you make me angry. welcome

I need to get some things straight here. As you know, my life philosophy is formed around a preferrence of certain hot liquid and a bloke who really liked trees, well, at least he got stuck up one quite awhile during Easter once. So, I'm not in any kind of trouble when it comes to my tea, don't worry. Yesterday I even learnt from a Somalian woman how to make Lipton's Yellow Label taste nice. No, the thing is, I'm bugged by a few lines this treehugger is supposed to have said at some point. Something like, Love your enemies.

Well, that's fine as long as you don't really have any enemies. And as I never really considered myself to be a warrior like person, I never considered the fact that I might have enemies. But as it happened I started to notice a tendency to get really pissed off with people. Really, really upset. And as my love language is all about sitting down with a cup of tea in my hand and talking and listening, I have decided that the only thing left to do, is to post the following invitation... So, if you belong to any of the following cathegories of people who piss me off, please feel yourself warmly welcomed to my home for a cuppa!

- anyone who likes really simple answers of the kind: smoke them out, forbid them, throw them out, shoot them, bomb them, extinguish them.
- anyone who really believes that the problems of the world can be solved through one particular political world view. Oh, yeah, if you're a marxist, please stay a week and bring lots of tea.
- anyone who thinks that women should fight oppression through sleeping around and having many abortions
- anyone who has read a religious scripture, in particular the Bible, and understood it.
- anyone who thinks women should be able to give the shit in their kids and live their own life
- anyone who thinks that women should care about their kids while men give the shit and live their own lives
- anyone who goes to Church on Sunday and talks with a soft voice but never with their neighbour
- anyone who gets really pissed of with other people and writes argumentative articles instead of just inviting them for tea.

Welcome! email me for directions: erikka.chapman@sverige.nu

a god with big ears and long arms

The miracle of prayer grabs my guts and shakes me around. Pure joy spreads within, and leaves me somewhat shredded and ripped apart. It is impossible to see God answer prayer without it shaking my entire world!

Thankyou for answering prayer God. Thankyou for actually touching the lives of the people we pray for. Thankyou for being almighty. Thankyou for being more real than anything else. Thankyou for rocking!

wild roses

summer came so slowly, i thought it would never arrive. then in an instant it threw itself at me through the window; a warm wind and a sudden outburst of bird song and green leaves.

I fear their petals will be like thorns.
I fear their beauty is more than I can bare.

living and loosing, such is the way of a wild rose. in anticipation of spring, a prayer in every broken branch. make out of me a burning bush... I long for love returning

my favourite poem of all

I know you've probably heard these words by Mother Theresa before, but I want to share them again because they come back to me at all times. When I doubt, when it's hard to believe in the power of good, I remember them. Just wanted to remind you guys... Love you all!

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win
some false friends and some true enemies;
succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank;
people may cheat you;
be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis
it is between you and God;
it was never between you and them anyway.