10/12/2025
First time… so much drama! 😅
I am just coming back from our kind and compassionate Yogi Elias’ Meditation Night. I hadn’t taken my bike because it was cold, so I was waiting for the tram in town. Hardly anyone was around—just a few people. I was taking some photos because the night felt so beautiful, especially with the Christmas atmosphere.
Then a beautiful girl came to me and spoke in German for about one minute. I listened with a smile. At the end, I asked her in German if she spoke English. Actually, she did speak English … and then she asked me for money.
I asked her, “Why do you want money?”
She said she wanted to sleep.
I told her, “Come with me, I will give you a place to sleep.”
Then she said she had a boyfriend.
I replied, “I am offering you a bed to sleep, nothing else.”
She still said no.
So I said, “Sorry, no money,” and she walked away.
I felt sad seeing her, so I called her back. I told her I didn’t have my wallet with me and I didn’t have any coins to give. I checked all my pockets. Then I thought I would give her 10 francs. I took 10 francs out from my work-permit plastic envelope. She saw a 20-franc note with the 10 and immediately asked for 20 francs.
Then I put the 10 francs back and told her, “You are greedy, so I won’t give you anything.”
She then asked, “No, no… give me 10!”
I said, “No. This is a lesson for you. I won’t give you anything.”
She left.
Again I felt sad and called her back. I told her, “I will give you money, but not 10 francs.” I took the 7 francs she already had in her hand, and I gave her 10 francs back.
She said, “Why are you doing this? This is not good.”
I said, “Look, I gave you 3 francs more.”
She continued complaining.
I asked her where she was from. She said Switzerland.
Then I asked, “Why don’t you work?”
She said, “No job here.”
I told her, “You speak German and English, and you are young. I’m sure you can find a job. It’s not nice to depend on others’ work when you are capable of working. You really need to find a job.”
Then I gave her 2 coins back from the 7 francs. I said, “Now you have 5 francs. Be happy with that.”
But she was not happy. She walked away saying, “F**k you.” 😜
I called her again and asked, “Do you think it’s fair to speak like that to someone who just gave you 5 francs? Look around—nobody else here gives you anything, and you speak rudely to the person who helped you. Do you think that’s nice?”
She said sorry (but it was not a sincere sorry 😅).
I still felt sad and gave her all the coins back—so in the end, I gave her exactly the 10 francs I wanted to give in the beginning! 😅
She went away…
Hopefully she learned something from this—and I learned something too. 😇
(This photo was taken at the beginning of the conversation in 2015.)