Newsletter No. 30 Ruswil - March 2004
Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Jodokus the Monk Jailed in the Diary 2
The Endurance Runner Kurt E. Stirnemann 6
Forum: "Temporal Thoughts" from Ruswil 9
Miscellaneous 10
Foreword
Dear relatives and acquaintances
Dear members and friends of our family association
"He who enjoys good health is rich without knowing it." This saying from France is by no means the only one dedicated to the topic of health. Health is our greatest asset and we usually learn to appreciate it when we are ill. The flu epidemic this winter, but also news from around the world scare us. Keywords such as AIDS, SARS and, more recently, the plague of the birds certainly make some people think more about their own health.
In addition to the physical, there is still the mental health. She seems just as important to me for a fulfilling life. Body and psyche are clearly together until death. The Greeks themselves believed that a healthy mind can only live in a healthy body. Today we know that many physical ailments have their origins in the psyche. On the other hand, our body, in whose shell we are confined from birth, will influence our individual consciousness and influence our psyche.
My understanding is that in our time the longer it will be more important to balance physical and mental health.
Health means definitely saying goodbye to body and mind damaging influences, but health also means being able to pamper your body and mind from time to time.
If they finally ask me for a recipe, I have to admit to you that this does not exist. You will have to find out for yourself or you may already have found one. Nevertheless, I would like to tell you at the end of the introductory thoughts of my recipe, which incidentally I have for free in any pharmacy related. It reads: "To be happy, do good and make the sparrows chirp." (Don Bosco)
With great vigor we have tackled the new year of the Board of Directors at the last autumn meeting. I would like to mention two special features in particular. First the interview with the Delegate of the Board of Directors and President of the Executive Committee Georg Fischer AG, Dr. Ing. Kurt E. Stirnemann, which our member Franz Stirnimann-Bühlmann and his son Roland Stirnimann have carried out. In the last newsletter, we have revived this series after a few years interruption again. In any case, I wish you exciting reading moments. Second, we would like to start a new membership campaign and have allowed us, dear members of the association, to be included in this promotion. The principle is simple. As you probably noticed when opening this envelope, in addition to the newsletter, some so-called flyers have been enclosed. Simply distribute them to your nearest friends, acquaintances, friends, friends, neighbors, etc., who are also the namesake of "Stirnimann" or "Stirnemann". Maybe there will be a few words about our association or about your family history. In any case, an entry could be quite exciting, you meet the Family reunions many namesake for the exchange of ideas and you have the opportunity in the newsletter under the heading "Forum" to address all members of the association. Maybe it takes a small kick-off and soon you are already a passionate hobby family researcher.
For your help, I would like to thank you very warmly and I wish you and all family members a lot of good, a lot of happy, good health and ... let the sparrows chirp!
Best regards
President
Beat Stirnimann
The Monk Jodokus looked in the diary
In our last two newsletters we have presented Father Jost Stirnimann (monastic name Jodokus, Jodok) in two short biographies. He lived from 1654-1706, of which 36 years in the monastery Muri, AG. In the years 1695 to 97 he followed attentively the progress of the construction work on the today's monastery church.
The original of his diary is in the archive of the College Sarnen. In the next newsletters we will give you the most important contents of this diary.
1654
I was born on February 25, by my legally married parents, Joan. Jacob Stirnema and Barbara Buocherin, who lived in the parish of Sursee, in a village called Roth. I was baptized in the parish church in Buttisholtz by Joan. Conrad Lüpert or Lüttert, who was pastor there at that time, in the presence of the godfather Peter Meyer, from the village called Mittenlarig, and Elisabeta Heini, from the village called Underarig.
1670
On April 30, my father Joan died. Jacob Stirneman, who lived in the parish of Sursee at that time, and yet at his own request and wish in Rusweil was buried. A not inconsiderable dispute or controversy arose between the pastors of Sursee and the pastor and dean.
On May 26, died P. Meinradus An der Allmendt in the upper church of Muri.
On the 27th of June I was admitted to the school of the monastery Muri by the abbot Mr. Fridolin Summerer from Baden. My teacher was Bonaventura Schriber from Bremgarten.
1672
On the 7th of March, I was received by the venerable chapter at Muri, and on the 21st of March, on the feast day of our Saint Benedict, I was introduced to the novitiate by Fr Jerome Troger, then Prior. My instructor was P. Anselm Weissenbach.
