “life beyond the horizon.” That space where the soul speaks, where the wisdom of lifetimes comes together. A place that invites us to truly feel, to truly see.
The risk of thinking this way is that you often feel alone. People like me — wired differently, always seeking depth, refusing to follow the crowd — don’t easily fit into this world. Yet I know it’s exactly this kind of thinking that’s needed now. Because if we stay silent, who will hold on to what really matters?
Today, on my 60th birthday, it feels like I’m standing on an edge. Not the edge of an ending, but the edge of a choice. A choice to keep going, despite the heaviness. To keep pointing to that horizon, to what lies beyond this life. Because in the end, I believe that’s where it all starts: not in what we see, but in what we know deep within.
Sixty years. It feels like a battle, but also like an opportunity. An opportunity to sharpen my voice, to keep saying the things others don’t dare to say. And above all, to stay true to the soul — the only place where real truth can be found.
I don’t raise a glass to the world as it is now, but to the soul that reminds us there is always more.
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Turning 60 is a monumental achievement — congratulations! I resonate with what you're expressing. Perhaps it's not so much humanity drifting away from soul connection, but rather your own profound (re)connection with the soul that allows you to move at warp speed. And, no one is able to keep hold of you.
Your message is powerful, and so, being present and aware transmutes that often lonely feeling into an unstoppable source of motivation and energy. With this clarity and purpose, the path slices straight through all the bullshit. Like a knife cutting through the layers of onion, determined to hit the core.
Keep up the wonderful work — age is just a number — and the best is only about to start!
Wishing you a fantastic day!
Best, Wout
Congratulations Ron, 60 is great💖, have a wonderful day! Keep travelling and stay true to the soul...