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Gratitude and healing reflected in the morning mist over the lake.

Tacksamhet och självläkning – när tacksamheten hittar hem

Den här texten handlar om tacksamhet och självläkning – inte som en tanke, utan som en känsla som bor i kroppen.
En tacksamhet som växer fram i mötet mellan naturen, föreläsningarna, skrivandet och de där små ögonblicken då jag känner att jag landar i mig själv.
Den här texten handlar om tacksamhet och självläkning, en resa från kroppen till hjärtat.
Det är ett av alla steg jag tagit på vägen till att bli helare samtidigt till att bli min egen vän.

Read this post in English ->Gratitude and Healing That Always Remain


Tacksamheten som följt mig

Tacksamheten och självläkningen som alltid finns där

Jag har funderat mycket den här veckan på hur tacksamheten bor i nästan allt som rört sig i mig.
Hur naturen har funnits där, sida vid sida med alla föreläsningar jag lyssnat på och de bad jag gjort.
Från regn och blåst till en morgon där solen speglade sig i vattnet.
Kylan som omsluter mig, stegen upp ur sjön och den härliga känslan när kölden förvandlas till värme.

Tacksamhet över känslorna som bor i kroppen, och en otroligt stor tacksamhet över alla föreläsningar som Flow Summit Sweden har presenterat under veckan.
De har gett mig tankar och kunskaper, möten med andras perspektiv som sedan landat i mig och format nya tankar – tankar sprungna ur mig själv.


När orden landar i mig

Jag har lagt tid på att sätta orden i bloggen, och det har känts levande i mig när jag suttit där och skrivit.
Jag har skrivit inifrån – och låtit orden ta vägen ut.
När jag blivit klar med ett inlägg har jag känt mig klar på ett helt annat sätt än innan. Dagens ord har på något sätt landat.

I den stunden har det bott mycket tacksamhet.
Dagen har kunnat börja först när inlägget blivit postat.
Då har jag börjat lyssna på nya föreläsningar, tagit in de ord som levererats till mig och låtit dem landa i mig, på samma sätt som mina egna ord får landa hos andra.


När känslorna hittar hem

När tacksamheten helar

Jag har hittat och kopplat känslorna i kroppen till de historiska händelser som en gång hänt.
Jag har lagt känslorna där de hör hemma, och hittat nya sätt att känna tacksamhet över att just de känslorna faktiskt var bra – en gång i tiden.
De hjälpte mig då, men jag ser nu att de inte längre är utvecklande idag.

Känslan har blivit ett aha.
Ett tack till det som en gång skyddade mig:
Tack för att du hjälpte mig då – men nu behöver jag inte dig längre.

Nu ser jag hur vissa känslor inte längre är hjälpande.
De gör mig liten, hämmad, och hindrar mig från att växa.
Att se det, och kunna tacka dem innan jag släpper taget, har blivit en form av tyst frihet.


När jag landar i mig själv

När ceremonin sker – den som bara tar några sekunder – känner jag mig närmare mig själv, i mitt jag.
Jag känner tacksamhet över att jag inte längre behöver reagera på samma sätt som förut, och över att jag hittat en nyckel till att bli helare, renare i mitt uttryck till mig själv.
Jag landar i mig själv.

Tankarna blir klarare.
Jag ser att det aldrig handlade om att skydda mitt jag – utan om att ta, och behålla, den plats som faktiskt är min.

Genom livet upplever vi saker. Vi ser, känner och gör för att skydda oss, för att skapa någon form av trygghet.
Ibland tystar vi ner oss själva när vi egentligen vill skrika.
Vi låter sången inom oss stanna upp – för att omgivningen behövde tystnaden, och mindre plats av oss.


När vi blir mindre oss själva

Vi blir mindre och mindre oss själva, kanske för att omgivningen är krävande.
Där, i vår litenhet, hittar vi ibland en falsk trygghet – en trygghet som var hjälpsam just då, i den stunden.

Men långt där inne i oss bubblar något.
Som en seg sörja, eller som knäcksmet som kokar – tills den till sist stelnar.
Och när den har stelnat, då har det lilla jaget inom oss formats till något som mest liknar omgivningens förväntningar.

Det är inte jag.
Och det är inte du.
Det är ett jag byggt av andras förväntningar.

Vi blir stela, återhållsamma och tysta.
Det är där vi behöver rensa upp, ställa den stelnade sörjan i vatten – precis som vi gör med kastrullen när vi kokat knäck.

Vi gör det genom att hitta till källan av de känslor som spelar oss spratt ibland.
Precis som jag skrev i inlägget Blogga på två språk – Vi är två som vågar – det handlade egentligen inte om henne.
Det handlade om mig.
Hela vägen.
Och jag är så tacksam över att jag hittade det.


