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 of the lack of sewage system,…
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 which the animal rescue team received…
The day before Christmas Eve I searched on Youtube for Christmas carols and found a Christmas concert that the band “Gregorian” had held in Christmas 2008 in Berlin. When I had listened the music for ten minutes I was dumbfounded: I had a divine feeling of peace and love in my heart. I felt privileged…
[image source_type=”attachment_id” source_value=”3307″ align=”right” effect=”none” size=”medium” fitMobile=”true” autoHeight=”true”]July 13 I planned to have a hair cut. Half an hour before my appointment, I put my shoes and jacket on and headed towards the mall, where the barbershop is located. I had plenty of time, as driving there takes only 5 to 10 minutes. I switched…
[image source_type=”attachment_id” source_value=”231″ align=”right” effect=”none” size=”small” fitMobile=”true” autoHeight=”true”] In this article I do not try to describe how bad positive thinking is, because that is not true. My own life force is positive thinking, which is a cornerstone of common sense. My article concentrates on the negative side of positive thinking, because positive thinking, like…
Common sense and the Law of Attraction are the foundation of my faith. At its simplest the Law of Attraction means that I treat others in a way I want them to treat myself. In general, people are trustworthy. However, it has also happened that someone has taken advantage of my gullibility and stupidity, but…
My personal assistant suddenly resigned in March. It was not a big surprise to me, because our working relationship had lasted almost five years and I had been mentally prepared that it is only a matter of time, when she wants to continue with her life and seek another job. Seeking new assistant was a…
The lack of common sense is an indication, how lost people are in this world and how far they live from their God. It also tells, how little people love themselves and each other. I remember the words of G.K.Chesterton: “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing – they believe in…
When I was the first time in China in the beginning of 1990s I visited once a home for elderly people. It was a big facility with several multi-storey buildings. Every resident paid monthly a remarkable amount for their care compared with the monthly income of Chinese people in general. As we were going around…
One morning before Christmas I drove through our neighbourhood when a long queue caught my attention. “What a rigmarole!” I was astonished. I knew there is a place in the shopping center, where poor people can get foodstuff and I had often sawn people line up there, but those lines I saw before were nothing…
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