Opposites attract We got a new working colleague today, she’s studying law in vienna and will stay for a one month internship at the newspaper. It’s weird, I’ve onlsy been there for a month now and they trust me with introducing somebody new to the paper, the company, the values and ideals we share. It…
Read moreCause to me to me you’re beautiful It’s amazing how we human beings think we are only loveable in every which way, if we appear perfect to other people. It’s wron wrong wrong, it’s the big picture that makes us loveable, our little mistakes and failures. Being perfect is not worth striving after, it’s everyone’s…
Read moreA Memoir Where Light And Shadow Meet “At last we meet again .. I have received no answer, my dear, I do not know why you abandoned me .. But what not even your death or my old age can change is that we are still married, this is how we are before God. I…
Read moreall by myself there are no coincidences in this world, everything has a meaning, i remember talking to sabrina and she exactly knew what i was talking about. i didn’t have to explain or tell, she just knew. i believe.
Read morehanging by a thread. To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) I believe.
Read morethose, talking against annihilation… it was a remarkable day in spring 1985, when two remarkable people met in the vienna concert hall. 2000 people in the room, and thousands of austrians at home were listening as psychologist erwin ringel and writer erich fried read and discussed about poetry, psychology and peace. allthough fried died in…
Read morewhat a wonderful world it’s been a long time since I’ve heard eva cassidy’s interpretation of “what a wonderful world”, she died in 1996 and the recording was made only a couple of weeks prior to her cancer-caused dead. her voice is strong and clear and through the darkness she reaches out…. I hear babies…
Read moreFlash-Mob the new Flash-Mob phenomenon has reached my hometown, Flashmob #1 will start on Tuesday, Jul 29th, 11.30 – point your browsers to http://see.you.at/flashmob-klu for more info. I believe.
Read moreMindwork dot net has gotten its first major update since christmas 2001. i remeber those days, doing the first sketches. i felt lonely, depressed and out of this world. the last years have changed me for a lifetime. as b/w as the new layout might seem at first sight, it’s full of colors to me….
Read moreThe old man and the sea. I had to read it again. I was out there on the sea with him, worrying about where the current of the ocean and life will take me. I was waiting, waiting, waiting. Einstein was right, god doesn’t play dice. We just don’t notice him being there, whenever we…
Read moreAbove all others we’ll fly Envy is one of the things I truly despise. Whatever I do in my life, I want to be judged for what I do, my actions, my thoughts, not for where I come from or how old I am. I just keep asking myself if anyone ever has the right…
Read moreYou hear the voices telling you not to go Sanna sent me the pictures we took during the last weeks in Finland. There’s a couple of them from the ferry between Hankko and Rostock too. I remember leaving port, staring out to the sea and silently waving good bye to my life up there in…
Read moreWhen you are with me, I’m free, I’m careless, I believe When I left home yesterday night I wished I could see the sun rise once again (normally I tend to get really tired around 2 am when going out), suprisingly I was so excited about it, I made it, drove out to the lake,…
Read moreBut this dream is the life I’ve been searching for I had my first ever first-page headline at the paper where I am working now. I am proud but the strongest feeling is thankfulness. I am so thankful to all the people that gave and give me the confidence to be able to do what…
Read moreI close my eyes, begin to pray Life is a series of experiences, each one of which us bigger, even it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn, that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford (…
Read moreNorthern lights. Just checked the weather up there in Jyväskylä, and suddenly I started missing that place so big time, Sanna, Mikko, Ari & the rest of our bunch, it’s weird, I guess I just figured what it actually meant to leave. I believe.
Read moreWho will stop the rain? It’s been raining for a couple of days now, in Finland I would have gone nuts, sitting inside, bound to doing absolutely nothing. Here I barely notice it. I started writing small articles for a regional newspaper published in my hometown and it’s been some time, since I’ve felt this…
Read moreWorld’s apart. It’s been in 10 years since I had last been to the town where my dad works (about an hour away form Klagenfurt), he’s got a small house there, in case he decides to stay overnight. and skip the drive home. Weird enough, but I had never been to his working place before,…
Read moreStar. Bruce played “The promised land” and “The rising” right after each other and for a little austrian guy up there in the seats, right below the roof on that warm summer evening, it felt like he was playing thóse songs just for him. I went home, dancing in the dark.. I believe.
