Reflection is not a bad thing

 

Brothers in Arms

 

 

 

 

These mist covered

mountains

Are a home now for me

But my home is the lowlands

And always will be

Some day you´ll return to

Your valleys and farms

And you`ll no longer burn to

be brothers in arms.

 

Through these fields of

destruction

Baptism of fire

I´ve witnessed your suffering

As the battle raged higher

And though they did hurt me

so bad

In my fear and alarm

You did not desert me my

brothers in arms

 

There´s so many different

worlds

So many different suns

And we have just one world

But we live in different ones

 

Now the sun´s go to hell

 

And the moon´s riding high

Let me bid you farewell

Every man has to die

But it´s written in the starlight

And every line in your palm

We´re fools to make war on

Our brothers in arms

/Dire Straits

Gregorians - Brother in Arms

From 0 to 42195 once again..

Well, it has been a very long time since I was out there running as usual. More particularly 6 years!

When you suffer a physical injury, it can in some cases over time turn into a mental crash. Some things you can not control but it is just to crash, cry and talk about what happened.

However, it has been shown that it is not bad to possess a good physical status with good condition and some strength or endurance. Mental crashes are something of an "everyday thing" which always happens during the race when you are an ultra runner.

It is really nice to be back, with a lot of help from good friends, and start to exercise again. My ambition is to run Stockholm marathon with my son once again. Not to run in a specific time but to have a good feeling and reach the goal.

Me and Malte (my dog) in my cabin up in the mountains  where I  build me up physically and mentally before my run around the lake here (221 km) 

Me out on a nice run again!

My ambition from now on is to run, feel good and enjoy Life and the nature. Time and distance is not an option anymore. Or at least not when I'm planning my workouts! Anything can happen when it feels alright!

Just so peaceful!
This is the key to my kind of Life.

Please listen to Your mind and Body!

Always smile!

Always say Hello to strangers!

Always check around the corners because it's where the Life is hiding!

Just never give up! I decided to blog again. :-)

After so many years of sickness I now may say I'm alright again. I do not want to write about it anymore now but will instead focus on upcoming runs. Sure, I'm turning 60 years this summer, but it is said that without experience it will usually be a little more difficult.

I am very far from the physique I had until Christmas 2015 when I could basically run "any distance". Runnings of almost 60 km sometimes and  both two and three running sessions in one day.

I almost lived running..

Where I live!

Well, You may think, what now then? Am I going to stop running? No, I will not stop running but I will run in another way perhaps. What I mean is I will not log and I will not share in Facebook or Twitter anymore.

I have discovered that many people think it is more important what others think than what the run itself is for themselves. A little tragic I must say..

My friend and running buddy always!

Just so calm and life-giving!

Well, in the seventies (1970-1979) I was a "skater". Below I´m 60 years old and in the Täby skatepark with my grandchild Tage. We had so much fun and I just loved it! It´s NEVER to late living right now but it might be to late to do it tomorrow.

Me and Tage in the skatepark.

In the bowl again.

Well, not like in the 70:ies but..

Me and my grandchild Tage

I still try to help my friends from Kenya even if I have had some tough 6 years now but I really think I have come out on the other side. Not as the same man but.. still a man.

I have decided to continue running and try to help my friends in Kenya as much as I can.

Emanuel Naibei won the Lagos City Marathon 2021 in 2:11:37

I have also decided to work only 80 % for 2 years and the n go down to 60 % which means I can live and be with my lovely dog Malte. Yes, and run a little more and.. just be!

I also must say I don´t use Facebook (Meta) or Twitter anymore!

Take care out there and never forget to:

SMILE - SAY HELLO! - CHEEK AROUND EVERY CORNER

Take a stand

How difficult is it to take a stand? We make about 2,000 decisions, big and small, every day without even reflecting on it.

On the other hand, when we are faced with a slightly "larger" decision, one can feel a certain anxiety and worry that the decision in question will be "right". I think it's a bit strange because I always try to make my decisions on some kind of scientific basis. Sometimes it gets good and sometimes.. better!

I made a decision as a mathematician a few days ago. It must be said that it was not just a purely scientific decision, but it was about some subjective things that are thought as well. I left Facebook! Exactly why I did it has to do with a long time of thinking.

Our brain only works with one thing consumption, which means that it is almost never allowed to rest in this digital world we now live in. Only ONE generation of 100,000 generations is born with a mobile phone in hand.. So most generations have a brain that has been developed for 200,000 years to NOT multitask.

That is one of the reasons why I want to limit my digital use. I want to get my dopamine from REAL events and feel that I do not have to share them with others because then it will be more or less a compulsion to go out with my dog Malte on the runs.

I KNOW that mathematical algorithms are NOT better than human thoughts. Possibly AS good and above all FASTER at analyzing many variables at the same time but once again - NOT BETTER! I do not want to be analyzed and calculated on the Internet or at least LIMIT the whole thing as much as I can.

