Missing my girls

This post is dedicated to some very special people –my girls…

Nothing makes life so beautiful as good friends.

These are the girls I have told my deepest secrets, shared my dreams and plans with, cried and laughed with.

I have left them several times when I have been travelling… I have missed them as well! But this time it feels different…  I always knew where to find them and that they would still be there when I returned. This time they are all over the place and I am here in Copenhagen, intending to stay here and they are intending to stay more or less where they are…

I use to meet with them during the summer in the park and have bubble-wine and chill out. Or meet for a coffee in the cafeteria at Uni or a café, talking about guys, frustrations with the studies or all the other duties we have. We use to get together for dinner at one of ours places.

This was then. Now we are either in different places or our lifes have changed to become busy with job and other duties. Our friendships are no less important or strong but things will never be the same. Now we meet during weekends for a party, a dinner or a cup of coffee or we talk over the phone…

I wish they were here with me in Copenhagen and we would have more time together. To meet in the park on a sunny Sunday, for a coffee in a café, for dinner and red wine, for shopping, for the cinema or a good movie at home… Some of them are here… but many of them are not… I will meet new great people, but they will never replace my girls.

When times have turned hard on me, these girls have been on my side. These are the girls who never judged me for whatever I have done. These are the girls who may think I am a bit crazy but who always support me in whatever plan or dream I tell them about.

 “A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”

This post is dedicated to my girls; Anne ,Bibi, Edith, Lene, Line, Maria, Stine and Stinne

Miss you girls ;)

Following my dream

I have a dream. I have never really known exactly how to fulfill this dream. Neither have I been in the position where I could dedicate myself completely to it. I have had to learn. I have had to develop. Now I am the point where I can dedicate myself 100% to my dream. Still I didn’t know how I would end up doing so. Often we only have a very small range of ideas about how we can fulfill our dreams and depending on your creativity, flexibility and maybe also your dream, then you may have more ideas about how one can follow that dream. However, often chances are also involved… And sometimes opportunities open your eyes for what could be the road for you to follow that dream

When I studied economics, I wanted to find a way where I could utilize my knowledge about economics to improve the situation in the world and help the people who are less fortunate. I wanted the impact to be great in scale, I wanted it to really matter. I wanted my efforts to make a real change.  I thought maybe the foreign affairs ministry, Danida, UN, or NGOs were my opportunities. I started to consider social business as a more likely option for me though because I really see potential here. However, none of these should end up being my first step.

By chance maybe, I have encountered an opportunity I had never considered before. What was for me still undefined suddenly is reality. It really matters to have a dream. To strive for something even when one doesn’t know how to follow it because when the right opportunity is right in front of you, you’ll know! I don’t know what the next steps will be after this first one, but I know something will come up…

Not knowing the next steps should never be an excuse for not following your dream!