Tag: experiencing the world
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Take a pause
Life can move so fast; sometimes at my busiest, I don’t remember on Friday what happened on Monday. There have been too many microevents. It’s better to take a pause. Stop and look around before you miss life as it is unfolding. The world as it is today seems to have different settings in this…
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On the good days
There won’t always be good days, but on the good days, I’ll be eternally grateful that I am on this beautiful journey. Every bit and piece, every stop and turn, every encounter is what makes it worthwhile. It’s like the strokes of the artist’s brush, painting the best work of art. It is what makes…
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Take care of yourself
” Take care of yourself so that when the people you love fall, your arms will be strong” Jennifer Laurence You should be self full to the point of overflowing in order to reach, touch and bless others. I used to fear self love because I mistook it for selfishness. There is a difference between…
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Make mistakes …
“Make mistakes but don’t regret them. Regret is the hardest thing to carry when you get older.” This is the best advice I have heard today. Recently I had a huge imposter syndrome moment which is largely attributable to a period in which I had a long spell of fails and losses. I had lost…
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#3 Travel diary: History and preservation.
There is life in historical sites, buildings, monuments, antics, verbal stories, …lands and fields even. In Germany the gravity around these things is palpable. Europeans as a whole generally seem to be very rooted in cultural preservation, and holding strong attachments to their history. Germany is not short on technology or new great ideas on…
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#2 Travel diary : Being intentional.
I am just learning now that I actually love walking. I just want the right environment and atmosphere when I do it. I have found places that my heart is forever glued to and I would spend eternity wandering there if I could. The thing I love most about them is that these people have…
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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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#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…