Cups usually have one handle, those for small children even two. The handles - in my opinion - do not necessarily look nice. I like a cup better. But: the handle has its functional purpose: if there is a hot drink in the cup, you would often not be able to hold it with your bare hand because of the heat. Thanks to the handle, however, you can bring the cup to your mouth, blow a little and then drink it gently. The handle is a valuable support for the actual purpose. Sometimes we feel the same way: analogous to the handle, we feel it is only a means to an end. But the means is also important. If you currently feel more like a handle than a cup: this task and role are also important. Remember that your identity is not in your task and role, but in the identity you have received from your Creator as a unique creature. This should help you to live this role with joy and peace.

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The difference between rain and snow is the state of aggregation. Rain is liquid, snow solid. When rain falls to the ground, the water usually runs off or seeps away. Snow, on the other hand, remains on the ground. Both have advantages and disadvantages: if the rainwater runs off, the natural soil is supplied with the necessary moisture, and paths or roads are cleared of water more quickly. The snow that lies on the ground is a kind of natural water reservoir for warmer temperatures and precisely for the time that brings the blossoming and awakening of nature: so that growth can begin and continue to flourish, it needs this moisture - perfectly saved by the snow for this process. So rain and snow are wonderful at their times. This is how your day should be today: what is to remain for a later point in time is to be safely left and what is to continue to flow or seep away is to be safely let go.

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When I wake up in the morning, I hear birds chirping. I have wondered whether the chirping is a language and the birds are communicating with each other, or whether it is simply sounds that make the birds peculiar. Or I have seen documentaries about bees, which mainly perform a special dance with which they communicate real messages to the other bees, for example where to find honey. Fascinating. Language and communication beyond our familiar framework. But it shows that creatures are obviously equipped and oriented to communicate with each other. This creates relationship. Verbally and non-verbally. Today, pay attention to yourself and your environment, how you communicate. Verbally, in writing or with gestures and other things and be amazed at this and also at how good you are at decoding the messages of others. How life-giving communication can be.

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Do you know where your nearest petrol station is? Often we simply drive past them without noticing them - unless our vehicle indicates that the tank will soon be empty and refuelling will be necessary. If you know the area well, this is usually no problem - you know where to get fresh fuel and how far it is. But if you are in an unfamiliar area, the warning message of an almost empty tank can be threatening. That's what happened to me once in Scotland: the tank was getting emptier and emptier and there was simply no petrol station. I was nervous and didn't know if we would make it. Thank God the remaining stock was enough. but I don't want to experience such a situation again. Timely provision of resources is therefore important. To regularly visit petrol stations - also those for our soul, body and mind. Otherwise, collapse, standstill can be the result.

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In colloquial usage, air is used for meaningless. If someone tells me that I am air to him or her, it is not positive, but means: I am not interested in you at all. Air is also not visible and hardly perceptible. However... if we are travelling fast enough, we feel the air resistance. Depending on the surface of attack, this can be considerable in combination with the wind. So air is not nothing or insignificant. But it doesn't bother us as long as we are in normal operation, so to speak. Only when things get fast and hectic does it become perceived as a brake or resistance. Actually, in many cases for the better. Who knows how much we would otherwise overdo it with speed and endanger ourselves and others. Perhaps this also applies in a figurative sense: if you stay in your healthy operating mode, it's good. If you are above it, the resistance is a warning in a positive sense.

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Do you remember the taps from your childhood? Back then, I didn't have mixer taps. Hot and cold water were separate and you always had to mix it yourself to the desired temperature. Sometimes there were even only taps with cold water. These had this typical turning handle that hurt you when you had to open it. That's how quickly technology and mechanics can change. Maybe in the future we will control water with touch sensors or by voice when we wash our hands or take a shower. How quickly one forgets this priviledge and takes it for granted to have running water in the house or at the workplace. So many people have to go far for a bucket of reasonably clean water. How privileged we are. Perhaps it is a day to consciously experience some things that have become so self-evident - also in relationships.

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Do you know the Petit-Beurre biscuit? These are relatively simple but still very tasty butter biscuits - as the name suggests. They come in different sizes and some have a chocolate plate on top. Anyway, the ones I know look like they are rectangular and the edge is wavy. The rim. It could have been made straight. The advantage would be that it would be much easier to produce, there would be less dough waste and you could make the best use of the dough material. But the biscuits would then also be less decorative. As we all know, the eye eats with us. This is how the edge is curled. And that - in my opinion - gives the biscuit a much better appeal, turns it from a simple biscuit into a special one. A simple little change in appearance. With many things, it does matter how they appear. So also for you today: if you meet others, do it with the wavy edge of love.

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I recently bought a baking mat. It's a silicone sheet that I roll out and use to work the dough for baking on: Be it kneading or rolling out. It's a great thing: it's non-slip and it's wonderful to work on and the surface underneath stays clean, it's much easier to wipe up, clean up. Especially after processing, there is often a lot of flour residue and other things that are sticky. I can detach the mat and clean it under running water - for a new use. It reminds me of my life with God. In my relationship with him and Jesus, he gives me such a mat on which I can live my life and also make mistakes, it can also become floury and sticky. Through his willingness to forgive, I can always start anew, cleaned like the mat without old encrusted stories. This is not only practical, but also liberating and a privilege.

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Do you like cheese? A few years ago I was able to visit a cheese dairy and we were given a guided tour. I find it remarkable and still marvel at the fact that the original substance, milk, becomes a solid body, a cheese wheel. Of course, this certainly requires framework conditions. But the right environment, the peace and quiet and the necessary time lead to the once liquid milk becoming a tasty, solid cheese. If one goes to check too early in the middle of this process of becoming or even interrupts it, then the whole process can possibly fail. Patience and experience are therefore required. Perhaps you also have processes in your life right now, waiting periods that may seem long and without anything happening. I encourage you to give these processes the necessary time and calm and to trust that you will be able to go and see at the right time.

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It is said that certain feelings can simply overtake you. You are overcome by them. In fact, there are moments when certain feelings come over you really unexpectedly: joy or sadness, anger or contentment. I don't think we can produce feelings per se. The most I can probably do is open myself up to them and actively seek them out. For example, I consciously remember something I'm grateful for - maybe that I'm doing well today, that I'm healthy, etc. - and then a certain gratitude comes over me. Other feelings, however, cannot be produced in this way. But what is in any case in our power and responsibility is the action that is triggered on our part. Does joy drive us to generosity and forbearance towards others or anger to aggressive behaviour? Be aware today that even if your behaviour is emotionally driven, it does not absolve you of your responsibility.

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