När isen smälter och värmen återvänder

När jag börjar tina upp den stelnade massan inom mig händer något stillsamt men kraftfullt.
Det är som att jag långsamt börjar andas igen.
Platsen i mig som tidigare var hård och stel blir mjuk, och det uppstår rörelse där stillheten en gång bott.

Jag märker hur det finns värme i kroppen – en värme som inte kommer utifrån, utan inifrån.
Det är min egen värme.
Min röst som återvänder, min kraft som kommer hem.

Ibland känns det ovant. Nästan för stort.
Men det är också djupt befriande.
För när jag tillåter mig att vara jag, då börjar världen omkring mig också förändras.
Den blir inte lika trång.
Jag blir inte lika liten.
Jag tar plats – och det är inte längre skrämmande.
Det är bara sant.


När modet växer i det lilla

Det blir större, för jag hittar till vintern i det lilla – till stillheten, kylan, skönheten i det som är naket och sant.
Allt omkring mig känns större, och jag blir modigare.
Modigare än jag kanske vågat vara tidigare.

Det kan vara något så litet som att skriva en kommentar på hennes blogg.
Att våga hylla att vi båda använder två språk, att säga:
Jag ser dig. Jag vågar stå bredvid dig, inte bakom.

Det är i de små stegen som modet växer.
I de små rörelserna där jag inte längre gömmer mig, utan deltar.
Och kanske är det just där – i det lilla, i det enkla, i den stilla vintern inom mig – som jag blir som mest levande.

Små förändringar – samma träd, samma plats

Varje morgon har jag stått vid samma träd, vid samma sjö.
Jag har tagit samma bild – men aldrig har den blivit likadan.
Vattnet har skiftat från blått till grått, från blankt till krusat.
Ljuset har bytt ton, himlen har talat olika språk.

En bild varje morgon – samma träd, samma plats. Fem dagar av förändring.


De små förändringarna har blivit en påminnelse om hur livet rör sig, även när det ser stilla ut.
Precis som trädet står där, stadigt och tyst, har jag fått stå i min egen stillhet och se hur något förändras inom mig.
Det är i det lilla – i nyanserna, i skiftningarna – som livet händer.
Det är där tacksamheten och självläkningen får synas utan att behöva bevisa sig.


Att bli en god vän till mig själv

Kanske handlar inte allt det här om just den här veckan.
Men det är ett av alla steg jag tagit för att nå dit jag är idag – till platsen där jag är jag, och där jag faktiskt är en riktigt god vän till mig själv.

Jag är en fantastisk och fin människa, i mig själv.
Och det var jag också som barn – den lilla som inte visste hur världen fungerade, men som trodde på magin och såg blommorna i sitt inre.

Då rensade jag inte trädgården från blommorna.
För jag såg dem för vad de var – blommor.
Mitt vuxna jag, däremot, rensade bort vissa och kallade dem ogräs.
Men nu ser jag att allt det där som växte i mig hade sin plats.
Varenda blomma, varenda tagg, varenda färg – allt var jag.


Tacksamheten som alltid finns där

När jag ser tillbaka på veckan känner jag hur tacksamheten hela tiden har följt mig.
Som en stilla ström under allt det andra.
Den har bott i badet, i orden, i föreläsningarna, i mötena och i tystnaden efteråt.

Den har följt mig när jag hittat till gamla känslor, tackat dem och släppt taget.
När jag vågat skriva, vågat se, vågat känna.
När jag tinat upp det som varit stelt och vågat ta min plats.

Tacksamheten är inte längre något jag måste leta efter.
Den bor i mig nu – som en mild värme som säger:
Du är här. Du är hel. Du får ta plats.


Reflektion – ur mitt jag

När jag ser tillbaka på orden jag skrivit känner jag hur jag blivit lite mer hel.
Jag har mött de delar av mig som en gång skyddade mig, och jag har tackat dem.
Genom tacksamhet och självläkning har jag börjat höra min egen röst tydligare – den som länge väntat på att få tala.
Det är som att jag äntligen har börjat leva i takt med mig själv, inte emot.


Mellan raderna – min röst

Mellan raderna andas något stillsamt: en kvinna som inte längre kämpar för att bli förstådd, utan som förstått sig själv.
Hon står kvar i sin egen värme, även när vinden blåser kallt.
Hon har slutat be om ursäkt för sin känslighet, och börjat se den som sin största styrka. Genom tacksamhet och självläkning har jag börjat höra min egen röst tydligare.


AHA – mellan raderna

Det som en gång var en försvarsmekanism har blivit en lärare.
Jag inser att självläkning inte handlar om att bli någon annan, utan om att komma hem till det jag alltid varit.
Tacksamheten är inte ett avslut – den är början på något nytt.


Fråga till dig som läser

När kände du senast tacksamhet över något litet – något som kanske ingen annan ens märkte, men som förändrade din dag?