So I could stop using digital and social aids, you might think. I agree but start by limiting myself. I still do run but not as far or much as I use to do. I think, once as a mathematician, I have come into a new dimension in a way.

Where my own feelings are worth more than social points on FB, Twitter, Instagram etc. The real world is more than enough for me!

Take care out there and:

Keep smiling!

Keep saying HELLO to strangers!

Keep LOOKING AROUND the corners!

Keep DARE to DARE!

/Claes

STEADFASTNESS

Well, now it was a while ago again but it does not stop to say good evening anyway.

So "Good evening" to you!

It starts to get better with the running. For each session it goes a little easier and it is probably the regularity and that I do not drive harder than my body can handle. Yes, also the "hare" Malte (dog) then of course. Very nice and faithful running buddy I must say.

Polar-burn.

According to some, the sun has been a little invisible, but I still think I can see a small "Polar burn" (running-watch) on my arm anyway. You understand!

In addition, it has been inspiring to go on the tours almost every day because it is so incredibly nice to take a wood-fired sauna afterwards. Can be recommended if you get the opportunity at some point.

On one of my trips in "bear-land" I passed a nice "häbre" (old hayloft) which was apparently built in the 17th century at some point. They seemed to be able to make locks even at that time. Fantastic!

Door from 17th century.

The three pictures I share with you have, separately, some to do with a very important word: STEADFASTNESS.

There is an Afro-American proverb that says:

"Keep going!" and say some I can think.

"To be steadfast is to be steady, enduring and trustworthy (think back in the pictures). We remain true to our intentions no matter what happens.

Firmness grows every time we take on a challenge. It strengthens the will to continue when Life tests our determination. We choose a path and keep a steady course.

We are faithful and tolerant of those we love. We commit to something no matter how long it may take. We are like a steady ship in a storm. We do not allow ourselves to be broken or driven off course.

We are riding out the storm. "

By the way, today I decided to run the Stockholm marathon virtually.

I do it on Saturday 5/9 with type 16 laps around Lillsjön. Right now 15 km is going well so.. why wouldn't a couple of 15 km more do.

How was it now "..steady, enduring, trustworthy..".

Have a nice Thursday and be grateful for the gift of perseverance.

It gives you strength to endure!

The great sauna.

Keep smiling!

Keep saying HELLO to strangers!

Keep LOOKING AROUND THE CORNER!

Keep going!

Everyone has a choice!

Everyone has a choice!

Well, yes I do think so. Maybe not everywhere but here, in Sweden, where I live everyone do have a choice by their own.

I've been a part of Facebook for ten years now where the last four have been pretty tough. I also have understood that many people have benefited from what I formulated with both text and image but despite this, I now choose to become inactive on Facebook.

However, I will not put out of the digital world completely but instead I will write on my blog, for writing, that is something I have almost always done. I just like it!

The difference between a blog and Facebook is that it is not as stressful and that it instead becomes a bit more of a diary where I can write about my days and dreams and I have no expectations of any readers really because it is only for me myself.

Below I will give You some pictures of what it is all about for me. I love running but the last four years I have not been able to ran as I used to do in 47 years.

I can only see, understand and respect it!

I have a place up in the mountains and I realize it is only there I feel free when out running with my dog Malte. I have an unlimited view, exiting meetings and a great peace in my body and mind.

Just me - a human

At the beach

Where the path comes out from the forrest

Unlimited views

where the road leads us

Old barns and bears

A follower on one of my runnings

The Lodge

Dare to smile!
Dare a Hello!
Dare to peek around the corners!
Dare to follow Your dream!

Easy, Light and Smooth!
/Flexirun

MINDFULNESS

After a fairly physical leave, I am back in the home's safe corner. Feel good!

On my Big Lake Run 2013
One way try to try out Conscious Presence in the real life.

I've written a bit about different words and it will continue for a while. Until I finish so to say ..

Last week's words, wisdom, was nice, and before that there was perseverance that applied. This week I will use a word (or rather two) a little in the time that I will try to live up to as best I can.

The word is "Conscious Presence" or as it is usually written and pronounced: MINDFULNESS

On my own.

This means that I should try to live with consciousness and reflection in thoughts, words and actions. Waking up to the world around us, we experience feelings and moods fully and are extra aware of the needs of others.
Refuse to hurry myself. Living attentively can make life a little easier by helping me get distance to feelings.
Anger must turn into justice!
I will seek joy instead of desire and develop my interior and pay attention to the homework Life teaches me.
Presence provides peace of mind.

Just do it!

Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) is the oldest and most famous record of the daoism, and you can read the following:

"Can you cleanse your inner vision so that you see nothing but the light? Can you take a step back from yourself and thereby understand everything?"

I am grateful for the gift of conscious presence. It constantly makes me present.

Great Lake Run was my run around the lake
where I come from (222,5 km or 138,256 miles)

Well, you choose for yourself what you want to do but never forget:

Dare to laugh!
Dare to say hello! to a stranger!
Dare peek around the corner!
Dare to be present!

/Flexirun