Humanitarian

Helping Japan – my favourite things in life all come together to help

Emil Hegle Svendsen - one of the Norwegian Gold Medalists who donated their price money to Japan (CC-Creative Commons, Photo: Njaelkies lea (Lars Falkdalen Lindahl))

This week has been great with a big medal harvest in my No. 1 sport – Biathlon. The Norwegian biathletes Emil Hegle Svensen, Alexander Os and Ole Einar Bjørndalen won 4 x 7.5 km Relay Men on Friday but cancelled their victory celebration and donated their price money to the relief effort following the earthquake and tsunami catastrophy in Japan.

I have been a proud Lions member for 15 years. Yesterday Lions Clubs International Foundation announced that they aid the relief in Japan with US$1.25 Million.

The fantastic thing about Lions is that we are all volunteers. And we are present around the world, so Lions-members in Japan – with intimate local knowledge. That means that the money can be put to a more precise use.

13. March 2011 | Categories: Humanitarian | Leave a comment

The fine, thin line of life

Life or Death (Photo: Dimmed - From Flickr, liscense Creative Commons)

Life is so fragile. We are all walking this thin, invisible line from birth through life to death. And the line is invisible, so it’s almost impossible to know when we reach the end.

There are so many things in life blown out of proportions and often times the most important things in life is pushed aside. How much extra does it cost you to tell someone you love them? To give a hug or a kiss? To lend a helping hand? The answer: it costs no more than a little cellular energy, but it touches another human being and could very well be exactly what he or she needed to get that silver lining on all the dark clouds in the sky.

Show your fellow human beings that you care – the sooner the better!