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04/02/2011 • 4:06 pm Comments Off on world expedition calling

world expedition calling

Time is running fast and my departure for Germany is coming closer with every day. “Are you excited to go on such a trip?” I am asked many times – and the answer is in the moment: “no, I am not”. There is still so much to do in the days remaining that the feeling of excitement is surely coming to short. I am rather curious looking at the expedition: I am really fit enough to go through all the stress which the expedition will put on me? Am I mentally prepared for all I will experience in the weeks to come? Can I contribute enough to the group of activists? These are the questions rather coming to mind and a deep respect for the challenges lying ahead.
Yes, we want to move the world as a team and we are willing to give the utmost to achieve that – but does the world want to be moved? Or is it not rather the case that people are tired of being moved and only want to stay in their more or less comfortable corner of life wishing for less movement and more quietness.

Being alive means to develop, to move on, to be moved, to be moved by others, to let go and to start anew every day again. One thing is for sure: I will be moved by what lies ahead of me and I will be a different person after the challenge. I only hope that my move will give others the opportunity in the net of human relationships to also change their positions – and then, we indeed have moved the world and the people.  And yes, this idea excites me indeed.

Filed under: Networking, Reflection,

03/28/2011 • 11:15 pm Comments Off on Share the blog via twitter

Share the blog via twitter

The twitter account “stefan_capetown” has been established to establish a new avenue of important information.
All having a twitter account are able to link up under   http://twitter.com/stefan_cape town oder click here

Having such an account enables every reader also to use the “share” function on every blog page to make their followers aware of the information provided. It is a good and effective way to distribute if you feel that more people should read what you just have read.

And don’t forget to move the world. The clock is ticking 19.4. is the start of the expedition in Vancouver.

 

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03/22/2011 • 3:10 pm Comments Off on Move the world…

Move the world…

Move the world 🙂

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03/12/2011 • 1:59 pm Comments Off on Move the world

Move the world

Moving the world @ the HOPE Gala in Dresden

 

We move the world

join us:

www.waae.de

www.hopegala.de

www.hopecapetown.com

Be one of 5 000 000 people moving the world…

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03/11/2011 • 10:16 pm Comments Off on Bruxelles – Frankfurt – Johannesburg – Cape Town and in between

Bruxelles – Frankfurt – Johannesburg – Cape Town and in between

Multi-tasking is a word everybody knows from the computer systems and it seems, that in our days, not only computers but also human beings are forced to multi-task. Within 24 hours my body, soul and mind has to be in the different places – sitting in Bruxelles but sorting out things in Cape Town, while packing for the flight to Johannesburg via Frankfurt. One suitcase is going directly from Bruxelles to Johannesburg, while another is waiting in Frankfurt to join, deposited before leaving for Belgium as less baggage means faster moving at Bruxelles airport. While checking out of the hotel in Bruxelles I am on the phone with Cape Town, seeing an SMS coming in from Frankfurt.
It’s lent – and time of reflection means also to reflect on the demand, we are facing in our modern world, always to be available, via cell, w-lan, blackberry and there like. Doing one thing at a time seems almost out of fashion – or it seems, that we are only “in ” and “productive” when we can show running on several levels at the same time.

Maybe it is me coming into a certain age, but since a longer time I try to break out of these modern devils circles of proving your value – and I discover that especially when I am on travel, it works out that for a while I am able to shield myself from all those demands. It feels so good just to ignore emails and to concentrate on one task, one meeting, one encounter at a time. And it feels so good to keep time for oneself – and to enjoy those small  little islands of just “being” , just having a laugh, just being unproductive, just enjoying a “shit-chat” with a friend, a colleague or even a stranger somewhere on the way…

Lent maybe a time not only to reflect but to strengthen this development and I am sure, for the work, one is doing,  less multi-tasking and more “one task after the other”  will be beneficial for all on the short, middle and longterm run..

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