Keep on/ Weiter so!

Thank you 42 to Helen Pendry who introduced me to the Hitchhiker's Guide and will forever be associated with this mystical number in my mind. She offered me a place to stay in London, wrote empowering letters and let me hold her son. How magical! What a friend.

My mom sent a card composed by Myra Zirkle. To avoid copyright infringement, I will paraphrase here: Life is what happens while we're busy making other plans. Sometimes you lose the roadmap, and somebody messes with the spark plugs. But you don't quit and say "whatever", you rethink the dream, find the courage to set off again, take a detour, or find a new road. Heck, the possibilities are endless. Maybe you'll even land a more scenic route! As long as you keep moving, you're bound to land somewhere.

Just enjoy the journey for it's part of who you'll be when you get there.
Be where you are and do what you do.

Wenn es so aussieht, als ob die Sache schief geht, muss das nicht den Garaus für deine Träume bedeuten, sondern könnte eine Gelegenheit sein, weiter zu gehen, etwas Neues zu entdecken und, wer weiss, im Prozess jemand Neues zu werden?

Auf ein gelungenes Unternehmen Leben!

Know Thyself, Be the Best

Know who you are and why. Only you can set the criteria for your measure of success.

I don't fit well in categories. It takes me hours to do those multiple choice personality tests. Then, when I revise them, the answers which seemed slightly better than the rest, no longer seem to apply. I am what you call mutable.

People who prefer things black and white find me irritating. That's okay because it's my job, as a grey zoner. It doesn't matter what others think. I know what I'm about and what I have to do. When the next step comes, I take it faithfully, living my best life step by step.

You are the only expert on being you. Sure, we all benefit from outside impulses. But only you can put them together, distil the essence and come up with your own unique brew. And if the world didn't need what you have to offer, you would not be here.
Best wishes on the journey!

Ich weiß, weshalb ich hier bin. Und du?