Slutord – Resan fortsätter

Resan är inte klar.
Men jag tror att jag har hoppat på rätt tåg, från rätt perrong.
Vägen framåt är längre än jag kan se just nu – men det gör inget.
För jag sitter i rätt vagn, med mig själv som sällskap.

Och om jag får uppleva att vakna i morgon,
då börjar nästa del av resan.
Den som kallas livet.


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Avslutande ord

Igår är historia som gett mig dagens kunskaper i just detta nu, morgondagen kommer kanske även det bli något som gett mig kunskaper i detta nuet. Det säger mig att varje nu är viktigt det kan hela rena och vara, Det som gäller är att våga se, våga uppleva, reflketera och leva just här i detta nuet just nu

Carina Ikonen Nilsson
Idag fick jag vara temperaturmäterska. Graderna pendlade mellan 9,4 och 9,1° – en stilla påminnelse om att förändring börjar i det lilla

Gårdagen har redan lagt sig till ro i historien.
Morgondagen väntar längre fram.
Men just nu – det är här livet händer.

Gratitude and healing reflected in the morning mist over the lake.

Gratitude and Healing That Always Remain

This text is about gratitude and healing — not as an idea, but as a feeling that lives in the body.
It grows quietly in the space between nature, words, and those small everyday moments when I find myself again.
It is one of many steps I’ve taken on my way to becoming whole — to becoming my own friend.

Read this post in Swedish → Tacksamhet och självläkning – när tacksamheten hittar hem


Gratitude that Follows Me

This week I’ve been thinking a lot about how gratitude seems to live in almost everything that moves through me.
How nature has stayed close — side by side with the lectures I’ve listened to and the cold morning swims I’ve done.
From rain and wind to a morning when the sun mirrored itself in the water.
The cold embracing me, the steps out of the lake, and that wonderful moment when chill turns into warmth.

Gratitude for the feelings that live inside my body, and deep gratitude for the many talks from Flow Summit Sweden – Day 6.
They brought new thoughts and insights — encounters with others’ perspectives that later landed in me, shaping new thoughts of my own.


When Words Land Inside Me

I’ve spent time putting my words into the blog, and it has felt alive in me while I write.
I write from the inside out, letting the words find their own way.
When I finish a post, I feel finished in a different way. The day’s words have somehow landed.

In that moment, there is always gratitude.
The day can begin only once the post is shared.
Then I start listening to new lectures, taking in new words that are delivered to me — letting them settle within me, the same way my own words might settle within someone else.


When Feelings Find Their Home

I have traced the feelings in my body back to the moments they were born.
I’ve placed them where they belong, and found new ways to feel gratitude for what once kept me safe — feelings that were right for their time.
They helped me then, but I can see now that they no longer help me grow.

That insight has become my quiet aha.
A thank you to what once protected me:
Thank you for helping me then — but I don’t need you anymore.

Now I can see how certain feelings have turned from helpers into barriers.
They make me smaller, hold me back, and keep me from growing.
Seeing that — and thanking them before letting them go — has become a silent form of freedom.


When I Land in Myself

When the inner ceremony happens — one that only takes a few seconds — I feel closer to myself, to my own being.
I feel gratitude that I no longer react in the same ways, and that I’ve found a key to being more whole, more honest in how I express myself to me.
I land inside myself.

My thoughts become clearer.
I realize it was never about protecting my identity — it was about taking, and keeping, the place that is mine to hold.

Through life we experience things. We see, feel, and act in ways meant to protect us, to create a sense of safety.
Sometimes we silence ourselves when we want to scream.
We let the song inside us fade because those around us needed quiet — and less of us.


When We Become Less Ourselves

We grow smaller, sometimes because the world around us demands it.
In that smallness, we find a kind of false safety — one that may have helped us once, in that specific moment.

But deep inside, something keeps bubbling.
Like thick syrup or toffee that simmers — until it hardens.
And when it finally sets, the small child within us has become what the world expected us to be.

That’s not me.
And it’s not you.
It’s a self made from others’ expectations.

We become stiff, held back, and quiet.
That’s when we need to soften again — to fill that hardened space with water, the same way we soak a pan after boiling sugar.
We do it by tracing our feelings back to their source, to understand the small tricks they still play on us.

Just like I wrote in my post Blogging in Two Languages – We’re Two Who Dare — it wasn’t really about her.
It was about me.
All the way through.
And I’m grateful I found that.


When Ice Melts and Warmth Returns

When I begin to soften that hardened space inside me, something powerful happens in silence.
It’s as if I can finally breathe again.
The place that once felt cold and rigid begins to move — warmth spreads where stillness used to live.

I notice that the warmth doesn’t come from outside, but from within.
It’s my own warmth.
My voice returning, my strength coming home.

Sometimes it feels unfamiliar, almost too big.
But it’s deeply liberating.
Because when I allow myself to be me, the world around me begins to shift too.
It’s no longer as narrow.
I’m no longer as small.
I take up space — and it no longer scares me.
It just feels true.


Small Changes – Same Tree, Same Place

Every morning I’ve stood by the same tree, beside the same lake.
I’ve taken the same photo — but it never turned out the same.
The water changed from blue to grey, from calm to rippled.
The light shifted, the sky spoke different languages.

Those small changes reminded me that life keeps moving, even when it looks still.
Just like the tree stands steady and silent, I’ve been standing in my own stillness, watching something shift inside me.
It’s in the small things — the shades, the quiet changes — where life truly happens.
That’s where gratitude and healing become visible without having to prove themselves.


Becoming My Own Friend

Maybe this isn’t all about this week alone.
But it’s one of many steps that have brought me here — to the place where I am me, and where I truly am my own friend.

I am a beautiful, kind person — within myself.
And I was that even as a child — that little one who didn’t yet know how the world worked, but who believed in magic and saw flowers growing inside her.

Back then, I didn’t pull the weeds from my garden.
Because I didn’t see weeds — I saw flowers.
As an adult, I’ve removed some of them and called them unwanted.
But now I see that everything that’s grown in me has its place.
Every flower, every thorn, every color — all of it is me.


Gratitude That Always Remains

Looking back, I can see that gratitude has always followed me.
Like a quiet stream beneath everything else.
It has lived in my morning swims, in my words, in the lectures, in the silences that came after.

It’s been there when I found old feelings, thanked them, and let them go.
When I dared to write, to see, to feel.
When I softened what was rigid and allowed myself to take space.

Gratitude is no longer something I search for.
It lives in me now — as a soft warmth whispering:
You’re here. You’re whole. You belong.


Reflection – from within myself

When I look back at these words, I can feel how I’ve become a little more whole.
I’ve met the parts of me that once protected me, and I’ve thanked them.
Through gratitude and healing, I’ve begun to hear my own voice — the one that waited patiently to be heard.
It feels as if I’m finally living in rhythm with myself, not against.
Through gratitude and healing, I’ve begun to hear my own voice more clearly.


Between the Lines – My Voice

Between the lines, something calm is breathing:
a woman who no longer fights to be understood — she understands herself.
She stands in her own warmth, even when the wind is cold.
She no longer apologizes for her sensitivity — she sees it as her greatest strength.


AHA – Between the Lines

What was once a defense has become a teacher.
I realize that healing isn’t about becoming someone else — it’s about coming home to who I’ve always been.
And gratitude isn’t an ending — it’s the beginning of something new.
What was once a defense has become a teacher.
I realize that healing isn’t about becoming someone else — it’s about coming home to who I’ve always been.
And gratitude isn’t an ending — it’s the beginning of something new.
I realize that gratitude and healing aren’t an ending — they’re the beginning of something new.


Question to You

When was the last time you felt gratitude for something small — something no one else noticed, but that changed your day?


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Closing Words

Yesterday has already found its rest in history.
Tomorrow waits further ahead.
But right now — this is where life happens.


Today, I got to be the temperature keeper.
The water danced between 9.4° and 9.1°C – a quiet reminder that change always begins in the smallest of degrees.

The Journey Continues

The journey isn’t over.
But I believe I’ve boarded the right train, from the right platform.
The road ahead is longer than I can see — and that’s okay.
Because I’m in the right carriage, with myself as company.

And if I get to wake up tomorrow,
the journey will continue — the one we call life.


When feelings get stuck in the body and create tension – the body speaking before the mind.

Emotional Day with Family

– Between Meetings, Feelings, and an Evening with Alfred

An emotional day with family can hold both tiredness, joy, and quiet reflection. Sometimes everyday life becomes so full of people and meetings that the body finally needs rest. Yet it’s in those very days that small moments grow – a look, a child’s laughter, or a shared pause where everything finds its place.

Read this post in Swedish->Känsloladdad dag med familjen


The Beginning of an Emotional Day with Family

Yesterday was an emotional day at home. The hours were filled with people, encounters, and emotions pulling in every direction. When evening came and I went to bed, I was tired – not only in my body but deep down in my bones.
There will be no swim today, since I’m going to the hospital in town and later to a meeting in the afternoon. I can already feel that I’ll miss that morning swim, but who knows – maybe tomorrow will come, and I’ll be there again.
It truly was an emotional day with family, filled with encounters and moments that lingered late into the evening.


Evening Visit and Warm Bonds in an Emotional Day with Family

Last night little Alfred came by. As soon as he had said hello to me, he went straight to the little boy.
The little boy is Alfred’s idol. He looks up to him, and gaming is their shared interest.

It warms my heart to see how caring the little boy is, saving items in the game for Alfred so they can play together and help each other find their way. All last week he kept asking when Alfred would come – just so he could give him those things.


