I am German by birth, Dithmarscher by chance - but with pride, European by default, cosmopolitan by choice, habitant of our wonderful planet with pleasure - but also concern, and nomad by fate.
My orientation is the compass rose, my places of residences have been many, I have moved like the wind, and where I have set anchor I felt at home. I often arrived, sometimes stayed and mostly moved on.
My courage is changing, my fears tolerable, my endurance strong, my desires many, my pleasures diverse, and my life full of surprises.
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Everything one sets out to do turns out differently than hoped for.
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I like my mistakes. I do not want to give up the delicious freedom to be wrong.
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It is quite true that philosophy tells us, that life must be understood backwards. But then one forgets the other principle, that it must be lived forwards.
My portrait, by the highly talented DoodleBhai, whom I had the pleasure to meet in India.