Thinking back to my first few years in the country, I remember vividly an interview I had with the dean of a foreign language institute in Osaka. The man was originally from Scotland, but had been in Japan for the better part of a decade. He was married to a Japanese woman, and spoke Japanese quite fluently. Yet despite his extended stay, he remained illiterate and still required even the simplest day-to-day documents to be translated for him by his staff. “How sad,” I thought, and how… Continue

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Colabears - is a personal development blog that is doing really well.

Living the healthy way - is a blog that has everything to do with exercise, general medical as well as eating healthy. I have also added living green as I feel it will fit in with where I want to take the blog.

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Healing our inner state of being is done with kindness and compassion. In this process, development of the heart is essential. We must learn to use our heart as an organ of perception and project a heart field that is open and generous. This path is one that leads from self-absorption to caring for others. When we realize that everything worthwhile in life is created as the result of love and concern for others we begin to recognize that everything we do leads to a consciousness evolution of… Continue

Now in this weekend here in Finland we celebrate Midsummer- Juhannus as we say in finnish!



Midsummer may simply refer to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, but more often refers to specific European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice, or that take place around June 24 and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between… Continue