Size the day

Life’s to short to worry about shallow and material thing although it sometimes is neccessary to do so. About a week ago there was the tragic bus accident in Belgium killing eight children and all adults as well. They had just been on their annual ski trip – and everyone didn’t return…

Just some days ago a Norwegian military airplane crashed into a mountain ultimately killing everyone on board.

And earlier this week, there was school shooting in France killing at least four children.

All of these mentioned events are indeed very tragic, and it makes me realize how precious and fragile life can be. Try to focus on the positive things in life and smile more often. Don’t hesistate because you’re scared maybe the right moment or time never will come – maybe the same oppertunity might not return…

Lost generation

Less children these days are involved in sporting activites nevermind, that some of them are more expensive then others like ice hockey, soccer, tennis or golf.  Instead of plying soccer with your friends after school children nowadays seems more likely to stay indoors locked up in their rooms occupied with computer games. There’s no need to met and play with your friends in person not when you can hook up online and if you ever would need to talk with them you could call or text them or why not use Skype…

This is a problem of increasing concern since many sport clubs are having to tackle the problem of fewer people = less income. How are you supposed to get the younger generations still not in their teens interested in sports and outdoor activites ? X – Box 360 or Playstation doesn’t count as a sport activity at least not now…

Will we have no more Wayne Gretzky’s, Maradonas, Tiger Woods or Ian Thurpe’s ???

Is this a problem linked to the fastfood’s growing popularity, the current reccession, the lack of time or the fact that technology and computer games these days are much more advanced ?

Life’s purpose

Many people believe that the purpose of life is to have children, that doesn’t mean that everyone becomes parents. Some may actually not want to have children at all period.

But a majority do, some may be single and some may be infertile or homosexual for one reason or another. If you for some reason can’t become a parent by biology you can apply for adoption or try IVF. But in Sweden it’s more complicated if you’re a gay man or woman that like to have biological children. Apparently one of the requirements for being approved for a sex change is that you accept that you have to a vasectomy or tubal ligation.

With that said it’s still not socially accepted for Swedes to reject the sterilization IF they are serious in wanting a sex change. Thomas Beatie the first pregnant man has by now had 3 children, but he’s still the father and his wife is the mother.

If you want to adopt a child you have to fulfill the general requirements usually age requirement, health requirement and social status. And it’s still easier for single women to adopt while the same can’t be said for men.

Gratefulness

That’s a word I as an adoptee doesn’t really like (it’s nothing wrong with the word on its own) it’s when its put into a context of something else either linked or related to adoption.

Here’s another example of an entry in my other blog and this entry too titled Pain and greif .