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Trying to find out the keys for the ideal world, tackling topics that connect us all

02/07/2022

Sometimes, it takes bravery to speak out what really goes on inside of you and to express your truth.
But only then, we get to know who we are and who we live with. We develop an understanding of each other and eventually empathy and acceptance. A sense of trust and security come along.

Moreover, you can work from a place that you can change something that creates unnecessary suffering.
How could you possibly extinguish a fire if you don’t accept that it’s there in the first place?

Hearing truth often makes us feel uncomfortable and our survival instinct and fear kicks in. Why?

As children, we learnt that we only survive when we behave a certain way. For example: when we are clean, good-looking, have good grades. When we don’t say things that might attack other people’s ego (self-image) that are considered rude or impolite etc.
We adapted and learnt that we can only survive in this world when we adapt and conform and hide our truth and honesty.

However, this behavior keeps us stuck in our distrust towards others and ourselves. It keeps us stuck in our self-doubt. It keeps us stuck in so much misery in this world.

We’ve had enough sugarcoating, deceiving, hiding and lying.

It doesn’t have to be this way. You know what you gotta do, right? 😉

Cheers,
River 😘

25/06/2022

I know this doesn’t feel like good news for everyone. Especially for people who are incredibly scared of themselves and what might come out if they really deal with their mental issues.

It might feel painful at first when you deal with trauma, shame and unhealthy beliefs and patterns that you learnt and integrated in the past.
But I promise you, it will get better if you do it right. It certainly won’t if you do nothing. You can only win.

Most people only see the pain of self-confrontation but I and so many others are the living proof that behind all of this pain lies much more joy, happiness and freedom than you experience now.

Denying your misery and suppressing uncomfortable emotions will not make you happy. I am sure you are already well aware of that.

And also remember: you do not have to do this on your own.

Cheerio 😘💦
River

16/06/2022

Imagine an elephant really presenting the news 😀

In a time (around 2100?) where human beings discovered other planets where life already existed or was possible.

In a time where they managed to figure out how to communicate with other species properly, also elephants.
Where the voice you hear in the video is a translation of elephant sounds and elephant communication overall into human language.
Where other animals started speaking with each other as well as a result of this vast effort of research. And therefore they learnt to understand each other´s languages or ways of communication, increasing their cognitive abilities massively. Well enough in order to present the news from another planet called Animagica. A planet discovered in 2063 and named so due to conditions and species that had never been seen before on Earth.

Is that too unrealistic for you to happen one day? Too Utopian?

This is a snippet of one of my videos for this year’s MSI Creator Awards.
The whole thing can be watched on YouTube.

Futuristic Cheers
💫
River 😘

08/06/2022

How do you like to express yourself around, in or on water?

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River 😘

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06/06/2022

The clouds that watch over us by providing us with the necessary rain for our plants to grow.

The shining green of plants when they are touched by the rain.

The snow that covers the soil like a white carpet.

The mist that makes us wanna solve a mysterious riddle.

The mesmerizing circles created by a drop touching the waters surface.

This is the magic that water provides for me.

When do you experience magic in terms of water? 😀 Leave a comment and let us know what beauty you see within water 💧🥰

04/06/2022

There you got 5 more tips about how you can treat water more appreciatively 😉

I will now go and visit my own name haha and spend some time at the water 💦

What water experience will you enjoy most today? Drinking it? A shower? Rain? Let’s share some appreciative thoughts on water 💧

Fun fact: there are 16 human emojis with water involved. 😉 Here they are:

🥹😅😂🤣🥲😢😭🥵🥶😓😥😰🤤😪😮‍💨🤮

Cheers
River 😘

03/06/2022

31/05/2022

In times of climate change resulting in droughts, heavy floods and water scarcity plus the growing world population, we probably need to take of water more than ever.

And this means not only for us human-beings. We also need to make sure that there’s enough water for other animals (than us) and plants (which we also need for our own survival).

Here are my first 5 Tips which will hopefully benefit you in some way.

Complementary info to Tip 2: A public swimming pool is guaranteed to have 1 million liters of water.

Cheerio
River 🌊😘

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26/05/2022

24/05/2022

Let water and nature be our guide every now and then 😜

Cheers
River 😘

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20/05/2022

“Being underneath its surface makes us feel liberated”

When being underneath the water’s surface, it seems that somehow time stands still.
It’s peaceful. Potentially even in a river.

The world above the water doesn’t seem to exist anymore: The problems, the noise, the endless stimuli. It’s just you and the underwater life.

It’s hypnotizing, meditative and yet touches our exploratory spirit as there’s so much to discover that we haven’t experienced and seen before.

