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 [...]
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 [...]
MASKED SOCIETY
Behind every mask there is a face, and behind that a story. – Marty Rubin Masks hide and protect those wearing them and allow to step out of normal life for a while, to [...]
SPACE WALK
To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible, ... It just strengthens my faith. I wish there were words to describe what it's [...]
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I will never apologize for saying that the future of humanity and the future of the world is going to be defined by what we have in common as opposed to those things that separate [...]