Montag, 10. Oktober 2022

Second Choice

My mother, a supporter of the Third Reich,

once fell in love with a high-ranking Peter

and then Peter died in the war.

She turned to my waiting father, 

he gave her the son that she longed for

and he proudly thought about a name.


He didn't stand a chance.

The son of the selfish mother

was Peter, the name of the lover,

since my father was second choice.

Sonntag, 2. Oktober 2022

Freiheit

nicht nur so

sein müssen

sondern auch anders

sein können

Geduld

Geduld ist das Talent 

der Suchenden

Your life is too short

  • Your life is too short to waste it trying to be "successful"
  • Your life is too short to waste it with negative thinking
  • Your life is too short reading or listening to things that are uninspiring
  • Your life is too short to waste it by arguing with people who don't want to listen
  • Your life is too short to waste it accumulating way more stuff than you need
  • Your life is too short trying to figure everything out
  • Your life is too short trying to be someone you are not
  • Your life is too short worrying about death
  • Your life is too short doing work that kills your spirit, your soul
  • Your life is too short centering it all around yourself.

Good versus Better

What is the difference

between good and better?


It is content versus competition.

Neue Führer

Neue Führer mit alten Rezepten sind fragwürdig.

Mehr von dem, was gestern schon nicht funktionierte.

Ihre Gegenwart verströmt den muffigen Geruch alter Männer.

Ihre Reden klingen wie das Echo von gestern,

ihre Parolen sind einfach,

ihre Gesten weisen in eine simple Zukunft.

Ihre markigen Worte, ihre großen Auftritte,

ihre gefeierte Selbstgefälligkeit

benebeln und verraten dem ruhigen Betrachter 

ihre Ideenlosigkeit und ihr Streben nach Macht.

Answers we owe ourselves

  • Where do I come from?
  • What am I good at?
  • How am I different?
  • Whom do I serve?
  • How do I act?
  • What do I believe in?
  • Why do I do all this?