2020, a year to remember and not forget

Dear Friends,

It is already December and the year 2020 is rapidly ending. A lot of people will remember this year as a terrible year and would like to erase it from their memory. This reaction is very understandable since we all have suffered, some more, some less.

Looking back when I was still working in the financial industry, there were a lot of unexpected events such as Black Monday, Asia Financial Crisis, 9/11 and many more which resulted in suffering and heartache in many of us as well. I was also negatively impacted each time and also wanted to forget those years as quickly as possible until I realized that each of those times during such a crisis was actually where I learned a lot and grew stronger as a professional and as a person.

Writing this message, I realized that also this year brought a lot of good things and I developed as an individual and as a citizen of the world. The ultimate treasure we have is our health, family and good friends. Going forward I will appreciate these treasures even more.

I encourage you also, to not just simply forget all 2020 but take a some moments and find what you have learned, the positive things which happened to you and the treasures you have discovered and appreciate them.

I wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. May the year 2021 bring you all a lot of success, happiness and good health

Ernst😁👍☀️

You can not go back and change the past, but you can learn from it and establish a new starting line to create your bright future!

-Ernst Schuler 😁👍☀️

What can we learn from trees 🌳

I just returned from a trip from Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. As I cycled around the countryside, I passed by this tree several times. This and many other trees really impressed and fascinated me a lot. How could they keep themselves so beautiful, grand, strong and inspiring despite their age, the very harsh winds and often cold and rainy weather? Also during winter time, the burden of the heavy snow must have been weighing on the branches, providing another stress on these trees.

The only explanation I could find is that those trees must have a solid foundation of very strong and healthy roots and they are not resisting the strong winds, rain, storms and heavy snow but bending its branches as necessary. It might be, we too, in our lives, if we can not change or solve some unwanted issues and situations, we should try to accept them and bend accordingly instead of forcing to resist while also making sure that we have a very strong and healthy body and mind.
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This the quote I live by every day that I’d love to share with you!! ☀️👍😁

Majestic Mountains and What We Can Learn From Them!

I was in Switzerland 🇨🇭 recently, and admired a lot of beautiful and majestic mountains. Those mountains have all been there for thousands of years and have gone through a plethora of storms, rain, snow and cold weather. Despite of this heavy strain, they still look very stunning and monumental even when covered by clouds and under terrible weather condition.

If we go through a storm, windy, rainy and snowy ”period” in our lives, we are all stressed out, depressed and often poorly and it will take time until we look majestic again even though the sun has started to shine again. It might be we worth for us to just try to worry less and go through the storm and bad weather in our life with a positive and majestic attitude  until the sun is shining again☀️👍😁

Our actions inspire others!

Recently I was cycling along the Thames River early in the morning on a natural path from Kew Bridge to Richmond.

The night before some heavy winds have fallen some trees. I passed one fallen tree
which blocked around 50% of the path. Around 200 meters further down I passed another fallen tree which blocked around 75 % of the path. I decided to leave the trees as they were but would try to clear them off the path if they were still there on my return.

After around 20 minutes the first tree still blocked 50 % of the path. I got off my bicycle
and cleared the tree off the road. At the same time, a middle aged lady was running past me. I noticed that she looked at me. After a few minutes when I passed the other tree which was still blocking 75 % of the path, the running lady who just passed me was trying to clear the tree off the path. I got off my bicycle and offered my help. Together
we cleared the tree off the path. After we finished clearing the tree, we both felt great, having achieved something. We briefly thanked each other
with a big smile on our faces and continued on our ways.

It was a small action which inspired another person to also take action. But also please be aware that no action or unsuitable action may also inspire
No action or an unsuitable action!