Emotional day with family – AI-generated image of two children playing a computer game together, symbolizing connection, joy, and friendship.

AI-generated illustration created by ChatGPT (OpenAI). The image does not depict Alfred or the little boy; it is a symbolic image representing connection and joy between children through gaming.


On Saturday he couldn’t wait any longer, so I called Alfred. Afterwards I felt a quiet relief spreading through the house. They decided to play together on Sunday.
It’s beautiful to see their bond despite the age difference. Even if it’s mostly about gaming, that’s where they meet – in their joy and play.


An Emotional Day with Family – Between Hope, Joy, and Sorrow

I didn’t know a single body could hold so many feelings. Yesterday I moved between hope and despair, happiness, joy, and sorrow – all in one day.

When Alfred and his mother arrived, it felt comforting. She knows, and she sees. That’s why it feels good to share my thoughts with her.
I almost wish it were like that trip to Ullared again – miles of conversation and quiet togetherness. Maybe we’ll plan another trip soon. It doesn’t have to be Ullared – just a mother-and-daughter day. That’s enough.

I also want to mention my neighbor, whom I sometimes link to here on the blog. She creates lovely short films and educational materials for children. I’m so grateful that she exists.
Yesterday, when I wrote that I and the blog were taking a break, she reached out and asked how I was – if something was wrong. That’s care in action. She’s such a kind and gentle soul, and compassion always lives in her.
If you’d like to see her work with educational films for young children, click here:
Visit my neighbor’s children’s film projects


Between the Lines – My Voice on an Emotional Day with Family

Sometimes a single day carries the whole range of what it means to be human. When emotions shift, the heart works hard, and tiredness finally becomes a kind of rest.
Life happens in those small moments – in a child’s laughter, in a daughter’s gaze, in the feeling of being truly seen.
There, in simplicity, lies strength.
Sometimes an emotional day with family reminds us how strong the bonds really are – whether they show themselves in silence, play, or care.

If you want to read more texts about reflection and self-healing, you can find them here:
Reflection & Self-Healing

How often do you pause in the middle of everyday life’s rush and truly ask yourself – how am I feeling right now, really?


Final Words

You don’t know that what happened yesterday might follow you in your feelings today.
Where they take you – that’s a question for the future, if you are granted another day.
Not everyone gets a new day, which tells me – it’s today that truly matters, always.

Carina Ikonen Nilsson taking a winter swim in the lake wearing a yellow hat – a moment of stillness and courage when grief knocks again.
Carina Ikonen Nilsson

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Blog statistics and the rhythm of writing – reflection by the lake where thoughts and words flow freely.

Blog writing rhythm and statistics | Malix.se

Sometimes, blog statistics and the rhythm of writing aren’t about numbers at all — but about feeling.
This week, I’ve started to understand how my blog lives a life of its own — breathing, growing, moving on waves I no longer try to control.

Read this post in Swedish ->Bloggstatistik och skrivandets rytm – när orden blir till andning


Blog Statistics and the Rhythm of Writing – When the Blog Finds Its Own Voice

Something shifts when we dare to let go a little.
This week, I shared gently.
The PERMA model and the body-centered perspective in everyday life was posted once — and then allowed to rest.
But Dreams and Self-Reflection – When Life Becomes Learning got to travel a little further.

Perhaps because it reminded me of something essential:
When theory meets feeling, something real begins to happen.

And it did.


The Blog in Motion – and Google Comes Visiting

I can see now that the blog carries itself.
It moves — almost like a living being.
When I looked at my stats this week, I saw something that made me smile:
Google had found its way here — for real.

Over the past few weeks, 180 people have arrived through Google searches.
They searched for comfort, well-being, NPF, reflection — and somehow, they found me.

It feels almost unreal to think that my words find their own way out into the world.
That the blog has begun to speak with its own voice — and that Google has started to listen.

But it didn’t happen by chance.
It came through exploration, learning, patience — and a quiet curiosity about how things truly work.
In that process, I realized that knowledge doesn’t have to be hard or cold.
It can be soft, human, and alive.

Morning rhythm of writing – reflection and blog statistics at malix.se.

When Technology Meets Emotion

Sometimes it’s enough to simply float along — like when I swim in the lake.
The water moves gently around me, the sound of ripples merging with my breath.
And suddenly, everything becomes one — me, the water, and the moment.

It might sound strange to say this in a post about Google and statistics, but that’s how it feels:
The blog floats on the waves and basks in Google’s light.

It’s not the numbers that matter most — it’s the knowing that my words can be found.
That someone, somewhere, might search for exactly what I wrote in a quiet moment — and find it.


Blog Statistics and the Rhythm of Writing – Google on a Visit

This week’s stats looked much like before:
Daily views, readers from Sweden, the U.S., Ireland, and Australia.
But what matters to me isn’t the number — it’s the rhythm.

