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28/07/2010

 
Silja Korn; © Noemi Pflüger

Name: Silja Korn
Age: 44
City: Berlin, Germany
Occupation: Teacher
Handicap: Legally blind

REHACARE.de talked to Silja Korn, a blind woman from Germany, about happiness, her desires and painting.

REHACARE.de: What is your favorite place and why?
Silja Korn: My favorite place is home, since I feel safe and snug there.

REHACARE.de: Who or what impresses you?
Silja Korn: My sister, who raises six children.

REHACARE.de: What is your most valuable possession?
Silja Korn: My family.

REHACARE.de: What are you fed up with?
Silja Korn: With constant cutbacks in health care and the children-, education- and senior citizen sectors.

REHACARE.de: What makes you relax the most?
Silja Korn: When I paint or sit in the bathtub and listen to calming music.

REHACARE.de: What makes you happy?
Silja Korn: That I have enough to eat and drink, a roof over my head and the fact that I am being loved.

 
Colours and painting help many people to express their feelings - and to relax; © SXC

REHACARE.de: Is there something you should throw away, but won’t?
Silja Korn: Many old letters from pen pals, with whom I am not in touch anymore.

REHACARE.de: Name three things that make for a fulfilled life!
Silja Korn: Family, well being, being needed and painting.

REHACARE.de: When was the last time you felt blown away by something?
Silja Korn: When our son was born 18 years ago.

REHACARE.de: What makes a person rich?
Silja Korn: When you are content with what you have.

REHACARE.de: What is your philosophy of life?
Silja Korn: Do not listen to others, just listen to yourself.

REHACARE.de: Who else should we be asking these questions of?
Silja Korn: Everybody in our society.

Translated by Elena O'Meara.