Summer so far... well, it hasn't been anything like a summer at all. Except from yesterday, which was a wonderfully sunny day and from which I will soon post pictures. Yet another summer will soon have rushed by, and I've learned to see the beauty in misty forests, visited my second home and finished a painting.
A year ago today, close to 80 young people lost their live in massacre at a youth camp here in Norway. Today this reminds me to be thankful for life, being healthy and able to find beauty and happiness in whatever circumstances. The mere fact that we are being able to take part in life is so severely understated. If we all could only realize that, I'm certain that each and everyone of us could do what it takes to make ourselves happy. Sadly, expectations and past experiences too often determine our thoughts and choices, and thereby lead us away from the path we otherwise could have chosen.
This is why I wonder sometimes. In your everyday life, do you sometimes take a minute off - just to feel how it's like to be?
