People are different!

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Be very careful who you socialize with! There are people of all kinds on this planet. And we are more or less "compatible" with each other.

I have learned that the people I have around me have a big impact on my own well-being!

Positive people are gifts from heaven! Practice a positive attitude yourself, and you will attract others like yourself. Positive, as well as negative tend to be contageous.

Some negative people make you struggle to keep your energy up. They talk about problems, make you feel pity for them. They drain your energy, hold you down. Avoid them!

Some people are unreliable and dishonest. Lots and lots of talk, but very little action. They live in the past or in the future, not now. You will hear talks about past victories and future success. And they always have an excuse for not doing things right now: "Next week/month/year I will..." "As soon as xxx happens I shall..." Avoid them! Even more than the negative ones!

Be with people who move forward and upward together with you and share laughter and pain!

Carpe Diem;
/Tomas

Positive attitude *YES* - but...

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A positive attitude is a very good character trait! There is always something positive in everything. To focus on the positive certainly makes life much more rewarding. No matter the circumstances a strong positive attitude makes you thrive and enjoy!

It is also contageous, so by being positive you can help other people towards a richer happier life!

Something to consider, though, is to listen carefully to yourself at all times. The flip side of being positive is that you might end-up staying in situations, places or relations that are not very good for you. Because you are positive you always find something good, and manage to thrive anytime.

This could affect your internal drive to go towards your dreams and goals!

Carpe Diem,
/Tomas

A great weekend :o)

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About one year ago my mobile was stolen at a café in central Stockholm. It was the best phone I ever had, and I had downloaded my favourite music to it...  Since that I have managed with old, half-broken phones without music. But last week a dear friend GAVE ME a mobile, quite similar to the one that was stolen - THANK YOU! Today I went for a four and a half hour power walk, phone in my pocket and headphones on, playing my favourite music :o) I notice myself thinking: "they don't make this kind of music anymore..." Getting old - Eh?


The weekend has been absolutely awesome so far! Friday evening a visit to Stockholm Beer and Whiskey Festival with a good friend! WOW - GREAT FUN :o) And crazy fun stuff... How about warm beer with whipped cream? Lots of people and a great band playing their a--es off :o)

Saturday offered an interesting webinar followed by a game of ice hockey with my son. First game for the year at our home arena! The arena was filled to the last seat! After the match my son and I had a nice dinner together.



Now a nice warm shower and then go for dinner, as a perfect ending to a perfect weekend :)

Carpe Diem,
/Tomas

Learning curve

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Have you noticed how the progress of learning seem to follow an irregular "curve". At least for me it is a not a smooth curve at all, rather like a staircase with irregular steps. Periods of progress are followed by periods of no progress or even "regress". The length of the different periods and the speed of progress is highly variable. Phases of progress are often frustrating, but I get a distinctly good feeling when I reach a new level of knowledge! I can stay there for a while and enjoy the good feeling, but then it is always time to continue along the "staircase". Life-long learning!

This above seems to be valid in most aspects of life: when learning new skills as well as learning to know new persons and also when I learn to know about myself!

Carpe Diem!
/Tomas

Time to go!

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It's in the air! Summer is over; days are getting shorter, leaves turing yellow, there is a different tinge to the air... AUTUMN! Today's warmth and brilliant sunshine is a bonus! Last chance to charge batteries and fill depots for the upcoming winter.

Migrating birds gather in flocks, moving around restlessly. Soon they'll take off: Southward bound!

"Something" out there is calling, urging, enticing... I can feel my body and soul respond - resonate - vibrate - YES! Been living here for 3 years - YES! I am done, I am ready, enough - YES!

Time to move on!

Carpe Diem,
/Tomas

A day to relax

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An intense busy week ended with a very nice dinner and talk with my daughter on Friday night. It is wonderful to get a look into her life, and share my life experience with her.

Today I had a late lazy morning. No schedule for today! It is such a good feeling to to allow time to pass and slowly meet the new day, calmly thinking about what to do with it.

And today is a truly lovely day! Sunshine, crystal clear sky, cool crisp autumn air. It is interesting to notice how autumn come creeping in! There is a subtle but obvious difference in the air, temperature is lower, nights and mornings are darker and the green leaves are turning red and yellow.

Yes! I will spend a lot of time outdoors today! But first wash dishes and walk the vacuum cleaner :o)

Carpe Diem!
/Tomas

Nice restaurant, 9/11 and the Berlin Wall

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Yesterday I had dinner at my favourite restaurant. A somewhat old-fashioned place, with brownish-red sofas and chairs, brown wood decorations, dimmed lights, candles, friendly and discrete service and a very relaxed and quiet atmosphere. They may not get stars in "Guide Michelin" but they sure get stars and hearts in "Guide Tomas".

Anyway I enjoyed a glass of Cognac after dinner :o) and began to reflect upon big world-changing events. It is funny I have no clue whatsoever what I did on 9/10, but I remember exactly what I did on 9/11. I was at my desk at Ericsson, working with the their 3G system, when a colleague came up to me with a VERY peculiar look on his face: "Tomas, please open www.cnn.com and tell me what you see. Am I going crazy???" I opened cnn.com and saw the impossible happen: a jetliner crashing into World Trade Center. I distinctly recall the unreal feeling, and the turmoil of questions forming in my head. Word spread around the office and soon we were all gathered in small groups, calling friends and family, asking "What is going on?"

Another event I recall very vividly was the fall of the Berlin wall, soon 20 years ago. At that time I was in Nice, watching the evening news in french. From the pictures and what little french I knew I understood we were watching world history: "They are tearing down the Berlin wall"! No guns fired, no arrests, all peaceful! Two months later, around christmas 1989, the Rumanian dictator Ceausescu was shot. Two more months and me and my then wife ventured into Rumania only to find ourselves in violent Hungaro-Rumanian ethnical riots in the town of Marosvasarhely/Tirgu Mures. But that is another story!

Enjoy a lovely Sun-day and Fun-day.

Carpe Diem
/Tomas