Dienstag, 13. September 2011

Patrik 1,5

Because I am flying in a few days to my second home again I had recently watched a Swedish movie on DVD to refresh my Swedish. The film is called "Patrik 1.5" and is about adoption by a gay couple, but something is different than expected. As in real life too and that made me think of friends who might get a child within surrogacy or about a couple some can expect a child soon, to whom they can give a home. Both couples are lovely and I really which the best for them but for now both got other problems to get through.
And so I think about that in Germany there is even difficult for heterosexuals to adopt and surrogacy is banned at all. Which means you have to look for a mother outside the country and can't even be sure that the child will be yours 'cos the law.
For myself, as a single in a long period of time, the question of having a child is certainly one with two sides. Surely we can adopt their own, but it costs a lot of power and money and is considering the current situation probably greater responsibility and challenge than they did 30 years ago. On the other side, I was never thinkin' about adoption of children alone, always wanted to to it with a life partner.
The reality now is, it's even hard to adopt as a gay couple in Germany and the laws are not much better then ten years ago and moreover, many countries don't want to adopt children to gays. But above this, you try to plan and to explain how you would do the things you have to do when you have children, but then... what if situation changes? The laws are not on your side....
What if.... have you enough friends to help you, enough strength to go through, your parents still behind you?
Still so many people never think about this and just have children, no matter what and sometimes they have them just because it just happens, never was planed but couldn't change.

Am I thinkin' to much of it and do worry to much, cos life can always change in a way you never planed?
When you look at friends which are goin' through some mad and when you look around and see how difficult it can be to educate your child, or all the people which still think a child should only grow up with a mother and a father, it might seem you got a lot of warning.
So... still no Partner in sigth... Should I let this go forever and let it be... just be someone who never will have children like some others too, like a Girlfriend who is now too old???
But everytime I read about this and see a film about it -it's like a wake up call and I think, I would like to be parent. I'm sure I can be a good one.
Well I'm much aware of the fact that this is not the most important problem in the world.
And yes, I'll always say let's see how the way of life goes- the world will not go under because of this.

LOVE & LIGTH

Donnerstag, 8. September 2011

A Song I wrote... inspired by my last post


DEAR POPE

Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say I shouldn't
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say I come into hell
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say you know the right way
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but how dare you to say
my love is a wrong way
...
you are true with what you say
you are the only one who knows best...

oh how dare you to tell me about what's right from wrong
how dare you to tell me I should only sing your song
what makes it better to live your way when all you say seems to be a lie...
what do you know about the end of time...

Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say I shouldn't
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say I come into hell
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say you know the right way
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but how dare you to say
my love is a wrong way

when we have found out long ago
Love's the only way... all you need... to show
when we have nothing more to say
then just livin' a lovin' way and just to follow
the sunlight, the kiss of a sunshine
so tell me how can you say... how do you dare
how can you call me evil, if you're not even far from
...from being evil self- no you're livin' on a shell
to blind to see and unwilling to hear.. you are
to blind to realize that you act like the one you say you're against...
to blind to realize that you should live with body, soul and mind
to blind to live that lovin' life to see you're just a human child

so how dare you
how dare you to tell me
if you're not livin' as the words you speak...

mmh...
mmmmh...
that's why I want to to kiss, to show my love and ask you
why are you tellin' me you speak for us...?
mmmmm.....mmmmmmh...

Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say I shouldn't (shut up)
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say I come into hell (no way)
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but you say you know the right way (how can you)
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
but how dare you to say
my love is the wrong way (just listen..one time..)

stop talkin'
stop talkin'
to me unless we see, you really live the way you preach...
till then...

Kiss kiss I want to kiss
...my guy
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
...my child
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
...my life
Kiss kiss I want to kiss
...my brothers and sisters
...my kind
but how dare you to say
my love is a wrong way (so just listen..this time...)

