#JustAThought … I Don’t Have to Be Religious to Be a Believer

November 3, 2025

It may appear peculiar that I am quoting an excerpt of a horror novella. However, it caught my attention since it defines so well how I think. Am I a believer? Yes, 100%. Am I religious? Not at all. As I stated in my book, I’m Free, I don’t say religions are all bad. Their teachings can be the entrance to a world in which we get to know that there is more around us than we see, and more to feel than we can touch. Through religion, one gets inspired and has something to hold on to when going through hardships, and a community that shares the same belief, which can be powerfully encouraging and comforting.

#JustAThought … Our Lives – OUR Illusions

August 25, 2025

Each life is an illusion, an illusion created by everyone. Whatever we experience, hear, or witness, we put in context with our current way of seeing life and our opinion about everything in and around it. Everybody does this individually. I often mentioned that we all create our personal reality. But it is more than that. Life must be an illusion in which we forget the truth. Because the only reason we live life over life is to remember this truth piece by piece. With every small insight, we gain excitement about discovering more about ourselves and the universal laws. The interesting thing is that it is not new to us, but something we might only have forgotten. We don’t need to grow into this “new” truth, but we open the door to a room we have not visited in a very long time. It may appear that what we gained through the insight is new. However, deep down, we only solidified the ground and the joy about remembering a truth that has always been there, which makes the insight so much more impactful.

#JustAThought – Ego: Devil or Guiding Assistance?

Another quick thought for today. Was it really the devil who tempted Adam and Eve, which consequently locked them out of paradise? Or was it their developing egos that led them to understand what paradise meant?

#JustAThought… Can Love Be Given?

I value the inspiration from the community. It makes me look at things from a different angle. Also, I feel encouraged to go deeper into a topic. Lately, I shared the quote above. I intended to look at the phrasing of the first sentence literally. This intention is revealed in the second sentence.

#JustAThought… “I Don’t Like Mondays”

A couple of weeks ago, I discussed the negative feelings about Mondays with a friend. We were talking about why Monday is connected to something negative. My friend said it was because the relaxing stress-free weekend was over and people had to return to a job they really don’t enjoy. Of course, hanging around without appointments, sleeping long, meeting friends, or enjoying a trip somewhere is fun. But doing it for weeks, months, or years without having a task to fulfill, would that be fulfilling? We all have a purpose to fulfill. Sooner or later we would become discontent.

#JustAThought… Decide to Like it

January 13, 2025

Lately, we were driving somewhere, and our middle child was with us in the car. We talked about winter and the cold and my son said, “Since I decided to like November, there is no month anymore I don’t like.” I was surprised to hear it coming from him so naturally.

#JustAThought – Being Good or Doing Good?

October 28, 2024

I follow Dr. Dyer’s Instagram account. Yes, sadly, Dr. Dyer passed away nine years ago, but the account is run by two of his daughters. A few weeks ago, a video of one of his talks “Trust Your Own Nature” showed up and left me glued to the screen (I share the video at the end of this post for those who want to see it). He had this way of speaking in a language that reached the deepest understanding in a compassionate way and with a lot of humor. Already the very first sentence (the quote above) stirred something in me.

#JustAThought… This Too Shall Pass

September 30, 2024

I wrote this post about 4 years ago. It is only a few lines but they hit home reading them now. I hope it reaches the ones who need it.

#JustAThought … New Beginnings

After we lost our cat and thought of getting a new one, I thought a lot about beginnings and endings and how different people look at them. Some feel guilty about starting something new after something ended. I often observed this in relationships. My mother-in-law felt guilty about enjoying life after her husband died. She spent 23 years in depression that she caused by her conviction that she does not deserve to be happy and has to grieve for the rest of her life. She thought it was not ok to feel or show joy. That’s why on the one hand, she complained about being lonely but on the other hand, hid in her house, avoiding any company. I totally understand the shock, the missing, and all the struggles that go along with such a loss. It all needs time, and people should take their individual time. What I mean here is that some think they must bury themselves in sadness as an unwritten law.

#JustAThought… Life’s Guidance

The past weeks and months have presented so many unexpected happenings – wonderful, surprising developments and gifts and, on the other hand, happenings you would rather leave in your small world of imagination that never find their way into the real world. However, each one of those happenings had its impact, big or small. Each happening confirmed something in me, expanded my awareness, and let me look at everything from a higher perspective. The big AHA in general I take from this all is:

#JustAThought… About Time

When I had this quote by Eckhart Tolle on my mind, I was pretty sure I had written a post about it already. But since I could not find it, I wrote a new one with my current thoughts, which even took me a step further.

