In one of my daily Bible readings I read a prayer which I translated into English and would like to share with you: “I place my life into your hands. I give it to you, my God, with the love of my heart. Because I love you and long to let myself go completely, I …
If you had one more week to live, what would you do?
I am sure some things came to your mind now. The questions is: What are you waiting for - what is the reason why you don't do it already? What is holding you back? What difference would it make, if you would do it? What effect would this have in your life right now? What …
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Resolutions for 2015? How do you succeed? Why do you fail?
One of my resolutions this year is to read through the Bible in one year. I do this with an APP (BiOY), where Nicky Gumbel (a Vicar from England) puts readings together from the Old and New Testament and then he writes a very good (in my opinion) explanation about these chapters and how we …
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Passion
"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion." -Simon Sinek- ??? What is your passion? What do you love doing? What motivates you? What stresses you out? Â Â Â Â For what do you work hard???
Take a break
How do you know that you need a break? Have a look at this foto: What comes to your mind? When I was studying many years ago and working as a teacher, I felt the stress very often - I would even say almost constantly. There was a lot of pressure to …
Core values
„As you run around struggling to check your daily „to dos“ off your list, it's easy to lose sight of what's really important –your core values. Take the time to check in with yourself. Take a sheet of paper and list your values and then ask yourself if you've done or said anything recently that …
Merry Christmas!
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." William Arthur Ward The three wise men brought presents to the king of kings: Jesus Christ. They expressed their gratitude. How do we express our gratitude on Christmas? Jesus Christ is the real present to the world. How …
One life to live
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Last week I finished reading an e-book about people at the end of their lives: what they wanted to say before they die and what was important for them – also some things what they maybe never expressed to other people before. Honestly – it was one of the most …
What is important? A story of a little boy
Just read this little story. I found it very touching and want to share it with you. A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.  SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?" DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" SON: "Daddy, …
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Blessed new year 2013!
Tomorrow is the last day of the year 2012 (or today – depending when you read this post or depending where you live =) I can’t believe that this year is almost over again – it went by so fast. It was a blessed year with lots of joy but also sadness. When we went …