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Nobody knows the beginning of a great man.

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On good days you can see the ocean.

Our Deda is basically the founder of She has planted the first cocoa trees with my grandfather when she was very young. She never went to school and yet she is so intelligent. That kind of intelligence that is an emotional one. And she is turning 98 this year. Or is it 95? No one really knows her age. Because a) they didn’t have birth certificates and b) does it even matter? She is so fit and until recently was still treading palm nut oil to earn a living.

🤎 I love you, you gentle soul.

♻️ Life and death is so close by in . I just heard that our dog disappeared. In Ghana they don’t put up “Lost” notifications on traffic lights. You accept pretty quickly: You have to move on.

Personally, that’s hard for me. That’s the second time I have to accept that probably my dog was eaten.

She was supposed to guard the land and garden.

Another friend notified me that two people in his neighborhood died from one to the other day. Cause: unknown. 😶

Then 2 new babies born in the family.

Realities are very different in other countries. But it serves as a reminder: if there is anything you ever wanted to do, it is most probably NOW.

RIP Senya

Farmers in and are sitting on their harvest as big manufacturers are not willing - or finding ways - to not pay the guaranteed price.

☝🏽More in our story.

I have been pondering what kind of transportation I will use once I’m there.
A car would help me to transport things, but there’s is no patrol station close by. A motorcycle can easily circumvent holes in the road but can be stolen. A bicycle is easy to maintain keeps me in shape but I can’t transport any things. I’m looking into now.🛺

Any ideas?

🖤 NOTES ON
When we start with big universal ideas, at the level of concepts and -isms, we too-often stay there and argue about theory and generalizations. At that level, the mind is totally in charge. It is then easy to love , but not any one person in particular. We defend principles of justice, but would not put ourselves out to live justly.

We just argue about theory and proper definitions. I have done this myself. Duns Scotus offered us a meaningful and practical way to live by focusing on the now, the particular, the concrete, the individual. His entire philosophy makes love, and 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, more important than intellect, understanding, or any theories about or . As we say, the rubber must hit the road.📝

“That’s your heritage. Now do something with it.”
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„Wettbewerb stammt von uns Menschen. In der Natur gibt es keinen Konkurrenzdruck und keinen harten Wettbewerb. Alle Beziehungen basieren auf Kooperation und bedingungsloser Liebe und sind immer auf die Erfüllung einer bestimmten Funktion ausgerichtet.“
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Ernst Götsch

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"Competition comes from us humans. In nature there is no pressure of competition and no hard contest. All relationships are based on cooperation and unconditional love and are always directed towards fulfilling a certain function".