3. The Summers and the World

The summer means a continued focus on enjoying the company of family and friends and carrying out joint projects in our summer paradise north of Örebro by Lake Väringen. Additional small projects are warming us up for the “big” project - wooden decks, outdoor bathtubs and completed tool sheds are some of the small ones. In the future, the large project will ensure that we have more than 35 square meters available. The lot is narrow and sloping so every step we take in Sånnaboda needs to be carefully planned. But it is worth fighting for - it has a fantastic location and we want it to continue to be the wonderful paradise on earth that we can age in together with our children.

One can only say that the pandemic has made our summers more casual than before and almost a bit "in fashion". Because despite the restrictions easing - at least in part - during the summer, we perceive that the desire for relaxed re-creation in the close proxemity has become the center of the Swedes', or at least our, well-being.

The development around us is going at a furious pace and one can rightly say that acceleration today is accelerating. What was expensive or impossible yesterday is available and cheap today. Despite increasing inflation and electricity prices, it is a fact that we live in a time that has never given us better conditions than the generations before us. It almost does not matter in which direction we set our attention, it goes faster or gets better. Then, it is in our human nature to look at and pay attention to our problems and challenges we have in front of our eyes. Of course, there are unrest and a elemts of danger that is arising in our immediate proxemity in the form of mobilization for military conflict in eastern Europe. Our digital social climate does not benefit the good conversation and the polarization makes it increasingly difficult for us to find unity and common belief for our joint future, and not the least the challenges of climate change.

This is our idea - gather for a while at a sunset, at a dinner table or at a volleyball practice. Gathering strength that creates resistance to unnecessary conflicts and rather create a community to gather in. We can only pour energy into what fills your time with activities that create value for others. Do not get caught up in yourself or slave to an algorithm. Break free and see the beauty in what is around you - and not least all the wonderful young people who will carry us to the next generation when we grow old.