Author Archives: beisansburble

über daring

On that day, it rained so much in St. Gallen. Sankt Jakob-Strasse was flooded. I was staying at a hotel owned by a dear friend. I was at the reception asking the receptionist to order me a taxi when the first few drops started to plunder. I had just finished eating but had no timeContinue reading “über daring”

Letter to an Inner Child

Do not listen to all that they say, my child; my womb is not impermeable to their words, unfortunately. This language they speak shines a subtly blinding streak of light, it has a way of seeping through the thickest skin and imprinting marks on your genetic makeup. You will come out to live among themContinue reading “Letter to an Inner Child”

Helpfulness

The best quality in a human being is Helpfulness. There is a corner in my heart filled with nametags, uniforms, hairstyles, voices, eye colors, and smiles of strangers who have helped me as if their life depended on it. They don’t know me and if they once did, they surely forgot me now. But IContinue reading “Helpfulness”

Temptation

It is just as important to mindfully satisfy a temptation as it is to resist it. Do not underestimate the spontaneous intuitive necessity of satisfying a temptation. Differentiate between whether this temptation is considered wrong because you said so, or whether it is just so. Your answer marks the difference between you satisfying your temptationContinue reading “Temptation”

Control through Love

The worst kind of control is control through love. The type that hides its fangs with a close-mouthed smile. The type that adorns your cage with bits of food so that you keep busy nibbling with gratefulness and that teaches you that silence is harmony. You can only be a victim of this kind ofContinue reading “Control through Love”

You Are Insignificant

When you consider that we live on a planet that is only one out of billions of planets, when you remember that life in its’ entirety and time with it’s relativity is so evolutionary and fleeting, do you really think that what you are hesitant about doing in your life is worth the hesitance andContinue reading “You Are Insignificant”

The Repulsive Beauty of the Monarch

I was reading Thomas Mann’s “Doctor Faustus” when I came across a fact one of his characters shared about a beautiful large butterfly family, the most famous and beautiful of all butterfly families because of the intricate detailed patterns on their huge wings glowing with amber orange and how they are known to taste badContinue reading “The Repulsive Beauty of the Monarch”

Wild Sunflower

If I could choose to be any living thing other than my sentient being, I would choose to be a sunflower. A sunflower is made up of to 2000 tiny flowers that join at the base to make it one. My cells also join to make this one me who sometimes acknowledges that she is,Continue reading “Wild Sunflower”