is a bird in a concrete jungle, who despite of her physical disability is learning to fly like Jonathan Livingston Seagull. In this blog she shares her thoughts and experiences.
This Christmas my thoughts have especially been with people, who have (in the past years) lost all their earthly possessions and whose confidence in the future is put to the test. No matter how bitter and distressing it may feel, deprivation is also an opportunity. In the midst of worldly …
The United Nations member states are expected to accept (sign) in Marrakesh, Morocco on the 10-11 December 2018 the United Nations Convention on Immigration and Migration (Global Compact for Migration or Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration). In Morocco the agreement will be voted on and it will …
When Donald Trump visited Europe in July, he said that the EU is the biggest rival, foe of the USA. When I saw the word ‘foe’ for the first time it had the meaning of ‘fool’ (a useful idiot) in my mind. So the EU is the most significant …
At the beginning of May, the Finnish Parliament rejected a citizens’ initiative to legalize euthanasia. It was as if the decision makers wanted to apologize for the negative decision when they explained that the purpose is to focus on developing better ways for palliative care. It is strange that …
For a long time, nothing so positive has happened in the political arena than the meeting of President Trump and Putin. It made me feel good. The presidents found a dialogical connection, what was the purpose of the meeting and at the press conference they spoke common sense, and did …
AutoTranslate Since March 2016, when I wrote the first article on Adolf Hitler (It’s time to rehabilitate mankind I) it has been my intention to write, how life virtually looked like in National Socialist Germany in the 1930s. When people talk about “Nazi” Germany they usually show us pictures …
Some time ago, I saw on YouTube an educational video for future civil activists made by the Finnish Left Alliance chair person Li Andersson. She states in the video that political changes always start at the grassroots level. Statesmen, politicians, and decision-makers serve only as middleman. In theory, that is …
Many say that common (social) issues are so important that they should in no way be left to the politicians to decide. It is like a child trusting in his/her parents, who can not even manage their own lives. If they were somewhat able to control their lives, they are …
AutoTranslate One of the reasons for me to open this blog was that at the age of 40 I noticed that I did not dare to express my opinion on some issues. I was extremely disappointed with myself, because dishonesty towards myself meant that I was not honest with …
The image beside this paragraph, “White silence is violence” is one of the slogans of the Black Lives Matter- movement. The uprising resists the dominance of the white race and “institutional racism”, that is to say the social structures that suppress the black population. I understood that the slogan urges …
Since my teenage years I have been baffled by the frenzy battle of the US against communism. I have always considered socialism a good thing, as it tries to balance the prevailing income differences in society. My understanding of socialism has been the approach of social market economy to socialism. …
It is said that we must understand history in order to understand or even predict the future. I believe that the distorted historical interpretation distorts man’s image of reality just as much as the false assumptions of science. However, finding durable solutions to various problems would definitely require us to …
Sometimes when I was watching astronauts walking on the moon, I imagined in my mind what would weightless movement feel like in my body. I got some sense of it last week when I tested unweighted walking on the AlterG treadmill. AlterG treadmill is originally designed for NASA astronauts to …
Jesus and the Bible began to affect my life more than 30 years ago, but I have never really believed that Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for my sins. I think the idea is as confusing as the medieval indulgence trading practice of the Catholic Church, which meant that the …
I wrote in my article God’s Temple in my Heart about my experience, when I became a believer in 1983. That is to say, when Jesus and the Bible started influencing my life. It has been a complete mystery to me, what happened during the weekend when my attitude to …
Be Your Authentic Self I have written this two-part article for over two months. It has been a very unpleasant experience, because when it comes to my rehabilitation, I want to focus on what works well. Not on, what has gone wrong. However, I think it is important to …
In the title the word ‘rehabilitation’ refers to physical and mental rehabilitation that play an important part in my own life, but in general the other meaning of ‘rehabilitation’, which is to restore reputation and prestige applies to all people. Restoration of prestige in a sense that we understand …
Imagine how wonderful it would be for you to have an advisor, who would see your own social status in the whole knowing the answer to all of your problems, and who would encourage and guide you gently forward on the path you have chosen. This kind of advisor I …
In the Secret film, the Law of Attraction, which besides love, compassion and cooperation, is the essence of the Universe, is compared with the spirit of Aladdin’s lamp, which fulfills Aladdin’s wishes. In its simplicity, this metaphor sounds too good to be true and we are conditioned to think …
Last weekend I watched the Secret movie once again. It was surprising that even though I’ve watched the movie so many times, it generated new feelings in me – or perhaps it is more correct to say that I watched the movie as open-minded as I watched it for the …
Some people have asked me whether running a blog similar to this requires a great deal of work and technical skills, and whether I have some good tips and recommendations for people, who are planning to start own blog. I have written this blog for five years until now and …
The Franco-English blogger Telefinn, also known as Olli Miekka, has published in his blog Finnish from Afar an article called “The Dark Side of Mökki-Life” (Cottage-Life). The summer cottages in Finland are usually located on lake shores in the countryside, and often there is no proper sewage system. Because …
I received a standing wheelchair for my use approximately a year ago. I wrote a short introduction about it after my first impressions. On the anniversary of my wheelchair I thought to expand the introduction, because when I have used the wheelchair I have noticed that its designers have thought …
The decision of president Donald Trump to pull out from the Paris Climate Agreement has astonished people around the world. It feels, as if Trump would abandon environmental protection and world will not be saved, when there is one player less. I have no profound knowledge about Paris Climate Agreement …
After publishing my previous article Victory of Common Sense I spotted the above idea on the Internet. The thought brought to my mind my article We Have No Human Rights, which I wrote in September 2015. In that article I talk about the topsy-turvy fact, that science, reason and logic …
After my mother’s death, I lived in the 1970s in SOS-children village. In my foster home there were nine children. In addition to my biological siblings, my foster home had siblings from two other families. When children grew to young adults they usually moved to a student home of …
Recently published book claims that in autumn 2015 Angela Merkel wanted to close borders also from refugees. The Welt magazine reporter Robin Alexander writes in his book “Die Getriebenen – Merkels Flüchtlingspolitik: Report aus dem Inneren der Macht“ that deals with Angela Merkels immigration policy, that on 12. September …
Marley’s Story “Animal cops” is a TV series that without fail lifts up my mood. In the program animal rescue team and officials take neglected animals into custody, give them necessary health care and seek a new owner for each animal. Two months ago I saw an episode, in …
One of the things that has most influenced my life are the lyrics of the hymn “Great Divine Power”, which I found some months before I got the stroke in the book “So have I heard- Iti mayâ śrutam” written by Axel Fredenholm (1881-1962). I found it again in 2012, …