Posts Tagged ‘appreciation’

Be thankful for bad things in life

Monday, June 17th, 2019

Be thankful for the bad things in life for they opened your eyes to the good things you weren’t paying attention to before.

— Anonymous

Be thankful for the bad things in life for they opened your eyes to the good things you weren't paying attention to before. www.walled-in-berlin.com

Be thankful for the bad things in life for they opened your eyes to the good things you weren’t paying attention to before. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

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 or current events, people, places or 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.

 

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Step into my shoes and walk my life

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

Step into my shoes and walk the life I’m living, and if you get as far as I am, just maybe you will see how strong I really am.

— Anonymous

Step into my shoes and walk the life I’m living, and if you get as far as I am, just maybe you will see how strong I really am. Photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2018. www.walled-in-berlin.com

Step into my shoes and walk the life I’m living, and if you get as far as I am, just maybe you will see how strong I really am. Photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2018. www.walled-in-berlin.com

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.

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

 

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Practical gift giving strategy

Thursday, October 11th, 2018

Give the gift of your absence to those who do not appreciate your presence.

— Anonymous

Give the gift of your absence to those who do not appreciate your presence. www.walled-in-berlin.com

Give the gift of your absence to those who do not appreciate your presence. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

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.

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

 

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Not just another flower

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

I will not be another flower, picked for my beauty and left to die. I will be wild, difficult to find and impossible to forget.

— Erin Van Vuren

Psychotria elate (Hot Lips Plant), not just another flower. www.walled-in-berlin.com

Psychotria elata (Hot Lips Plant), not just another flower, www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

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.

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.

 

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Secret of a good relationship

Thursday, July 28th, 2016

 

In a good relationship each partner learns to live with the imperfections of the other and appreciates his or her good qualities.

–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 or current events, people, places or 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.

 

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How to measure life

Thursday, December 31st, 2015

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

–Anonymous

Nature - the poetry of life, Photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2014

Nature – the poetry of life, Photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2014

 

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.

 

 

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Enjoy the little things in life

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

–Robert Brault

 

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.

 

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Unexpressed Gratitude doesn’t count

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

–William Arthur Ward

 

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.

 

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