Kategorie: Allgemein
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Ibrahim And The Little Bird
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…
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Walking
Strayed, Cheryl (2012). Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, 63. Story behind the Passage Sometimes you have conversations with people and you immediately know afterwards that they have changed your life. Sometimes you even know beforehand that this will happen. You sort of push for this because you are the one asking…
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The Parrot
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.…
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Embrace
Grass, Günter (2002). Im Krebsgang: Eine Novelle, 60. Story behind the Passage In my childhood, I dealt quite a lot with war. Not personally but via stories. As most people in my generation, my parents were born in the middle or shortly after the war. Their stories therefore became part of our stories — if we liked it…
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Menschlichkeit
Frisch, Max (1991/1957). Homo Faber, 82. Story behind the Passage Angeregt durch ein Gespräch von gestern und den Ereignissen in der Welt, bin ich heute nur eines: verwirrt und verloren. An diesen Tagen können nur Gedichte „helfen“. Bin ich schon 80? Gibt es so etwas wie Fortschritt? Hat sich der Mensch „zu Ende“ entwickelt? Und wenn…
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Ocean
Hemingway, Earnest (1995/1951). The Old Man and the Sea, 44. Story behind the Passage When I think of the ocean, I sometimes think of Hemingway. And when I think of Hemingway, I think of Cuba. I was still a teenager when I first visited the island and when the tourist guide showed us the bar “La…
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Expectations
Dickens, Charles (1860/61). Great Expectations, 319. Story behind the Passage Yes, Dickens again. This time, I am talking about Great Expectations — the story of Pip, the orphan, whose journey to adulthood is told in this novel. I do not remember many details about the book but I knew today that expectations had to be my topic.…
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Trees And Words
Moretti, Franco (2007). Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History, 70. Story behind the Passage Today, just a few minutes ago, I wrote a beautiful text for today’s post. It was about how I planted a mini tree in the garden today, a a red current bush. And I wrote about how much that made…
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Lotusblume
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…
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Consulting
Block, Peter, and Janis Nowlan (2011). Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used, 18. Story behind the Passage Today was a life-changing day for me. That has private reasons, however, and I am not going to address these. It was also a remarkable day because I became aware that the solution to my personal…