Live and Let Live

When somebody asks me if I like my job, I normally say that it is alright, sometimes quite interesting and it doesn't kill me. Today, I really enjoyed the work I am doing.

I had a class with J., not exactly a language person, not very eager to do homework but really open and expressive. She announced today that they were going back by May probably, instead of December, as planned. So far, so bad. I helped her with some official stuff which she commented with a laughing 'What would I do without you!'. And then she surprised me by saying 'Do you plan to visit the US, at all? 'Cause you are always welcome. We really need to stay in touch through emails!' Isn't that nice? I never thought that she liked me that much that she'd want to keep in contact.

We did do some German in that class. But mainly, she was asking questions, trying to clear her doubts and pick up where she had to leave off conversations with German neighbours, mums, teachers or coaches because of her rudimentary German or their insufficient English.

What was it like to grow up in the East? How did you experience the Fall of the Wall? What about your parents? How old were you back then? Did anybody not want the Wall to come down? Is there still a difference between East and West? Are there prejudices? Why? Are you exposed to prejudices? How do people know that someone is from the East? Do your parents still live in the East? Do they speak with an accent? And that was just one topic!

I left, smiling and thinking that I had set some wrong ideas straight...

Baby, don't cry!

You're ill, feel bad, in pain.
Can't sleep nor be awake.
Let's talk, give me your hand.
Caress your cheek. Don't cry.

Nothing seems right,
things just don't go your way.
You blame the world, you doubt.
Don't cry, I'm here.

'No, you are not,' you say, 'you're far!
How can you help me when you're not around?'
Don't worry, baby, and don't cry.
I'm always there, I'm just one word away.

The Endless Possibilities of a Single Snowflake

to you, sis

Who needs easy!

Does it help in life to be a single child? Yes and no.

No, because you're used to getting whatever you ask for. And as soon as things don't go your way, you get upset. Or angry. Or mean.

Yes, because you don't give up. If you really want something, you work on getting it. Breaking into tears, throwing a tantrum or pouting doesn't work that well beyond the age of five. So you have to work out other strategies: Charm people. Convince them with facts. Smile. And never ever give up.

Giving up is easy. Sitting down, wallowing, bathing in self-pity. Shrugging and accepting defeat. Whining and complaining how unfair life is. So easy.

Easy's not for me.

I sing you to me*

I call you
Call you with my thoughts, my dreams, my tears.

I choose the strongest tool - yes, music
I call you with your song.
The song that's you.. you know it, I agree
Call you with mine.

I shout, I scream, I cry..
Call out to you
again again...

Give up. Let go. Relax.
But we both know
I'll try again tomorrow.

___

*I didn't go overboard with magnetic poetry again, this is a quote from the movie Australia.

Soulmates

Soulmates? - Yes, they exist. Sometimes you meet someone and you think that this person is a complementary element, a missing link in your life. They understand you, no matter how messy your thoughts are. And you understand them. You know what they mean before they say it. You could ask each other anything but you don't need to. Same imagination, same sense of humour, same doubts and ideas.

Cheers to us girls!

Sunday Sky