Vagabonding

I have been in balance for a long time now, waiting for the creeping feeling of depression to come back. Instead of waiting, I’m preparing myself to fight the next battle. Yes, it is also with the help of medication, but what is more important: my weekly routine and my friends, who are a great support concerning my mental health. !Thank you! dear friends and strangers for your smile, your listening skills, your empathy and helpful advice. I wouldn’t be standing at this point of my life without you. And I feel strong! And I know I cannot be in balance forever (life would be boring without the ups and downs, right?), but at least I can prevent steep downs and high ups by keeping my stability, like “normal” persons do.

He’s a good hegg - meaning he is a good person and a great friend. It’s been like this, then it changed and then it changed again. Now everything is fine again. Do you know this person? This one person you have lots of fun and laughters together? This one person that knows you and there is telepathy, pancakes, joints, guitar music and loads of other good stuff! :)  Make sure you don’t lose that person and even if the relationship changes or goes through a rollercoaster: never give up! Don’t give up that person because one day you’re gonna regret it. Here’s to great friendship and good heggs. Raise your glasses and toast to this person! Hip hip Hurray!!! 

Whatever will be will be. But is there the slightest possibility? Just the thought is already thought with awe and longing. Well, if the thought is possible why not the reality? Sometimes it’s a long way from one to the other, but in the end it’s mostly worth it, no? Be strong. Hold up. Practice patience. And live the moment.

Hochgezogene Mundwinkel resultieren aus dem Versuch, sein Gegenüber zu der Annahme zu verleiten, der Geist befinde sich in einem fröhlichen Zustand. Das Resultat: ein künstliches Lächeln.

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle and the life of the candle will not be shortened.” -Unknown

How to define balance in your life? What does work-and-life-balance really mean? It is an often used word in the business world and the media. Even though I know it from the corporate world, I think the quintessence is this: inner balance. Without inner balance no balance can be reached at all. Personally, I find balance very important in regard to happiness. I am often unhappy when I am stressed from work, facebook, WG-life or from my free-time (Freizeitstress) and after reflecting and searching for a solution I often come to the conclusion that it is my inner balance, that is tilted. This tilted balance naturally affects my professional and personal life. So, instead of complaining about too much stress, one should take into consideration that the problem could be one’s inner balance. If that is the case, we should stop complaining about things and search for the trigger, that resets the inner balance one is happy with. It is a hell of a task, but believe me: it is totally worth it! 

10. Kit Kat Club & Berghain

I know you’ve got your hands full (well, if you were a person) So much is going on in Berlin, right? At least that’s what I heard and read about you. The airport is still not finished, the elections are around the corner and some refugees/newcomers/***/Berliners still stand in the corner of our society, so to speak, at the corner of your eyes (if they would exist). Some poor devils don’t even stand at the corner of your eyes, but are hidden and invisible behind a big wave of other big problems. How many wave breakers do you still need to build, Berlin? You’re such a busy bee, right? So let me give you one single advice: how about...j u s t . . . b r e a t h e!

For a happy life, it’s helpful to ask the right questions, because it’s a way of reinforcing, starting or rebuild a relationship with another person. How to know what the right question is? Good question! Well, the first step is, not about knowing how to choose the right words, but more about feeling empathy for the other person. The second step is, to understand the other person and being able to articulate your empathy in the right way. Communication is a complex concept and the message can get lost on its long journey from a lip to two ears. Of course, communication is only half the rent. Relationship-building is also about the flow between two or more people. Sometimes it just ain’t a match ;)

stay in the waiting place???

During these early morning hours there’s no one you can call. There is no place where you can go, because it’s dark outside and it makes you uncomfortable. You should at least leave your bed and look for some distraction. Find some happy thoughts on the internet, in a book or in music, if you want to. Don’t forget to breathe. Right now breathing is more important than thinking! Take it easy. Smile for at least 60 seconds and release helpful hormones. Dwell on great memories and remember the good feeling of warm sunshine outside and inside of you. You’re gonna be fine. You know it. You just have to believe it, too.

Thank you for inventing ROPE SKIPPING!!!

It's over. And while my soul is still in the process of decaying every fibre of you out of my system, my brain is already hoping for better times once the real cut has been made. Meanwhile, every message from you feels like a little pinch into my back up to a deep cut onto the flesh just above my heart. Even though I trust you not to go way down, until your blade touches the tissue that surrounds my heart for protection, a little voice inside of my head is whispering fearful words into my ear...

If you are going for the no-answer: Don’t worry, you’re on the safe and comfortable side ;)