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DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Ferry Zandvliet – Oct 10   Looking for the Positive
  In 2015 FerryZandvliet survived a terrorist attack in Paris. He’ll be t
 elling us about how he dealt with this horrifying ordeal and then managed 
 to convert it into a positive event and embark on a wonderful spiritual jo
 urney.   Ferry Zandvliet’s Story My story is all about how the most ter
 rifying ordeal made me a much happier person than I was before. That it en
 riched my life in a way that I would never have imagined. But something th
 at everyone in this world can relate to because my story is just about a s
 etback. And don't we all have setbacks? On Friday\, 13 November 2015\, I a
 ttended a concert by the The Eagles of Death Metal at the Bataclan theatre
  in Paris. That evening 89 people were shot dead and 300 wounded. There we
 re another two attacks in Paris that night. In total 129 people were kille
 d. It was a night that changed my whole life. Chronic insomnia\, hyper-ale
 rtness\, anxiety and serious PTSS problems dominated my life since that ni
 ght from hell. I noticed that while my immediate environment became harder
  and angrier\, I personally felt the opposite. The social hardening around
  me forced me to speak up\; I refused to be angry with the perpetrators\, 
 nor did I let people scare me. A week later\, I again attended a concert\,
  and I formed an intense friendship with the father of one of the terroris
 ts who blew himself up in Le Bataclan. By letting go of my anger and not g
 iving in to my fear\, my life has been enhanced. It is almost a spiritual 
 journey and an enrichment of my life. People in my country\, the Netherlan
 ds\, supported us following a life television broadcast with Humberto Tan.
  I will never forget the support from the entire country. I have now start
 ed a support group for victims of terrorism in the Netherlands\; have take
 n steps to improve the treatment of victims (something that was not there 
 for us at the time)\, and am sharing my story. This has grown naturally. T
 alking about what happened gave me much support in terms of processing my 
 emotions in the beginning. I hope that people realize that it is senseless
  to give in to fear and anger through my story\; you end up limiting yours
 elf… I should know! Come and listen sometime soon.   More about Ferry Z
 andvliet   Non-Member Guests and Visitors may register by contacting Andr
 eas Runggatscher at  executivedirector@nyrotary.org  Meetings convene 11:4
 5 am with starting bell at noon.   
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LOCATION:The Penn Club
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SUMMARY:Wkly Mtg: Ferry Zandvliet
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><span style="color: rgb(128\, 128\, 128)\
 ;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><strong>SPEAKER: </strong>Ferry Zandvli
 et &ndash\; Oct 10</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><img height=
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 at: left\;" width="135" /><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="col
 or: rgb(128\, 128\, 128)\;"><strong>Looking for the Positive</strong></spa
 n></span><br />\n<span style="font-size: 13px\;">In 2015 FerryZandvliet su
 rvived a terrorist attack in Paris. He&rsquo\;ll be telling us about how h
 e dealt with this horrifying ordeal and then managed to convert it into a 
 positive event and embark on a wonderful spiritual journey. </span><br />\
 n<br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<hr />\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><img a
 lt="" height="291" src="https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/000000036
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 t-size: 16px\;"><strong>Ferry Zandvliet&rsquo\;s Story</strong></span></di
 v>\n\n<div><br />\n<span style="font-size: 13px\;">My story is all about h
 ow the most terrifying ordeal made me a much happier person than I was bef
 ore. That it enriched my life in a way that I would never have imagined. B
 ut something that everyone in this world can relate to because my story is
  just about a setback. And don&#39\;t we all have setbacks?<br />\n<br />\
 nOn Friday\, 13 November 2015\, I attended a concert by the The Eagles of 
 Death Metal at the Bataclan theatre in Paris. That evening 89 people were 
 shot dead and 300 wounded. There were another two attacks in Paris that ni
 ght. In total 129 people were killed. It was a night that changed my whole
  life. Chronic insomnia\, hyper-alertness\, anxiety and serious PTSS probl
 ems dominated my life since that night from hell.<br />\n<br />\nI noticed
  that while my immediate environment became harder and angrier\, I persona
 lly felt the opposite. The social hardening around me forced me to speak u
 p\; I refused to be angry with the perpetrators\, nor did I let people sca
 re me. A week later\, I again attended a concert\, and I formed an intense
  friendship with the father of one of the terrorists who blew himself up i
 n Le Bataclan.<br />\n<br />\nBy letting go of my anger and not giving in 
 to my fear\, my life has been enhanced. It is almost a spiritual journey a
 nd an enrichment of my life. People in my country\, the Netherlands\, supp
 orted us following a life television broadcast with Humberto Tan. I will n
 ever forget the support from the entire country.<br />\n<br />\nI have now
  started a support group for victims of terrorism in the Netherlands\; hav
 e taken steps to improve the treatment of victims (something that was not 
 there for us at the time)\, and am sharing my story. This has grown natura
 lly. Talking about what happened gave me much support in terms of processi
 ng my emotions in the beginning. I hope that people realize that it is sen
 seless to give in to fear and anger through my story\; you end up limiting
  yourself&hellip\; I should know! Come and listen sometime soon.</span><br
  />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><a href="http://fe
 rryzandvliet.nl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(128\, 0\, 0)\;">
 <span style="font-size: 14px\;"><strong>More about Ferry Zandvliet</strong
 ></span></span></a><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<hr />\n<div><font color="#808
 080">Non-Member Guests and Visitors may register by contacting Andreas Run
 ggatscher at </font><a href="mailto:executivedirector@nyrotary.org"><font 
 color="#a52a2a"><strong>executivedirector@nyrotary.org</strong></font></a>
 <br />\n<span style="font-size: 11px\;">Meetings convene 11:45 am with sta
 rting bell at noon.</span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n
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