Augusta Niederauer Doctor

The shifting rain

Spring avant-premiere

The pain, the time that passed,

The dance you didn't have.

The endless impossible,

of only imagined laughter.

The inspiration was tenuous.

The word insufficient

The insurmountable obstacle

The winning exhaustion.

Today a window opens

To draw fantasy

An uncertain future

Of an insistent youth

Who visits me with the anguished question

Where did the glow hide?

Returning to poetry is a rough way

On the edge of a cliff:

You need to find the direction of the steps,

Yesterday's strength,

The dawn that cures useless sadness

The intense bitterness

From the unfinished sentence.

Dusseldorf, 13.03.2019

DIE WELT AM SONNTAG für Lothar K.

Augusta Niederauer

The world was us

In a drawn heart

In my admired look at so many new scenes.

Of the saints trying to ward off demons,

From the ecstasy of the beginning, from the threat of the end.

The world was our fantasy

From an eternal summer after a long gray or opaque journey

Wanting to dream.

The world was us at the travel party,

in the best flavors,

in the dignity of a pardon.

The world was us unaware of the miracle

Of the places visited,

of the first flowers printed on the calendar.

The world was us.

Seeking corner and enchantment

Me, without understanding the signs.

You, in the networks of the past.

The world was us,

walking in the attic,

on the strange roads of life,

in moments of doubt

of sudden freedom

from a window in the mansard.

The world was us

Ready to be built or destroyed.

With strange words

for the foreigner,

with prophecies that would not be fulfilled

flooding hours of tears,

temples of disillusionment.

The world was us and the memories weighed,

than it was light before, absent of conflict,

than it seemed to make more sense.

The world was us,

adrift like two boats,

seeking the north.

One without noticing the restart.

The other looking on watching the lights go out.

D´dorf., 17.10.2019

PSYCHOANALYSIS&BODY IMAGE ( UNDER CONSTRUCTION) _______________________________________ QUOTES:

"A time to mourn, and a time to Dance." Ecclesiastes, Holy Bible.