Read moreYou can’t start a fire without a spark Okay well here I am, at the exact place and time I wanted it to be. And still, for now, nothing’s driving me forward, I miss a new challenge. I miss a spark that lights me up, that fires up all the energy inside me. Next week…
Read moreGod’s drifting in heaven, devil’s in the mailbox Woke up early today, had forgotten to send some files to Sanna and she called in early; went outside to repay the parking fee, appearantly it had rained overnight and the air was humid, weather report said it was about 35° Celsius yesterday – unusually hot for…
Read moresave me. wasn’t able to post anything for the last 48+ hours, my provider relocated its datacenter and the dns as well as mindwork.net’s host were cut off. everybody who emailed me, please be patient, your mailserver shoudl try to resend those mails every 12 hours or so.. i believe.
Read moreSweep me off my feet. If I can look at back at my life being and old old man and know that I have only done 51% of the right things, I think I#’ll be happy. From this very day on, I want to start working on those 51%. I believe.
Read moreuntil you’re resting here with me. i miss you, maybe you’re lonesome too.. i believe.
Read moreone more night. i’ve felt it before and i feel it right now. on all my ways, by my side, i’ve never felt alone, as for believers he’ll always be there. i believe.
Read morebaltic storm. the weather here seems to be a picture of my thoughts. rain, clouds and every now and then a clear sky. leving this place is so hard, it amazes me. i thought i’d be rather easy allthough i am looking forward to see home & family & friends again. i just realized that…
Read moreout of time And you’ve been so busy lately that you haven’t found the time, to open up your mind, and watch the world spinning gently out of time, feel the sunshine on your face… i believe.
Read morecast away what would it be to just escape from this world, to leave everything behind, all the good and bad things this world offers us. right now i feel that everything tha i’ve been striving after just doesn’t make sense. i want to live in the best sense of the word, live and be…
Read morea beautiful smile by jessica duhaime, montreal, canada. there is something about being told ‘thank you’ with a sincere smile on the lips and eyes looking right at me that goes straight to my heart. it could be the feeling of being useful, or the nice contact with people. but the main reason is that…
Read morewhat if I missed you and after the big decisions are made, there are thousand little ones to make. i’ll have to choose how i want to say goodbye to the country i called home for nearly 1 1/2 years. when i go back home now, i do know how much i have changed, how…
Read morewe’ll not undo what has been done yesterday marked the end of a big episode. i found sanna once again to be the most understanding being on earth. i was so afraid of telling her that from now on i had to make a couple of decisions for myself, for my life, i’ve felt it…
Read morelucky you. mia has been an inspiration since the day i met her, she proved that today, by replying to one of my mails telling her i was thinking about leaving finland for good: “we are making things way too difficult to ourselves. there are no complete decisions, every decision brings good and bad things…
Read moreThe sky’s still, the same unbelievable blue. The two weeks back home were once again an incredible and lasting experience. The best advice I got in a long time, came from a girl I barely knew and just met again by accident while going out. She had just thrown away 3 years of her medicine…
Read moreI’m with you. The lesson I learned today will take me years to understand. Probably a lifetime. RIght now I feel so close to god, so close to life and all the beautiful and sad things it bares. So close to success and so close to failure. I believe.
Read morefeel it on my fingertips. i walked part of my way home through an unusual cold rain. it felt pure, it felt like life itself. i believe.
Read moreirgendwann find und lieb ich dich. I was thinking of taking some kind of time-out. Just to refocus, or actually focus on what I really want to do, get my studies done and trying to find out what my steps for the next couple of years will be. Du bist eine sichere Prognose, das Prinzip…
Read moreClose cover. Jessica Duhaime from Montreal, Canada has agreed to share some of her thoughts with all of you. Being the first one is always tough, but from what I know of her, it will be a very very good start for our little conspiracy to make the world a better place. Hang on.. I…
Read moreDon’t look back in anger. Apple Germany turned me down for whatever reason. I had about 10 lines here lamenting about what could be and how things should be. Bullcrap. Strength comes from inside, I’ll get my shot by acting and not reacting. I believe.
Read more41 shots… and we’ll take that ride First of all you thanks to the “stranger” from Canada for getting in touch with me. I am sure we’ll work something out. Since I arrived I’ve been thinking about my friends here, my two worlds, cause, as Mr. Einstein already said “Not everything that can be counted…
Read moreOut there. I can see somebody from Montreal, Canada coming back here time after time. I want to know who my readers are, and one after another I will call for you, for your words and thoughts. Whoever you may be, drop me a line at (stefan(@)cc.jyu.fi) and let me know what’s on your mind….
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