So much art that nature has created.

17/05/2022

The sound of water.

The raindrops on your window.
The babbling of a brook.
The waves crushing at the beach.
The quiet of a lake.
The cracking of ice.
The water pouring down on you in the shower.
…

What sounds created by or with water do you enjoy and appreciate the most?

Waterful Cheers,
River 💦😘

Thank you to for the amazing water splashes I could use for free in the picture (color-adaptation) 💙

15/05/2022

I am water.
You are water.
We are all water.

(Indeed, your body consists of 35-70% water depending on age and s*x)

We were created by water.
Water made and is making all of us. It means life. None of us would exist without it.

Water-appreciative Cheers
River Byrd😘💦

11/05/2022

Have you ever noticed that?
When you really get people and they get you, how your sense of support raises and you feel like you can do much more and much better?

We can only create a healthy planet together and not against each other. By listening, telling, understanding (others and ourselves) and creating trust eventually, we can set ourselves free from our limited mindset.

There’s so much more to say here, so feel free to look at my previous posts about this topic (so I don’t have to write a book here 😅)

Cheers,
River 😘💦💚

05/05/2022

03/05/2022

Conforming never creates belonging. It makes us feel even lonelier and more disconnected in this world.

It also means neglecting and betraying your true values, yourself. You discredit yourself. With losing credibility comes low self-esteem and distrust, just like that kind of distrust that happens with other people. Have you ever developed trust in a relationship by deceiving and betraying others? I guess not.

Trust - as already mentioned many times before - is deeply needed in our distrusting world where we wage war against other people, ourselves in our own heads, other animals and nature.

Trust goes hand in hand with understanding, belonging and safety.

(Self-)trust also fuels your sense of freedom, creativity and potential overall. (Self-)doubt/distrust obviously does not.

The wish for belonging often comes from a place of desperation which is totally understandable, yet not reasonable when you conform or adapt while neglecting your true values. It simply does no good.

A much trusting time,
River 😘

30/04/2022

Knowing yourself means knowing where your home is.

No matter how much you love or hate yourself, the interests you’ve got or the way you think: If you are conscious of it, you know where to go.
Self-awareness/consciousness is the way to connection, belonging and appreciation.

Knowing yourself means understanding yourself but also others. Understanding then creates a sense of trust which is needed to feel secure in a place. Security/Safety is fundamental for a peaceful planet to live on.

Most of us however still trap in the dark mostly.
An example: A simple look into most profile descriptions on dating apps (maybe even yours) reveals sufficiently that people have no idea who they are.
Either it’s a description of their friends, no description at all or a description they saw somewhere else that they just copied (as in sentences like “I am open-minded”, “I am open for everything” or “Just write me if you wanna know something”).

Another example: repeating blindly what is said in your bubble without really questioning it (because of a lack of awareness or the fear of ending up alone).

Explore and observe yourself and you will get to know who you are and others too. As you get a better understanding, you will automatically create more acceptance and therefore connection and a place where you feel truly home.

Cheers,
River 😘💦

27/04/2022

I sometimes wonder how so many people think they can have a sustainably fulfilling life when they want good vibes only all the time.

Fact is: we all have our mental issues and if we don’t deal with them, we can’t create a better and healthier life either. Not for us, anyone else around us or the planet as a whole. We remain stuck in an illusory world, telling ourselves that everything is AWESOME when it’s not.

Pretense, ignorance and denial will never make you truly happy and this doesn’t change by telling yourself continuously how happy you are (coping mechanism). We don’t live in some fairytale where everything comes true one day when we just keep telling it to ourselves. We have to act too.

This behavior will never make you experience true connection with people as you put on a masquerade as soon as shame and negative self-talk shows up.

Just look at social media e.g. - everyone playing happy all the time. It makes us feel lonely and distorts our reality. Also because it is no real life authentic experience.

Cheers,
River 😘

25/04/2022

22/04/2022

Music feels like pure emotion.

Whenever I feel a certain way, I wanna share it sometimes. And if there’s no one around, I turn on the music and feel aligned. Like being one. The words sung and the sounds heard reflect what goes on inside of me. The joy, the sadness, the desperation, the anger…

It feels like a sense of home. Something that is almost always too hard to achieve with people. This is the case when they just don’t understand, reject and resist certain emotions. Especially anger (rage) and sadness.

But even if they do understand these emotions, there’s always that sense of disconnectedness. I cannot fully explain why but one thing that creates that separation is the difference in our values. With music, it is different. It’s only about a song. It doesn’t seem to be about the values of the person singing or playing it at all as they are simply not present in that moment. Only about the values and the message conveyed by the words and sounds.