On [June] P. Urs Steinger died from Sursee, an outstanding organist and then professor of theology.
On August 25, P. Beat Fleckenstein died.
On December 7, P. Luitfried Zei died [unles.]
1673
On May 6, my brother's wife died Sebastian, Maria Helffenstein, with two children whose birth had weakened her so that a short time after the death of the children (who were baptized, but not baptized by the priest), they had their soul ***
On August 12, P. Ambrosius Müller, the master chef, died.
Muri, monastery church
1674
On the 9th of March, on the Saturday before Passion Sunday, I was assigned the office of the ceremonial minister.
On April 10, my relative Anna, daughter of my brother Sebastian, died of poison. On what occasion she has taken this is not clear. Similarly, two of her sisters, Mary and Margarita, were in the same mortal danger with the maid, but thank God they could be restored in previous health.
The loveliest lily of the summer fell and withered when our Venerable Abbot and Fridolinus Summerer from Baden died on August 18 at 9 o'clock. On the 20th he was buried.
On August 22, the Most Reverend Lord in Christ Jerome Troger from Uri was elected from the office of Prior to that of the prelate or abbot, and was consecrated on October 7. For this celebration, a huge crowd took place.
On the 17th of September the 30th day of the burial of the deceased Abbot Fridolin was celebrated, whereby about 112 Mass sacrifices were made for the soul of the deceased.
1675
On the 7th of March I joined the rest of my classmates (of which there were four, Br. Meinradus von Weil, Br. Nicolaus An der Matt, Br. Martinus Glutz and Br. Franciscus Brander) … ... on the day of St. Thomas Aquinas the peaceful boat of the philosophical study. Our professor was P. Mauritius Pflüger, who taught only logic, but left the rest of the philosophical course to P. Carl Herzog.
On March 9, I received the sacred ordination of the subdeacon with Br. Ambrosius Lütter of the Apostolic Nuncio of Lucerne.
About the 10th or 11th of March, my brother Sebastian began pilgrimage to the sacred sites of St. Peter and Paul in Rome to obtain the Sins of the Sacred Year. On this pilgrimage, my brother Johannes Stirnema died, leaving five living children behind.
1676
On April 23, died in Mr. Paulus Bruner Badensis.
1677
On March 1, after completing the arduous journey of our philosophical study, we reached the desired port with the help of the Celestials and were declared freed in a solemn declaration.
On the 25th of April, after the end of the procession and the luncheon (for it was the feast day of St. Mark the Evangelist), we traveled to Sursee for a rest and returned there on the eve of St. Philip and Jacobus because we are now free from philosophical study were.
On May 14, on the feast day of St. Martyr Boniface, we began, with God's favor, the study of sacred theology, according to the theological course of St. Gallen, under Professors P. Carl Herzog, who had also taught metaphysics and physics, as well as P. Placidus to the arbor. My classmates were Br. Luitfridus Egloff from Baden, Br. Meinradus von Weil Baden, Br. Meinradus von Weil from Unterwalden, Br. Nicolaus An der Matt from Unterwalden, Br. Martinus Glutz from Solothurn, Br. Franciscus Brandenberg, from Zug.
1678
On the 4th of June I received the holy ordination of the Apostle Nuncio to Lucerne on the eve of the Holy Trinity.
On the 29th of June, on the Feast of St. Peter and Paul, I celebrated St. Primiz's Mass, which was attended by guests: Johann Melchior Undertinger from Ruswil, at that time chaplain in Wangen, my festival preacher. 2. My brother Sebastian and my sister Elisabeth, with my brother-in-law Walter Meyer from Huprächt. 3. The wife of my brother Sebastian, Rosina Wüöstin, and my brother Johann Frau blessed memory, Elsbet Zimermanin, with her husband Dominicus from the Weiden Mülli, 4. Two other women: Maria, the wife of Nicolaus Zürner von Schwartzenbach in the name of my stepmother Margarita Estermanin, and the daughter of my stepfather Heinrich Schüpfer, Anna Schüpferin, on behalf of my stepfather. And finally, Mr. Komtur von Hitzkirch was present but not invited by me.
On the 15th of October, we made a trip to the Wettingen Abbey for six days, up to and including the twentieth, as we had completed half the course of theology with a solemn final exam.
