Audiostretto 59/4/24 English

One may wonder if the sense of taste is a luxury that is not necessary. For the food intake and its conversion into energy, it is not necessary. For the TASTE, however, it is. So I eat a food, which tastes good to me and is delicious for me, differently than one, which resists me because of its taste. So why do we have the sense of taste? I think it belongs in the realm of the need for beauty. By...

I am fascinated by what artistically talented people can paint with a brush. When I see paintings and imagine that they were created by a brush - unimaginable. What an extraordinary gift, what a talent, what a... mystery too, that what exists in the mind or imagination can be put so precisely on canvas or paper. And so I imagine that God did something similar at creation: with his - figuratively s...

We distinguish between chaotic and order-loving types of people. By this we mean: the one who are very tidy and design their environment accordingly - the cutlery in the drawer neatly lined up and the socks all the same size in a row in the closet. The others are creative chaots, constantly looking for something, enormously creative for it. Their desk is usually untidy and their closet - if they h...

When it comes to the weather, we can make reliable forecasts and act accordingly by observing conditions and developments and interpreting them accordingly. As humans, we are inclined to know things in advance, to determine and thus to follow an urge within us, independence. Independence seems to give freedom and competence. Dependence, on the other hand, is being dependent on others or having no...

I don't know of any country flag that is exclusively black and white or consists only of greyscales. All the ones I know contain colours. I find this remarkable. Colours are used to express something and we associate colours with feelings or moods. We use colours in our everyday life: For example, in the morning in front of the wardrobe: Do you feel more like colourful or more like white or even b...

In a song by Count Zinzendorf from the 18th century it says: "Love will guide us, prepare the way and point with our eyes to many things, whether it is time to argue, whether it is a day of rest. I am always impressed by these words because they emphasise so strongly the motivation for our actions. How often we are led by mistrust of others or the fear of falling short or many other things that ma...

We call someone who pays very detailed attention to spending or consumption a bean counter, and we don't mean this in a positive way. Behind this is the image of someone who is stingy and does not begrudge others something. On the other hand, there is the generous person who does not pay attention to whether someone has consumed or received more or less than someone else. With the former, the atmo...

The pavement is a demarcation from the roadway to the space for pedestrians. Thus, the traffic space should be safe. Should... In one village there were a lot of accidents involving people. The pavement was made higher and more clearly demarcated. It got worse. Finally, the pavement was removed: there was only one area for pedestrians and vehicles. Accidents were immediately reduced significantly....

Distillation works like this: A liquid is brought to boiling point. The water vapour rises, sticks to the distillation column - where the substances to be separated remain and the purified vapour is then cooled and collected again as a distilled liquid. So heating, cooling and then the result. Doesn't sound so pleasant - but the result is a certain purity. In life we sometimes have to go through i...

Telegraph I imagine that back then, when the telegraph was invented and it needed lines across the country and lots of masts had to be erected, that not everyone liked this - analogous to the debate today about wind turbines. Certainly, the situation back then is not comparable to today - we are under a certain pressure to produce the energy we need, which was not the case with the telegraph. But:...

I was watching a young couple recently. They wanted to go to a restaurant. The woman hesitated, looked into the glass of the entrance door and fixed her hair before they entered. The typical mirror effect: when one sees one's reflection, one's entire appearance is examined and judged in a fraction of a second. At the same time... by nature we would never see ourselves completely. There is no natur...

A single pearl is quite valuable. You can't find them easily. As far as I know, they are hidden in shells, for which you have to dive. A lot of effort for the little ball. But obviously worth the effort. We also say from time to time, "He or she is a real pearl," expressing that this person is something very special that you have to be careful not to lose. John, who wrote Revelation, had in his vi...

Do you know what Easter and Christmas have in common? It is twofold. On the one hand, of course, the main character: Jesus, and on the other hand, a direction. A direction? you may ask. Yes, exactly: a direction. At Christmas we look to the east from the Western World and at Easter? At Easter, it is the east hidden in the name: the East-er. You can laugh or smile about it. I noticed it the other d...

