Sometimes, the people who are quietly watching your journey are the ones you'd least expect.
Earlier today , I went to my 65 year old neighbor to borrow his garden hose so I could fill my son'slittle plastic pool on our rooftop terrace. We stretched the hose all the way from his garden to my terrace, filled the pool, and when it was done , we started packing everything away.
Out of nowhere, he looked at me and asked, "You named your son Lionel because of Messi, didn't you?"
I smiled and asked, "How did you know that?"
He replied, "I'm always on your Instagram. I watch your videos. I see the work you do. I'm really impressed. I've been following your journey."
I was genuinely speechless.
This is my German neighbour—a man I had never spoken to about my work. I honestly assumed he had no idea what I did, or even cared. Yet all this time, he had been quietly following my content and cheering me on from a distance.
It was a powerful reminder that you never really know who's watching your journey. The workyou put into the world reaches people you neverimagined, often in silence.
So keep creating. Keep showing up. Keep building. Your next word of encouragement might come from the last person you'd expect.
I struggle to understand public officials who proudly celebrate sending their children abroad while the schools they oversee are collapsing.
It's not about whether they can afford it. They have every right to spend their money however they choose.
It's about emotional intelligence and leadership.
Publicly celebrating your escape from a system you are responsible for fixing sends the wrong message to millions of families who have no such option.
The goal of public service shouldn't be to build an exit plan for your own children.
It should be to build a country where every parent's child has access to an education so good that leaving becomes a choice, not a necessity.
That's the standard we should demand.
@iamNeare It's actually bcos of natural disasters. They believe there's higher chance of survival in a plank house than a brick house in case of any disaster. Imagine trying to survive the debris of a brick house 😭
La nueva vida de Kevin Kampl.
En medio de la pasada temporada, el mediocampista del Leipzig decidió retirarse debido a la tristeza que le produjo el fallecimiento de su hermano y de su padre en un transcurso de 7 meses.
Cuando se retiró, regaló más de 4.444 litros de cerveza a los fanáticos. Pero una vez que colgó las botas, Kevin se mudó junto a sus dos hijos y su esposa a Mallorca y se dedica a la jardinería.
"Tuve un año de mierda. No puedo describirlo de otra forma. La vida debe continuar, pero me fue muy difícil aceptarlo todo. La paz y la tranquilidad que tenemos aquí nos vinieron muy bien. Tenemos muchas frutas y verduras. Y, además, siempre estoy al tanto de lo que hace el Leipzig".
Un ejemplo de que siempre hay revancha.
If the background and goals of a writer are not similar to yours, I honestly don’t think you should follow their stories. The reality will never be the same.
If you were an extreme Lapo baby, you should follow the stories of someone who came from absolutely nothing and became something in line with what you also want to become.
All these motivational talks from privileged people aren’t for people like us 😓
@rhinno__@RoyalKimmich You know he doesn't have Rodri's PR. That's a big effect. Ruiz was their best player during the Euros but Rodri got all the praise.