On December 31st, the eve of the circumcision of the Lord, my brother Sebastian died at noon.
1679
On the 5th or 6th of February, for instance, a goldsmith from Rapperswil brought me a very beautiful and elaborate chalice, which my cohorts had made for me for my first price. Its value is estimated at 58 French thalers, equivalent to 130 1/2 gulden.
On 3 June, a silver lamp was stolen in Hermetschwil, which hung in front of the altar of St. Donatus.
Campanarii or bell founders came from Lorraine on May 14, and on Monday after Sunday of the week, the Assumption of the Lord, so on May 15 they began to dig a furnace and make other arrangements to pour our big bell.
On the 27th of June for the festival of the Seven Sleepers, on Tuesday before the feast day of St. Peter and Paul, the stove was lit shortly before one o'clock in the afternoon. All the gates of the monastery were closed, so that no one could go in or out without compelling reason, and at seven o'clock, in the presence of the entire convent and all servants of the whole monastery, the bell was happily made. On this occasion, the hymn "Te Deum Laudamus" was sung in honor of the grace of God, to the sound of all the bells and the organ.
On the 17th of July we have been tested on theology, the ninth and tenth volumes, on the sacraments in general and particulars, each for an hour.
On the 19th of July our theology was festively celebrated and celebrated with the catalog ***, the first being Br. Nicolaus, 2nd Fr. Luitfridus, 3rd Fr. Meinradus, 4th Fr. Jodocus, 5th Fr. Martinus , 6th Fr. Franciscus.
On the 27th of July we traveled to the monastery of the Blessed Virgin to Stone, near Basel, for 14 days, that means from the 27th of July until the eve of St. Lawrence.
On 15 July Pfäffikon is burned in the Lucerne countryside.
On August 1, the two smaller bells were cast, in the same circumstances and celebrations as the larger one.
On August 15, on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the abbot celebrated our five bells with great solemnity, the first in honor of the crowned Blessed Virgin Mary ... ... the second - the largest of the four smaller ones - in honor the holy apostle and martyr; the third in honor of the St. confessors and virgins; the fourth in honor of St. Angel; the fifth and the smallest, in honor of the Passion and the Holy Cross. On the 18th of August, our four smaller new bells were hung and balanced, but the larger ones could not be hung because of their weight, size and weight. On August 19th, our five new bells were lifted into the towers.
On 19 September, four bells were cast for Pfäffikon and one for Schwartzenbach. Of the four former, the smallest did not possess the entire crown because of the lack of material, which had flowed plentifully from the others.
On October 9, three of our bells were cast for the second time, the bell the St. Apostle, the bell of St. Agathe and the bell of St. Angel, because of a miscarriage ***
1680
On March 21, on the feast day of St. Benedict, professors Br. Laurentius Büller from Schwyz, Br. Hieronymus Pfiffer from Hardeg, Lucerne, Br. Gabriel Mayer from Baldeg, Lucerne, Br. Joachim Hegner from Lachen, Br. Georgius Lussi from Unterwalden, under the direction of the abbot Hieronymus Troger from Uri.
On the 10th of April I was appointed Subcustos, in a solemn meeting of the chapter, in which also P. Petrus Andermatt from Unterwalden, then Küchenmeister, was appointed pastor in Klingenberg. Likewise, P. Carolus Herzog made schoolmaster.
On the 29th of July, the house of the younger brothers was built, that is, raised and placed under the roof, near the church, between the auditorium and the monastery church.
On the 1st of August, an infant from the area [unles.], Commonly landing lantzknächten, was brought here from the district called Trisen. His father was Jacobus Nigg, the mother but Anna Mostin. The child was born dead at least four or five days ago, but on that day, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, he was brought to life by our patron, St. Leontius, and under sufficient signs of life from our P. Leontius, who happened to be was present in the church, baptized in the name of Maria Anna. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon she was blessed by me and P. Martinus, crowned with the blessing of St. Leontius, and with the wreath of this same martyr, to German Leonti Krtzlin, which was so terrible to look upon, and of so evil odor, that you could hardly look at it and endure so much bad smell. The next day at about 6 o'clock in the morning, the child has been buried in the upper cemetery, to the beat of the little glocklein, as it happens to the children otherwise.
On the 3rd of August, at about 11 o'clock in the evening or at night, on the eve of St. Dominican confessor, a great earthquake was heard and recorded, to the great terror and fear of those who heard it.
