Posts Tagged With: Germany

Day 3778: Normal

It’s not normal for me to be trying to read German but it is normal for me to take a picture of something I assume is going to be interesting, like this:

It is normal for me to try to understand people, no matter what the language, so I asked Google to translate.

When normal doesn’t work, we have to figure out what will. Is normal working in my other images for today?

It shouldn’t be normal for an entire community to be wiped out, but unfortunately that was normal for Germany in the 1930s. Sometimes we need a new normal, desperately.

It’s normal for me to end these blog posts with gratitude, and today is no exception.

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Day 3777: Who do you believe in?

Last night, I asked this question on Twitter:

That question was inspired, I believe, by my meeting Carmen (who believe it or not, shares the birthday of Groundhog Day with me!) and her husband Manny yesterday on the Viking River Tour.

Manny and I discovered that we both loved the song “I Believe in You” from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and we both believed in our ability to sing it together at the dinner table.

I believe in people’s ability to connect, learn, and grow despite suspicions and fear about difference, and I saw that in a “stumble stone” on a street in the German city of Koblenz.

I believe in The Guardian’s ability to describe stumble stones.

I believe in my ability to put together all the images I collected yesterday to create my 3777th consecutive daily blog.

I believe in the Daily Bitch’s ability to believe in herself.

Who do you believe in? I believe in YOU.

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