#JustAThought… On Irresponsibility

February 12, 2024

I realized I had a post in my drafts since October 2023. Ok, it was not a complete post, more a sentence to remind me of a topic to write about. Since I discovered it now, it may be time to go with it. So, I wrote this post without using my mind too much. I hope it is what one or the other needs to read today.

#JustAThought… Hope, Faith, and the Law of Attraction

November 27, 2023

Maybe some of you remember I shared a post: Hope – Motivation or Blockage? last month. The subject of “hope” still wanders through my mind, and I started to compare it with “faith”. When I looked at both words, I felt a huge gap between the two in their meaning.

#JustAThought… – Has It Changed?

September 25, 2023

A few weeks ago, Hugh published a post about comments on blog posts. I could relate to what he wrote so well. If you have a little time, please hop over and read his post. He completely nailed the issue I observed too. At that time, I had already written a draft. I was not sure whether to publish it, but Hugh’s post encouraged me to do so. So, this post is neither a complaint nor a rant, just an observation that particular comments were just left to be left. I think, why not share and see whether others make similar or other observations:

#JustATought… Does Reality Exist?

September 11, 2023

A couple weeks ago, I featured Sanjo in the guest quote above. Seven words that can fill a book. It made me think a lot. What we see is only an image of what we believe is a reality. But in fact, it is something we created (together and individually). However, it is only a creation, which again is perceived subjectively.

#JustAThought… Illusion of Separation

Many (or maybe most) people see God (or however you want to name Him, I prefer the term “universe”) as a separate entity. That is why religions have such power over their “sheep” since God is an individual power we are helplessly at His mercy. This separation is the main difficulty to align with love. As I understand and feel it, EVERYTHING is one. God is the only “thing”, the only energy, that exists. We and everything we see, hear, and feel are part of this only energy. His energy has split into countless parts, a universe, planets, minerals, and different life forms. But it is still ONE. We are ONE! We may have free will and separate bodies, but that is only the visible side. Nevertheless, we are ONE. Nothing can be lost because it is part of this universe – of God. We exist because God experiences Himself through everyone and everything. That is why everything that happens is orchestrated to perfectly connect different situations and experiences. We are God experiencing Himself in different stories. If so, why are we afraid to experience, try, and explore? God is eternal, and so are we. God is immortal. God cannot be harmed. That which we really are is safe!

#JustAThought… When Dreams Come True

For whatever reason, when I thought about today’s post, I had this thought in mind. What does it mean, or how do we feel about it when a dream comes true? My first thought was: it’s amazing! But after letting it sink, I realized there is so much more about it. In the following, I will list a few things that come to my mind regarding a dream fulfilled or one about to come true. There is no particular order.

#JustAThought… on Happiness

January 16, 2023

For this week’s Monday post, I want to share a quote from one of my favorite authors and spiritual teachers, Wayne Dyer. It is a quote from the book “Your Sacred Self”. That book found me and not the other way around. Reading it was the beginning of a big transformation process since it put so many fragments together into one piece.

#JustAThought … What’s important?

November 28, 2022

In the past, I often talked about how sometimes we need to let go of something to make room for something else. I still believe this is when you must decide whether to go left or right. But I also talked about how not everything is only black or white. Our lives are vivid mixtures of shades which means EVERYTHING between black AND white. It is not always necessarily a “yes” or “no”. Mostly it is a “yes, but” or a “no, but”. That “but” is the actual challenge.

#JustAThought… The Healing Power of Grief

September 19, 2022

When I asked what to write for today, this topic came to my mind. I am not an expert on grief at all, but just someone who got confronted with it in different ways. So whatever I write here is not psychological expertise but only my thoughts on it, plus what seems to come through while writing. Please keep this in mind while reading.

#JustAThought… on Love

The post I am writing today got inspired by Mark’s post What is Love? which he posted a couple of days before I wrote this one. When I read only the title of Mark’s post, a tsunami of thoughts flooded my mind. Here is what I commented on his post:

#JustAThought… The Wisdom In You

The other day I had some interesting discussions with some blogger friends. It ultimately revolved around the fact that we actually know everything we need to know to get through this life journey. We have our answers for this life within us. And even if we don’t have them, we automatically move in a direction that leads us to the information we need. That, too, is controlled by inner wisdom.

#JustAThought… When the Lights Return

December 6, 2021

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About ten days ago, we turned on the Christmas lights around the house. Every year, this is a moment I wait for impatiently. At this time of year, these lights do something to me – and I mean Christmas lights in general. They make me smile, bring back the child in me, take me back to cozy and soothing December evenings when the kids were little, or remind me of lovely times at Christmas markets.
In summary: They warm my heart and support it to open up.

