{"id":469,"date":"2026-01-18T11:13:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/?p=469"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:26:07","slug":"beim-abrollen-des-knauels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"danksagungen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>beim abrollen des kn\u00e4uels<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1761998084813.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1761998084813.jpg 615w, https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1761998084813-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-small-font-size\">Gesch\u00e4tzte Gratulanten,<br>meines Gedenken seid bedankt!<br><br>Indes der Protestant <br>in mir fragt: Worin eigentlich bestand <br>des so geehrten <br>und zweifellos bedenkenswerten<br>lobpreiserheischendes Verdienst?<br><br>Nun ja, man hat gelebt \u2013 die Strecke ist ein wenig l\u00e4nger<br>geworden; und um die Zukunft etwas wen\u2018ger b\u00e4nger<br>ist diesem Menschen, denn er wei\u00df:<br>am Ende wird unweigerlich gestorben -<br>nicht Mann noch M\u00e4usrich bei\u00dft <br>der Weisheit Schlu\u00df den Faden ab.<br><br>Worauf mein innrer Katholik schmerzl\u00fcstern repliziert:  <br>Oh ja, oh ja, im Grab<br>schn\u00fcrt\u2019s Leben eh zu einem Kn\u00e4uel sich zusammen!<br>Urlaub im Fegefeuer!  - Und darauf,<br>skandiern mein Hindu und Buddhist,<br>gleich eine neue Runde? Mist.<br><br>\u201eMensch\u201c, \u201eL\u00f6ffel\u201c, \u201eApfel\u201c, \u201eSchaffner\u201c und \u201eVerdienst\u201c:<br>Beim einen wie beim andern Wort verfangen<br>Reimk\u00fcnste nicht; auch der Sophist<br>wringt aus dem Lappen keinen Funken:<br>reim- also sinnlos meine Selbstbefragung ist.<br><br><em>Da capo<\/em>: Dank da\u00df Ihr habt an mich gedacht; <br>der Sekt ist ausgetrunken -<br>wir haben scheint\u2019s etwas gefeiert letzte Nacht.<br>Jedoch: Was heute ist schien gestern morgen<br>ein jeder also nehm\u2018 sein Kn\u00e4uel wieder auf:<br><br>Wirf und entwirr es und es wird der Lauf<br>des Daseins sich erneut verstricken -<br>Gl\u00fcck soll man nicht blo\u00df tageweise feiern oder borgen<br>man soll es teilen, umeinander wickeln! <\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\"><br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>on unravelling the ball<\/strong> <strong>of yarn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-small-font-size\"><br>Esteemed well-wisher,<br>how I thank you for your thoughts!<br><br>And yet my inner Protestant will bicker: <br>now what exactly was<br>this man\u2019s achievement worth such praise?<br><br>Well, one has lived\u2014the journey stretched a little longer<br>a little less concern about the future<br>acknowlegment of end in sight bestows  <br>a profound wisdom so morose<br>no man or mouse dare monger.<br><br>Wells up an inner Catholic lament:  <br>Oh yes, and in the morgues<br>all will be tied up in a knot!<br>Vacation in purgatory!  - All this repent,<br>my Hindu-Buddhist quickly retorts,<br>for just another round? Well, thanks a lot!<br><br>\u201cAngel,\u201d \u201cbulb,\u201d \u201cwoman, \u201dorange,\u201d \u201cmerit\u201d -<br>these are just words, torn like old flags<br>uttered to thwart the rhyming skill. <br>Even a sophist will<br>not wring a spark from soggy rags:<br>No rhyme, no sense to my self-questioning.<br><br><em>Da capo<\/em>: Thank you for your thoughts; <br>the champagne\u2019s drunk, it seems we might<br>have celebrated something this last night.<br>Alas, today is merely yesterday\u2019s tomorrow,<br>so everyone pick up their ball of yarn:<br><br>Throw and untangle it, beware<br>our threads will weave a finer mesh \u2014<br>happiness is not what we borrow:<br>it's what enwraps us as we share. <br><br><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/517121258_10237492995924752_1061963860381456176_n-878x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/517121258_10237492995924752_1061963860381456176_n-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/517121258_10237492995924752_1061963860381456176_n-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/517121258_10237492995924752_1061963860381456176_n-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/517121258_10237492995924752_1061963860381456176_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>beim abrollen des kn\u00e4uels Gesch\u00e4tzte Gratulanten,meines Gedenken seid bedankt!Indes der Protestant in mir fragt: Worin eigentlich bestand des so geehrten und zweifellos bedenkenswertenlobpreiserheischendes Verdienst?Nun ja, man hat gelebt \u2013 die Strecke ist ein wenig l\u00e4ngergeworden; und um die Zukunft etwas wen\u2018ger b\u00e4ngerist diesem Menschen, denn er wei\u00df:am Ende wird unweigerlich gestorben -nicht Mann noch M\u00e4usrich [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmeister.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}