It lives.
It breathes.
And I’m beginning to understand how it all connects.

I learned that Google finds my blog through something called a sitemap — a map of everything I’ve written.
Each time I click “Publish”, a little signal is sent out:

“There’s something new to read here.”

It feels a bit magical.
Maybe that’s what I love most — that technology doesn’t have to be stiff or sterile.
It can be poetic.
It can breathe.


Blog Statistics and the Rhythm of Writing – Not Just Numbers

I’ve been blogging since 2009.
You’d think I’d know all of this by now — how Google finds posts, what a sitemap is, how analytics work.
But the truth is, I’ve spent more time writing than measuring.
More time telling stories than counting them.

And maybe that’s why I still love it — because even the numbers now feel alive, like proof that my words are moving out into the world.

Perhaps there are others who feel the same.
It takes time to understand how far our words travel, long after we’ve written them.

Maybe that’s why I still blog — because every time I think I’ve understood it all, something new appears to be learned — in writing, and in life.


FAQ – About Blogging and Endurance

How long does a blog usually last?
Most blogs live between 6 months and 2 years. Many start with inspiration, then fade when time or direction runs out.

How many bloggers keep writing after five years?
Only about 5%. Those who do often write from an inner need — not to chase followers or numbers.

What do long-term bloggers have in common?
They’ve found their rhythm. They write when something needs to be said, not when a schedule demands it.
They let their blog grow with their life.

Do you ever “finish” being a blogger?
Not really. Writing changes as life does. It’s the journey, not the destination, that keeps you going.

How long have you been blogging, Carina?
I started in 2009 — and sixteen years later, I’m still here.
That makes me proud.
Because with ADHD, where focus often shifts quickly, this is something I’ve carried with me all the way.
Maybe this is where my flow lives — in words, in rhythm, in the act of writing myself forward.

And maybe it connects with my studies in counselling.
Because both writing and therapy are about words — presence, listening, and language that can bring change.

Your advice to others who want to write for years?
Write when you need to, not when you should.
Let your blog be a place for breathing, not performing.
Follow what feels true — that’s where your direction lives.

I believe blog statistics and the rhythm of writing both tell the same story — of movement, presence, and life.


Also Read – Conversations, Healing, and Reflection

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When Words Become Breath

I think I’m beginning to understand what this is all about.
To write, to read, to breathe — they all belong together.

Words have followed me for sixteen years, but only now have they started whispering back.
They’ve become my way to live, to listen, to understand — the world, and myself.

Maybe this is what it feels like to truly breathe.
Not because you must, but because you want to.


AHA

I realize that I’ve arrived — to the place where I begin to see how everything connects: words, technology, and trust.
I want to keep exploring, but at my own pace.
Not to perform — but to learn, in my rhythm, in my language.


Between the Lines – Where I Live

There’s a quiet pride here.
A feeling that I finally see the fruits of everything I’ve built since 2009.
I’m learning, understanding, still growing.

Maybe this is my way — never finished, always becoming.

Carina Ikonen Nilsson

“Yesterday has already settled into history, tomorrow waits a little further ahead.
But right now — this is where life happens.”
Carina Ikonen Nilsson


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Gratitude and healing reflected in the morning mist over the lake.

Blog Statistics malix.se October 2025

Blog statistics malix.se October 2025 shows two quiet weeks without social media sharing, yet readers kept finding their way here. On trust, quiet weeks, and a blog that stands on its own

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Blog statistics malix.se October 2025 – when I stopped sharing

Blog statistics malix.se October 2025 reflects two quiet weeks when I chose not to share any posts on social media.
No links on Facebook, no Threads updates – just quiet publishing.
It wasn’t planned as an experiment, but it turned out to be one.
A test of trust.

What happens when I let my words travel on their own, without pushing them forward?
The answer came slowly but clearly: the blog lives, even in silence.


When words find their own way

Even without sharing, readers still found their way here.
Not as quickly as before, but with a different kind of presence.
It feels as if people now come because they want to, not because a link appeared in a feed.

That thought makes me quietly happy.
malix.se seems to have become a place people return to – not just pass by.


Blog statistics and what they tell about direction

Looking at the most-read posts, a familiar pattern appears.
Texts about positive psychology, gratitude, and the slower rhythm of everyday life continue to speak to people.
When I write straight from the heart – about calm mornings, autumn colors, or a simple act of presence – those words stay alive the longest.

Maybe that’s why the traffic remains stable, even without social media.
When words come from honesty, they find their way.


Readers from near and far

Blog statistics malix.se October 2025 also shows that readers keep coming from many parts of the world.
Mostly from Sweden, but also from the United States, India, and Greece.
It feels almost magical to imagine someone far away reading about my misty morning swim at a Swedish lake – and perhaps recognizing the same stillness in their own way.


