Kategorie: Allgemein
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The Disunity Of Science
Slingerland, Edward (2008). What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture, 69. Story behind the Passage Whenever I make big leaps in terms of personal growth, science gradually plays a more important role. This in and of itself is “growth” because when I was younger, I did not care about science at all. Not that…
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Book Of The Week Curiosity Kept Me Striving
Helfritz, Hans (2007). Curiosity Kept Me Striving: Hans Helfritz in Yemen 1931–1935. Story behind the Book Choice It is a challenge for people like us to not get on a plane for more than a year. Yes, of course, some people still travel all the time. For them, Covid hardly exists anymore. Still, I decided…
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Cleaning Up
Küstenmacher, Werner Tiki, with Lothar J. Seiwert (2006/2001). Simplify Your Life: Einfacher und glücklicher leben, 46. Story behind the Passage My small car accident last week was a wake-up call. It told me that I should be paying attention to something again — something crucial. Whenever these wake-up calls happen, we do not know what exactly they want…
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News
Iyengar, Shanto, and Donald R. Kinder (1987). News That Matters: Television and American Opinion, 127. Story behind the Passage When watching the news today, I realized that I am not watching it attentively anymore as I had once used to. Now, this one sentence already poses a lot of miracles, right? What is “news,” what does…
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Between Ambition And Arrogance There Is Self Confidence
Schmidt, Silke (2021). Narrative Change Management in American Studies: A Pragmatic Reading, 360. Story behind the Passage Today I am actually quoting from my own book. I just have to because this post is going to be the answer to a question I received about it. I started at least five different attempts to reply to…
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Public Thinking
Arendt, Hannah (1998/1996). Ich will verstehen: Selbstauskünfte zu Leben und Werk, 70. Story behind the Passage In a mentoring session today, it struck me how wrong many things are in present-day society. I mean the global society by that. Most problems nowadays are trans-national. Yes, their intensity and some reasons might differ but the outcomes are…
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The Flood
The Bible. Genesis 6:9–9:17, New International Version. Story behind the Passage Yesterday when watching the news I had to cry. My Learnings Water rising, No escape Help coming from above — If at all. Noise and mud Things drowning everywhere. All hope is gone Where disaster struck. People running. Neighbors screaming Firemen drowning in the…
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Book Of The Week Ich Habe Gott Gesehen
John, Klaus-Dieter (2017/2010). “Ich habe Gott gesehen.” Diospi Suyana — Hospital der Hoffnung Story behind the Book Choice, This book was a gift, I mean literally. Someone from the church I attended at the time gave it to me. Actually, it was the sister of the author. If you are “scared” by the title, no worries. This book…
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Crime Stories
Cuddon, J.A. (1999/1977). Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, 192. Story behind the Passage Today, I had a car crash. Well, actually, I knocked over a street sign and that street sign hit a car. It was not anything major and actually, it turned out as the story of the day! I met a wonderful…
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Art As Destination
Meijer, E. R. (1963). Rembrandt, 13. Story behind the Passage It is stupid to talk about a “destination” because that does not reflect the life wisdom I have been blessed to gain. If you strive towards some destination, you will never get anywhere. Still, you end up in places that feel more like home than…