On the 30th of August, the abbot once again presented a chapter in which he presented the acts of the general chapter of our abbots, which had been held in St. Gallen, saying that we should form a confederation with the Swabian Congregation. Likewise, that has been decided Let us and our entire Congregation be released from episcopal authority, without asking permission and authority from the bishop, on our own authority … ... and that the abbot of Einsiedeln would also approve of this and make it public in his area.
On December 16, about 30 houses were destroyed in Einsiedeln, and almost all the more elegant hospices were destroyed, but the monastery was spared the fire; it is said, above all, through the prayer that the monks, and above all the abbot, addressed to the Most Blessed Virgin and the Blessed Most Holy Sacrament. And this huge fire started at 5 o'clock in the morning and lasted until 8 o'clock. At 7 o'clock I saw even this miserable fire with my eyes, through the windows of our museum, near the stove of the priests. And, miraculously, it is said that about two hours before the fire, flames had appeared and been seen in many parts of the sky, especially in Thurgau, and also in our neighborhood, especially in Ruswil, as the peasants have testified there.
Around the feast of St. Barbara a bitter cold weather came in, that is, the ground frozen, like a stone. After about eight days, snow fell and did not melt until March. At the same time another one was still falling on it, so that at the beginning of the year it was so high around the light of the day that it extended far above the knee to a middle-sized man, above all in the mountains. On the 1st of March, so little had melted away that in the vicinity of the monastery hardly, and only in very few places, the earth came forth. At Easter, which fell on the 6th of April, the snow in the valleys flowed off, so that the earth was free, but in the mountains it was still very high. Even in May … ... snow appeared on the summit of the Liudenberg. In early May, neither leaves nor flowers of the trees came to light, but later in May the trees of all kinds bloomed beautifully. So much so that this year the trees of all kinds hung full of fruit. This snow-covered snow has badly damaged the seed in filthy places, but not much of it, and especially of the monastery do not cause much damage. And thus, what the fruit of the earth encounters, has a mediocre year: but what the fruit of the trees encounters, a fertile and full-bodied year.
sequel follows
The Endurance Runner Kurt E. Stirnemann
Kurt E. Stirnemann has been President of the Executive Board of Georg Fischer AG in Schaffhausen since March 2003. Also in the past year, he was elected as Delegate of the Board of Directors. In addition, Stirnemann is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Agie Charmilles Holding AG.
Kurt E. Stirnemann was born and grew up in Zurich, celebrating his 60th birthday in May this year. His parents grew up in Aarburg, he owns the citizenship of Gränichen.
Kurt E. Stirnemann is married and the father of a 24-year-old daughter who works in the travel industry and a son who works as a business economist. Stirnemann has completed studies as a machine engineer and as an operations scientist. He then worked at ETH Zurich as a research assistant and later as a senior assistant in business administration.
From 1977 to 1990 he worked for the Winterthur-based machine manufacturer Rieter, where he finally rose to become the group leader. Kurt E. Stirnemann led from 1990 to 96. successfully completed the turnaround at Agie AG in Losone. He merged the Ticino-based company with the new shareholder Georg Fischer AG, which had owned Charmilles AG since 1982 and today operates on these three mainstays.
"Race is good and aerates the brain," Kurt E. Stirnemann is convinced. He jogs almost every day for 25 years. In any weather and at least 40 minutes long. He turns 60 in May and is still in full swing. Stirnemann has been working at Georg Fischer AG in Schaffhausen since 1998 (see box). And here, too, he proves his worth: He is the President of the Executive Committee, Delegate of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Agie Charmilles Holding AG (see box). That takes a lot of strength and perseverance: Because Georg Fischer AG has 150 companies in 27 countries worldwide with a total of 14,000 employees. And that also means: Kurt E. Stirnimann is traveling a lot around the globe. But whether in Tokyo, Chicago, New York or Shanghai: "The sneakers are always there," says the endurance runner - "or Jogger, as it is called today", - he adds with a grin.
We - two Stirnamms - sit in the office of Kurt E. Stirnemann in the executive suite of Georg Fischer AG in Schaffhausen. A glorious but bitingly cold winter's day is coming to an end. But it's nice to be in here. Stirnemann is lively, tells with humor and exudes warmth. His office is stylish but simply furnished. A big, green painting of a plant or flower - is it from Georgia O'Keefe? - graces the wall. A piece of nature, biology - another great passion of Kurt E. Stirnemann. But more of that later.
