Midt på natta...

So if you are wondering, 2:48
But I am still not in bed, even though I really should be. So this is just a thought to all of you: Dare to be amazed...

I mean, there are so many things on this planet or outside this planet that are amazing. And they deserve to be admired, wondered about and studied. The cell, what an amazing creation. Something that little is so complex and could not do its function if it was just a tiny bit different. The sun, it burns and burns, making it possible for us to be alive at all, but if we were just a little bit closer to it, we would not be alive. The wind, where does it come from? We know it's there, but we can't see it. The animals, so many incredible creatures. The universe, so big, maybe never-ending!

How did all of this come to be? Did it evolve from nothing? Was it created by a higher being? If evolved, what is the point of it all? Is there a purpose with anything? If we evolved, why did moral come to be?
If created, who created? Why? At least moral would be explainable.

I think about the perfect(or the once perfect)order in the nature and universe - just the slightest difference, an we would not be! nothing would. It is so perfectly timed, structured, put together that it seems handmade to the smallest detail. We would not believe that a watch happened by accident? No, it is a handcraft. Neither would we believe a computer happened by a coincidence? No, it is created by someone. As are other machines, houses, carpets. So thinking about the brain we have, what an amazing computer, better than any other ever made! Perfectly tuned (normally) made to control our bodies senses, organs, everything! How could this not be created somehow, when all these other things are? It makes no sense that it happened by accident?? But if it was created, then who created it? Many religions, many "gods", which is it? At lest this I know for sure: Whomever it is, I am amazed!!!

The hospital window

Blogging...

So lately I haven't really thought much about blogging. Mostly because my mind has been busy thinking about my bachelor assignment, but also I just haven't really had so much to blog about. Well, maybe thats no true, I always have, because it can be whatever! But still, maybe not enough.

I spent easter on the west coast of Norway. First I was in Bergen for my grandmothers funeral, imagine that: 97 years old... And from there I went to Geiranger, a beautiful place at the innermost end of a fjord. And walking around there, with so much silence (except from the noise of the waterfall) gave a few moments of peace. And of course this makes some thought come up...

So life lies ahead of me, life lies behind me, and life is right now, which do I chose to live?

I can live the life that is behind me, that is re-living it in my head, dwelling on all my past experiences, letting them stop me from living another life, binding me an keeping me stuck in the past. Though memories are not a bad thing, they can be if that is all you think of..

I can also chose to live in the future, wondering about what might be, planning ahead so much that I keep myself from living life as a free individual, and instead becoming a slave to my planned future.

But most of all I can chose to live now, the life that is, whatever it contains. Memories are good, in portions. So is planning ahead, as long as you don't plan it all (at least so I feel). But dare to live life now and make the most of it, so that the memories you have later will be good ones, and the future you lay the foundation for now, becomes the best it can be...Good luck;)

Zipper...

Just a thought:

How cool would it be if the zipper was suddenly pulled down, and the perfect world was revealed behind the shitty world we live in nowadays? The colors were so much brighter and more alive than what we're used to, and the animals were not hostile or creepy. The sun did not burn you, the wasp did not sting, and people did not harm each other. How cool would that be!!??

Nytt innlegg...gammelt innlegg

http://mrthorbear.blogspot.com/2009/03/stopp-opp.html

Valg...trær...livskraft?

Jeg sitter og ser ut av vinduet. Ser prydbusken til naboen som er nedtynget av våt snø glidd ned fra taket. Det er en forunderlig ting at jeg velger å se på akkurat det, når jeg egentlig kunne gjort så mye annet. Hva om jeg heller valgte å pakke bagen og sette meg på første fly til Brasil? Eller hva om jeg hadde gjort noe så enkelt som å gjøre det jeg burde, nemlig å jobbe med bacheloroppgaven min? Men nei, jeg sitter og skriver om treet jeg kikker på nå med jevne mellomrom. Nedtynget av snø som det ikke kunne hjelpe for at havnet der. Hvor urettferdig er ikke det?

