Category: Motivation
The powerful speech in the film Barbie
An eye opening speech. Thank you, Greta Gerwig and also America for delivering it so perfectly. If you haven’t seen the film, but intend to, I advise you not to read this. It’s not a spoiler, but it’s best to experience these words as you’re watching the film. However, if you don’t intend to watch …
True friendships survive. No matter what
A story about a friendship. It got through a lot and came out stronger. There’s even a Gossip girl moment in there. The story begins with two girls at 7 years of age, they become a part of the same class in primary school that will stay together for the next 8 years. At first …
Quality over quantity – always, with some help from Aesop’s fables
As the year begins, here’s an Aesop’s fable to remind us that quality always beats quantity: A fox belittled a lioness because she never bore more than one cub. “Yes, only one”, she replied, “but a lion.” Biological fact: lionesses usually have between one and six cubs at a time. Most often they give birth …
Dear human, good planets are hard to find
This is not about the second quote we hear too often (which, unfortunately, we must): “There is no planet B.” It’s just thinking about the little things we can do make this life so much better. By life I mean everything in existence. It takes as little as: Be respectful, mindful, aware, friendly, kind, open-minded, …
How many times do you do a reality check of your life?
Or in other words – be careful what you wish for. Because your deepest wishes come true. Let’s go through this together: remember what you wished for throughout your life, your strongest wishes from different phases and areas of your life. Browse your memory, even photos and journals if you kept them. If there are …
Just in case no one told you today…
Quote of the day
Advice I would give to my 20 year old self – and present
Spend as much time as possible (and more!) with family and friends. Those are the most important times in your life. Set goals. Secific goals with due dates and work towards them. Thus you will inevitably achieve them. Be ambitious and aim high. Dating is overrated. Build friendships instead – those that will last forever. …
Four seasons, four birch trees
An easy hike away from our little town, up through a forest to a spot where the forest opens up and a view of the valley comes into sight, there are 4 beautiful princesses (as I call them) or brides (as my mother calls them). We are, of course, talking about trees, birches. Birches (Betula …