What role does music play in your life? Do you have similar feelings?

Have a MuSICKal and self-expressive time,
River 😘🎶 🎶🎶

21/04/2022

Isn’t that what we all wish: finding someone who can see and understand us as fully as possible?
Someone who might have the same interests. Someone who perceives the world in a similar way. Someone that has gone through the same struggles.
Someone who laughs at the same jokes.
Someone who is just as stimulated by intellect as you are.
Someone who listens to the same songs. Someone who speaks the same language etc.

Is that because connection is our ultimate goal?
Potentially even with everyone and everything on this planet or this universe? It might seem obvious. Especially when you look at the internet, people trying to travel to distant planets, people developing more empathy towards other animals (veganism) or trying to understand the communication of plants, whales or birds. Doing research every day, more and more, to create some sort of interconnectedness?

But what do I know what all of this is finally good for? 😄

Cheers,
River 😘

19/04/2022

In leftie bubbles, it is the old white heteros*xual men and the righties. In the rightie bubbles, it is the immigrants and the lefties.

Pictures of enemies. People we despise. Yet, we feed these pictures by getting constant validation and confirmation in our bubbles. Sad, but fact.

Hate and despise might connect in the following sense: by expressing what we don’t want, we potentially show what we do want. But hatred in and of itself is a state of aversion, hostility and comes with an unwillingness to get an understanding of why people are the way they are. Mostly because they are a reflection of ourselves and therefore we must also confront ourselves and question the picture we have of ourselves (our ego).

As we wanna be seen as the good guy and not the bad one (as the perceived ones mentioned in the first passage) and fear exclusion, we just don’t do it. We constantly deny these parts in ourselves rather than accepting and therefore connecting with them.

Self-confrontation is the only way to truly connect.

The more we learn to overcome difficult and uncomfortable situations and feelings, the more trust we can build that we can manage these kinds of situations.

Cheers,
River 😘

17/04/2022

“Writing with you online felt like writing letters to each other. The virtual boundary didn’t seem to exist. I remember calling it the era of “postmodern romanticism” 😀 It felt like nothing I have experienced so far in my life yet. Even though, I might have been a little loveblind at first…”

Though, one thing we have to be aware of when falling in love with someone or developing a crush is the reasons. Are we into the person only because of the good looks or because we desperately want someone out of loneliness, no matter who? In both cases, connection will be difficult to achieve as we don’t recognize who the person actually is and what she/he is all about (their character, an understanding of their behavior, the way they see the world, their emotions, goals, reasons why etc.) and whether they are compatible with us.

Have a connecting day
😘
River

15/04/2022

Superficial people don’t know themselves very well which makes it harder for them to connect with others.

There’s one thing to superficiality most people tend to forget. Our physical appearance is not only considered an essential value in our society - something we think might make us more valuable, lovable and a better person. People are also superficial (and therefore focused on the external) because they don’t know themselves very well internally.

As long as you focus on the external, you will never get a broad and deep picture of a person. You will never consciously get to experience what the other person is really about as a whole and what truly connects you. You also won’t know who is compatible with you.

And as long as you don’t explore yourself, you will never recognize and understand who you really are and who you want to be. Neither will you understand the people around you. Instead, you will feel lonely and keep up an artificial sense of belonging by conforming and adapting and doing things that are not really an expression of who you truly are…

So go ahead and explore yourself 😉
Connect with yourself and the world!

Cheerio
River 😘💦

12/04/2022

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1 385 984 600 000 000 000 000 Liters of water are on this planet. It might seem a lot BUT: If you think about the fact that only 2,5% of it is fresh water (the drinkable one) and that gazillions of animals (including the 7.9 billion people) need it for their survival, it suddenly becomes a lot less… Water is finite, whether it is frozen, liquid or gaseous. So let us treat it that way. Cheers from watery spheres 😉😘 River #lackofwater #waterscarcity #watertreatment #watersafety #savingwater #watersaving #waterappreciation #watergratitude #appreciative #wateriscool #waterislife #watermeanslife #waterisourworld #waterismedicine #waterissacred #waterforlife #waterconservation #waterforall #waterforwildlife #waterforpeople #waterforelephants #waterforhealth #waterforeveryone #waterbeauty #waterintake #wateruse #wateringplants #wateroflife #finiteresources