Jeg har sett mange trær slik gjennom årenes løp, noen så nedtynget at de knekker helt sammen. Andre står fortsatt rette og ranke med bare litt snø på greinene. De virker nesten immune noen av dem, mot vekten av snøen. Men så kan det skje at det kommer et uventet uvær som rokker selv ved de sterkeste av trær. Hvor uforutsigbart alt er? Eller kanskje for noen veldig forutsigbart? Noen trær står jo dag ut og år inn stille i ørkensanden, vel vitende om at vann er en knapphet som kun finnes langt nede i jorda, og det kommer til å være sånn i lang tid ennå. De har kun en liten kilde til liv, men de holder det gående likevel. Et lite lys i mørket av susende vind og sandstormer.

Kanskje det som er mest forunderlig er likevel de trærne som er helt nedtynget av snøen, men som reiser seg igjen om våren. De er helt nede, men reiser seg igjen...

Livskraft....underlig ting, forstår det ikke, men har det i meg. Blir jeg stående? Ville jeg reist meg? Ville jeg holdt ut i stormen?

Validation...

Friendship...

Friendship is like standing on wet cement. The longer you stay, the harder it's to leave, and you can never go without leaving your footprints behind.

Last lap...

So now I'm hopefully just half a year away from finishing my education...It's both exciting, scary, and sad, cause I don't know anything but the fact that I won't be going back to school and my class next fall:( Other than that, I'm wondering what will be my first job, or before that, If I will actually pass my exam? And further on I can't wait to go to New Zealand in less than a year!!!!

Anyways, happy new year to all!! Lots of people have like new year resolutions, an I guess I do too, but it is always train more, eat less sugar stuff, use more time with God, and I dont need a new year to start doing so? So the moral must be; dont wait;)
So I hope you've had a nice holiday, and that you are ready to take on the new years challenges:)
I know I am, and if you are ever in need of a good chat; give me a call;)

Jul, jul, strålande jul...

Jula er både det ene og det andre... For noen er den på ingen måte noen god tid, da den kun betyr kulde, sorg og misunnelse av andre som kan kose seg hos familien sin med god mat og varme...
For andre betyr den stress uten like, for at alle familiemedlemmer skal få en gave, hvilket de ikke har rukket å ordne tidligere...et evig stress og pengemas. Jula er for noen hvit jul, andre pinnekjøtt, og sikkert også mange musikken. Musikken som sådan virker å være delt i to; Den ene typen julemusikk omhandler julenissen på en eller annen måte, han skal komme med gaver, reinsdyrene hans kan fly og en har rød nese, eller kanskje er julenissen sexy??
Den andre delen av julemusikken omhandler Jesus, Gud som ble menneske i en liten stall. Jeg lurer ofte på hvorfor så mange mennesker blir litt "kristne" en gang i året, da de går på julekonserter, i kirka på julemesse el.? Er det bare tradisjon? Betyr ordene i sangene noe for dem? Skjønner folk hva de synger og tenker de over det?
Jeg håper du tar deg tid til å tenke litt i alt maset, enten det er gaver eller å holde varmen som er fokuset. Hvorfor synger så mange mennesker om en liten gutt som ble født for 2000 år siden? Hvem var han, hva gjorde han, hva sa han? Betyr det noe?
Jeg ønsker uansett alle en God jul, hva nå enn det innebærer for deg. Håper du kan ta med deg noen gode tanker og minner fra året som snart er forbi, og at året som kommer kan være en velsignelse både for deg og for de menneskene du omgir deg med:) Juleklem fra meg deles ut etter ønske;)

Lofoten...

So this weekend I went up north to play a coulpe of concerts with some friends (about 9 in the number) and I left early thursday morning. After eating dinner, we started practicing and it went on until the next day at 4 o'clock, even though we slept a bit in between.
Friday night at 6 an 9, we played the two concerts that were the most varied concerts I've been on...
The best part of the weekend was however the social part. It turned out to be the most wonderful weekend I've had in a loong time, laughing more than ever, having good conversations, loads of fun, great music, great people, all in all a fantastic weekend.
Now though, I'm left with the disappointing feeling of yet another spiritual peak passed. Because what we had up there wont last, even though I would want it to. I am however hopeful in the possibility of living like we did the past few days, some time in the future. Different people perhaps, and another place, but with the same focus, the same love for eachother and the same eagerness to share it with others!
So cliche as it might be, I have a dream...

