Is life as a cake?
18 mars 2009
16 mars 2009
11 mars 2009
5 mars 2009
1 mars 2009
23 februari 2009
Changing of seasons
Idag steg jag av bussen på Peder Ankers plass och traskade hemåt med en tung väska över axeln.
Ane Bruns Changing of seasons trallade i öronen. Luften runt mig var alldeles grå och rökig.
En tjock dimma omfamnade hela Bogstad idag.
När hon sjöng om våren, log jag.
The relief of spring.
Idag steg jag av bussen på Peder Ankers plass och traskade hemåt med en tung väska över axeln.
Ane Bruns Changing of seasons trallade i öronen. Luften runt mig var alldeles grå och rökig.
En tjock dimma omfamnade hela Bogstad idag.
He falls asleep on her chest
the best sleep he´d ever met
nevertheless he dreams of some stranger´s caress
so he awakes and he knows
maybe someone else is supposed
to meet his hazy anticipating eyes
he draws the curtains aside
unfolding the first morning light
he glances at his disenchanted life
restlessness is me, you see
it´s hard to be safe
it´s difficult to be happy
it´s the changing of the seasons
he says ”I need them”
I guess I’m too Scandinavian
the relief of spring
intoxication of summer rain
the clearness of fall
how winter makes me reconsider it all
restlessness is me, you see
it´s hard to be safe
it´s difficult to be happy
and then she awakes
reaches for the embrace
he decides not
to worry about seasons again.
När hon sjöng om våren, log jag.
The relief of spring.
18 februari 2009
16 februari 2009
Intellektuellt skägg
Kalla det vårskrik, som Ronja, ren lycka eller ren upplärning.
Det är måndag oavsett och jag halkar fram i Jönköping och studsar upp och ned.
Eventplanering, deeptalk med frun, chai latte och scones med apelsinmarmelad, Valentine's broadcast med STV, SATC med Mina. Samt en score på 4 av 10 på Viktors konstighetsskala. Marie fick 5. 10 av 10 på virrighet.
What can I say!
Berg- och dalbana. Eller kanske som ett nytt recept med en ypperlig specialkrydda.
Nervpirrande och samtidigt helt hysteriskt godt.
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Miranda:
"Do any of you have a completely unremarkable friend or maybe a houseplant I could go to dinner with on Saturday night?"
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Carrie:
"I like my money right where I can see it: hanging in my closet."
Kalla det vårskrik, som Ronja, ren lycka eller ren upplärning.
Det är måndag oavsett och jag halkar fram i Jönköping och studsar upp och ned.
Eventplanering, deeptalk med frun, chai latte och scones med apelsinmarmelad, Valentine's broadcast med STV, SATC med Mina. Samt en score på 4 av 10 på Viktors konstighetsskala. Marie fick 5. 10 av 10 på virrighet.
What can I say!
Berg- och dalbana. Eller kanske som ett nytt recept med en ypperlig specialkrydda.
Nervpirrande och samtidigt helt hysteriskt godt.
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Miranda:
"Do any of you have a completely unremarkable friend or maybe a houseplant I could go to dinner with on Saturday night?"
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Carrie:
"I like my money right where I can see it: hanging in my closet."
13 februari 2009
Thank you! Best wishes, The Planet
Gwyneth Paltrow har en blogg
där jag hittade följande svar
på frågor om pessimistiska tankar:
Question:
I have a friend who sees the world in a pessimistic light. This person is highly suspicious of people and situations, and sees, as well as experiences negativity at most turns. Why is this and what does it mean? What can be done to help someone of this nature?
Answer:
When this same question came up in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s great novel The Brothers Karamazov, the wise elder Fr. Zossima said in response, “Go help someone. Reach out to a brother or sister in need. Feed the hungry, heal the sick – (or at least, take on your small share of the task) – and then, only then, will you come to know that the world is trustworthy and God is real.” His point is tough, but true: First the eye of the heart must open, and only then will one see confirmation in the external world. As long as suspicion and pessimism are being projected, suspicion and pessimism are what the cosmos will confirm.
So how to break the vicious cycle? Fr. Zossima’s advice is still as true today as it was in his time: look for a chance to serve. Volunteer in a shelter, a food pantry, a nursing home: it will soften your heart. Spend time in nature, in a playground with young children; sing!; read love poetry; hang out with the "good, the true and the beautiful," however they speak to you. The problem is that we are starving – all of us, really – for the energy of beauty and goodness so long absent from our contemporary cultural experience. But we have to start making these energies ourselves – from within ourselves. That is not only an individual task; it is our collective human task and our planet will thank us for it.
