#WeLivedTheImpossible

It's so difficult to wrap up 2018 in a few sentences that I'm not even gonna try it. It was great. It made my love for Berlin grow. I want to live in a world where everyone is invited, where difference is savoured, and where people can find a home. I want to be a person like that. 

By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered 
And confidently waiting come what may
We know that God is with us night and morning
And never fails to greet us each new day

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Life is a gift

Another year has gone by and it is that time to look back and reminisce. 
I'm thinking of a C.S.Lewis quote: “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different?” This past year has brought a lot of changes for me. I changed jobs (I'm now working with toddlers in a daycare) and I'm back in school getting the degree "Early Childhood Education". I traveled again a bit (Israel, California, Wales, England) and I also just enjoyed time in my home in Berlin, the best city in the world by the way :P. All in all an amazing year. And still I find myself being restless once in a while looking at how green the grass is on the other side. Is there anything I'm missing out on? Will I ever look back and regret that I didn't do this or that?

Life is a gift. Everything that comes our way is a chance from above to grow and to learn. Comparing gifts doesn't help. It just doesn't make you happy. It's something that I want to internalize and really live by. Everyone of us is created to be beautiful and unique. Let's be exactly that. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2018 to you and yours!