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A big passion-project of mine are the youth-base 
workshops.

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On those days, when young adults meet, you 
can feel a huge amount of joy welling up,

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because when those young people begin reading 
for themselves,

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it generates a lot of self-confidence inside 
them.

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It builds up a young adult's self-esteem 
when they hear what they are capable of,

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how good they are, what their skills are,

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and that's what these few days are all about, 
for these young adults to explore their strengths, 
their capabilities,

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where can I go career-wise? Is a degree really 
something for me?

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Should I rather learn a trade, or work with 
people? Finding out these fundamental things

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are what this time is all about. Everybody 
for themselves, and also together.

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And through that emerges this bond, a certain 
sense of togetherness,

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that feeling when a clique has been together 
for years - that's exactly what it feels 
like.

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This doesn't just make me happy myself, but 
that happiness spreads around and jumps from 
one to another.

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Everyone feels comfortable, cared for and 
protected.

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And that remains so even after those days.

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At the last youth-base workshop, they started 
a whatsapp-group that is still active even 
today,

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where they communicate, and support each 
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and that is totally valuable, and for me, 
I don't want to speak about it in a humble 
sort of way,

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but when I think about how I could have had 
that, how cool would that have been, how 
nice would that have been!

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And how much it could have spared me, the 
one or the other degree that I started and 
then dropped,

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because I realized that, okay, this isn't 
something for me after all.

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I wouldn't have gone in circles, and just 
sensed, is this for me, does it suit me?

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If the answer was no, I would've looked for 
something else or asked someone else.

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"Hey, what's your take on this?" What should 
I do, or, what do I feel comfortable doing?

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We can make it so much easier for ourselves, 
and the sooner we discover that it can be 
easier,

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the more comfortable life becomes.

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And it's so enriching to ask what it's actually 
about,

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or to just ask, okay, I have an english exam 
tomorrow - what should I go over one more 
time?

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So I can write a good grade on it, so that 
everything runs smoothly,

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since in this case all the information is 
already provided for.

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As soon as the teacher writes down the exam 
questions, they can be recalled on any occasion 
- unless he explicitly keeps them hidden.

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Most of them don't do that.

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My life changed very much thanks to MFL.

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Starting with the fact that I used to feel 
life was hard,

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or that it was something I had to master 
no matter what,

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but it never occured to me that it can be 
easier and that change can happen easily...

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I wouldn't have thought of that.

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And this method, MFL, helped me, and moreover 
supports me to get to know myself better.

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It supports me in that it helps me realize 
what kind of potential I have sleeping inside 
of me,

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all the things that want to come out into 
the world through me.

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And that's why it's such a big desire of 
mine to work with adolescents, the young 
people.