{"id":6207,"date":"2012-12-24T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/?p=6207"},"modified":"2013-01-21T22:49:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T21:49:32","slug":"merry-christmas-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/2012\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another year has passed<\/a>. Naturally, it has been totally different than the year spent traveling. Nevertheless, it has been a year that I am again deeply grateful for.<\/p>\n

I am working again. (Sometimes necessary ;-) Mandatory part of life: Checked! A big thanks goes out to Jan, Steffen, and Felix for helping with their network of contacts. Another big thanks to all the awesome colleagues for being so much fun to work with! Much appreciated!
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even more grateful I am for my friends and family here in Germany, who all welcomed me back with arms wide open. It’s hard to express in words. But having soo many soo good friends often moves me to tears. Tears of joy, happiness and a deep deep feeling of gratitude! Aside from these long grown friendships, I am often surprised, how connected I still feel to many of you guys I’ve met on the trip. You have made this trip special. You are still having a major positive impact on my life here back home. And there is a bunch of new amazing people that I was allowed to meet in 2012. It is a blessing to be with all of you. Thanks for staying in contact. Thanks for thoughts, status updates, phone calls, mails, postcards, letters and time spend together. Thanks for deepening our friendship. Thanks that you are all just these wonderful people you are. <\/strong>Thanks for being part of my life. Thanks, thanks, thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was and still is<\/a> a bit difficult to fit work and non work time into a good balance, thus there are many letters and mails I did not write. Many calls I did not make. Many get togheters I did not attend. Sorry for that. Once again<\/a>. However, you can be more than sure that I did think of you very often. You have not been forgotten… and I am really looking forward to meet all of you again!<\/strong><\/p>\n

For now, let me quote two great spiritual masters who wonderfully expressed my wishes for all of you and this whole miraculous planet earth in 2013:<\/p>\n

\nFor as long as space remains,
\nfor as long as sentient beings remain,
\nuntil then may I too remain
\nto dispel the miseries of the world.<\/p>\n

[Shantideva]\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
\nWhere there is hatred, let me sow love.
\nWhere there is injury, pardon.
\nWhere there is doubt, faith.
\nWhere there is despair, hope.
\nWhere there is darkness, light.
\nWhere there is sadness, joy.<\/p>\n

O Divine Master,
\ngrant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
\nto be understood, as to understand;
\nto be loved, as to love.
\nFor it is in giving that we receive.
\nIt is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
\nand it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n

[Prayer of Saint Francis]\n<\/blockquote>\n

I wish all of you a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year!
\nSee you soon, Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another year has passed. This time I am sending out my Christmas greetings and my wishes for 2013 from back home. Love, joy & happiness for all you!<\/p>\n

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