Water Mistreatment - Water Pollution

Losing a person in your life that you felt really connected to is never easy. It often feels like losing a part of yourself too. And it feels relieving and comforting that you can always go back to the memories and feelings you experienced with that particular person in your mind. Like looking into a book you wrote together. Recalling, reminiscing of what you experienced and what is actually possible in life. Especially in times of deep hopelessness and loneliness. At the same time, it is important to be in the present too, not denying reality by living in the past and hoping and acting towards future experiences which might even go deeper, even if they might not happen. What’s the alternative? #deepfeelings #deeprelationship #deepconnection #deepconnections #deeptrust #deeplove #deepmoment #meaningfulexperiences #breakupquote #breakupquotes #breakups #breakingup #losingconnection #losingsomeone #losingalovedone #losingafriend #losingsomeonespecial #losingsomeonehurts #losingsomeoneclose #hopelessness #lonelyquotes #lonelynights #lonelyboy #lonelygirl #lonelysoul #lonelypeople #lonelylife #lonelyman #lonelywoman

Knowing yourself means knowing where your home is. No matter how much you love or hate yourself, the interests you’ve got or the way you think: If you are conscious of it, you know where to go. Self-awareness/consciousness is the way to connection, belonging and appreciation. Knowing yourself means understanding yourself but also others. Understanding then creates a sense of trust which is needed to feel secure in a place. Security/Safety is fundamental for a peaceful planet to live on. Most of us however still trap in the dark mostly. An example: A simple look into most profile descriptions on dating apps (maybe even yours) reveals sufficiently that people have no idea who they are. Either it’s a description of their friends, no description at all or a description they saw somewhere else that they just copied (as in sentences like “I am open-minded”, “I am open for everything” or “Just write me if you wanna know something”). Another example: repeating blindly what is said in your bubble without really questioning it (because of a lack of awareness or the fear of ending up alone). Explore and observe yourself and you will get to know who you are and others too. As you get a better understanding, you will automatically create more acceptance and therefore connection and a place where you feel truly home. Cheers, River 😘💦 #validation #validateyourself #yourvalue #myvalue #knowyourself #knowmyself #selfconscious #selfconsciousness #selfawareness #selfaware #selfvalidation #selfconcept #selfworth #selfvalue #consciousness #selfrecognition #recognizeyourworth #recognizeyourself #selfexploration #selfexplore #exploreyourself #selfobservation #observer #observeyourself #observeyourthoughts #selfdescription #selfdenial #iseeyou #iseemyselfinyou #youareme

The Curse and Magic of Connection

And all that’s left is gratitude for having had that experience and hope that there might come experiences with people that go even deeper… Doesn’t mean that it’s gonna happen though. Highlights don’t usually come at the end of your life as it is often presented in movies… Cheers, River #deepfeelings #deeprelationship #deepconnection #deepconnections #deeptrust #deeplove #deepmoment #meaningfulexperiences #breakupquote #breakupquotes #breakups #breakingup #losingconnection #losingsomeone #losingalovedone #losingafriend #losingsomeonespecial #losingsomeonehurts #losingsomeoneclose #hopelessness #lonelyquotes #lonelynights #lonelyboy #lonelygirl #lonelysoul #lonelypeople #lonelylife #lonelyman #lonelywoman

Finally my new short film is online on YouTube! 😃 It took me f***ing 6 weeks 😅 The film tells the story of me experiencing the deepest connection I have experienced in my life with someone personally so far – even though the contact with that person only lasted for about a month. Considering the people I´ve met in the past years, it might stay like this for a while still. I believe that connection is what we should all strive for in order to create the paradise on Earth we all secretly wish. The more, the better. And I mean with everything, not only other human beings, but also other animals, plants etc. The more we try to understand each other, the more we express our true selves and who we really are, the more trust we can build and the more connected, belonging and home we feel. We create a safe place for the whole planet. We create a safe planet. When and where do you feel home/connected the most? A very much connecting day to ya all 😘 River #connectedness #connectwithyourself #feelingconnected #feelinghome #feelinghomewithyou #youfeellikehome #youmakemefeelhome #youaremyhome #homeisafeeling #homeisafeelingnotaplace #youfeltlikehometome #ibelongtoyou #belonging #ibelonghere #ibelongeverywhere #partofthisworld #partoftheplanet #honestyconnects #disconnect #disconnected #disconnection #disconnectedness #lonelinessepidemic #loneliness #lonelyme #ifeellonely #feelingalone #lonelytimes #lonelytime #lonelypeople

