A winter day in Stockholm

TODAY IS MY FAVOURITE DAY!

I needed exercise to shake down the christmas food so I took on my ski clothes and went for a nice long walk in the misty snow-covered landscape.

One nice characteristic of Stockholm is that there is water everywhere! There is plenty of open space. 10000 years ago we were covered by 1km thick glacier ice. The weight pressed down the land below sea level. The land is slowly rising but lots of water still remain.

Anyway there are plenty of opportunities for a nice walk along the water :o)

Carpe Diem,
/Tomas

White snowy Christmas coming up!

TODAY IS MY FAVOURITE DAY!

We have had several days of snowfall in Stockholm! Writing this I can hardly see the buildings across the street because of the heavy snowfall :o)

Yesterday was a pause in the snowfall, and I had a lovely walk around the city lake. It was covered with ice, of course, and a large number of herons rested there.

Stockholm will have a White Christmas this year!

Carpe Diem,
/Tomas

Laying the puzzle of life

TODAY IS MY FAVOURITE DAY!

Look upon your life as a puzzle! You are standing in the middle of the puzzle. There is a constant stream/flood of pieces come flying your way. They represent all opportunities that appear every single moment - far more than you can handle! You constantly make choices - select only a few of all the flying pieces.

You build the puzzle as you go, catching a few of all the pieces from the stream to build the puzzle.

Sometimes you catch a piece that does not fit where you planned to build the puzzle; you have to either dispose of the piece or build in another direction.

Sometimes you lack only a certain piece to complete a part of the puzzle... should you wait for the right piece to come flying or grab another piece and start building somewhere else?

Sometimes you put a piece somewhere in your puzzle only to find later that it did not really fit there.

Anyway this is a fun way of looking upon life!

Carpe Diem,
/Tomas