31 juli 2012

"Peace monuments of war material" (video)

A spontaneous visit on a cultural event in Arboga turned into a funny raid. Before we knew it, Jesper and I stood in the spotlight on the stage and had all the attention from the audience. What we had attended was actually an opening ceremony with the international cultural 'top'. They had gathered to make sculptures of peace from old pieces of war material. Broken machines, weapons etc.. Amongst eminent proffesors and ministers we were asked to give a short presentation of our "journey of peace". And so we did..!

Why Statues of Liberties and sculptures of peace when all you need is a hug? ;)


You gotta watch the video until the end..!

Elin

P.S. On the pic, our dear Simon preparing us a lovely breakfast. Pancakes! :D



27 juli 2012

Increase the peace. Smile!


We had a great stay in Uppsala! A lovely mother of a nice couchsurfer took very good care of us and inspired us with her burning charisma to keep spreading joy. Hopefully many people got advantage of the outcome (above) :P
With 2000 km behind us and 4500 km ahead we've had 44 people joining us with vehicles/long boards or roller skates so far. So come on everybody! Make sure to pinpoint the right date in your calendar when we pass your city. Don't mind if you don't have any bike, you're always welcome to jog along!

"If you wait for perfect conditions,
you'll never get anything done."

Elin

26 juli 2012

Ordinary bicycle


 
Until now..
We got the advantage to have lunch with some tent-nomads. Bingo! Some swedish people who live in a tent all year round..! They were not anti the society, nor trying to affect anybody. Simply aiming for simplicity. Hopefully we'll have the chance to meet them again at their current camp in a few weeks.
We also got the advantage to try an ordinary bicycle when we left Gävle. That was a funny experience!

It always seems impossible until it's done ;)
Elin


25 juli 2012

Trying a new name


Howdy everyone :)
I'll make my best to pick out a nice variation of happenings since the last time I wrote.

While asking for filling up our water bottles Jesper and I met some sweet oldies. They were sharing a house on the countryside and were very open minded and glad. It seemed like an exceptional model of how I'd like to spend my days when I grow old.

When we reached Ljusdal a young guy joined us on his BMX. His name was Sam and I really like that name. Jesper suggested that he could call me Sam too, so for a few days I had a go on that name. With this exotic experience I might wish being called something new one day. Just for fun..

Earlier in Bollnäs we were sharing a flat of one room with nine other youths. Though their young age they were really altruistic and filled our hearts with delight for many days. :)
Let there be Peace on Earth
and Let it Begin with Me

Elin

24 juli 2012

I AM

Elisabet Sahtuoris, evolutionary biologist: "What's the most important meditation we can do now?"

Dalai Lama: "Critical thinking followed by action. Discern what the world is, notice the plot, the scenario of this human drama and then figure out where your talent might fit in to make a better world. And each of us must do something that makes our heart sing, because no one wanna do it with us if we're not passionate and inspired."

Howard Zinn: "Every word you order to another human being has an affect. But you don't know it. If people began to understand that change comes about as result of millions of tiny acts that seem totally insignificant, well, then they wouldn't hesitate to take those tiny acts."


With our warmest recommend we encourage everyone to watch this movie while it's still avaliable.

/Jesper and Elin

18 juli 2012

Glädje i bilrutan

En del dagar när solen skiner så där lite extra känner vi för att sprida glädje lite mer utöver de vanliga kramkampanjerna som vi utför. Flera bilar i Sundsvall blev här berikade med uppmuntrande och tänkvärda ord. Kanske har ägarna hört om oss och anar att Unicycling 4 Love varit i farten, kanske undrar de fortfarande vem avsändaren var..

Låt ovanlighet bli vanlighet för ovanlighetens skull!

Elin

PS. Inspiration hämtad från Fredsuppdraget

17 juli 2012

Radio P4 Blekinge och fredsuppdrag nr 198 :)


Fredsuppdrag nr 198, check!
Isabella som vi har bott hos i två dagar får sig en annorlunda överraskning nästa gång hon besöker toan..! För er som är nyfikna, kika gärna vidare på Fredsuppdraget.

