Giving Thanks

Greetings!!


Tonight I find my self amazingly grateful for everything and everybody in my life..
On Friday I had the worst possible meeting, it's a LONG time since I have gotten a worse and more unfair treatment.
And for that, I am VERY grateful..


It reminded me of what truly matters in life, and that is the people around me..
My children.. My sweetheart.. My family, my brothers and sisters around in the world.. That is what really matters, you really do mean a lot to me.
And I am grateful, for you each and every one!
I am even grateful to mr. money-man in Innovation Norway who sadly lost his dignity and manhood while he was shouting, screaming, swearing and acting like a mad man.. With out a reason! And!
In front of me and my 4 year old son...
Me I learn what matters.. My son learn swearing, how mom looks like when she cry and what angry men looks like... The rest i try to explain to him, he will overstand soon too.


Luckily, he is not used to people acting like that, and that is also a Blessing!
But this man, i have to say it reminded me of rabies or something.. Really!!
It´s almost a little "lol", cuz it was completely out of the blue, and for NO reason.. 
I hope he get happy soon, so i will try to send this man some good vibes, he needs it!


No matter what!
Life AND projects go on!
I will soon be so blessed to give a live report straight from the beach in Caribbean! WooooHooooo
Good things happens to good girls ;))

Beautiful Day!

Greetings!!


Today has been a wonderful day, quiet and nice with no turbulence, but lovely sunshine from morning to night.
I also find out I have been counting wrong on my travel-back-to-Switzerland-countdown!! I have been adding a day!!
What a Blessing :))

Also having a way way longer journey, but I will not say to where till I am there..
But I have a hint, it is FAR, far far away from Norway and it's plenty Beaches!


Some pictures from the day

Just been relaxing a little in the sun, my snow-sofa

On my way out, the smile is all about the fact that i soon can put away that jacket for a while..!! =))

Lucky lucky me!


Much love and blessings!

Gambia Diary

As i started up saying..

This Blog will be a huge mix, of things concerning me in life.

This night i started to think about the time i spend in Gambia, and wish to share a piece of my diary with you.

It is a long writing, but the words is from the heart!

It is hard to explain in short words how grateful i am to this experience, because, it was after this trip that i dared to give my own projects a chance.
Life is Beautiful!

Much Love and much Blessings to you all!

Monica

20/10-08 

I have so much to write after this journey, 3 weeks in Gambia, meeting children, adults and the elder has put a deep trace in me. 

The whole country has put a trace in me. To come from “luxury Norway” go to Gambia, live completely on the floor in the ghetto, sleep on the floor, eat on the floor, take a shower in a bucket with a cup, has been amazing. 

I would never believe the transition would go so smooth, and I would never believe that living like this actually makes me more happy...!

But to come from Gambia and back to Norway, that was not that easy.

This journey has with no doubt been a big turning point in my life. 

A good turning point! Amazing things has happen each and every day. 

When I left Norway, my bag was full, and I give away it all before I go back to Norway. 

And I pack my bag FULL of things I sell here, and give back the money to the once making the items. 

And, I also bring the presents I get from the amazing people.

So here I am, sitting here with no money on my account and almost no clothes. But I would do the same again, because the feeling you have after giving what you feel like giving and making room for the heart to do the actions, 

is a true blessing, it’s hard to find the right words to describe the feeling. 

Here is a little piece I write, on my straw-math bed in Gambia...

7/10-08 

I am still in Gambia, was supposed to leave, but I just had to stay a little while longer. 

I cant explain the WAY I love life here, but it’s just not time to go. 

Have been a little scared that I have not used my time right here. Because I  have mostly been talking to people and tried to understand the life that they have, with a BIG dose of empathy but also a understanding that, 

the people who now is around me, is born, raised and used to the life here. 

Every day I hear “We are poor, but we are happy” and those words truly describe Gambians.

But, by talking to people, and trying my best to understand and to feel the life here. 

I see the needs here, off course, education and work.. !

Today I decided to help a young man get a license to drive, he with to be a taxi driver, and a young boy who wish a bigger education... 

And i think that can be a good investment for the future.

After deciding this, I sit down and wonder why I choose two young but still grownups to help out.

I had to think a little while before I found the answer, but then I suddenly understand what my heart meant. These two guys have their hole life ahead 

of them, they have nothing but their dreams, visions and wish to create a goodlife for them selves is BIG. 

But they have not yet got the chance. And I was also thinking, maybe these boys become fathers in few years.. Maybe they get a wife, a family to provide for.

So by helping a man or a woman in the age of these guys (20 and 21) 

you also help them in the right direction of getting a good job, that gives a solid income, so they might manage to pay for their own children’s education. 

So, maybe by doing this, I can help out some few families to be happy in the future.

Today I have also been visiting a little beautiful girl, who was frightful sick.. 

She needed a surgery in her stomach to get the chance to grow up... 

But what is needed for a life-necessary surgery? Yea... money.. 

So I pay for her surgery, that amazing and beautiful little princess, and I buy in a bag of rice to the family so they might get a more easy “month to come”.

When I get to the compound where this child lives it was filled with sorrow, when I left it was filled with joy. 

Words can not describe the feeling I am going to bed with, right in this moment.

Thank you God, for blessing me!

Picture selection:

My sponsor child and the goat i give him.
She is dead, but she get babies who are in good health.

Bacau street

The nicest room in the world!

Effective shower!

Me and my sponsor child

So sad to leave, but i at least TRIED to give a smile to the camera! =))

What Ah Gwaaan?

Since i started working with reggae, i have come across a lot of fun happenings!

and Jamaicans, they are funny, the way they talk...