Kurt E. Stirnemann says he is "a real city expert". "I was born here, attended primary, secondary school here and later studied at ETH." Mechanical engineer and business administration. He hardly knows his civilization in Gränichen, Aargau. "Exactly once in my life I was there - I wanted to see that," he says. His precipitous career to the top of a global corporation he launched from Zurich. After his assistant and senior assistant at the ETH he received his doctorate and later accepted teaching assignments.
And then, in 1977, the change took place in the industry. To Maschinenfabrik Rieter in Winterthur. He worked in production, soon leading the company and later becoming a member of the executive board. "Then I made a horizontal change," remembers Stirnemann. He was drawn to research, where he stayed with Rieter until 1990. During these thirteen years at Winterthurer Maschinenfabrik, he experienced the economic highs and lows of the whole industry: "It was an ups and downs." But things were even worse.
He got the offer to run Agie AG in Losone. Said 1990 too. His family - wife, daughter, son - stayed in Zurich. He lived in Ticino and "lived here for three full years". "Agie had big problems, slipped into a very serious crisis," says Stirnemann. It went downhill with the Ticino machine tool manufacturer. He, Stirnemann, had to lay off many people, sell company parts or even completely conclude. Gopfringstutz, why me, why do I have to do this? ", He sometimes asked himself in Ticino, the banks were demanding their loans, but Agie had hardly any money, just lots of red money, in short, hard times," says Looking back at Stirnemann.
But the endurance runner did not give up. Stirnemann finally made the turnaround at Agie AG. It went up.
Only the banks no longer trust in the matter. They wanted money
see - sell their stake in Agie AG of 45 percent. Georg Fischer AG from Schaffhausen appeared, bought a large share package and thus secured the long-term future for the Ticino industrial company.
He took over Agie AG and put them together with Charmilles SA, which he had owned since 1982. The new group Agie-Charmilles was born. But the new CEO from French-speaking Switzerland could not stay in the leather chair for long. The endurance runner Kurt E. Stirnemann had to work. One company in Geneva, the other in Ticino. I had an office in Losone, one in Geneva, and shuttled between them. "And there was the family back home in Zurich.
Although, of course, he missed them, Kurt E. Stirnemann was not unhappy that his family stayed in Zurich during this intense time and he stayed alone in the house in Ticino. I had so much work to do and traveled so much that I might even be happy to be able to pull it off on my own. "His personal flight record also dates back to this time: I am 200 times that time in one year "But the family should not be neglected." My wife and I were always in agreement: quality comes before quantity, "emphasizes Stirnemann. This means that the family came together during the holidays and enjoyed and used this time together very consciously. Even today Stirnemann attaches importance to the fact that his wife, who seldom comes with him on business trips, maintains a certain independence. She leads city tours in Zurich, which she has raised herself.
The new head of Agie Charmilles Holding AG, Stirnemann, successfully managed the two companies from 1996 to 98. What was not an easy task: Outwardly, in the market, companies continued to compete; Internally, however, synergies were slowly being used that brought company cultures together. This deliberately cautious process is still going on today, "adds Stirnemann.
Still under his wings. Just from the central office, the Georg Fischer AG in Schaffhausen. But here is too the workday of Kurt E. Stirnemann anything but leisurely. Although the dry spell slowly behind us seems and the economy In Switzerland, things are picking up again. As Chairman of the Executive Committee and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Georg Fischer AG and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Agie Charmilles Holding AG, Kurt E. Stirnemann certainly will not be bored. Meetings with the Board of Directors, the executive committees, management trainings, strategic plans, meetings with investors or the promotion of young talent are one thing. One hundred to one hundred and fifty flights to the globally dispersed subsidiaries per year is still the other. Sometimes I feel like a walking preacher, "jokes Stirnemann, explaining the company strategy to employees around the globe, but only I have the feeling I'm always saying the same thing, because the auditorium is always different," he explains.
People finally wanted to hear this from their top boss. They also have a certain right to that. How does he lead? "Uncomplicated, direct, open and without airs," says Stirnemann. And if he wanted something, then he would do it. "It needs a certain basic agility, it needs the will to succeed," he explains. It was important how ambitious the goals were set. But even more important is: "You also have to have a chance to achieve these goals," says Kurt E. Stirnemann.
