Dresden Reloaded

Back in the city of... what is Dresden famous for? Right, back to the city of allied war crimes. In a few days Sri Sri will arrive here to have a speech and receive some cultural kind of award. I don't know man, there's so many awards out there; who cares. The man himself probably doesn't; he's there for the people.

Marcus and Konstantinos of YWC were in Dresden to organize Yes!+, but so far there were not so many sign ups. Time for me to lend a hand! Today we went to the university, classes haven't really started yet, but there was a class for high school graduates to stuff them with some extra algebra before they start the real work. I went there completely unprepared which did not leave us much for a result, but at least it was a decent intro talk. I didn't have any proper papers to have people sign up, so it was just a talk.

But it was good! I'm starting to get the hang of this stuff. I introduced myself, said that I came from Amsterdam and asked if anyone went there during summer. Someone raised her hand "so was it good?", she replied "yes!", so I went "ofcourse!". Laughter, ice broken. Simple. A kid can do the laundry. It doesn't matter whether you talk to one person or 200; it's all the same. You just gotta be natural. No need to be nervous, nobody in the public has the balls to stand up against you anyway. Speak clearly, don't be afraid to pause, don't feel rushed, make eye contact. You can even check out the audience before you start talking. However I had 3 minutes so I didn't do that.

Balls make the world go 'round. I heard today about this guy who was telling everyone that he was gonna perform a concert because he could play 40 instruments. A lot of people had come, and then he started playing, but he didn't really have much of a clue; he was just jamming a bit and not really making any music! People were saying "oh my god this is horrible", but the lesson was that you should have a certain innocence in everything you do. This guy just didn't give a shit about what other people would think; he was just there to enjoy himself! Self amusement, but not as a means, more as a goal. I think it's very important that you can enjoy yourself.

I also think this innocence is very important, why not be like a child? Why not explore the possibilities instead of staying on the road that you walked so many times before. The road that leads to the same result, making no change in your life. Be ready to lose, for you do not have anything anyway. Life is about losing, it's about losing your fears, hate, anger, and insecurity. When you have lost all that is possible to lose, then you are left with only yourself. Even our body is not ours, we just borrowed it. You're not your body, you're not your feelings, you're not your thoughts. You're only one thing, and that's the sunshine of your life.