BYE BYE MY SOULMATE
Thanks to my soulmate, we enter this important topic about friendship and friends. Welcome. A little outtake: “I have had many stories with and about friendship. I have made friends. I have lost friends. Once I even borrowed friends. But that’s another story. The definition of friends was easier many many years ago. We lived in community; we cooked, worked, lived and died together. Today is different. Friends are scattered around the world. We can build friendships through the internet. Friendship has changed. But also the way we live has changed. Today, we often live in our little cocoons. Is there anything wrong with this? I don’t know. I only believe that oneself should one day think about this topic. Today might be the day, where you re-define friendship for yourself. I mean, when is a friend a friend? Let’s find out…“
This was Diabolo, one of my best friends.
(middle photo: me in my bus. He stood there until I went to bed)
Updated: Apr 10, 2022
DO YOU SAY YES OR NO TO LIFE?
What’s the reason that you get up in the morning? Because you do every day? Or because you have a special reason?
A little outtake:
“When I say yes to this day, I remind myself why I am saying yes today. You remember my phrase. I say yes because I chose to play, create, love, care, explore, have fun and experience the world fully and totally, all the time. Dear listener, why do you get up in the morning? How would your phrase sound like?“
THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH, LOSS AND PAIN
From time to time, I come up with an episode that is not meant to be for everyone. This one might be one of them. Ladies and gentlemen, this episode is about life and death, including loss and pain. And still, I love this episode. When I started to write it, a thousand words just flew out of my fingers in no time, but for many words, the tears blurred my view. It’s about a letter I shall receive when I lose someone I love, or if I become ill or just before my own death. It’s the letter from my healthy, happy me to my troubled me. I am aware, that this episode touches ME, because it is about MY life. Why do I publish it? Because you can take this and turn it into yours, by also writing such a letter. At the end of this episode, I will tell you why I think you should do this.
A little outtake:
“A few words before I read the letter to you: With the pandemic, death and loss come closer, and we struggle. I notice many people lose hope. But not me. And maybe this is what I have to do. Spread a spirit about life, love, compassion, empathy and growth, even in dark times. I need to hear those voices who spread hope and optimism and if I can be such a voice for you – I’m more than happy to do so. I asked one of my best friends if I should wait to publish this episode and she said: “Are you crazy! There is no good or bad timing for this topic. It can’t be that it still is a taboo to talk about loss, death and illnesses. It’s going to happen to everyone, and we can’t ignore these facts. It will hurt yes. But the sooner we confront ourselves with the difficult moments in life – the more thoughtful we become about them and that’s what’s missing.”