What is admittedly essential? What touches us at the moment – and won’t go away tomorrow? It is the issues which have moved us since human existence: happiness, love, household, partnership, time, stress, loneliness, farewell, grief.
BILD columnist Louis Hagen, coming from a German-Jewish household, sought solutions to the everlasting questions of mankind from poets, thinkers and researchers. And located a number of solutions which can be amazingly easy – and but can enrich our lives.
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For those who ask colleagues initially of the week: “How are you?”, you often get the reply: “How’s it supposed to go on Monday morning!”
A worldwide survey has now confirmed this: the despair curve is highest while you begin work on Monday mornings.
The weekend sprayed it, the candy poison of freedom. My colleague Sabine: “I might have preferred to have sauntered by the backyard for a day longer and insulted the supposed weeds!” Small holidays, do not even take into consideration the job. Sounds believable – and but it’s only a fact.
▶︎ In my expertise, most individuals like to work. We complain about no matter: stress, too little recognition, too little pay. However with out? Cannot do it, no one needs it. How lovely these sentences: I created this with the work of my arms; i am pleased with what i do.
In some way virtually each job has its secret and deserves our admiration: the roofer on a blazing summer season day on the ladder, the precision employee on the meeting line at BMW or Audi, the rubbish males who clear us of the garbage. lecturers train our kids and grandchildren; Journalists report what is going on on on the earth – and who’s telling the reality or who’s mendacity.
BILD columnist Louis Hagen
The place would we be with out work? Having the ability to work is happiness. It is good to find a way to work. Not discovering work is tragic.
I personally have been a journalist for 50 years. I dragged nothing, constructed nothing, did no bodily toil. And I am nonetheless proud. And I’m completely happy about each response from you, pricey readers. Typically I am additionally insulted – that is simply a part of it.
I feel most individuals who’ve a job that can be a little bit of a calling might be pleased with themselves.
What you do with ardour and dedication, with renunciation and generally with ache cannot be so mistaken.
Louis Hagen (75) was a member of the BILD editor-in-chief for 13 years and is now a advisor on the communications company WMP. His texts can be found as a ebook at koehler-mittel-store.de.