– Cynthia Bourgeault, is an Episcopal priest, writer and retreat leader. She is founding director of the Aspen Wisdom School in Colorado and principal visiting teacher for the Contemplative Society in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Answer:
“Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.” –Arnold Bennet. Often, pessimists do not realize the impact that their negativity has on others: friends, families, co-workers and on just how much their “glass half-empty” feelings fulfill the very prophecy that “no matter what I do, things will always be bad.” Your friend needs to first realize that they have a pessimistic view of life and then must work hard at re-framing how they look at the world and how they came to have these beliefs. Anything your friend can do to help restore their faith and belief in the goodness of others, including themselves, can be helpful. For example, volunteer work is often a great way to start feeling better about oneself and give one a sense of well-being and meaning in the world. As a friend, injecting humor towards your friend’s pessimism is a relief mechanism for you and might help lighten your comrade’s heavy load, even if just for a moment!
– Karen Binder-Brynes, Ph.D. Dr. Karen Binder-Brynes is a leading psychologist with a private practice in New York City for the past 15 years.
Gwyneth Paltrow har en blogg
där jag hittade följande svar
på frågor om pessimistiska tankar:
Question:
I have a friend who sees the world in a pessimistic light. This person is highly suspicious of people and situations, and sees, as well as experiences negativity at most turns. Why is this and what does it mean? What can be done to help someone of this nature?
Answer:
When this same question came up in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s great novel The Brothers Karamazov, the wise elder Fr. Zossima said in response, “Go help someone. Reach out to a brother or sister in need. Feed the hungry, heal the sick – (or at least, take on your small share of the task) – and then, only then, will you come to know that the world is trustworthy and God is real.” His point is tough, but true: First the eye of the heart must open, and only then will one see confirmation in the external world. As long as suspicion and pessimism are being projected, suspicion and pessimism are what the cosmos will confirm.
So how to break the vicious cycle? Fr. Zossima’s advice is still as true today as it was in his time: look for a chance to serve. Volunteer in a shelter, a food pantry, a nursing home: it will soften your heart. Spend time in nature, in a playground with young children; sing!; read love poetry; hang out with the "good, the true and the beautiful," however they speak to you. The problem is that we are starving – all of us, really – for the energy of beauty and goodness so long absent from our contemporary cultural experience. But we have to start making these energies ourselves – from within ourselves. That is not only an individual task; it is our collective human task and our planet will thank us for it.
– Cynthia Bourgeault, is an Episcopal priest, writer and retreat leader. She is founding director of the Aspen Wisdom School in Colorado and principal visiting teacher for the Contemplative Society in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Answer:
“Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.” –Arnold Bennet. Often, pessimists do not realize the impact that their negativity has on others: friends, families, co-workers and on just how much their “glass half-empty” feelings fulfill the very prophecy that “no matter what I do, things will always be bad.” Your friend needs to first realize that they have a pessimistic view of life and then must work hard at re-framing how they look at the world and how they came to have these beliefs. Anything your friend can do to help restore their faith and belief in the goodness of others, including themselves, can be helpful. For example, volunteer work is often a great way to start feeling better about oneself and give one a sense of well-being and meaning in the world. As a friend, injecting humor towards your friend’s pessimism is a relief mechanism for you and might help lighten your comrade’s heavy load, even if just for a moment!
– Karen Binder-Brynes, Ph.D. Dr. Karen Binder-Brynes is a leading psychologist with a private practice in New York City for the past 15 years.
11 februari 2009
Att vara blå och vit
Jag har varit på bio.
Max Manus är en film om Max som var norsk motståndsman under andra världskriget.
Max Manus är en film om Max som var norsk motståndsman under andra världskriget.
Denna man deltog även i Finska vinterkriget.
F i n s k a
v i n t e r k r i g e t ...
18 bokstäver som gör lite motstånd i mig.
v i n t e r k r i g e t ...
18 bokstäver som gör lite motstånd i mig.
När slutscenerna var på ingång på biografen blev allt det där som min farmor berättat med tårfyllda tindrande ögon så sant, så konkret, så påtagligt.
Alla korten låg på bordet och vid den tidpunkten när eftertexterna började rulla kom en oundviklig ström av tårar.
Känslor som infiltrerat sig genom hennes personliga berättelser om tiden som lotta under krigen kom upp till ytan.
Vilka hjältar
Tacksamhet skulle kunna vara ett ynkligt ord i att försöka förklara vad jag känner för mitt finska arv.
Det finns mycket negativa inslag i livshistorier fyllda av blod, svett och tårar. Det går inte att förneka, det är heller inte det jag är ute efter. The truth shall set you free.
Jag tror dock att ljuset-övervinner-mörkret-teorin är sann. Och vad vore inte mer konkret än dessa 1800 vita soldater som stred för land och rike i slaget vid Suomussalmi, med en enastående seger över 40.000(!) ryssar.
Starka saker. Farmors skildring av 105 dagar i krig. Max Manus skildring på att befria Norge.
Min farmors far: Edvard Napoleon Candelin
Apropå finnar i Sverige
Läste i Marcus Birros frus blogg om varför finnar emigrerade till Sverige. Hon skriver så färgrikt som:
"Vi var tvungna att agera så att vi inte skulle få ett u-land som granne. Dessutom ville vi dela med oss av våra kunskaper om mobiltelefoner, design, arkitektur och mycket annat..."
Jag tror att jag ser ett leende nu.
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