When I ask myself what is really important in my daily life, I don’t have to think long. The answer comes immediately. It is my wife. She is my backbone. My Rückgrat. She is not only my wife, she is my friend. I can talk to her about everything — really everything. That kind of…
Pressure seems to be the constant companion. It shows up early now. A private school in England that politely asks children to leave if they don’t fit the academic mould. Elitism is still alive in the 21st century, just as AI begins to challenge what intelligence, capability, and contribution actually mean. I’m not sure the…
A practical Weekly Pineapple Slice from the Brida Community Over the last week, the Pineapple articles didn’t debate values in theory.They ran into them — at work, at home, in meetings, in traffic, in language lessons, and occasionally… in airplane toilets. What ties these pieces together isn’t philosophy. It’s real situations where people had to…
“And we are live.” Not just live—alive.Alive with enthusiasm, slightly too much caffeine, and that familiar sense that something meaningful might happen… or we might just end up talking about cows in the street and Grade 1 maths again. Which, honestly, is kind of the point. The hills are alive.The sound of music is playing…
It’s been a while… Lack of motivation. Lack of ideas. Feeling lost and the feeling of “not having enough time”. Pressures of everyday life. Starting over in grade 1 – and failing at grade 1 math… I am glad I am not 7 years old anymore. My son is going through some things. He loves…
Rediscovering Core Values Through Conversation On an ordinary school evening—between exams, packed scout bags, and the promise of an upcoming holiday—a quiet but powerful conversation unfolded. It wasn’t about grades or schedules, but about something deeper: values. Honesty. Courage. Self-discipline. The invisible forces that shape who we are long before we can name them. Sarah…
By the time the recording light blinked on, confusion was already in the room. Frank was confused. Natalie was half-visible at the far end of her living room in Seoul. Someone had moved a table. Someone had changed a plug. Someone else had disappeared entirely—then reappeared, cheerfully, like a magician who’d forgotten the order of…
For people of my generation, values were never something we talked about. They were part of everyday life. We learned them at home, at school, at work, and in the community. We did not analyse them. We showed them by how we behaved. In my daily life, it is important to do what feels normal…
There’s something quietly intimate about talking about clothes. Not trends or brands, not what’s “in” this season, but the real stuff: why we reach for certain jeans on a Tuesday morning, why a dress can feel like armor—or like a mistake—and how much of our inner life ends up hanging in our closet. This conversation…
The topic was not chosen by The Mayor. This point mattered to him, and he said so early. Janita had selected it: values. And already, before the discussion had properly begun, The Mayor admitted something that framed everything that followed — he found it difficult to talk about values at all. Not because he rejected…
