Here are my tweets of last week on:
Blogging and Twittering, Wisdoms and Rules:

130530 If you wait some, your day will come – also true for you, twitterer and blogger. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130531 Why? That is why! – That is why we are twitter and blog. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130601 The older you get, the more you grumpy you get – not to forget, bloggers and twitterers! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130602 What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander – also when blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130603 You can’t change the habits of a lifetime – also true for twitterers and bloggers? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130604 There is no need for a soothing hand where it does not hurt – also true for twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130605 If something flies too high for you, let it fly – not to forget when twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

There is a new tweet each day. See twitter.com and “follow” RolandDuerre!

Enjoy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
I took the proverbs from Alle deutsche Sprichwörter.

Please forgive me for writing this article on Ascension Day – nowadays better known as “All Father’s Day”. I just experience, once again, how people have been traumatized because other persons (and their social systems) think they own the absolute “truth”. That hurts. Consequently, here I am again, trying to make a statement about virtues and vices. Even at the risk of talking beyond my own competence.

I doubt if such as thing as “the truth” even exists. We with the all the limits of our human existence only have certainties. They have nothing to do with the radical term “truth”.

Yet it is those certainties of ours we torture each other and ourselves only too often with. Consequently, I hope that the time for these truth claims will someday be a thing of the past. Just as I believe that words like guilt, morals or even revenge should become something we no longer need.

Unfortunately, it still happens that so-called truth is used for dogmatic purposes and then demanded of as many persons as possible, often using psychological force. And the subsequent moralizing makes us suffer and causes unhappiness and illness in many of us. That is bad!

The important virtues for a life lived with responsibility and social conscience are tolerance, ethical behaviour in the sense of humane decisions made according to shared and ethically responsible values, transparency and civil courage!

For instance, I believe humans basically wish to live autonomously and yet socially acceptable in communities. And that human happiness is nothing other than succeeding in making the opposing ends individuality and collectiveness meet in a healthy way. And the rest should be manageable autonomously with respect, ratio and common sense!

If we can do that, we will also re-discover our courage and joy in life.

RMD
(Translated by EG)

Here are my tweets of last week on:
Blogging and Twittering, Wisdoms and Rules:

130523 Truth is a daughter of time – also when twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130524 The truth will hurt your tongue – also true for twittering and blogging? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130525 You might put pressure on the truth, but you cannot smother it – blogging and twittering might be helpful! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130526 If there were no left, there would be no right – also true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130527 Without sinners, saints would not exist – also true for twittering and blogging? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130528 Life is warm, death is cold – also true for twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130529 Warm yourself as long as there is fire – not to forget when twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

There is a new tweet each day. See twitter.com and “follow” RolandDuerre!

Enjoy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S
I took the proverbs from Alle deutsche Sprichwörter.

Here are my tweets of last week on:
Blogging and Twittering, Wisdoms and Rules:

130516 Forehandedness will prevent aftercare – also if you are a twitterer and blogger. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130517 Advantage is better than strength – also true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130518 Advantage will not necessarily mean gain – also true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130519 Cheeky is not the same as witty – especially true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130520 To risk is better than to ponder – also true for twittering and blogging? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130521 Having to choose is painful – also true for twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130522 Well-deserved mockery hurts most – not to forget, twitterers and bloggers. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

There is a new tweet each day. See twitter.com and “follow” RolandDuerre!

Enjoy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
I took the proverbs from Alle deutsche Sprichwörter.

Here are my tweets of last week on:
Blogging and Twittering, Wisdoms and Rules:

130509 Words will not fill your stomach – not even when twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130510 There is a long way to go between words and actions – that is quite true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130511 If you have to evils to choose from, choose the lesser one – also when blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130512 Keep counsel before you get active – especially true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130513 If you give a good example, others will follow – also true for twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130514 Talking first will save you talking afterwards – good advice also when twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130515 Being cautious never did any harm – first rule for twittering and blogging? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

There is a new tweet each day. See twitter.com and “follow” RolandDuerre!
Enjoy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
I took the proverbs from Alle deutsche Sprichwörter .

