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polishing your reputation

Monday, May 4th, 2015

If you spend too much time polishing your reputation, your character will become tarnished.

–Anonymous

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic and current events, people, places and food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

Tags: character, reputation
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Your job won’t take care of you

Monday, April 27th, 2015

Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.

Stay in touch.

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com. Walled-In is a story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War.

Tags: friends, job
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Everything in life reflects a choice

Monday, April 20th, 2015

Everything in life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result, make a different choice.

Anonymous

Tags: adjustment, choices, flexibility, learning
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Many things are learned in adversity

Monday, April 13th, 2015

Many things are learned in adversity, just as stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well when they cannot be seen from the top of the mountain.

Anonymous

Tags: adversity, learning, teacher
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Imprints on our lives

Monday, April 6th, 2015

People leave imprints on our lives, shaping who we become in much the same way that a symbol is pressed into the page of a book to tell you who it comes from. Dogs, however, leave paw prints on our lives and our souls, which are as unique as fingerprints in every way.

–Ashly Lorenzana

Tags: commitment, friends, love, loyalty
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Who are your truest friends?

Monday, March 30th, 2015

Your truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest moments–because they’re willing to brave the shadows with you–and in your greatest moments–because they’re not afraid to let you shine.

— Nicole Yatsonsky

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