-----------------------


TOM/ Berlin, Sept.2011

22. September and the Pope is on...

Hej folks,

a view days ago a friend of mine said we have so many other problems, but to demonstrate against the Pope. Well, on the one hand he's right but on the other hand I'm not agreeing with him. First I do not demonstrate agains the Pope... nor do I demonstrate against anything, because being against something does not help, it just gives you what you don't want so... what am I doing then? I'll go on the street to fight for something, for what I stand for, to say what I think and to ask...
Second, yes first we should look at our house, the problems on our doorstep but one reason we have these problems leeds as back in time and to the church and what they used to say and still say... guess I don't have to tell you about the past and yes I know many of our priests see things differently and acting contrary to what the Pope says or convert it from. But still... still take a look how can it be that some of the members of the church think that it's more worse that the fact that children have been abused by some of them came out and not the fact self.. they were more concerned that the image could suffer damage to the church than about the welfare of children.
Or how can the Catholic Church build a house of God in the poorest countries build out of pure marble and gold, in the middle of the desert, in front of all the poor people who need help, need food, a guide and a teacher...? We all know that the Vatican Bank is the richest bank in the world and yet the Pope is not much of it from, but still want to donate more. You could feed the world, but do not do it. Just empty words of help, of charity, of respect for human dignity ...?
And how can we all be equal, if the Pope tells us we can find Jesus only through the route of Catholics, otherwise we will not get the benefit of God felt. How can we all be equal, if the pope himself but actually increased, and a human like us?
Last but not least I fight for the right to love the way I want to , I am.. a naturally way of love- 'cos I think loves one of the greatest things in the world...
Oh before I forget... many people here in germany think it's o.k. when the pope comes to visit us and tell his story but what the hell has he to do in the german "Bundestag"???? He is not comin' as a Representatives or President of a country, but as head of the Catholic Church. So it is against all the rules in a speech to the Bundestag. We wonder why the politicians have agreed to this. How can you give someone such an important place, with the dictatorships in Africa is good?
But this is maybe a thing for another blog.
So folks, I stand up for more then one reason, show myself on the streets of live to show that I am a human with body, soul and mind... so I will be part of the -kiss in- part of the wall which the Pope has to pass.


With ...
LOVE & LIGHT

Donnerstag, 1. September 2011

Hello again!

Hello again,

after a long, long time and yes, first time in english but be sure I will write in german too the next time but now I must confess that I decided to write more then only about my time in Sweden.
Now -like a good friend of mine- I will write about anything and like he is saying... no topic is taboo...:-)
Well I am still back in Germany, but Sweden is still part
of my life and I am still thinkin' about trying it once again later... and yes I can surly say that I am home in Berlin as so in Gothenborg.
So when I visit my friends there- it's almost like comin' home.
But I was thinkin' since a long time ago to write about other things too... share my point of view and maybe we have something in common.
Guess most time I'll write in german, 'cos my english is not that good as I wish it should be and when I speak it's better but that depends on friends... sometimes I do sound strange because some friends makes me unsure of how to speak it out... funny at last if you think about, 'cos it doesn't really matter how you do, you always can learn and nobody has to be perfect..I know..:-)
Anyway... next time I will start writin' about art, music, politics, things that I am thinkin' about, things I want to share, books, films, fashion, healthy, way of livin' and so on...

LOVE & LIGHT...






Montag, 14. März 2011

Der Frühling kommt....

..........

....und beginnt mit dem Tag der sich in Schweden
-Semlor och Fettisdagen- nennt. Das ist ein Sonntag am Anfang vom März und bedeutet.. es dürfen die sagenumwobenen Semla (siehe Foto) und fettreiche Kost gegessen werden, also Kuchen, alles mit Sahne und dergleichen.
Die Sache ist nur die... Den "Semlor" essen die Schweden bereits kurz nach Weihnachten schon, denn er ist mittlerweile so beliebt, das sich die "Saison" auf drei Monate ausgebreitet hat. Die fettreiche Kost dagegen wird gerne nur an dem vorgesehenem Sonntag gegessen.
Ich muss sagen, ich bin auch ein grosser Fan davon, denn sie schmecken wirklich toll. Wie man sieht ist es eine recht leichte Teigware, mit viel Sahne und einer Füllung aus Marzipan, Mandel und Orangenanteilen. Perfekt zum Kaffee zu geniessen.
Selbstverständlich gibt es regelrechte Wettbewerbe, welcher Bäcker die Besten macht.
Aber für jeden Touristen sei es zwischen Januar und März sehr empfohlen, sich welche zu kaufen und sie zu geniessen.
Was auch heisst, ich war wieder einmal in meinem zweiten zuhause, habe Freunde besucht und einmal mehr den Winter in Schweden erleben dürfen, der sich genauso beharrlich zeigt, wie im letzten Jahr, wenn auch nicht mit der gleichen Masse an Schnee.
Nun aber kann der Frühling wahrlich kommen, auch wenn der Winter in den letzten Tagen noch einmal seine Anwesenheit zeigte, indem es auch noch im Süden Schwedens schneite.

Aber nun wünsche ich erst einmal allen einen schönen Frühlingsanfang und viel Sonne, damit die Glieder sich wärmen und wir uns wieder mehr an der frischen Luft aufhalten können.

see you sooon.....

S.