Here are my tweets of last week on:
Blogging and Twittering, Wisdoms and Rules:

130502 Nobody lives just from the wind – not even a twitterer and blogger?#Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130503 You cannot survive on love alone – the same is true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130504 You cannot survive on air – especially true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130505 Beauty is not enough to live on, either – also particularly true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130506 All fires start with a straw – also true for twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130507 You cut the huge pieces of wood from the great blocks of wood – also when twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130508 You must not talk evil of the dead – is that also true for twittering and blogging? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

There is a new tweet each day. See twitter.com and “follow” RolandDuerre!

Enjoy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
I took the proverbs from Alle deutsche Sprichwörter.

Here are my tweets of last week on:
Blogging and Twittering, Wisdoms and Rules:

130425 Many words mean few achievements – also true for twittering and blogging? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130426 Many can help you – also true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130427 Many hands will achieve more than one pair – especially true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130428 Many know a lot, but nobody knows everything – also true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130429 Two pairs of eyes will see more than one – also true for twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging  #Wisdom

130430 Birds of a feather flock together – that is how it is, twitterers and bloggers. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130501 It is no good studying will a full stomach – also true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

There is a new tweet each day. See twitter.com and “follow” RolandDuerre!

Enjoy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
I took the proverbs from Alle deutsche Sprichwörter.

Here are my tweets of last week on:
Blogging and Twittering, Wisdoms and Rules:

130418 Not all advice is good advice – also true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130419 Many strokes will fell the oaks – also true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130420 Plenty of straw means little corn – especially true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130421 The more brains, the less luck – also potentially true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130422 More battles mean more glory – is that also true for twittering and blogging? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130423 Too much knowledge will give you a headache – not to forget, twitterers and bloggers. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130424 Much science means little conscience – something I do not appreciate when twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

There is a new tweet each day. See twitter.com and “follow” RolandDuerre!

Enjoy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
I took the proverbs from Alle deutsche Sprichwörter.

Here are my tweets of last week on:
Blogging and Twittering, Wisdoms and Rules:

130411 Too many dogs will kill the rabbit – also true for twittering and blogging? #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130412 Plenty of rain is a downpour – that is true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130413 Many individual grains will make up a heap – especially true for blogging and twittering! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130414 Plenty of art means plenty of folly – also true for twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130415 Mach ado about nothing – also occasionally a phenomenon when twittering and blogging. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130416 Too many sermons will give you a headache – not to forget, twitterers and bloggers. #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

130417 Many preachers do not live by their own sermons – be careful when twittering and blogging! #Twitter #Blogging #Wisdom

There is a new tweet each day. See twitter.com and “follow” RolandDuerre!

Enjoy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
I took the proverbs from Alle deutsche Sprichwörter.

In my last article, I wrote about the “average wealth of a German household. According to the Deutsche Bundesbank, it is around 51,400 Euros net value and surprisingly low when compared with other European countries”.

The issue kept haunting me. Consequently, I informed myself about our total federal debt. According to Zeit , the country, states and communities were indebted to the tune of more than two billion Euros in 2011. That is 24,711 Euros per citizen. During the last year, the number increased again. Neither does it take into consideration the probable liability caused by the gigantic guarantees of the “Euro Rescue Fund”.

The assumption that every German citizen has to stand up for 25,000 Euros of federal debt is definitely on the low side. Moreover, the number might very well increase dramatically in the near future. Getting back to the “average” household fortune of the Germans at a net sum of 51,400 Euros and assuming that every household has an average of more than two persons, then the “average” household debt is already considerably higher than 50,000 Euros.

In a nutshell:

Statistically spoken, the German households are ”publicly” higher indebted than what their private net fortune amounts to.

Poor, rich Germany?

As I said earlier: I am glad I never studied economy!

RMD
(Translated by EG)