What is life?

Do you know?
I guess I could come with a few suggestions anyways:)
Here is the first part of the definition give by Wikipedia:

Life (cf. biota) is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have self-sustaining biological processes from those that do not^[1][2] —either because such functions have ceased (death), or else because they lack such functions and are classified as "inanimate."^[3]

But thats not all is it? Is life only the biological processes working within us?
Well...if you think of it - yes! Because every thought, every thing you do is a result of some
biological process happening inside you in advance.
But let's look past that small detail. To know what life is, we first have to know what it consists of, agreed? So what does life consist of? Love? Well, I believe there has to be some love present in ones life for people to live. If love seems to be gone, what then is life worth living for?
Good and bad experiences? So you could say, cause isn't that really all there is? Either an experience is good or its bad, isn't it? If not, then comment;)
Other people? Yes, if not for other people than youself it would not be life. You would not excist! And other people is also necessary for you to experience love. That is if you rule out God, but can you? God is life, so utters the Bible. So God is according to the Bible a necessity for life to excist.
So if you then acknowledge The Bible as true, God shuld be a part of life.
Football is life! Is it? Quite a few people seems to believe this, at least they act as if it is all that matters in life. Perhaps the rest of humankind have misunderstood? Or maybe not...
Well...I've mentioned a few things that life consists of. So what is life then?
So far life is: Love, good and bad experiences, other people, God and perhaps football.
I now urge you all to suggest more things that together makes life whatever it is. Or, if you know the answer to my first question, tell us;)
Cheers!!

Av og til...

Av og til har jeg bare ingenting å skrive om, selv om det nå kan virke mot sin hensikt å nettopp skrive! Men av og til er det liksom ingenting som nødvendigvis må ut gjennom fingrene, og det ender opp med en masse svada som ingen egentlig får noe ut av å lese. Da blir det til at jeg prater om slike hverdagsligheter som at tja...det er 20 cm snø ute (ja Håkon, vet du faktisk evt blir misunnelig dersom snømengden i Martin ikke tilsvarer kravene;) og at det nærmer seg jul for de som ikke visste det, og at livet ellers fortoner seg sånn nogenlunde normalt (jada, lange setninger er fint;)
Så før dere drukner helt i lange setninger med minimalt innhold, får jeg bare fortelle dere at jeg er glad dere stikker innom og gir meg en kommentar nå og da (om det er tilfelle;) og så er jeg glad i dere og savner deg Siri:) store bjørneklemmer til alle!!

Life and stuff....

As we keep wandering through challenges, good and bad experiences, extremes - one or the other way, shallow talk, deep conversations, highs and lows...you sometimes have to stop up and think what it's all really about. Like why do you do the things you do and say the things you say, is it worth being said or done, does it help you or the world around you in any way, does is make yours and others lives easier or maybe worse?
All in all this is called utilitarism, in other and understandable words - consequential thinking. And I often wonder if I do this too much or too little, as for the people around me. Usually I come to the conclution about others, that they do this to little. If you take a look around you, people are constantly doing stuff without thinking consequences, and they end up hurting others, themselves and making a mess of things. Now I'm not going to exclude myself from this, cause I also do stupid things. But are we really thinking enough about the consequences of our actions? Will ve ever?

For dem som ikke har prøvd...

Rafting er syyykt moro:P

Og prøv grottevandring....man skulle ikke tro det, men det er utrolig moro;P

Summer gone...

So back to the world of school and studies in just a few days, and turning the day and night back around again. Summer is a good time of the year for bears like myself; sunny, pleasant, full of good experiences and nice memories, and did I mention sunny?
But it is closing in on fall, with gray rainy days to put an end to my normally good mode...
Then again I am generally happy, however the weather might be, so you'll probably not notice it as much anyway!
So a thought for today and until I eventually blog again; do you have some people in your life whom you wish you had more contact with than you actually have? Now is a good time to get better in touch;)
Free hugs to all!!!!!

Prinsipper...

Så i løpet av den siste halvannen uka har jeg fått en del interessant input.
Det går i hovedsak på hva Bibelen har å tilby.
Mange Adventister har vokst opp med mange regler, som de etterhvert har fått opp i halsen.
De har levd lenge med alle tingene de ikke kan gjøre, ikke minst på sabbaten. Så hva vil jeg fram til...? Bibelen kommer med noen regler ja, men som Jesus rundet av til to: Du skal elske Herren din Gud av hele ditt hjerte og din neste som deg selv. Det blir da en utfordring å finne fram til dybden av disse to budene. Men i tillegg til disse, finner vi i bibelen ganske mange prinsipper. Og det er en stor forskjell på lover/regler og prinsipper. Prinsipper er til forskjell fra lover og regler ikke en bestemmelse om hva du skal eller ikke skal gjøre, men noe du legger til grunn for hva du velger å gjøre. Du finner for eksempel et prinsipp i bibelen om at det er dumt å drikke seg sanseløs og rave rundt, men ingen regel om at du ikke skal drikke. Det vil jo si at det er opp til deg hvordan du forholder deg til alkohol, men det er i alle fall dumt å drikke for mye. Du finner også prinsipper for hvordan man bør behandle mennesker, for hva/hvordan man spiser, for tidsbruk, for arbeidsmoral og mye annet.
Så jeg tenker det er verdt å ta en titt, enten man er kristen eller ikke...

Sosio-et eller anna...

Ja det er det jeg studerer;)
Og jeg stortrives!! I dag har jeg også nok en gang fått bekreftet hvor
fantastisk sosiale og koselige folka i klassen min er...
Det er en stor fornøyelse hver gang vi samles et eller anna sted, og det
er alltid den samme gode stemningen!!
Så til alle dere som ikke vet det...: sosionomstudenter er et bra folkeslag;)
Enjoy summer!!!

I love being married!!

Heaven...

So I guess most people believing in another life after this, must have been wondering how it's gonna be... As for me, I sometimes catch myself trying to imagine what heaven is going to be like.
So to give y'all a deep dive into the depths of my imagination, sit back and make up a picture in your own head while I describe it:

So her you are, just after Jesus has come back to earth to take you to his place. You are flying with all the people you love, through the clouds, up against the atmosphere, through the ozone layer(or whatever is left of it) and into space. You don't have to worry about breathing, cause that's taken care of somehow. You can just enjoy the flight, passing Mars, Jupiter and the others, passing other solar systems, other galaxies, something tat seems like other universes for what you know, and in a split second lasting like forever, you enter the gates of Gods heaven in company of a crowd so big you cannot count them. And to welcome you, out of the gates flies angels, the way they really look, singing praises to their king who has returned with his children.
Now well inside the gates, you get a view of this magnificent place. Here unfortunately, I cannot even imagine what you will see, cause I don't have the faintest idea myself... All I know is that after spending a millennium in one fantastic place, well be spending eternity in another. But before that, I think we'll be witnessing the creation process all over again, while Jesus creates a new earth for us to live on! Now after that process, I start imagining again:
I picture an earth that looks green and blue from a distance, bu while getting closer, it reveals so many beautiful colors i takes your breath away. With all kinds of animals, fishes, birds and other creatures you've never seen before. There are magnificent trees, valleys, heights and woods, but no sharp cliffs or rocks to hurt yourself on. The grass you walk in is soft an you'll find no thistles or other hurtful plants. There will be no mosquitoes or other insects stinging you, and no snakes to bite you. And when you take a deeper look at the animals, you find a bear walking over to give you a hug, a little monkey landing on your shoulder wanting to play and a eagle who asks you to come take a flight with him. You leap of the ground, and even without wings, you'll raise up to the skies, gliding over the fantastic earth that God created, and then you see the new Jerusalem, shining with all Gods glory, reminding you this is your home. It is safe, it is eternal, and it is all good...
How I wish to leave this place, with all its anger, stealing, murder, rapes, child abuse, torture, quarreling, deceit, evil...
The best thing is...It is getting closer by the minute!!

So than you for making this trip with me...hope to see you there anytime soon;)