How you can create a substantially better world to live in !
by Torbjörn Eliasson

H C Andersén (1805-1875), the famous author and poet wrote an amusing little tale about the Shepherdess and the Chimney-sweep I will recommend you to read:

"...the Chimney-sweep showed the Shepherdess the best places on which to set her little china foot, so at last they reached the top of the chimney, and sat themselves down, for they were very tired, as may be supposed. The sky, with all its stars, was over their heads, and below were the roofs of the town. They could see for a very long distance out into the wide world, and the poor little shepherdess leaned her head on her chimney-sweep’s shoulder, and wept till she washed the gilt off her sash; the world was so different to what she expected.

“-This is too much,” she said; “I cannot bear it, the world is too large. Oh, I wish I were safe back on the table. again, under the looking glass; I shall never be happy till I am safe back again. Now I have followed you out into the wide world, you will take me back, if you love me.” Then the chimney-sweep tried to reason with her, and spoke of the old Chinaman, and of the Major-general-field-sergeant-commander Billy-goat’s legs; but she sobbed so bitterly, and kissed her little chimney-sweep till he was obliged to do all she asked...."

It´s a beautiful tale, isn´t it. I love this story about the wide world truly different, fickle and plastic to what we can expect.

Unfortunately and suddently can things change in our life, the circumstances shift and become really different from what they used to be and what we supposed. It could be a divorce, an accident, or the sudden death of a person who we admired and liked.

A friend told me a story about how this happens to her when her father died a month before she were to leave for a holliday and just a couple of days before her dad's birthday. Her father had a massive heart attack and passed away. My friend was devistated. Her father had been a pillar of strength in her life, giving, honest and caring, just the perfect father. How could she go to a vacation now when she was buried so deep in sorrow? But she did go. First she could not believe the beauty of the magnificent place where she was and could not seem to enjoy herself at all. How could she, who just had lost someone that had meant everything to her.

My friend was sitting in the hotel one day after the other overlooking the beach crying and wallowing in self pity and grieve. Remembering her dad and the last gift he had given to her. It was a beautifull gold blackbird on a gold chain, given to her for no reason at all, a couple of months before the father´s death. I was wondering why he had given me this gift for no reason and why a blackbird? she said. One day she heard a tapping at the window, and there sitting on the sill was a blackbird in all his glorious. She stood up and approched him and still he sat there. When I was face to face with him, she said, he looked right at me "kissed" the window pane and then flew away. I knew this was a sign for me, from my father to enjoy the day, and every other day after that just like he had. She then went out and could enjoyed the splendor of her´s journey. She never forgot the "message" she recieved still trying to enjoy herself on every day.

In the USA there are five wishes one have to lets your family and doctors know if you need good health care: 1.The kind of medical treatment you want or don't want. 2.How comfortable you want to be. 3.How you want people to treat you. 4.What you want your loved ones to know. 5.Which person you want to make health care decisions for you when you can't make them yourself anymore.

When we have to face the choice, which some of the American citizens do, or when we meet the big challenge in life like my friend with the blackbird did, I´m sure we in general want to meet a gentleman as the little Chimney-sweep in the tale of HC Andersén. A wise gentleman who after facing us with all the desires of wilderness, can promise to take us back - back home again. For sure, everyone needs support and guidience in this wide large world from time to time. Sometimes just because (you can anonymous fill in and send this form):

If you answer yes to a number of these particular issues then perhaps I could be your Chimney-sweep and give contribution towards your needs to create a substantially better world to live in. There are ways around all forms of confusion even if it is a matter about emotionell feelings, anxiety, depression, inner fear, anger, emptiness or loneliness.

My contribution to your wishes toward a better world to live in can be:

1. To sharpen your skills of striving for excellent performance and to help you achieve the goals you want to achieve.
2. Improve integrity, flexibility, abilities, creativity and your cognitive emotional and social intelligence.
3. Strengthen your capacity and ability to: