Seize the moment, carpe diem

Two days ago in many places around the world we celebrated the first Sunday in Advent. Advent comes from the latin adventus which means coming. For someone like me who believes in Jesus Crist advent is a very joyfull time of the year. At the same time it is sometimes hard to combine with the histery of commerce on the streets. Although it's lovely to see the Christmas decorations it is hard to have inner stillness and time to enjoy life and enjoy the moment. Which brings me to the subject for my writing today.

What is really to seize the moment, making reference to latin again what is it to "carpe diem"? I have realized that the only way is to live every moment making a difference knowing that that moment won't come back and if we haven't filled it with everlasting things it will be just gone for ever, lost I could say. What do I mean by everlasting things? Something so old and so simple (but not easy) as love. I read a book recently written by a vietnamese bishop (Francis Xavier Nguyen van Thuan) who said that to be alive is to love. I agree totally, what other can give sense to life? Francis Xavier was arrested and imprisoned for 12 years by the communists. In his book he leaves a lovely testimony of love during his imprisonment. He could have focused on the day when he would be free, but he didn't know when that day would come or if it would come at all, so instead he lived carpe diem, he ceased the day. He made everyday count.

I would like to send a message of hope and peace. To all that are coping at this time with hard moments and difficult situations. To all those who focus on the future so much so that they forget to live the present... when I'm healthy again, next year, when I change jobs, when the baby gets older...all these can be replaced by: until I get healthy I will make everyday count ...this few weeks that are left of this year I will make them count...until I change jobs I will do my best in my actual one, trying to like it if I don't... and babies getting older... well that is a chapter in itself (I'll come back on it).

Saturday night

but no fever... or maybe some from my youngest son who has suddenly developed a horrible cough and feels warmer than usual. It hasn't been that cold here in Stockholm as it normally is.
Yesterday I told my husband I'd love to write and publish. Actually it's something I've been thinking about for a while. He mentioned blogs, which until yesterday I'd never heard of before, and here I am... starting what might turn something big or I'll just drop it and write a book instead. I'm listening to Abba which I've always liked just to find out much later that they were swedish. As it turns out there's much more swedish around us that we know, for instance did you know the person who developed the temperature measurement which is used in many countries, the celsius degrees, Anders Celsius was swedish?
This first blog is an easy starter, we'll have time to get serious and talk about what I wrote in the description to the blog.
See you around!