Food Diversity and Culture

Food comes in all shapes, patterns, consistencies, colors, temperatures and flavors. And wherever we go, we get to experience a new shade in all these components. With this clip (full video on YouTube), I wanna express my appreciation for all the options I was allowed to taste so far. However, I must admit that I do have my own values regarding food that do not necessarily go hand in hand with every cultural food experience. My personal slogan: taste what’s best for the planet (in my case: vegan, organic, plastic-free, nutrient-rich and as local as possible). Enjoy and appreciate what Earth provides you with and treat it well in return. Bon Appetit! River #foodculture #fooddiversity #foodvariety #foodvariation #foodphilosophy #foodidentity #traditionalfoods #foodvalue #foodvalues #foodappreciation #foodmentality #foodgratitude #nutritiousfood #healthyfood #crispyfood #warmfood #coldfood #bakedfood #greenfood #crunchyfood #spicyfood #bitterfoods #sweetfood #umamifood #saltyfood #sourfood #proteinrichfoods #greasyfood #highcarbfood #softfood

Sensuality of Food

Food is a sensual experience in every respect: Smell: Think of the warm freshly baked bread Sight: The shiny chocolate running down on your ice cream Hearing: The crispy sound when you bite into hazelnuts Taste: The sweetness and sourness of freshly picked berries Touch: The fun feeling when you knead dough or lick hazelnut butter from your lips 😜 With this video, I wanna make people aware of this full spectrum and to immerse into it intensely. Appreciate your food and where it comes from! River 😘 #foodlove #smellofbread #sensualfood #foodtaste #foodsense #foodsensuality #sensualcooking #foodismorethanfood #foodgallery #foodlust #deliciousfoods #lustforfood #foodgame #foodgames #sensuallysatisfying #satisfyingfood #eroticfood #fooderotism #foodexcitement #foodmania #organicfood #veganfood #organicfoods #localfood #foodphilosophy #foodsatisfaction #foodexperience #foodgratitude #foodeuphoria

We Are You & You Are Us

Full Poem “Food’s/Life’s Cycle” From seeds, berries to fir cones, from greens, cherries to ice cream cones, you make us feel alive. You make us flourish and thrive. You bring us all together as it is you we need. Your life once started as a seed, then you grew until you were ready to feed the seedling we were all once in our mother’s womb, so we could eventually grow and bloom. You make us live our lives indeed. You make us proceed, even when we bleed, until it is us again that will feed your seed. Full video on my YouTube channel. Cheers, River 🫐 #poeticsoul #poetical #poetics #poetrylover #poetrylove #loveforpoetry #loveforpoems #lifepoetry #lifepoem #poetryinthemorning #poetryfeelings #poetry #poetryatmosphere #poeticthoughts #poeticatmosphere #poeticlife #poeticsouls #poeticfeelings #foodpoetry #foodpoem #foodappreciation #foodphilosophy #foodidentity #foodcycle #lifecycle #lifecycles

Willingness To Be Touched

It’s up to you how much you allow the world to touch you sensually, physically, mentally and emotionally. This often takes courage. How much are you willing to let yourself be touched? In order to heal from a difficult experience? In order to feel more connected with people or nature? In order to create more trust and understanding? You are welcome to answer the question in the comments below. Would love to have an exchange! I myself for now try to get in touch more with my anger and rage and will hopefully learn more about it. Cheers, River 😘💦 #philosophylove #philosophicalthoughts #philosophique #philosophical #philosophicalthinking #philosophy #lifephilosophy #philosophyquote #freethinking #touchdeprivation #touchdeprived #intouchwithnature #getintouch #intouchwithmyself #intouchwithmyemotions #touchinglives #touching #touchingexperience #feelingtouched #touched #connectedness #connectingexperiences #feelingconnected #connectiontonature #connectionwithself #connectedtoeverything #connecteduniverse #connectwithyourself

The More In Touch, The Freer You Feel

If you wanna feel freer, less limited and happier, you gotta be willing to get in touch with yourself and your surroundings. The only way to do this is by trying to understand yourself and everything around you more. And the more we understand this world, the easier it will be to create a place that is valuable and enriching for all - humans, sheep, jellyfish, squirrels etc. Why? Because when we understand each other and feel more connected, we know better how to deal with certain situations, we feel more trusted and safer which is both essential for that mission and a better place to live in. Cheers, River 😘🤗 #lifephilosophy #lifephilosophies #philosophylover #philosophie #artofphilosophy #philosophyart #philosophyquote #artoflife #artofliving #understandingeachother #understandinglife #understandingtheworld #trytounderstand #connectedworld #connectedness #connectingwithnature #connectingworld #connectedpeople #interconnected #interconnectedness #interconnection #connectwithnature #connectwithyourself #connectwithpeople #connectwiththeworld #connecting #feelingconnected #feelconnected

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