Excerpt from a commencement address attributed to Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends, and spirit and you're keeping all of these balls in the air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls -- family, health, friends and spirit -- are of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same.

You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.

Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.

Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.


Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.

Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.

Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.





my exams were really well

Unsere tiefste Angst ist nicht, dass wir der Sache nicht gewachsen sein könnten. Unsere tiefste Angst ist, dass wir unmenschlich mächtig sind.
Es ist unser Licht, das wir fürchten, nicht unsere Dunkelheit.
Wir fragen uns: Wer bin ich erigentlich dass ich leuchtend, hinreißend, begnadet und phantastisch sein darf?
Aber wer bist du denn, dass du es nicht sein darfst?
Du bist ein Kind Gottes.
Wenn du dich klein machst, dient das der Welt nicht.
Es hat nichts mit Erleuchtung zu tun, wenn Du Dich begrenzt,
damit Andere um Dich herum sich nicht verunsichert zu fühlen.
Du wurdest geboren, um die Ehre Gottes zu verwirklichen, die in uns ist.
Sie ist nicht nur in einigen von uns - Sie ist in jedem Menschen!!!
Und wenn wir unser Licht erstrahlen lassen, geben wir unbewusst auch den anderen Menschen die Erlaubnis dasselbe zu tun.
Wenn wir uns von unserer Angst befreit haben, wird unsere Gegenwart ohne unser Zutun Andere befreien.
Nelson Mandela Antrittsrede 1994

Hello everybody...how is everything going? hopefully alright... i try to manage my studies which keep me whole day busy...and party a bit....
well actually my whole life is so organized now... i`m just not used 2 that anymore...miss the normadic life, meeting new people, adventures aso...
Now life is just University, which is great....really new building and equipment, nice people....riding and swmming ones a week... and if everything works...partying with my mates...

4 everyone the university: www.vu-wien.ac.at

I live here in a big villa which is owned by a quite famous journalist and do dogsitting against accomodation....(caution..it sounds easier than it is) (=
i so miss travelling around...visiting friends aso...now...due to the dog i hav to stay here-> am not that flexibel anymore.....right....hope i will be on the other side of the globe at least in 2007....2006 might catch with a few friend in europe ( if i find a solution 4 the dog)

hugs to everyone.... try to enjoy life...

Hey lovely guys...
just a short message...
I gonna study vetscience in vienna... so fucking awesome...
hugs to all
Maj

ohhhhhhhhhh... I'm back....yeah back at home in Peine in Germany! Such a long way the last part of it. It begun with the shuttlebus in Ubud which was supposed to pick me up+ drop me off at the Airport. Unfortunatly I didn't really trust the transportsystem and booked a bit earlier in time...and it was good like that, coz they forgot me! Therefore I got a whole shuttlebus by myself (-:
At the airport I started panicking...so many presents, so much luggage! I didn't know how 2 store it in the best way. A special present was actually supposed to be x-tra luggage for what i had 2 pay, but just with 100000 rupiah in my pocke for the airportfee and an empty account I started to spread out all my stuff on the floor and tried 2 put the fragile stuff inbetween sleepingbag, clothes aso...the only prob was by then how 2 close this bloody backpack...after 3 broken nails, 2 broken zips and 1000 different tryings later I found THAT way the most conveniet... now just hope that it isn't over 20 kgs (*hoping they will never control/ complain about my 2, far more heavyier handluggage).
After sitting there for ages, reading my book, using all tissues, napkins, papertowels around to calm down my damn running nose i got asked by another german girl 2 watch her stuff 4 a sec. no probs....obviously she had the same flight+ same route and was aswell for one year away from home...Fabi and me went on really well and had heaps of fun!
We just manged it to check in in time - no call at all.. and we were talking, talking, talking...
with the boarding same prob (-:
In singapore I was trying to find the schwimmingpool which was unfortunatly in renovation just right now, on the way 2 cinema +botanical gardens (they have really everything there, big shoppingmall, 4 different gardens, everywhere i-net 4 free, cinemas, schwimmingpool, gym...aso, all 4 free) fabi and I found a nice lounge and where sitting there with coffees and heaps of stuff 2 talk about...both scared of germany+ grman way of living after this relaxed way of life in newzealand, australia, fiji and bali... mais ce la vie and we will surfive

I did...untill now with a big flu, no voice at all (so please don't wonder if i don't call anyone)