The number of second-generation Finns - meaning people born in Finland with one or both parents born abroad - climbed above the 100,000 mark in 2025. Smallsteps is counted among them of course. But as

Introvert Talks - What Is Success And Failure?

Do you believe in life before death? A priest asked me this question recently. And indeed, it is the question we should ask ourselves when we feel that life might be more than what we currently have. Every

A glass of wine. I have been sipping at a bottle for the last week or so, and it has been quite enjoyable. However, even though it is a decent shiraz from Australia, it isn't as good as it could be, because

I always remember that it was on Holy Thursday that my soul returned to my body, exactly three years ago... That year, Holy Week fell on April 2, exactly two months after Dad had passed away, and although

I am closing in on 50. A few more years and I will be at half a century old. What this means is I have seen a few changes in culture over the years and my childhood environment was quite different to that

‎Hello everyone I'm @respect01 welcome to my blog and to be Reflection community. ‎I am a very gentle and creative person. I truly enjoy spending time with children and playing with them because their

Truly, we don't own our lives. Because if we did, we would see the future and prevent some things from happening. Yeah, that quote flashed through my mind when I confirmed what caused the crowd I saw on

Sometimes good news just pops up. Nothing that helps me at all, but someone I know is now expecting and I am just so happy for them and look forward to being even a tiny part in the life of their child.

Spent some time sitting on the patio yesterday getting some sun. Did some chores around the house. Felt good to do something after my episode and resting all weekend. While sitting there with the sun on

Progress. What a beautiful word. Promising, carrier of hope for the betterment of… everything. It’s been 7 years now since the exact same thing had happened to me. From one day to the other, my daughter

When it is my shift (we take it in turns) to put Smallsteps to bed, I read her books. We have read many, several series, and across various genres, and now we are reading the last we have in the shelf

Hope. We do a lot of hoping, don't we? We hope the best for them and us, we hope things will turn out alright, we hope that this will be good, or that won't happen. We hope a lot, but I wonder how much

For the couple months, I have been sitting at the kitchen table when I am at the laptop. Not sure why, but it has been better than on the couch upstairs, as I found myself too distracted there. Tonight

Pipped at the post. I don't know the last time I finished in the top 25 of the Modern Leaderboard, but with less than ten minutes to go before the end of season when maintenance also kicked in, I saw I

In the entire life sometime we think about the world around us and asked question to ourself how we spent our life how to save money and live a real life. Are You? if yes then is good you have mind :)

After a short, but amazing trip

Wouldn't it be nice to always live on the other side? Or perhaps I am living on the other side and what I am seeing over the fence is where I belong. You might have to do some thinking to work that one

Yesterday didn't go as planned. Woke up early. Didn't sleep well to begin with. But when I sat up in bed, I could tell it was gonna be one of those days. My head felt like it was in a fish bowl and I felt

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens