HOW IT STARTED
My name is Judith E. White and I am starting my first blog today, on May 18th 2020. With Between Oceans I want to show how diverse and equal we humans are and how [...]
T H A N K Y O U
"The root of joy is gratefulness. It is not joy that makes us grateful: it is gratitude that makes us joyful." - Bruder David Steindl-Rast T h a n k y o u - unbelievable [...]
Hybrid World
“It’s a quantum physics concept where everything that can happen, is happening, in an infinite number of parallel universes.”- Maria Semple If I remember correctly, I first encountered the term 'hybrid' (from the Greek hybris [...]
P A T I E N C E
The Sacred Turtle teaches us that the patience and inner strength are the foundations of the unfolding of life. - Chef Phil Lane, Jr. In December 2014, I purchased a glass painting [...]
F R E E dom
There is no freedom without mutual understanding. - Albert Camus ´What does freedom mean to you?`, I recently asked in a school class and I asked the students to have a silent dialogue on the [...]
L O V E Liebe
There is no greater power than love. It overcomes hatred as light overcomes darkness. - Martin Luther King Love, such an expressive word, such a tender word, a word that cannot be read and [...]
E m p a t h i e
Empathy is a gift that eludes those who know only themselves. - Peter Amendt Even though the term 'empathy' was first used as early as 1848, by the German philosopher Rudolf Lotze, I personally [...]
HOME – ZUHAUSE
Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Recently I came home after a long day at work, step by step [...]
H O L I DAY
The reason for leaving sometimes is to return. Simply to return. - Yrsa Daley-Ward I just returned last week from my holiday from Greece - I am almost still in vacation mood, which I'd [...]
COM F O R T ZONE
A single opinion is comfortable. Comfort is hostile to change. Progress is uncomfortable because it changes the comfort. -Thomas Vato Now that in many states of the world a certain 'normality' has returned, [...]
V O RFREUDE
The highest perfection of the soul is its capacity for joy. —Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues (French philosopher and writer) *06.08.1715, t 28.05.1747 🏖I took the blog header picture in August 2018 during [...]
Lockdown World
Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting. —unkown We are currently in lockdown 4 here in Vienna and in the East of Austria, "little" Gibraltar [...]
WOM_en_Frau
Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. —Michelle Obama It was very clear to me, that I would like to dedicate my March [...]
BREAKTHROUGH
Breakthrough moments are often the result of many previous actions, which build up to potential required to unleash a major change. —James Clear Do you remember the feeling when you were a kid [...]
B E T H E O N E
What you do has a greater impact than what you say —Stephen Covey With each turn of the year, large letters with dates of the New Year are positioned in the baroque garden [...]
T w o Z e r o T w o Z e r o
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can install in us. —Hal Borland 2020, an unforgettable year, is about to end: [...]
SO_U_LIDARITY
Let us stand in solidarity. Not to a specific country, race or religion but rather to humanity – David Vox 02/11/2020 – All Soul’s Day 2020 was a beautiful sunny autumn day, which [...]
INFORMATION WA_H_R
Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom. – Albert Einstein We live in a time where 'reliable sources of information' have become rare [...]
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change. – Paulo Coelho From the Digital Detox Challenge, No Sugar Challenge and MeToo Challenge to [...]