When the blog carries itself

A few readers chose to support the blog through PayPal.
That means more than words can tell.
Behind each click is someone who recognized something in what I wrote,
someone who wants the writing to continue.
That quiet encouragement is a sign that the blog truly carries itself.


Two weeks of reflection – blog statistics malix.se October 2025

Two weeks without social media became two weeks of trust.
I learned that I don’t need to shout to be heard.
The blog stands there like a steady friend, breathing on its own when I let it.

Maybe life works the same way – sometimes we need to rest from chasing,
to see that what we already have actually works.


Looking back – two quiet weeks

The week before was much the same.
I shared sparingly, almost not at all, and expected the traffic to drop.
But it didn’t.
Views remained steady, readers stayed, and malix.se continued in its own rhythm.
It feels like the blog has grown into something larger than my efforts –
a space that lives on, even when I am silent.


AHA – between the lines

When we release control, we discover the quiet strength in what we’ve already built.


Two weeks of reflection – blog statistics malix.se October 2025

Two quiet weeks gave me peace.
No scheduling, no posting, no links – only writing, publishing, and letting go.
Maybe that’s where I want to stay for a while –
somewhere between movement and stillness,
between doing and simply being.


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Yesterday has already settled into history, tomorrow waits ahead.
But right now – this is where life happens.
– Carina Ikonen Nilsson

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Why I Write – When Words Begin to Breathe

Why I write is more than words on a screen.
It is a lifeline, a way to understand myself and the world around me.
Sometimes I wonder if there’s someone out there who recognizes themselves in my writing — someone who, by reading, finds comfort, stillness, or perhaps the courage to start writing, too.
Because when we share our words, a sense of connection is created – and two will always be more than one.

Read this post in Swedish → Läs inlägget på svenska


Why I Write – When Words Begin to Breathe

I don’t write to earn money.
I write to breathe.

To understand what I feel but can’t always explain.
To give space to thoughts that otherwise grow too many, too strong, or too silent.
When I write, I find my way back home to myself – one breath at a time.

Sometimes the words don’t come right away.
They wait, as if they need time to mature before becoming sentences.
In that silence, something important happens – things I don’t yet understand, but still feel.
That’s where the words are born, slowly, as if they’re searching for me as much as I’m searching for them.

There are many words inside me.
Words carrying memories, scents, voices, and dreams.
Words that have been quiet for too long, but eventually want to come out – not to be read, but to be free.


A Morning by the Lake

When I finally drove to the lake, the sky was magically beautiful.
I loved every centimeter of the road that led me there – the trees along the way shimmered in golden light as the sun tried to break through the autumn air.
At the lake, everything was a quiet performance for whoever happened to be watching – and that morning, that someone was me.

A small squirrel climbed playfully in a tree while the surface of the lake lay mirror-still.
The water was ten degrees, the air cold, and together they created a silver mist that rose like breath from the surface.
It was refreshing, life-affirming, and breathtakingly beautiful – a moment where every cell in my body awakened to life.
A perfect way to begin the day: a gift to myself, a loving way of greeting the morning.

Morning mist over a mirror-still lake surrounded by autumn-colored trees and a small raft by the shore – a quiet moment reflecting why I write: presence, stillness, and life in motion.
Morning by the lake. The water was perfectly still, the mist rising like breath – a reminder of why I write: to breathe, to feel, and to be right here, right now.

Why I Write – When Someone Recognizes Themselves

Maybe there’s someone out there who receives my words and feels something familiar.
Maybe that person becomes a little less lonely.
Because then there are two of us – and two are always more than one.

Maybe someone out there becomes inspired.
Someone who, by reading my blog, dares to share their own words and feel the same quiet joy I feel every morning when I open up malix.se.
When I see a little hello from another part of the world, a new flag, or just numbers whispering that someone took the time to read – it feels like a silent conversation.


When Stories Meet

Someone reads about Oskar – the child who finds school harder than most.
Maybe it brings comfort to a parent fighting for their own Oskar in a world that doesn’t always understand.
Maybe it brings hope – a sense of not being alone, a will to keep going, to find small insights, new thoughts, and strength in knowing that others are trying to understand too.

That’s why I write.
Not for applause or statistics – but for the closeness between words, between people.
So that there will be a place where everyday life can breathe, where sorrow can speak, and where joy can whisper its quiet thank you.

I don’t write so the world will listen.
I write so that someone, somewhere, perhaps today, will feel that we are two.


Questions for You, the Reader

  • What do my words awaken in you?
  • Have you ever written to understand, rather than to explain?
  • What does it mean to you to share something personal – big or small – with another person?

AHA – Between the Lines

Words are not born from a need to be seen,
but from a longing to reach out.
When someone recognizes themselves, something quiet but profound happens – meaning takes form in the meeting.


Between the Lines – My Voice

When I share my words, I become less alone.
And when you read them, perhaps you do too.
Together we create a space where life can be what it truly is.


