neljapäev, 25. september 2025

NEXT DESTINATION

I was in Croatia and I felt that even though it was beautiful, my heart still belonged to France, Greece, Italy, Spain.

And then one evening a man walked in front of us with the text #visitmalaga on the back of his shirt! Recommendation for the next travel destination, the most joyful path?

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Järgmine reisisihtkoht

Olin Horvaatias ja tundsin, et ehkki seal on imeilus, kuulub mu süda ikkagi Prantsusmaale, Kreekale, Itaaliale, Hispaaniale.

Ja siis jalutas ühel õhtul me ees mees, kelle särgi seljal oli tekst #visitmalaga! Soovitus järgmiseks reisisihtkohaks, kõige rõõmuküllasem tee?

neljapäev, 18. september 2025

SQUIRRELS

A squirrel crossed my path twice in a short period of time. I remembered that I had googled the spiritual meaning of seeing a squirrel, but I couldn’t remember the meaning, so I googled it again… Answer: The squirrel symbolizes the balance between hard work and ease, but also abundance and good fortune. In the Bible, the squirrel is a symbol of readiness, resourcefulness, and divine providence. It also symbolizes the ability to change…

Considering that I was feeling a little uncertain about coming winter, a very sweet sign.

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Oravakesed

Mul jooksis lühikese ajavahemiku jooksul kaks korda oravake üle tee. Mäletasin, et olen kunagi orava nägemise vaimset tähendust guugeldanud, aga tähendust ei mäletanud, nii et guugeldasin siis uuesti… Vastus: orav sümboliseerib tasakaalu raske töö ja kerguse vahel, aga ka küllust ja head õnne. Piiblis on orav valmisoleku, leidlikkuse ja jumaliku hoolitsuse sümbol. Ta sümboliseerib ka võimet muutuda…

Arvestades seda, et ma tundsin end parasjagu talvele vastu minnes veidi ebakindlalt, siis väga armas märk.

neljapäev, 11. september 2025

LITERATURE ONLY

I was flying back from a nice vacation. Before that, I had just realized that I didn't want to go back to school, although a course was tempting, and one job offer too... and then on the return flight I noticed the text "Literature only" on the back of the front seat.

Of course I realized that it was actually about the fact that you can put only the in-flight magazine and the safety card in the plastic seat compartment, but of course it felt like a personal message from the Universe to focus only on literature.

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Ainult kirjandus

Tulin lennukiga toredalt puhkusereisilt. Olin enne seda just aru saanud, et ei tahtnud uuesti õppima minna, ehkki üks nõustajakursus ahvatles. Üks tööpakkumine siiski ahvatles veel… ja siis märkasin tagasilennul eesistme seljatoel teksti: “Literature only!”

Ma sain muidugi aru, et see oli tegelikult selle kohta, et plastikust istmesahtlisse võib panna ainult pardaajakirja ja ohutuskaardi, aga mõjus muidugi märgilisena, sõnumina, et keskendu ainult kirjandusele, palun, kallis!

neljapäev, 4. september 2025

THUNDER

The approach of the beginning of September triggered an old reflex that maybe I should go and study something. I flirted with the course of a therapist and went to the interview, but the feeling turned really bad and nothing seemed to go right. So even though I got accepted to the course, I got sick (a very bad sign in my case) and I saw my inner child in a dream, crying: “You promised after my PhD studies that I wouldn’t have to go to school anymore!

Then when I got a card from my favorite deck with a picture of thunderclouds and lightning twice with the text “NO. Wait. Postpone. Say no.” (which I had never drawn before), I gave up. The sun came out right away… and even though the trip I was heading to immediately after that started with the landing in thunderstorm, the rest of it was mostly sunny.

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Äike

Septembri alguse lähedus tekitas vana tuttava refleksi, et ehk peaks midagi õppima minema. Flirtisin kogemusnõustaja kursusega ja käisin vestlusel, aga tunne keeras päris rappa selle peale ning miski ei tundunud õigesti minevat. Nii et ehkki sain sisse ja mõtlesin algul õppima minna, jäin haigeks (minu puhul väga halb märk) ja nägin unes oma sisemist last, kes nuttis kägaras etteheitvalt: “Sa ju lubasid pärast doktorantuuri, et ma ei pea rohkem kooli minema!” 

Kui siis sain oma lemmik-kaardipakist kaks korda äikesepilvede ja välkude pildiga kaardi tekstiga “NO. Wait. Postpone. Say no.” (mida ma polnud kunagi varem tõmmanud), andsin alla ja loobusin. Päike tuli kohe välja… ja ehkki reis, kuhu kohe seejärel suundusin, algas elu esimese äikesega (vahe)maandumisega, oli see suuremalt jaolt siiski päikeseline.

NEXT DESTINATION

I was in Croatia and I felt that even though it was beautiful, my heart still belonged to France, Greece, Italy, Spain. And then one evening...