#JustAThought… It’s a Choice, Not a Destiny

November 8, 2021

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It is still a phenomenon to me, how some people want something so badly, but don’t do anything but dream to reach their dreams. Don’t get me wrong, dreaming is important to let an inner picture become a vision of what we want to achieve or become. Keeping that dream alive is important because it feeds the belief in that vision to be realized. But then, when the universe actually lays out opportunities and situations before them that lead to the happiness they so long for, they sit back. What are they waiting for? When conditions change in favor of what is desired, it is for the purpose of seizing the opportunities that open up. The work, however, is not taken from us. Only the conditions are created, so that we can realize our visions thereby better. We are not in the land of milk and honey, where fried chicken fly into our mouths. And even if, we are, we still have to chew and swallow ourselves.

#JustAThought – Filter

September 27, 2021

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On Instagram, I saw posts about #NoFilterDay. That got me thinking. Does this mean that a lot of people post pictures of themselves with filters, basically? I am not talking about the funny filters with dog tongues, cat ears, and distorted faces but filters that make them look “better” (whatever that means). I never paid attention to this until now because I don’t use such things myself. Is it because these people want to impress others by looking a certain way that they think will get them more followers, or don’t they simply like the way they look? When I think about our “selfie” society, where people focus on themselves and the importance of what they do and eat all day, this would make sense.

#JustAThought … When They Leave The Nest

Many of you have already experienced it when a child moves out. I also experienced it six years ago for the first time. Now the next move-out is coming up these days. I think I can speak for most of you when I say that we are proud when our children take on the challenge and responsibility for their own lives and take the step into their own independent future.

#JustAThought – What’s the big deal?

So far, it has been a wet and cold summer. Unlike the last two to three years, we have not had a heatwave or drought during the summer months. We have had a few thunderstorms that have scared even me, a self-confessed thunderstorm lover. But we have been really lucky so far, while areas just a half-hour away from us have had no luck. But as is probably the nature of us humans, so many complain and complain. I understand that it’s not easy when the kids are on summer vacation, and you can’t make plans for trips in the area or further afield.

#JustAThought … Memories

Why is it that beautiful memories can make us melancholic or even sad? Looking at photos of past events takes us back to that time and makes us feel what we felt at the time. The feelings may have been beautiful, but in retrospect, they can turn into the opposite although nothing has changed in the past. It is the present that makes all this appear in a different light.

Just A Thought… The Darker It Seems The Brighter The Light

February 1, 2021

In winter, the nights are longer and the sunlight has only a few hours
to illuminate the day.

#JustAThought…

October 19, 2020

Sometimes we are focused on a particular way to reach a goal. Or we think we know the perfect solution to a problem. Maybe we even believe that there is no solution to a problem. However, the constructs of the mind may take us on an odyssey because we become blind to the many possibilities meant for us.

#JustAThought… This Too Shall Pass

October 14, 2020

In times of trouble, desperation, pressure, and frustration, never forget that this shall pass too. While facing and going through the challenge, you are digging deeper into your potential.

#JustAThought… The Moment of Enlightenment

I still believe that the core purpose of the journey through this lifetime lies in rediscovering our own light, in the way we deal with what happens leads us closer to recognizing who we really are. Joy, pain, drama, success, love, loss, stress, and relief show the results of the consequences of our actions and reactions. Every little incident tells us something about ourselves and the more we experience the more we might see that it is up to us how we experience what happens. Nothing new! BUT…

Just A Thought… Can it be?

What if World War III was not caused by one country attacking another but by something attacking all countries?

What if World War III would not divide but unite?

What if this was World War III? Despite all the tragedies and economic disasters, wouldn’t we be lucky?

These thoughts were just running through my head.

In Love, Light, and Health

#JustAThought… The Shift

A virus teaches
People to slow down and breathe
Nature gets a break

A virus changes all
Losing people, money, time
Daily exhaustion

#JustAThought … What Means Success?

February 8, 2020

In our society success seems to be defined by sales numbers, collecting awards and degrees, follower numbers, likes, possessions… Yes, we all need to make a living and of course, want to enjoy life since money still rules this world. But even aside from the thoughts about our financial security still, the need for having more and more and more doesn’t stop. As long as society plays that game, those plans will work out.

Just a Thought… Stop bowing, start living

January 20, 2020

“We have always done it that way. You cannot make money with what you would like to do. You don’t have the money to do it. You have to stick with our kind. It is the tradition. It is the culture. The family won’t let me.”

Just A Thought – What Means Freedom?

January 13, 2020

My first thoughts may be doing what I want, having no obligations, no duties, and only taking care of myself and my needs. Perhaps this comes to mind first because barely someone can do this. But let’s pretend to go for this. It would lead to isolation pretty soon because it would mean to lock everyone out. In thinking we’d free ourselves we’d send ourselves in a homemade prison.

