(Or how to be a freaking awesome 150 year old human) Today I am going to talk about death. And even though it sounds morbid, there is another type of death I want to write about. BTW: Being born is a safe way to die. People are born, live their lives and die. Some die …
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(Or how to not by things all the time) The combination of two things I read lately makes me write this article today. Yesterday I learned about minimalism. As a result, in a familiar internet style, (googling) I ended up watching the documentary The minimalist: Less is now. A documentary that tell the story about …
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 …
The profound essence Explore the profound essence of life through fleeting moments and reflections. Discover the significance of cherishing the small things and embracing meaningful living in this insightful contemplation. The rest of your life Contemplating the essence of a lifetime can lead us down unexpected paths of reflection, often illuminated by simple yet profound …
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Poems dressed in wonderful music I was ( still am) an avid fan of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Their lyrics (mainly Paul’s lyrics) were something out of the ordinary. They were poems dressed in wonderful music. Who forgets sentences like: People talking without speakingPeople hearing without listeningPeople writing songs that voices never share (from …
Regardless of whether one is deeply religious or a convinced agnostic – life still gives us the opportunity to witness or participate in religious ceremonies. For me, this meant the church service on Christmas Eve in my childhood. Spending time with family and good friends. The memories of those who were no longer with us …
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I’m not a Zen guy, nor do I practice Buddhism. It’s all getting too spiritual for me. My interpretation of the “rules of living”, written a thousand years ago is very much dependent on my way of looking at the world. You may see it differently and thus it becomes a different interpretation But I …
(Or who do you want to be at the age of 60?) Restarting your life (or reinventing it), sounds like an American “pull yourself together” cliché, where the only thing needed to get a better life is to get out of bed in the morning. (And preferably make your bed – like a famous general …
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