We have the saying that love makes blind. This means that when you are in love, you see the weaknesses and faults of the beloved less or do not want to see them at all. And with time, when the infatuation recedes and everyday life returns, one tends to see again. I believe, however, that fear makes blind, not love. This is vividly illustrated for me in the stories of Jesus and his friends. When th...

When we were children, we used to look for four-leaf clovers in the spring, and if we found one, it gave us the feeling that we had found, or rather were allowed to find, a treasure, something quite extraordinary. It was not a feeling of our own perseverance and achievement, but of undeserved favor. Whether it is a shamrock, a horseshoe, a ladybug or a talisman - it seems as if man longs for super...

Bridges connect. They connect two areas that would otherwise be hard, difficult, or impossible to get from one side to the other. People are sometimes called bridge builders - for example, when they can reconcile opposing parties or connect people who don't understand each other. Peacemakers are bridge builders. But bridges are not places to stay or camp on but transit routes. Peacemakers sometime...

When Jesus gave food to over 5000 people, there was more left at the end than was available at the beginning. The people realized that there had been a miracle of multiplication. They wanted to seize Jesus and make him king. Sounds good. But it is not. They did not see in him the good ruler, but the one who fulfills exactly their needs. They just wanted someone in charge who would serve them witho...

An umbrella probably has a curved handle in most cases. I was wondering - why? Is it that the umbrella fits better in the hand? Is it that it can be held better and with less effort in windy and nasty weather? Or is it analogous to a walking stick for support? Or is it more aesthetic? Or more practical, because the umbrella can be hung up when not in use? Honestly, I don't know and none of these q...

When I was a boy, I tried to tighten the bulb on my bedside lamp because I thought it had come loose and that's why I had no light. When I reached into the lampshade, I got a strong electric shock - there was no light in the socket at all! Extremely unpleasant! If I had not only relied on my sense of touch, but also included my sense of sight and made a joint decision to act together with my mind,...

Why do we actually promise things to each other or how is it that we even know something like promise? Actually, our yes could be a yes and our no could be a no. Period. But life often plays differently... and - I imagine - promises are a kind of more binding commitment than would otherwise be easy. Strange. So when I promise something, my word is supposed to be more binding than otherwise. Or is...

We all know that due to climate change, glaciers are melting rapidly. They are one of the important indicators of rising temperatures caused by human behaviour. At first, we don't notice anything. We may even be happy that it is getting a little warmer, that we have to heat less and that it is really hot in summer for once. Other people on earth suffer existentially from the consequences. There wi...

Actually, to my knowledge, the door frame hardly receives any attention. If, then the door. It allows or prevents access to a room. But without the door frame, the door would hardly or not at all be able to perform its function. If the door does not fit into the frame, it cannot really be closed. It does not fulfill its purpose at all. We also have to give our life a frame so that it succeeds. For...

You can argue about which chocolates are delicious and which are... less. Something they all have in common: they are offered individually. They are packed in a box each in its own compartment or individually. You don't break chocolates apart like you do chocolate, and they don't come strung together like cookies. Just chocolates. Individually. The uniqueness and specialness of each one is express...

SocialMedia are omnipresent. Depending on the claim, it is now a must to post a post here and a photo there. Regularly and frequently if possible - otherwise you are forgotten, uninteresting. It shows how much we are created on relationship and relationship networks. It's called "no man is an island". We have a need for - yes for what essentially? I believe for being seen and recognized. Undivided...

Were there so many public trash cans in the past, too? The intention behind this is that people dispose of their waste correctly and not simply throw it away, resulting in garbage dumps. Today, this public service is often misused: instead of focusing on species-appropriate disposal, it has given way to "I throw my waste away as quickly as possible." In other words, the focus is no longer on speci...