Just A Thought – Healthy Busyness

December 16, 2019

I remind myself
To deal better with tasks when
I love what I do

Just A Thought… Overcoming Fear – Path or Goal?

December 9, 2019

Carol Anne asked an interesting question about a week ago: If you could be totally amazing at just one thing, what one thing would you want to be amazing at? My first thought was I wanted to encounter obstacles, challenges, and life’s tests without pushing me through fear first. Then it made me think.

Just A Thought…

August 25, 2019

The lungs of our planet is burning for weeks. There has never been a bigger catastrophe on this planet that affects not only the region but the whole world. I think we cannot even imagine what it means when thousands of fires are burning and thousands of new fires are developing each day. How can this be gotten under control? Does it really mean that the fires only cease when there is nothing more to be burned unless it rains heavily for days or even weeks?

Just a Thought…

Keep shining…

Whatever bad things happen

I am not willing to focus on the bad

I am not willing to lose my faith

I am not willing to lose my love

Just A Thought…

Although you won’t find my usual Monday post today I want to share some inspiring thoughts with you. With closed eyes, I picked a quote and it was the one above.

Just a Thought…

Not even 24 hours after the fire in the Cathedrale of Notre Dame was noticed 600 million Euros were donated by the richest France families for the reconstruction…

Just a Thought…

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Have you ever thought of being happy with what you have? Read more ›

Just A Thought…

December 31, 2018

I think every one of us is thinking about the change of the year. It has something melancholic and something hopeful and exciting at the same time.

Just a thought…

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We all have bad days or days in which we cannot change that we need to do things we don’t really like. But don’t see today’s appearance as a fact of how tomorrow as to be. Read more ›

Just A Thought…

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I am in charge of the Twitter account of my company. We are also following AI (Artificial Intelligence) channels. Like many of you, I observed the whole internet progress with raised eyebrows. But meanwhile, I am seriously concerned about the development of AI. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to blame it in general. There are great things invented to support the health system and surgeries. Dangerous work can be done by robots. What I think is fantastic are robots or other inventions which help disabled people to have much fewer restrictions. Drones can be sent to rescue people in difficult areas, and much more. Read more ›

Just A Thought…

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Life can fall out of balance which can be challenging. This happens when something changes. Things need to fall out of balance in order to rebalance in a different way. Like magnetic blocks. You can throw them apart but they will be pulled together again when even in a different formation. Read more ›

Just A Thought…

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When I think of what I want to achieve in my life and to whom I want to grow, then I ask myself what shall be written in my bio. There is only one thing actually. I want to look back and can say, I have become a happy person. What more could I reach? What could I ever miss as long as I am happy? When I am happy, I feel content and love will never leave me. Whatever comes and goes in my life can make me sad but never unhappy. When I can say, I am happy, then I have become all that I can become.

Have a happy weekend!

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In Love and Light

Just A Thought…

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The most common reason why we don’t try something new is that we are afraid of failing. And why? Because we don’t want to appear weak, incompetent, dumb, clumsy, … Successful people have not become successful because they had no fear but because they tried it anyway. They may have stumbled and fallen in the beginning but they did not accept it as a failure but as a journey to find out how to become who they wanted to be! Read more ›

Just A Thought…

Bildergebnis für be mindful even if your mind is full

We all carry our backpacks. On some days they weigh heavier than on other days.
But no matter how heavy my backpack may appear the lady at the cash desk, the customer on the phone, the driver in front of me… have nothing to do with it.

Who knows, perhaps their backpacks are much heavier!

Take care of each other!

In Love and Light

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Just A Thought… Smile

February 9, 2018

It is Friday. A work week lies behind most of us. Hopefully, the week was successful. Perhaps you were confirmed that you are right on track. Perhaps you noticed that you were doing things naturally, faster, and totally self-confident which caused you stomach pain only weeks ago. Realizing that only increases your self-esteem and joy which again supports further development.

Just A Thought…

January 27, 2018

Sometimes there is a vision, a dream, an idea of something that is stirring your heart or that fills you with the passion of an adventurer. But often, following such dreams means taking a step out of the known and into the middle of the unknown. Fear, insecurity, and confusion may creep in and perhaps you distance yourself from that dream.

Just A Thought…

January 19, 2018

Who you are is light.
That light lingers in your deepest, truest core.
The amazing thing about light is,
it illuminates everything in its surrounding.
So, when you shine your light
you fill yourself and then gift everyone around you.
Be a beacon for your own sake and the sake of everyone.

Happy Weekend!

In Love and Light

Just A Thought…

January 12, 2018

It is a paradox that people who left the biggest mess in their lives often are those who feel the deepest need to tell others how to live.

You think you’re so wise

Want to bleach my life’s color

You know what? Beat it!