28 janvier 2007
How do you write to a friend?
Hello my friend,
what is important to make you happy?
All the "basics" must be in place .... but you may have many assets and look for something "special".
What is a special wish in your life?
Is this important to you? Study my list of options below. Do you wish for ....
- A friend that is so close that you feel two-some? Company with someone that include the strange and complex word "love"?
- An environment around you that inspires and stimulate, challenges and includes you, think of that environment as "your world"?
- Key assets like freedom, health and money? Behind each of these words are a full landscape of details; sort out some of it for your special wish!
- Belonging to someone and somewhere and thereby creating "meaning of life"?
- Peace of mind; that silence and inner order that allows you to enjoy life in detail?
- The "fire" in your body that create deep satisfaction?
- Any "consumable asset"? One of those that can be bought for money or found out there in the rich world?
Such questions are so difficult that you have to stick to the prime question of your choice and make your own pick of "special" wishes.
Or perhaps it is best for you to think of a single and sole "special" wish just now.
Write it down for your own benefit, and send it eventually over to me.
Do discover what is your most important need, and what it can create of response!
Do not expect advice or gifts from my side.
I invite you to develop yourself (and others) by
sorting out "the most important" element that is valid in your life;
the intention is to gain strength and direction to your advantage; and
also to make you avoid the elements that make you weak.
*
Here are some "facts of life". I ask you to accept them.
They are true, but the valid truth in them you
have to dig out yourself. Truth is only valid when it works. Nothing
is really "true" until you have made it a truth.
- Your body needs a lot; food and protection, health and activity, from simple blood circulation to the extacy of sexual fire, and you have to provide and constantly.
- Your mind is part of your body. Your mind cannot be separated from the body, but your mind has a set of needs that easily tends to divide your attention as if "mind" is not as real as body matter. The fact is that your mind is part of your body.
- Your body is part of the world. The world out there
and right where you are is enormous and (only) in part a wonderful and
accessible option. Much of the world is also strange and even "closed
country", inaccessible or a threath. You are a part of "the world",
where are you? Define your place with the limits (or frontiers) that
you have to life in general.
- You are an owner. You own something. Think of all
kind of your assets. You may own money, but think of yourself as an
asset too and include as much of other assets as you can imagine just
now. Ownership means right (and duty) to decide. Ownership opens up
life, but only if you manage your belongings. (Time is also a
belonging!)
*
Would you like to know something about me?
And write to this journal and eventually get a response from you and of value.
I
am Hakon Kragerud (in Norwegian writing I am Håkon Kragerud, the letter
"å" is not existing in the English alphabet) and I am born in Norway in
1930, yes, a long time ago.
I am a male human, a bit different thereby from the
females, and for the rest I am quite "normal". (Normality is a rich
variety.)
I live (alone) in the south of France and in a
comfortable house and with a small car (Golf 1987 model well taken care
of) that takes me around when I do not go further in a camping car
that functions as my summer house and mostly for my visits in
northern Europe.
Yes, I am retired, as you have guessed from my birth year. But I am active in many ways.
As
an architect for private homes, as an city planner (without
commissions), as a writer and artist and as a friend and for friends
that mostly do not live in my region (I love to see them come around or
when I travel).
I also advice and in many ways.
This is my very start of this journal (blog). I will soon bring in a picture or more pictures to add to the short words here.
What do I like?
Likings tell very much about a man (e.g. a human being).
I like to walk the mountains, I like to discover
nature and not only by watching landscapes, even more I like reading
and reflecting about natural science and technology.
I was for many years a mountain guide, earlier I did sport sailing and atlethics (gymnastics), but my more basic traits are connected to reading and writing and brain work (I am not the author of books).
I do like to cook and to decorate, but not so much when I am alone.
I am able to follow an inquisitive discussion of many themes that has do to with natural science (physics and neurobiology) and within the great landscape called philosophy (where you also find psychology and religion if using my oldfashined definition of philosophy).
Politics is interesting in itself, but I have a distant relation and tend to think in time laps of twenty or fifty years; I think that is unpolitical.
I am also a repairman, a handyman and a boy scout
type that likes to keep things in order and even if it is better to
"throw away and buy".
It may have to do with my deep longing to be
independent and free to manage "without". Children sometimes have to
manage that way, and I had to, and especially during war time and in
some years thereafter when shops had little to offer and I earned no
money for quite some time.
I gave priority to discovery, "made the world" (e.g. Italy, Finland, Israel, Japan, USA) and I have never regretted it.
Do I have "weak points"?
We all have. I am timid.
What it really means is not fully clear to me. I cannot find good and short words for my timidity. But think of the true or eventually false timidity that is present in persons (and animals) that do not feel secure. That shoud give you a hint.
I am not the worst one to hide my timidity, and sometimes I do overcompensate.
*
Well then, I leave now the thinking and writing to you.
You can easily (just fill in below) send me a response.
I am thankful if you arrange your writing somewhat in this way:
- Facts that you demand to be accepted as true
- Questions that are important to you
- Questions that you want me to reflect upon
- Information and information sources that support these facts and questions.
*
You do not find my full name and address and many details here.
I
am not for secrecy. But I act with some discretion according to advice
and also lacking experience in communicating in this way.
This is therefore my restricted start of my journey out there where you are.
Have a good day.
Says Hakon
PS You may eventually write in Norwegian, French, German, Danish or Swedish if that is your preferred langugage.
Commentaires
C'est bon la vie
You are so thoughtful. With these few words you have encapsuled so much, I'm impressed.
I want to share this blog-spot with others.
Hope you think that's ok?
;))
TorAa brought your site to my attention, but I had already met you for a moment over on his blog...where he talked about his trip to visit you and I saw some pictures, too!
This is an interesting and complex questionairre that you propose...I will have to give this some thought, and get back to you! (lol) Meanwhile, I will just say that I was born one year after you so I am struggling with certain health issues that have changed my life in many many ways.
Blogging has been a wondereful creative outlet for me, and I hope it continues to be so...
It is wonderful to meet you through this fantastic "internet"...One other thing, for now. Many many years ago I spent almost three weeks in the South Of France---C'Ap D'Antibes...where my father had a house....It was the only time I have been there and it was deeply memorable in every way. I felt very at home there and that particular trip I count as one of the most wonderful trips, ever!
Come on by and visit me....
Well said
It's always great to read your post as you are so good with words and express yourself in the deepest way - and very thoughtful too!
I'm so happy TorAa has introduced me to a friend like you:-)
Hakon respond
Dear "old lady" and Renny,
thank you for reading and for words, I have nothing to add this very evening, but this:
my neighbors do not speak, you do.
Regards
Haakon
What makes you happy?
There is thousands of way to answer this "brutal" question. One is, what I told you, when at you, beeing together as we did. Just the feeling of someone to trust. Someone to communicate with, without the need for "must talk all the time".
When will we see your next post?
Hello from ICL
Hi Hakon
I'm over here from Tor's. I was introduced to you too from his blog (pictures and all ~ LOL).
I don't have anything very introspective to say today. You see I'm in a rush to get to work as I am not retired and still about 20 years from that!
I just wanted to say hello to you.
You may visit me at my blog address above.
Sláinte
~ICL~
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