[Arnfinn Madsen]

The world is not a Happy place, but it is a good place. Life isn't a prescheduled journey organized to make sure YOU are happy all the time. You are given your organs, a couple of parents to look out for you, and after that most of the time it is hard work. Many sad things will happen to you and your surroundings, your wife may get ill, you may lose your leg in a traffic accident, your good friend may die of cancer etc..

BUT, most people live through it. Why? Because the magic moments of life are worth to go through the suffering parts. Waking up a morning by a kiss of your girlfriend, shaking the hand of the old-time friend you never wanted to become enemies with in the first place, seeing your friend wake up from coma, looking into the eyes of a 4-year old smiling child and realize that you created her and made her happy.

When those magical moments happen or whenever you look back at them; you can boil some water, sit down with a delicious cup of tea in your great comfortable chair, open your exciting book about Buddha and realize, that he was a wise man for countering the harsh realities with hope, not resignation.