Twenty good years? A good friend of mine once said while walking in the mountains of Gran Canaria.“Knut, we have twenty good years left. Use them wisely »I was about 49 years old at the time and did not feel old at all. In fact, I was quite agile and answered her quickly:“You must give …
(It is war. And it is mine. ) The headlines that meet me today are about the war in Ukraine. Alarms going off, people fleeing, soldiers killed (on both sides of the front lines), an increasingly harsh exchange of views from the parties involved. The pictures I see are of dead people, destroyed cities, scared …
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The thin film of civilization This picture are taken on Lesvos. Her husband and baby drowned on the way over from Turkey. This is a previously published blog which is unfortunately very topical these days. Forgive me for posting it again, just to remind us that we still allow this to happen today. And probably …
Going beyond your comfort zone Exposing oneself to discomfort, pushing the boundaries, going beyond the comfort zone are all expressions of showing courage, of being brave. But what is courage, what does it mean to be brave? It is true what is said that courage is to expect discomfort in exchange for a great personal …
The Israeli invasion I have written nine books, with the first one standing out. The Long Way Home was an account of my own experiences after becoming involved in the events surrounding the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in ’82. I came home as a broken 20-year-old and had already developed severe PTSD. We saw a …
The first casualties of war “The truth is the first casualty of war,” it is said. This is likely true. Its second casualties are the soldiers who go out to defend the politicians’ “truths.” And Norway is no exception in this regard. It is no secret what this author thinks about the motivations of many …
Recreate life To write is to recreate images of situations I have experienced, words I have caught, or people I have met. One of the images I will never forget is of a refugee woman carrying her child in a dirty sling in an endless column of refugees. She had plastic bags on her feet, …
a friend you wished you had met earlier. “Only in the trenches during the artillery fire had I come so close to other people. Today’s blog is very personal. It will be about a man who is no longer with us, but who left solid imprints before he died. I do not …
(Or how to pay the bill twice) Here is a brief reminder of how most of us pay the bill twice when it comes to worries. I’m one of them. That is, I was. I have gradually become better at paying it once. A little explanation: Man is endowed with a brain that has the …
(Or how to deceive pain and live happily ever after) My daughter is studying medicine. And like all proud fathers, I enjoy hearing and learning about what she is studying. Sometimes she sends me a PDF or an audio file that she thinks might be interesting. As an old soldier with a diagnosis called PTSD, I …
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