following “the secret”‘s suggestion i am celebrating “lighten up thursday” today. i started the day cycling for half an hour, on this sunny cool autumn day. felt good! after feeding the kids with apples & figs & playing with my daughter it’s time to do some work now. this afternoon we will go out again, to ballett school & taking a walk, enjoying the sun, afterwards. even our everyday life can be so full of joy

up to this morning, this week was dominated by two quite uncomfortable appointments. one with my dentist. the other one with the social services (youth welfare(?) office).
i left the house at 8 am but the bus was late so i missed the train & found it impossible to reach my dentist’s house on time … i called them & we made a new appointment.
back home, i found a letter from the social services … canceling our appointment for this week. whew!

yes, i probably will have to face both things … but this week feels so much lighter now

today i spent two hours at Ohlsdorf’s cemetery – biggest park cemetery of the world, with more than 250,000 gravesites, a place so silent, green, relaxing within this big city. amazingly, i have not been there before, although i have been living in hamburg for more than 20 years now.

this afternoon i have met there with an internet acquaintance whom i wanted to talk to. she has lived abroad for many years, in different countries – on her own, following the flow of life – & today she has told me about her experiences. thank you so much … a really supporting walk!