Glow in the Darkness -category chronicles the early years of adapting to life as a disabled person, a time marked by profound challenges, self-reflection, and personal growth. Rooted in the practicalities of navigating daily life, “Glow in the Darkness” documents my journey of understanding myself and staying open to the unknown. While the spiritual perspective was less emphasized in those early writings, these experiences laid the foundation for future reflections, offering readers insights into perseverance, change, and the human spirit’s capacity to shine even in darkness.
My friend had left me but I had instantly found another friend, André, with whom I could talk about all kinds of things. I suddenly seemed to have an opinion on every issue. I was not only interested in matters that directly affected my own life, but I felt that I was affected by everything….
As I woke up from coma in the beginning of 1979 I had a feeling that some kind of miracle had happened to me. To my mind there are no miracles as such. I thought that the universe hardly operates against its own natural laws. A miracle was in my mind a sudden incident where…
My mother has always had a special place in my heart. When I was a child the connection between us was tangible: She was a part of me. Merely a glance between us was often enough to calm me down. She was a dress maker and I enjoyed watching her working:she took her blue measuring…
Just before the fatal New Years Eve I had finished the curriculum of my school. I had only the final exam before me that was needed to seal the school education.I had accomplished the first tests as I was in rehabilitation centre. In spring 1980 I completed the second part of the exam. Someone thought…
One year after the stroke, in the New Year’s Eve 1979, I was feeling like a newborn child. My former life time had passed by and nothing new was built to replace it. I felt that I had an endless amount of blank paper before me, on which I could create my life just as…
After nine months of hospital and rehabilitation treatment in 1979, I returned home, and all the memories about the previous months faded away. I felt that I was totally alone with my handicap. Medicine had done what it could to help me onto my feet. Thereafter, I had to find a way to continue with…
Half a year before I became disabled I travelled in Germany with an organisation promoting international exchange and explored German society and culture. My discoveries provoked a tremendous culture shock in me, which brought my concepts in chaos. I felt that I could not build anything on the values of this world. Everything appeared to…
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