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Tonight Stockholm is a little weird since a truck hit people on one of the shopping avenues. The subway was closed. Restaurants in central Stockholm were closed. Shocked people everywhere.  It seems like the new wave of terror attacks is to steal a truck or a car and than run over people. Unpredictable and gruesome. Nice, Berlin, London, and now Stockholm.

I wasn´t going to write tonight because sometimes it is difficult to find right words for emotions. They may be misinterpreted. However, it made me think of some texts I found when I travelled. I read quite a lot. At very rare occasions I find writing that I fancy a lot. A way to put words together which makes the text give you a special emotion. When writing becomes poetry.

The first text is simply a definition. A definition of “Apathy” I found in a newspaper by serendipity. It could have been any word but I liked the way how the word was explained. The world would become much better if there were no misinterpretations. Like there are many expressions within eg economics I don´t understand. Such as declaring taxes. I need clear definitions to avoid misunderstandings.

The other text is about love. Love is something very individual and can be very difficult to understand. And maybe it cannot be explained just because that is love. Emotions.  I like this sentence “…a visual bond between Love and Fashion” perhaps because fashion is a way of expressing unexplainable emotions.

This Friday night has been difficult to put words on. A sort of force majeure.

Monday, again. A weekend passes so rapidly. I spend a lot of time exercising just because I love sports. I will be active as long as I live. I often go for cycling (spinning) since it very effective. There are so many health effects of sports. Lowers blood pressure, lower risk for metabolic syndrome, and not least, it makes you feel good. But it takes time. A lot of time.

To have healthy food is also important and difficult because it takes time to cook. It is so easy to just go for a restaurant dinner. However, this weekend I have been good to myself. Salmon and meat at home. When I was at Anu´s house I had a good time. She and her husband spoiled me with such good food. I wish I also could find fresh mangos just outside my window. And wake up to sunshine, birds singing and humid and warm climate.

My days at Anuradhapura were very intense. We did a lot of things and I was introduced to Sri Lankan fresh kitchen, buddhism and the beautiful nature. I learnt how to offer lotus flowers, so when I went to Kandy, alone, I knew exactly what to do when I went to see the Temple of the tooth. Anu is a good teacher.

One evening we went to the sacred hill of Mihinthale where a son of the Indian king Asoka, converted King Devanampiya Tissa to Buddhism in the 3rd century BC. This Dagoba was located on a mountain so there was a stairway that lead us to the summit. We had to climb many stairs. It was a beautiful evening. Religious ceremonies were going on, and I was happy to be with Anu so she could show me what to do. There were munks and we met the Chief munk. He had been to Sweden and told me that there is a religious Buddhist Dagoba in Stockholm. I had this photo above where they have a conversation.