As a child, I loved the beech tree close by, it allowed to climb into it, to sit there for a while, feeling it´s strong stem and branches to hold me and give shelter when I was feeling lonely, comforting me so that peace returned. I feel they are most beautiful in all their variety, standing firm, life-giving friends of all colors and shapes. Through their green foliage collecting rays of the sun, they are transforming light into breath, and so enabling life for all living beings. They give home to the birds and shelter for the deer, nourishment for the mushrooms and solace for all. They are interconnected through their roots, communicating with all of life. How alive, and how utterly beautiful.

Countless fellow people, who all do what they do on a daily basis to contribute to the well being of others. All who look after the seeds to sprout. To all of you, I give my deep thanks. To all who work in the fields and on farms so that food, bread, water, electricity, heating, transportation is available so freely. But also all the teachers, spirits, elders who came before and offered their wisdom so that we may use their gifts offered for creating a world where all love to live in. It is work in progress to do better than before. The ones who offered hope in dark times have helped me a lot, and probably most of them I never have met. They have sent out hope into the world in manifold ways, through wise books, prayers, podcasts, arts, light, thoughts, giving rise to not to give up but to transform what needs to be transformed, beginning within me in order to help creating a world of Love and Peace for all living beings.

For me, when taking this thought seriously and discarding my first controlled and thoughtful reply from behind my safe protecting shield, it would break my armor of anaesthesia towards all the painful I perceive which I carry with me. This question allows that then at least, I can give a wake up- call, saying to my fellow people through whatever channel available
“Dream! and dream big! please, I beg you, go for Love and Peace, no matter what – it really is the only thing that counts for each and everyone on Earth, it counts heartbreakingly! it makes all the difference, Wake up please! Go and embrace your neighbor, speak softly to your child, give a tender kiss to your wife, your husband, your partner, please do care for your sisters and brothers. It is so easy what we all seem to have forgotten and which would make this world a thriving, warm and peaceful home for all. and (like it is expressed in the word for the day today) – we have only one life, only one planet to live on, it´s one!

Dear Mica, thank you for all your precious contributions at this evening and for your immediate presence to the story-stuff. You helped me so much to find my way out of this hole of old personal story of which the sticky threads hopefully will be cut so that it all might have a pale, peaceful place of memory in the cupboard of soul´s collections. – later after pondering, I would like to alter this particular sentence: Something to alter… so that things become pale …. is not a good idea. So far I used this image, which I will not any more. The thing is to see and realize that what troubled me is not existing. So simple as that.

Yours and the friendship of all of our dear friends here helped me so much again. You all build trust, and confidence to let go of old stories in all of us, which is so freeing and helps making space for more ideas to contribute to the whole all together. May you have a wonderful day also, dear friend. Thank you dearly, and many blessings to you. 🙏💗🙇