I was born on August 31st, 19hundred-something and grew up in an international environment. In my profession, which is in the social sector, I have had a lot to do with people for years. Today I love peace and quiet and enjoy the silence. On the other hand, I also like to travel and see my little corner of the world. I speak three languages fluently: German, English and Bavarian. I can read Italian (thanks to my futil Latin lessons!) and Dutch (well, it's like a bit of German) and understand these languages a little, but I can't really speak them. But it's enough to travel around a bit.
If time allows... No! ... Stop! ... Now I just take the time! ... I really enjoy reading, going hiking or traveling with my dog. I like listening to music - preferably the hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s - and I play the guitar now and then (but never in public!). I also have a special passion for pencil sketching.
My greatest love - besides my children - are my Australian Shepherd girls Sky (†), Ary and Yuma
Complicated? Me? I'm not complicated - I'm a challenge!
"I NO LONGER HAVE PATIENCE FOR CERTAIN THINGS..."
I have given a lot in my life and rarely received anything positive in return. I was loyal and was betrayed for it. I have helped a lot but rarely received help. I have loved a lot but rarely received love... in the future I will think very carefully about who I help, who I trust, who I love!
"Not because I have become arrogant, but simply because I have reached a point in my life where I no longer want to waste time on what I don't like or that hurts me. I no longer have patience for cynicism, for excessive criticism and demands of any kind. I have lost the will to please those who don't like me, to love those who don't love me and to smile at those who don't want to smile at me. I no longer waste a single minute on those who lie and manipulate.
I have decided to stop coexisting with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective scholarship or academic arrogance. I will never get used to the gossip that is so popular. I hate conflict and comparison. I believe in a world of opposites and that is why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities.
In friendships, I do not like lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who cannot give compliments or a word of encouragement. Exaggeration bores me and I have difficulty accepting people who do not like animals. And on top of that, I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience."
Wise words from Meryl Streep that I can only fully support.
Some time ago, I was asked what it feels like to be old. That was a very interesting question for me, because despite being over 60, I don't really consider myself old. After thinking about it for a while, I came to the conclusion that getting older is a gift. I tried to explain it to the person I was talking to: "
Growing old is a challenging time in life for most of us. We reach an age where we see wrinkles and furrows on our faces, we discover the first gray hairs and often struggle with extra pounds. But we should be proud that we have lived long enough for our hair to turn gray and still keep the smile of our youth. We should be proud that our bodies have changed because they carry our history, our soul, our courage and our strength. We should not be too judgmental about ourselves for not making our bed or for eating a few extra "little things". Each and every one of us has earned the right to be a little messy, to be extravagant, to spend hours reading or listening to music.
We must never forget that we have run households, had careers, raised families and paid bills. We have dealt with illness, sadness, grief and everything else that life has dealt us in silence. It is an irrefutable fact that our hearts have been broken over the years because of the loss of loved ones, the pain of a child or the death of a pet. But it is suffering that gives us women the strength we need and makes us grow. An unbroken heart is barren and will never experience the happiness of being imperfect. All of us who are "old" are survivors... we are warriors in silence... we are women... aged like a vintage car or a fine wine. We live according to our own laws, those of our hearts. We should never regret what was not, nor should we worry about what will be. Let's just enjoy every minute. We should enjoy being old because age makes us wiser and freer! I know we won't live forever, but while we are here, we should enjoy life because growing old is a privilege denied to so many!."..
What Theodore Roosevelt said about immigrants into America in 1907 applies also to all the immigrants flooding Germany!
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American [a German] and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American [a German], and nothing but an American [a German]... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American [a German], but something else also, isn't an American [a German] at all. We have room for but one flag, the American [German] flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English [German] language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American [German] people.”
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