With so much responsibility, the executive also sometimes has some self-doubt. "I sometimes think shaving in the morning: is that good?" He could not share these thoughts, so he had to be able to handle them himself. That was a burden, as they know, for example, top athletes. "You are at the top alone," says Kurt E. Stirnemann. And it's the same, like the great singer-songwriter Randy Newman in his even more terrific song "It's lonely at the top”.
One is issued, will be commented on in public. "You have to be careful not to be too vain when things are going well," warns Stirnemann. The media would first cheer them on and later trample them down. "There were plenty of examples of this in the Internet boom years and the subsequent stock market crash," says Stirnemann. Something insensitive and not too medium-spirited you just have to be. And in between can also switch off.
He is helped by the circle of friends outside the company. "Old colleagues from the student days," says Stirnemann. "Here I can relax without pressure among friends relaxed," he raves. Or he reads. "Especially on the plane - but also here a lot of professional reasons," he says. Otherwise he is interested in history, modern literature and good book-related entertainment. "In between, sometimes something that distracts." And of course he is interested in biology. As always and as mentioned above. Stirnemann considered this as a serious field of study. But finally rejected. "In my day, it was said about biologists that sooner or later they end up as teachers. And I did not really want that, "says Kurt E. Stirnemann.
Playing golf - as it is very fashionable in some circles - he does not like either. "That takes too much time," says Stirnemann. He prefers to run. Daily, as he has planned for a long time. "Although it does not always succeed," says Stirnemann, "but if you decide to run only four times a week, then you only do it twice.”
And half things are certainly not his thing. Because Kurt E. Stirnemann is a persevering runner. Maybe he'll start his biology studies after his pension. He has already proved enough stamina a few times.
Founded in 1802, Georg Fischer AG in Schaffhausen today comprises 150 companies in 27 countries worldwide. It employs a total of 14,000 people, with annual sales of 3.5 billion francs in 2002.
The company is primarily active in the three main areas of automotive engineering, piping systems and manufacturing technology. In addition, industrial services in the areas of computer science, logistics, real estate as well as in personnel and accounting are offered.
Roland Stirnimann
FORUM
I Have Time
Each course of the day, the course of the seasons and every rhythm of life make us aware of our own lifetime: whether we are in the morning or the spring of our lives, whether we live at noon or in the summer of our existence, or if we already migrate towards dusk and in the autumnal fog of our earthly life are immersed. The change of the seasons and seasons inevitably reminds us of the comings and goings in nature.
Every onion in the earth, every grass and every flower, every shrub and every tree is a great symbol of our life. All nature teaches us to comply with the rhythm of our lives, to walk more leisurely, to pause and to stop ourselves, to rest and treat our soul with a pause for breath.
God accompanies us on the levels of past, present and future. Our Creator God is at the beginning of all life, in our personal existence and in the wide world. In the spirit of Jesus, we seek to shape a good, shared and fraternal future.
What about my present? When I'm sitting right now, I'm already halfway up to get started. If I'm running somewhere, then a thousand other shops are already buzzing around in my head. Against this unchristian stress, a Buddhist Zen monk has a very simple recipe: when I stand, then I stand. If I go, then go I. When I'm sitting, I'm sitting. When I eat, I eat! We achieve serene peace of mind and inner calmness when we really wash dishes while doing the dishes. If you can not wash your dishes while doing your dishes, you become less and less able to feel the wonders of life, with the risk of missing your life and washing it away.
If you just run around, you never go deep! Moments are only animated when we calmly let ourselves be led into the depths in the same place. Then, one-sidedness happens in the here and now. Then the soul can breathe and life can blossom. Then the moment really becomes mine. Mostly we are activists. It's all about what we've just done and achieved. We proudly refer to our successes and results. What happened between these so-called highlights? If only we ran around ... and did not live! "I really do not have time for that now!" We like to make ourselves important with such sentences. If you do not have time, you bask in the success and is incredibly in demand! No time for our time to be over!
Summer invites us to have time to breathe our souls, in the here and now, and the place is here and your life today is washing dishes, visiting the sick, wondering and meditating. I am allowed to record and accept my own lifetime. I have time! A divine sentence, gracious to me, good for my whole environment!
Thomas Meli, pastor, Ruswil