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#9 Travel diary: bicycles everywhere.
When I was a young girl, my brother taught me how to ride a bicycle. It was a very freeing activity. When I rode down that rocky road past farms and past slowly trekking people, I felt like one of those people in the exclusive league which my brother was born into, the free males.…
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#1 Travel diary…
Travel therapy is so real. And now I know that’s mine. In my language we have a saying that when a child doesn’t move, they say their mother is the best cook. Of course an innate feeling of undying loyalty to a good mother would call us to cling to the belief that out mother…
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Holding the relatable story
It’s quite easy Everytime someone listens to another person tell their story, their experience to immediately think: “I know what you’re talking about. I’ve been through that. I have a relatable experience. “ The thing is though, that you haven’t listened to their story and much as it may have similarity(ies) to yours, this is…
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Self-care doesn’t mean that you’re selfish.
Self-care doesn’t mean that you’re selfish. It’s in fact the very opposite of selfish. The better you are at taking care of yourself; physically, mentally, spiritually, the better you will be at taking care of others. The more filled we are with self love and care, the more we are able to give of ourselves.…
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#7 Travel diary: Garmich partnachklamm and hiking
Remember the place where Barack Obama sat with Angela Merkel for a gorgeous picture overlooking the best scenery on the planet ? Yes. So, I was in this place today. Obama and all those G7 leaders have nothing on me. The difference between me and Barack Obama is I wasn’t driven to a secluded hotel…
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Hope against cynicism.
There is nothing quite so sad as a young cynic; because it means they have moved from knowing nothing to believing nothing. Maya Angelou “To be sceptical is to say I’m willing to explore and learn and question. To be cynical is to say it is not true because nothing is ever true. To be…
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……, BUT …
Many times comes right after saying something good. After bestowing confidence on yourself or on someone else with compliments and love or with strength, light and flowers and all that is brilliant. Then comes the BUT. Everytime someone utters the three letters, in the mind of the recepient it’s like everything else is erased. Whatever…
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Hope is not blind optimism…
“Hope is not blind optimism. It is rather the complete belief that our natural aspirations for truth, meaning, and purpose will come to full practical realization.” ~Unknown~ I would wish that everyone has hope. Hope is what helps the farmer to sleep at night in peaceful assurance that what he has planted is growing even…
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Lifting others up.
“Putting you down does nothing for me. Lifting you up however, does everything for both of us” ~Unknown~
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You are stronger than your fear and doubt.
” It’s not who we are that holds us back from brilliant success but who we think we are not.” ~???Author” Today I was thinking just how we are aware and at the same time unaware of our power and brilliance. Many people have been heard saying or have caught themselves asking their heart and…
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She;
She that bears a golden heart Maternal sisterly and friendly Nuturing, protective and edifying Loving , kind and self-giving Reliable, selfless and altruistic. My mother dear See, she… Gives and gives of herself From the heart to the hands From her hands to the world She is a teacher, a nurse, carer A mother, a…
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Appreciate what you do have here and now.
If you stop worrying about what you don’t have maybe you’ll appreciate what you do have. Many times in life we are stuck in the dark places of our lives; the dirt corners, the undesirable family history, the failed dreams and unrealized goals, the hidden scars (physical, spiritual and/or emotional), the missteps, lost or never…
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The man in the arena.
Let me borrow the words of this wise man, Theodore Roosevelt. He says, “ It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,…
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I want to travel mostly for my love of nature.
Have you ever looked at nature and thought, ” I have had a glimpse of heave !” . This is how I feel sometimes; look at the beauty that exists in the world, on the earth, the beauty among people and I know for sure that there is a version of heaven on this Earth…
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Healing….
A part of how we cope with our trauma is by building walls. We build walls of mistrust such that we are always on the defence. We shield ourselves from love in the long run. We unfortunately also are building a fence to keep out every thing good that comes with people while we are…