Dagens radiointervju "Lyssna på: 11.00 - 11.30 tisdag 17 jul 2012" och spola fram till 6:50 P4 Blekinge

Mycket nöje!
Elin

16 juli 2012

Heja Linus!


Igår cyklade vi nästan 10 mil från Kramfors till Sundsvall och Linus (till höger) cyklade med oss hela vägen! Han är en av våra hjältar :) Linus är en av många som har blivit utstött och utsatt för mobbning för att han har varit den han är. Otroligt nog har Linus fortsatt vara sig själv. 
Elin och jag gör denna resa för organisationen Friends som jobbar mot mobbning. Vår och Friends vision är ett samhälle där barn och ungdomar växer upp i trygghet och jämlikhet med ödmjukhet och respekt för allas olikheter. Ingen kan göra allt, men alla kan göra något!

Genom att sms:a HUG till 72 980 så bidrar du med 20 kr till barns och ungas trygghet i vardagen.

Sprid gärna vårt budskap!
Kram Jesper

15 juli 2012

Fredsuppdraget


Fredsuppdrag nr 159, check!
Det var en gång en Jesper som siktade på månens kant. Denne samme Jesper han cyklade till världens brant.
Många honom frågade om han hade vett i sinn'. 
Jesper bara log och sa: "Jag bara följer drömmen min".
 I varje stad det delas ut en gratis kram till de som vill. Kramarna tar aldrig slut, så passa på och ta en till!

:) Elin

Fredsuppdraget startades 1:a Januari 2012 av Micke Gunnarsson.
 Idén är enkel. Micke kommer att lansera ett nytt uppdrag varje dag 07.00 under hela 2012 med syfte att, som han själv säger, hålla sig vaken.
Ett litet uppdrag som kan genomföras under dagen, detta för att skapa lite mer fred i sig själv. En slags gratis "personlig utvecklings kurs" på ett år med syfte att förändra världen :)


"Om jag sluter fred, får vi fred"

13 juli 2012

Radio P4 Örnsköldsvik (samt Gällivare-Porjus teckenspråk)


 

Senaste radiointervjun gjordes här i Örnsköldsvik. Lyssna på7.30-8.00 fredag 13 jul och spola fram till 22:10. Hörs det att det blev en tidig morgon? :p

Och så lite om resan mellan Gällivare och Porjus (svenskt teckenspråk)

Kram! Elin

9 juli 2012

Be the change!

 Someone told me that there are many people knowing more about what's happening on the television than how their 

friends and family are doing. Is that really so?

Make new friends or take the time to hang out with your old friends! Discover the fantastic possibilities of networking! Dare to ask others for help when you need it. Dare to give compliments more often! Dare to smile at people even if you don't know them.
If we have the power to create disaster, we also have the power to maintain peace. In spite of everything, that's what many people claim they want. And it starts within yourself.

Be the change!

/Elin

6 juli 2012

Wake up call (and a beautiful video)

Leafy willows embracing us in Swedens most northern vegetated area and after three weeks with much rain the sun is finally shining on us again! People from Piteå are known to be very friendly. According to the highest number of hugs we've reached (so far), they really live up to the record! Let's see if any other city can peak ;)

But getting closer the reality isn't always like discovering a sunshine story in the pouring rain. I approached an old man asking him if he also wanted a hug. He nodded and replied that he didn't have anyone at all to hug. His common law wife was long gone dead and now he was alone. That man's face when he looked at me really affected me and I thought about a friend of mine who works within the police system. My friend has taken care of corpses and seen too many apartments where terribly many swedish die alone. Nobody missing the old ones. It's common that the corpses have been lying for several weeks. All fermented when they're finally found. Neighbours complaining about an strange odour and then calling the police..
Today I met a guy from Africa. He was temporarily working in Sweden and seemed sad about our culture. We often pretend not to see if there's another person in the same room. We avoid eye contact with people we meet. We rarely give things spontaneously but for someone's birthday or at Christmas many of us buy and give presents in a forced way. For what reason? What are we so afraid of?

Face it, instead of competing and comparing we succeed and reach a higher level of satisfaction when we're collaborating and helping each other. Mother Earth has enough resources to provide everybodies needs. Not everybodies desire.

When you change the way you look at things, things you look at change.

/Elin