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December 1, 2025

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August 13, 2025

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Make Gratitude an Attitude – And Life Will Share Even More To Be Grateful For

Lately, I have often been thinking of how blessed I was. I have a wonderful home, fantastic grown-up kids who can handle their own lives, a supportive husband, I love my job, and have a great team that makes me feel more appreciated than ever before. Looking back, I am sure that this all was (also) a consequence of “letting go and letting God” and gratitude. The more we are grateful for what we have, the less we think about what we lack. If we don’t focus on what we lack… what do we miss?

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Thank You For Reminding Me Why I Am Doing This

As you may have noticed, I am not around as much as I used to. It is just a matter of time and prioritizing between obligations and things that mean a lot to me. However, my blog is about sharing inspiration to make people see a bit more about themselves than they did before. I want to share the miracles of life I was blessed to experience. And in applying them to my life, my life has become a vessel. That vessel still takes me out into stormy seas. But I realized it is up to me how to get through them.

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Have The Backbone

A simple Thank You
Is the least you can give back
When kept from trouble

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January 30, 2025

Living gratefully!

Listening to songs
Of long-gone days
Reminding me of times
When there was little to miss

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September 12, 2024

Gratitude

A single thought
Of gratitude
Can fill your heart
With healing food

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October 26, 2023

A woman with a guitar standing on a hill looking down at the shiny city at night.

Love Yourself – Heal The World

Thinking about what to write
So much crosses my mind
Still, there are just empty spaces
No topics are to find

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August 11, 2023

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February 3, 2023

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Gratitude is the Key

October 3, 2022

This year our equivalent of the American Thanksgiving Day took place on October 2. It is not such a big family celebration as in the USA. But for us, there is a different story behind it. As the name suggests, we celebrate it out of gratitude for nature’s gifts at harvest time and, therefore, always in the fall. There is Thanksgiving Sunday when the priest symbolically blesses harvest gifts during Mass. Although we don’t celebrate this day so exuberantly over here, I think it doesn’t hurt to share some necessary thoughts about gratitude again.

#PoeticTuesday

February 22, 2022

Gratitude

I’m thankful for my feelings, from happiness to pain.
I’m thankful that none of it I experience is in vain.

I’m thankful for nature, for the ocean’s endless wide range.
I’m thankful for each person that gives my view a change.

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February 8, 2022

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November 18, 2021

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February 4, 2021

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#Haiku – Count Your Blessings

August 31, 2020

What means gratitude?
Awareness of the blessings
And the gift of life

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Mom – Awareness Of The Gift!

There’s someone there, no matter what
No matter where, no matter when
No effort seems to be too much
When you’re in need of anything

When you are sad or need support
She always has your back
When your schedule is breaking down
She steps right in and saves you from a heart attack

She’s by your side when times are rough
With open heart and ears
She always has advice at hand
She lets you talk and hears

Nothing ever kept her from
Putting her children first
A role model of strength and love
Even when she went through the worst

I’m blessed and thankful you’re my mom
You never let me down
And for today’s Mother’s Day
I’m donning you a crown

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful moms in this world!

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Gratitude – The Power of Awareness

Imagine sitting on the top of a mountain and looking down into the valley. High up above, you see everything from a distance, the bigger picture. You see how streets lead to each other, how small creeks are leading into a river, and how the river flows into a lake. From up there, you understand how everything works together to make it all complete and how necessary every little thing is.

#Haiku – Love is all around…

December 7, 2017

So much gratitude

For each little act of kindness

I may see each day

Inspired by the kindness of our amazing community. Proud, happy, and thankful to be part of it!

Credits: boomsumo.com

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Gratitude – The Power Tool

“What shall I be thankful for? My world is only illness, disappointment, and work. I am abused and money is always rare.” It doesn’t always sound bad when asking some people what they are thankful for. Sometimes it even appears many people are actually defending themselves against finding something in life they could be thankful for. It would destroy their negative picture of the world. And this is exactly the origin of their black perspective. Concentrating on the injustice in the world, the own frustration, fear, suffering, or addictions doesn’t let anything else appear. Although it is there it is not recognized.

I want what I get … and I will get what I want!

December 19, 2016

It is really interesting where this post went. I started with an idea in mind but at one point went a different road. I did not change anything because I don’t want the mind to destroy what spirit created through a natural flow of inspiration.

I’m Sorry, It Wasn’t About You!

