In the Advent season many people find themselves having to attend yet another Christmas party and this is often enough the very last thing they want to do! However when it comes to the Cosmotourist Christmas party then it’s a very different story.
We have settled into the habit of having our party long after Christmas is over. This means that we have all survived the festive season and are generally well rested and ready for another celebration! This is at least the plan! Christoph one of the company founders and Inka his wife were the hosts this year and right up until our arrival they were still sorting out the kitchen in their new home. They were of course completely relaxed and not stressed at all-riggght! Respect that they managed to pull it off!
As the Sociologist Wilhelm Reich put it, “Love, work and knowledge are the roots of life” and “one ought to possess all of these things.” This was a reminder that we definitely took to heart that night.
The subject of work was very quickly dealt with at the party. 2008 was a very successful year and positively contributed to the development of our community. We agreed that there is still a heck of a lot to do, but with our ample motivation there is nothing to stop us! We discussed love in an occupational sense as to how it affects one’s travels. Should we have gone abroad more often in-spite of love interests and sweethearts? Did we make good enough use of our student days to travel the world? How would our lives had differed had we moved to Australia, Brazil or Scotland? And then last but not least, we touched upon the subject of knowledge. All of us contributed what we knew to discussions about correlations in world economy, questions about medical ethics, student fraternities, ways to self- awareness, esoterism in general and then finally we addressed the important subject as to who is responsible for the housework in a relationship. Who irons, who washes up? And with that we completed the circle; the roots of life somehow always come back to the subject of love. So what do you say, our Christmas party was in-fact a good effort wasn’t it?!
Best Wishes,
Gundula & colleagues
