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Poem Maya Angelou’s SuperSoul Sunday — Part 2 (ca. 24:40) In Peter Modler’s book Das Arroganzprinzip (“The Arrogance Principle”), which we read in my Storytelling AG this week, one finds the following line: “Da ich pragmatisch vorgehe, scheue ich mich auch nicht vor vereinfachten Aussagen“ (19). This is what every person in the business world learns — pragmatism. And I…

Kunze, Michael, and Michael Reinecke. Aufrecht geh’n. Musixmatch Story behind the Passage Today after visiting the cemetery, on my way back to the car, I heard the death bell ring. A funeral was just coming to an end. I paused for a minute to commemorate whoever was just finding his/her final resting place a few…

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (2005/1855). Die Leiden des jungen Werther, 10–11. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, I started getting deeper into Goethe. What I mean by that is that I really started studying him, not just on the surface like before. What differentiates “deeper” and “on the surface” for “normal” people, I do not know. For…

Nice Little Penguins. “Flying.” LyricFind Story behind the Passage All the way during my run this morning, I had this song in my ear. It was not despite the run, it was because of the run. If you run for so many years, I mean, in total, you go through different phases of running and…

Do What You Can to Help, for Allah Will Ask What You Did Not How Much… | Amaliah Story behind the Passage Today in a conversation with a very wise, kind, and strong man, I learned about this story above. It touched me deeply, just like everything else he said. There were so many sentences which…

Walbank, Frank. W. Polybius: Greek Historian. Story behind the Passage Maybe it is because I am currently reading St. Augustine’s Confessions or maybe these days are simply so extraordinarily transformational that they trigger strong and clear emotions. It does not really matter why exactly this topic has come up now but insights are always related…

Thich Nhat Hanh Dieser Tage denke ich viel an die Metapher der Lotusblume im Buddhismus. Thich Nhat Hanh hat sie sehr oft benutzt in seinen unzähligen Dharma Vorträgen. Sie ist wohl die Metapher, die auch die meisten Nicht-Buddhisten am besten kennen. Sie hat mich schon immer fasziniert, sobald ich sie zum ersten Mal hörte. Aber ehrlich…

Bilkan, Ali Fuat (2008). Tales from Rumi: Mathnawi Selections for Young Readers, 14. Story behind the Passage Someone told me about this story by Rumi today. I had heard it before, I think, but not in the context of Rumi. I still loved listening to it again. It is a beautiful story with a beautiful lesson….