I remembered an incident that happened quite some time back in my life. When it came to my mind I thought I may not be the only one who is endlessly thankful for someone who puts their ego aside and only helps us heal the wounds which still affect our lives at times.

So Excited!!!

When have you been excited the last time? Did something turn out the way you wished for? Did you meet lovely people? Did you succeed in something you worked for hard? Did things you were waiting and longing for finally come true? How did it feel? Weren’t you filled with adrenaline? Weren’t you filled with a feeling of immense power? There was happiness, gratitude, and contentment in abundance, right? You saw that in the end things are well. You felt what happiness is about, what joy is about, and perhaps even what life is about. But most of all you felt so very deep in the most positive way. And yes, that is what life is about.

The Magic of Christmas 💖

December 21, 2015

I guess you all agree that Christmas is the time of year when we are more receptive to sharing love and compassion, lending hands, and being more tolerant than at any other time of the year. Although the hectic of finding our way through overcrowded stores and getting the last Christmas gifts just in time can be very stressful. But let’s leave that out for a moment and just concentrate on the meaning of Christmas.

Gratitude – The Power of Awareness

November 9, 2015

Imagine sitting on the top of a mountain and looking down into the valley. High up above, you see everything from a distance, the bigger picture. You see how streets are leading to each other, how small creeks are leading into a river, how the river flows into a lake. From up there you understand how everything works together in order to make it all a complete and how necessary every little thing is. Read more ›

My Symbol Of Letting Go

Letting go is a topic in everybody’s life at times. Yesterday I was talking to a friend and I realized that during the past weeks, more and more friends are posting about letting go or about their process of letting go. There are so many different reasons or stories behind it. May it be about love, about plans we made, about disappointments, or being hurt. But in the end, we can mostly sum it up to two points:

She Let Go… She Embraced… She Is Back…

… stronger than ever before!

I apologize for the short notice of the disappearance. There was some turmoil in my private life from one moment to another. The old story about letting go. I will tell you about my experience after A Big Thank You to all of you. I am so moved by how much you all cared. I had never ever expected that. Although I closed the comment section on my last post on Monday many of my wonderful friends sensed something and simply commented in the loveliest ways on a different post. Colleen, Ritu, Zee, and Michelle even stayed in touch with me via email. One year ago almost nobody knew me and today people say I was missed and they make the effort to get in touch with me in order to show me that I am loved… that was overwhelming! I am profoundly touched by so much love, compassion, and care. I don’t know how to thank you. I love you all from the deepest bottom of my heart! And believe me, I missed you all badly! My community rocks!!!

When Dreams Come True

A beating heart and glowing eyes,
A touch that calms your mind,
A silent thought like “Can this be?”
Starts clearing what was blind.

Gratitude Friday!

January 23, 2015

What are you grateful for? Perhaps just add some points you are grateful for in your post today and have the happiest weekend!

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Enjoy Life!

January 14, 2015

Most of you know about my two English books. But some of my friends are new to my community and I’d love to introduce my poem book Enjoy Life! to you. Read more ›

Exclusive Interview: Erika Kind

December 7, 2014

I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Robert Ahanes, author of “Goddess in the Silence”! A big thank you to Robert for all of his effort. Also check out his website http://www.robertahanes.com/erika-kind.html

In Aging we show our True Colors!

November 17, 2014

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Over here fall slowly turns to winter regarding the rare brown and dry leaves left on the trees. A few weeks ago I took that picture above in a theme park where we spent a day with two of our kids. It was a warm and sunny day. Although it was almost mid-October we wore t-shirts most of the time. It was a beautiful day.

As I began to love myself…

September 29, 2014

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I just stumbled again over these beautiful words. Charles Chaplin delivered this speech on his 70th birthday. Probably you all know it already. But every time I read it, it moves me! It goes so deep and leaves me with wet eyes all the time. So much wisdom and experience are lying in these words, reminding us that we can lift the curtain of illusion in order to find the beauty, love, and all the answers we have been looking for.

Eternal Love

September 7, 2014

Today I feel like sharing one of my poems with you. It is one of the first poems I wrote after I dared to express my hidden Self again. Therefore it is full of forgotten and long-suppressed feelings that finally found their outlet again. This poem is also part of my book Enjoy Life! If you like this poem or know someone you’d like to share it with…. please do it!

A list of Gratitude

One of my chapters in my book “I’m Free” is about Gratitude. I found out what an enormous powerful, transforming effect gratitude has. It is one of the easiest basics to change your life into a direction of love, happiness, contentment and success.