I nah understand that much some times, i will tell a little story. =)

In 2009 we had Dubtonic Kru in Norway for shows.. (www.dubtonickru.com)

And i was SO lucky to be a part of it, and to help out in the way i could.

Since i was helping much out, it was a lot of planning and a lot of communication. 

I was talking with members of the Kru before they arrive, flight info, contracts, and all of the stuff that needs to be fixed.

And every time we talk on the phone, they say:
“Heeeeey Mooni! What ah gwaaaan??”

And to be honest, i did not know what it meant at all, "What ah gwaaan" did not make any sense to me. 

I got so confused so i call a good friend of mine, who have been in to the reggae way longer than me.

I asked her What does: "What ah gwaaan” mean?

Typically i call her while she was on a party and in a funny mood, but she say she definitely knows what it means..

She say it means: “You are sooooo beautiful”..

And i BELIEVED her...!

After about 2 weeks, the Dubtonic Kru arrive to Norway...

As they come out from the flight greeting us, they say:  “Heeeeey, what ah Gwaaaan??”

And me i say in return:  “Oooh Thank you thank you SO much!!!” 

I thought they where telling me i was Beautiful.... (LOLLLL)

They stay in Norway for 5 day´s, and after hearing “Heeey Moni, what ah gwaaan?”  for 4 days, from 5 different band members, 

i was thanking them and thanking them for the compliments i thought they give me..But i get a little smile and a laugh after each time.

After the 4´th day, i hear the drummer ask the base player: “Heeey, what ah gwaan??”

THEN i react, because i could not believe that he was just tellim HIM that HE was beautiful..?!?

OMG, i thought i was going to die when i find out it means “Heeey What is going ooon”, i even thought they where lying, lol. 

This was a wonderful start to a long term friendship with the Dubtonic Kru.

And i will laugh about this for a very very long time!

Wish you back in Norway soon, highly Welcome!

Please check out the music of this great band this is VIIIIIBES!! 

And with a GREAT sense of humor! =))

Much Love and Much Blessings

Monica

Who owns the world?

                                              
Maria Amelie is now being thrown out of 
Norway, because of her status as "illegal immigrant"..
I advice to read 
the story behind my question to get a full overstanding about the immigration system in Europe.




WHO owns this world?
Who do the government think they are, to run and control people like this? I KNOW positivity is always always the thing, but this is madness and i get sad in my heart, i feel embarrassed, because a treatment like this i NEVER support.


We are ALL equal, and we all should have the right to go and stay and live and be and be happy no matter where we are born or where we are from..
I Never see God with a pen in his hand, drawing lines across Mother Earth, saying that "You who are born here, can control the people born over here"


But the world leaders do not care how many lives they destroy, as long as they got the power.
Luckily people are starting to react now, hundreds of thousands supporting this girl, and i pray and hope the fight against the leaders continues, one issue after another..
WE are more than the government, i wonder why we let them control us..
I am done, i resign, i just do not know where i can do it. Any one want to join me to resign from this system? =)


One Family, One Love!

A BIG and warm Welcome!

After months of thinking, i am finally ready to open and share my blog and parts of my life and thoughts with people. 

I KNOW i have been slow, but really not used to share too much of my self in the public, but things has changed lately.. 

The whole world is changing lately, so now i feel it is the right time to start! =)

In my blog there will be a HUGE mix, because, my life is a HUGE mix!

Many of you know i am working with reggae, and music is a major part of my life....And i hope it will be for a very very long time to come! 

At the moment, i am not working so much with the music in Norway, but i am so so blessed to be more out international and for that i am truly grateful.

Shows here and shows there, MUCH fun, absolutely fantastic-great-amazing people.

Life is good, and i am soo deeply humbled and grateful for my life and each and every one in it.

But many of you do not know, since i was a little little girl, spirituality has been a big focus to me, and a huge part of me 

(and also for all other people in the world, whether you are aware or not ;))

This is something i tried to hold back for many many years, since people "like me" very often get´s marked as crazy.. 

I am not a crazy person, very normal, but the spirituality in me can never be ignored again, or pretend does not exist with me any more, it is like loosing a part of my self..

There is a Higher Spirit guarding us, guiding us and are IN us, someone is there 100% all the time, so in this sense... 

I think it is really smart to think about HOW you treat people around you, the nature around you, everything around you like, reeeeally think about it..! 

And, the poles are finally shifting now, been looking forward for this time for years and years..

People... The time is HERE! =)) Will write much more about this soon, and have good links to share also.

I have gotten questions concerning why i have chosen to live outside of the "normal". And my answer is that it is not my choice, i do not think my way trough what to do, i more feel my way trough life. 

(well don´t get me wrong, i do think a lot!! but it´s not from the mind my ideas come from). I do what i feel like doing, checking where i feel to be, what my hearts tells me to do..

And for me that has been the absolute best best way of living, and if i one night dream that i am going some where,  it ALWAYS happens, and i end up in that “somewhere”. 

Will also write about this later.

Off course negativity along the way, a lot of it too, but that is SUCH a blessing!  

Because for me to learn, experience is the best way. It´s a perfect balance, it´s the beauty of Life. 

Sometimes, to close doors can be very rough...

Until you see the shining light of that other door right in front of you opening up..

With fantastic people, treating you with nothing but much Love and much Respect, great experiences, new places, a fresh start! And that WILL happen as far as you believe it. (i say this with experience!)

"What you give IS what you get" it is more than lyrics in a song..!! 

So dear people, STAY Positive, LIVE IN LOVE!!! and let your heart guide you trough life, it is my advice today, and every day.

I have a whole lot to write about, and i am looking forward to share this blog with you all.

Thanks for reading!

Way way more to come!

Feel free to post, comment and share =)

Blessed Love
&
BIG SMILE to you all