People nowadays suffer in the missing of universal values. Egoism, accelerated lifestyle, consumer society without limits, growing atheism suggest a new era, where people must focus only on themselves, their own life, they became Gods of themselves without any universal values (about this topic see the works of Elemér Hankiss).
Instead of posting some boring Facebook - yearbooks with all my pictures from this year I made a list of gratitude. Gratitude for God and all the people, who contributed, helped me also in this year. This list is my universal value, an abstraction that is higher than anything that our society can offer.
Thanks for You all:
- I'm grateful for ending this year relative healthy and without major medical problems
- I'm grateful that all the members of my family and my best friends are also healthy
- I'm grateful for visiting 6 countries and 27 cities in this year and meeting a lot of amazing persons
- I'm grateful for visiting also in this year twice my beloved Rome, meeting my friends there and meeting pope Francis again
- I'm grateful for my academic links and colleagues from Erfurt and for the amazing scholarship I get in this year
- I'm grateful for discovering two very rare and important Mithraic monuments in this summer
- I'm grateful for having a companion and patience to finish and publish my first book
- I'm grateful for the 8 articles written in this year and for the numerous nice ideas I had
- I'm grateful for finding a nice place to live in Erfurt and all for my friends there
- I'm grateful for resolving a conflict with one of my most beloved friend from high school
- I'm grateful for my struggles, which helped me to be more self-reflective
- I'm grateful for all the material and financial incomes of this year
- and finally...I'm grateful for Your so special smile:)
