I love music, but I don’t want to use music to feed my vanity; on the contrary, I should starve the vanity in me to death. Furthermore, too much of everything is obsession, and obsession is unhealthy. Also, a life after achievements is an insatiable life. It makes me want for more and left me …
Recently I attended a funeral, after the funeral, I have a little walk through the graveyard. On one gravestone, the inscription was “It was love” and two names, I guess they might be a married couple. It is so beautiful that I hope I can have the same words on my gravestone too. That will …
I celebrate Lunar New Year on 22.1.2023. It was a Sunday, I still needed to work as an organist. However, the work was enjoyable and relaxing. I have to stay with my friends because the church that I played organ was in their village. On Sunday, it is very difficult to travel with public transport, …
When people saw me last week, they’d thought something bad had happened to me, even a stranger had pity on me and offered me a pastry (very tasty!). My family was worried about me during a video call, because tears keep flowing down my face as a symptom of a cold (not sadness). I did …
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.Dr. SeussThe author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! A close friend of mine was in Zürich on new year and she sent me a postcard. I treasure it. During the first week of 2023, I spent time with my friends …
The flowering knows no end… Now all must change.Das Blühen will nicht enden.… Nun muss sich Alles, Alles wenden. Faith in Spring// FrühlingsglaubeJohann Ludwig Uhland I was away for a couple of days. When I came home, I discovered many new baby flowers have come out. Immediately, Schubert’s song – Faith in Spring played in …
On a blogpost in November last year, I’ve written:I do not know what exactly has begun or what has come to an end in order to create space for a new beginning, but it is certainly a new beginning with hope.https://thejourney-writing.com/2022/11/a-new-beginning-where-it-all-began.html It was on 29.11.2022, the 1st Advent. Today, when I am organising my pictures, …
Gifts have their meaning,where a life cannot exist on its own,by its own efforts or its own strength.And so we need the hand of others, the giving hand,and our giving hand is always needed. Once a year we practice the art of givingwith a light hand and a thoughtful heart,so that the other person will …
Tonight is the longest night of the year. What a perfect timing that the light bulb arrived today, so that I can have enough light! A book that inspired me afresh every time I read it is The Little Donkey/ Ein Esel geht nach Bethlehem by Gerda Marie Scheidl, Bernadette Watts. Its central thinking is …
December is a stressful month, to calm myself down, I am folding stars. These are only 2 of many variations of star that I have made. Other than working and folding star, I am also preparing Christmas presents for German families and friends. I was in a bookshop looking for a book called “The ultimately …