What does the Local Guides program mean to me?
I think the Local guide Programm is a wonderful tool to make the world a better place. Over the last 20 years i studied acting in New York and got a degree in Sociology and Psychologie in Munich/Germany. And the question always drove me, why people do what they do and how everyone can be more happy in their life. Working now as a psychological coach, i know how different the answers to these questions are. But one thing i know for sure, is the fact, that to share makes you more happy.
On the other hand i experienced over the last years, that places are always special. And that each place has different effects on how we think, feel and act. The Local guide program now connects these two things. To find places became much more accessible over the last years, and these places have the power to change you in a positive way.
For example i added a very nice spot on google maps as a local guide. It throwns upon the black forest and if you get there the whole scenery fills you with awe and sorrows will soon be forgotten. If now someone for example finds this place through google maps and is in a depressive state, this place has the power to heal them a bit or at least ease the pain for a moment.
I strongly believe that we are living in a wonderful world. And if everybody new that and could feel that, everyone might would change their course of actions. Places, encounters and shared discovery have the power to raise everyones conciseness. And in the end help to preseve this wonderful planet and inhabit this place as a species in a well balanced way.