"We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American philosophical writer & poet "The biggest obstacle to living is the waiting, which depends on tomorrow but is wasting today." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca - “It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over." -Paulo Coelho "Despair is a much more dangerous feeling than fear, because fear is an intense feeling and, even if it can be momentarily paralyzing, in the end it calls for action, and, surprisingly, it can also create solutions. But despair is a feeling that calls for passivity and acceptance of reality even if it is unbearable, and it sees every spark of hope, every desire for change as a cunning enemy." Etgar Keret "To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job." Simone de Beauvoir "Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair." General Douglas MacArthur "We have had our last chance. The problem now is basically theological and involves spirituality and improvement of human character. It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh." General Douglas MacArthur "You are obsessed by dancing because there seems to be no choice. Sometimes you are miserable, sometimes you are floating in elation. But you can't leave it alone until the passion is spun out".--Lisa Rinehart. « Que la psychanalyse n’ait pas rendu meilleurs, plus dignes, les analystes eux-mêmes, qu’elle n’ait pas contribué à la formation du caractère, reste pour moi une déception. J’avais probablement tort de l’espérer. »S. Freud (Lettre à James J. Putnam, le 13 novembre 1913).Dans les années qui précédèrent la publication de L’interprétation des rêves (1900),S Freud." "There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed." NAPOLEON BONAPARTE “Chance is the fool's name for Fate” Fred Astaire "Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times." — Niccolo Machiavelli "The WORLD is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?" William McFee "All is connected ... no one thing can change by itself." — Paul Hawken "Natural Capitalism, Yoga Journal October 1994 We would rather be ruined than changed, We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die. — W. H. Auden "Change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn't all bad — not by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life — to keep us moving ... to keep us growing ... to keep us interested . ... Imagine life without change. It would be static ... boring ... dull." — Dr. Dennis O'Grady in Bottom Line - Personal "Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes — it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm." — Peter Drucker Management Challenges for the 21st Century (1999) "Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed; the culture reflects the realities of people working together every day." — Frances Hesselbein The Key to Cultural Transformation, Leader to Leader (Spring 1999) "It is a bad plan that admits of no modification." — Publilius Syrus First Century BC "O man, learn to dance, or else the angels in heaven will not know what to do with you..." -- Saint Augustine "Strive to be happy." ~DESIDERATA by Max Ehrmann" "It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. WINSTON CHURCHILL “Understand: we live in the world of a sad separation that began some five hundred years ago when art and science split apart.” ― Robert Greene, Mastery “The pain is kind of challenge your mind presents - will you learn how to focus and move past boredom, or like a child will you succumb to the need for immediate pleasure and distraction?” ― Robert Greene, Mastery “In our culture we tend to equate thinking and intellectual powers with success and achievement. In many ways, however, it is an emotional quality that separates those who master a field from the many who simply work at a job. Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers. Feeling motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything. Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive.” ― Robert Greene, Mastery " Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. "- Chinese Proverb “We think to dance, and dance in thought. But to hibernate in the mind, is to bring upon us an apocalypse of the Soul.” Ilyas Kassam "Do you think... that men have always massacred each other, as they do today? Have they always been liars, cheats, traitors, brigands, weak, flighty, cowardly, envious, gluttonous, drunken, grasping, and vicious, bloody, backbiting, debauched, fanatical, hypocritical, and silly?" - VOLTAIRE, Candide, Chapter 21 "Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life." CHARLES DE GAULLE "The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him." Sigmund FREUD « Soigner les malades sans soigner l’hôpital, c'est de la folie. »J.OURY, PSYCHANALYSTE « Être au plus proche, ce n'est pas toucher : la plus grande proximité est d'assumer le lointain de l'autre. » J.OURY PSYCHANALYSTE « Les rythmes, c'est ce qui va nous permettre de déchiffrer la personnalité, le style de l'autre.J.OURY PSYCHANALYSTE "MY EYES WERE MADE TO ERASE ALL THAT IS UGLY." Raoul Dufy ( french painter) Beauty will save the world" ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky "Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy." Napoleon Bonaparte “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” ALBERT EINSTEIN "Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." - Immanuel Kant "Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times." Aeschylus. "Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy." – Robert Anthony "Don't fall in love with someone who says the right things, rather fall in love with someone who does the right things".(facebook) "Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music. "-A. Cornelius Celsus " IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP DANCING- IT´S LIKE A LITTLE DEATH" - ROBERT LA FOSSE "I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble." Rudolf Nureyev "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." -World Health Organization "Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. " PACTA SUNT SERVANDA"- AGREEMENTS MUST BE KEPT" ( LATIN QUOTE) „Even savage animals can agree among themselves.“ Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) " Ich weiß sehr wohl, wie widersprüchlich man sein muss, um wirklich konsequent zu sein." "I know very well how contradictory one must be in order to be truly consistent." - Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) “Little by little does the trick.” ~ Aesop In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.”― William Hazlitt, Selected Essays, 1778-1830 "Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private." Joyce Meyer ( Author) "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. " Leonardo da Vinci „You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.“ Deepak Chopra "Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace." Mike Ditka. "We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment." IMMANUEL KANT, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals "No man is happy who does not think himself so." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Maxims "Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin." JOHN LUBBOCK, The Use of Life "The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet." – James Oppenheim “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” ― Steve Jobs " Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" "What you don't do can be a DESTRUCTIVE force." Eleanor Roosevelt "I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly." Winston Churchill "Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."-O.Wilde "It is not true that we have no time: the truth is that we lose a lot." Seneca

“Compassion is a chameleon: it can wear the face of fear, anger, sadness, joy or even dispassion, depending on what's needed at the time. The compassionate Buddha has a smile in one eye and a tear in the other, and our Buddha mission is to lead people to true freedom, not to hold their hand and tell them that everything is going to be all right. In teaching, compassion means doing whatever needs to be done to get to the next phase.” ― Gabrielle Roth, Maps to Ecstasy

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dance