Category: Thoughts
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Never Quit
I recall a poster that was located outside the library of my middle school, on it was a Macintosh menu (from the late 90s) the curser had selected “Never Quit” (normally on a mac it would say quit here). The first time I saw this was over 15 years ago, and…
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Gratitude #1000Speak
With the events that happened a week ago, I have thought a lot about gratitude, gratitude for the simple things in life, those that I and others often take for granted. I feel gratitude for life. With that I mean life in general, my life, human life, animal life, the…
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Paris a Loved City
Friday the 13th of November, started as a good day. But before it came to it’s end, it ended worse than anyone wants to imagine a Friday the 13th. On Saturday, I expressed my shock, but I tried to quickly move away from the darkness. I did so by writing…
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My heart is aching
I am lost for words, my heart is aching. I cannot believe the things that happened here last night. None of this should have happened! A life should not end by anything other than a natural death. My thoughts are with those who lost loved ones. My soul is aching…
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Overqualified and underemployed – a curse or a blessing?
Today, pursuing long studies is no longer a guarantee to land a good job, it seems as though it has become the prerequisite to get a job at all. Many young people who have received their degrees over the last few years, often find themselves in a delicate situation. They…
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equal rights
Congratulations USA for joining the club! Here in Europe many countries already allow marriage for everyone. I don’t know if you remember, but Ireland joined the club a few weeks ago. France joined the club not too long ago, and there was a lot of protest, from people worrying about the…
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X is for Xenophobia – A to Z Challenge April 2015
Oh what a horrible thing Xenophobia! According to wikipedia, Xenophobia is the unreasonable fear of what is perceived to be foreign or strange. Even in our, now, very advanced and open mind-set, xenophobia still exists. People who move to a foreign country or even visit one can at times be confronted with…
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Q is for Questions – A to Z Challenge April 2015
It is important to ask questions. Without asking questions we will not learn more, or we will not learn the things that we want that truly interest us. In the Book “Sophie’s World” by Jostein Gaarder, the importance of questions is underlined. I read the book more than ten year…
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N is for Nothing – A to Z Challenge April 2015
No, I was not going to use the word nothing to write nothing in this post. I am actually interested in what nothing means, how the concept of nothing works. Does nothing exist? Or can nothing exist? How can we define nothing? Do we actually know what nothing is? If I would have written nothing for this post, wellyou would…
Solveig Werner 