„You, I thought you knew me.
This one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming.The photograph reflects, every streetlight a reminder.
Nightswimming I R.E.M.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.“
Læs H.M. Kongens nytårstale 2025
Und noch ein Zitat zum letzten Tag des Jahres. Weil ich das letzte Driftwood 2025 erneut in Dänemark schreibe, soll es mit den Worten des Königs von Dänemark Frederik X. enden. Die letzten Zeilen seiner Neujahrsansprache, 18:00 Uhr am 31.12.2025. Übersetzt, weil ich leider noch immer kein Dänisch sprechen.
„The volatility of life is a condition – and may at the same time be a path to gratitude.
What we value becomes much clearer when we sometimes have to do without it.
When what we have been given becomes less of a given, we learn to appreciate it more.Joy and sorrow.
Fortune and misfortune.
Sunshine and clouds.
They go hand in hand.
Nobody can have one of them without the other.Perhaps it is for the best.
The arrival of spring is wonderful exactly because we meet it with the cold of winter in our bodies.
Happy New Year.“
Frederik X., Neujahrsansprache 31.12.2025