Why I Write – Reflection

Writing is like exhaling after a long day.
It’s not always neat or beautiful, but it’s real.
And in every text, in every sentence, there’s a piece of the stillness I seek – and sometimes find.


Quote

Live today, right now. Right now is always a place to rest, a place to dare to feel.
Yesterday isn’t here, and we can’t change it.
What we have is now – and tomorrow will be the memories we make today.
How do we want to create them?
I want to create memories filled with moments of kindness, respect, and authenticity.
Right now is what matters.
– Carina Ikonen Nilsson


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Mushrooms growing side by side in nature – a symbol of harmony, balance, and ethics and morality in everyday life.

Ethics and Morality in Everyday Life – a Misty Morning

A misty morning by the lake awakens thoughts about stillness, rhythm and ethics and morality in everyday life. In the cold clarity of the water, body and mind wake up together, reaching for balance.

Read this post in Swedish ->En ny morgon – om etik och moral i vardagen


Just like in nature, we grow best when balance, respect and cooperation are allowed to exist side by side.


Morning Swim, Coffee Aroma and Ethics and Morality in Everyday Life

It was another beautiful morning.
The night had been restless – tossing and turning, warm, cold, warm again.
But now it was morning, a new day to take care of. The coffee beside me smelled rich and aromatic. My grandmother’s lamps were lit, spreading their soft glow across the dark dawn.

Before 7:50 I was already by the lake.
On the way there, mist hung thick, and the world felt almost enchanted. A woodpecker climbed a tree while small birds fluttered around its trunk mirrored in the still water.

The morning lay quiet and misty over the lake in Högsäter. Here, surrounded by silence and birds, the day began with a cold and invigorating swim – a moment of stillness and reflection on ethics and morality in everyday life.

Misty morning at the lake in Högsäter – silence, reflection and awakening with ethics and morality in everyday life.
The morning lay quiet and misty over the lake in Högsäter. Here, among birds and stillness, the day began with a cold and life-giving swim – a moment of reflection on ethics and morality in everyday life.

The water held just over ten degrees, and therefore the chill awakened every part of me. I floated for a while, breathing in the silence. Leaves from the tree at the water’s edge drifted like small islands on the surface – the whole morning felt like a painting, still and almost unreal.


New Swim Cap and the Steps Home – Ethics and Morality in Everyday Life

Today I also wore my new swim cap, the one that says “Vinterbadarna i Högsäter – Keep Up.”
I smiled as I put it on, because it felt like a promise to myself – to keep going, to hold on, even when it’s cold.

Grey swim cap with the text “Vinterbadarna i Högsäter – Keep Up” – symbol of strength, connection and ethics and morality in everyday life.
The new swim cap – Vinterbadarna in Högsäter – became a small joy of the day. A reminder to keep going, even through the cold. Sometimes, that’s what ethics and morality in everyday life truly means.

The new swim cap – Vinterbadarna i Högsäter, Keep Up – became a small joy of the day.
A reminder to keep going, even when the cold bites.
However, sometimes that’s what ethics and morality in everyday life really means – to continue in love, even through resistance.

Homemade muesli roasting in the oven – the scent of simple joy and ethics and morality in everyday life.
After the swim came warmth. The scent of oranges, raisins and freshly roasted muesli filled the kitchen – a reminder of simple joy and ethics and morality in everyday life.

When I stepped out of the water, wrapped myself in my robe and drove home, breakfast was waiting.
My cottage-cheese bread with orange and raisins filled the air with pure joy. In the oven, a new tray of homemade muesli was roasting, and the day ahead would hold reading – a little mindfulness, personal growth, and conversation methodology.
That will be enough for today.


After the swim came warmth. The scent of oranges, raisins and freshly roasted muesli filled the kitchen – a reminder of simple joy and ethics and morality in everyday life.


Thoughts on Ethics and Morality in Everyday Life

Yesterday morning I spent time reading my study notes, reflecting on what truly matters in the subjects of ethics and grief.
Ethics is a topic I’ve always loved deeply. Over the years, I’ve seen what happens when people act without it.
So much goes wrong when ethical thinking is missing from how we treat one another.

It’s an important topic, one that needs to be discussed in workplaces and in society at large.
We need more ethics and morality in everyday life – among politicians, healthcare workers, municipalities and schools.
Everywhere people meet, there must be understanding, dignity and respect.

We all need to keep working on this, especially those of us in helping professions.
Our ethical compass should guide us to reflect on what we did, what worked well, and what could have been better.

The person we meet often wants to do right but can’t – not yet.
If the encounter becomes tense or difficult, we must still meet them with respect and remind ourselves:

They want to, but they can’t. Not yet.

When we hold that understanding, it becomes possible to meet – even in the storm.
I’ve met many people who have been in that place of helplessness, unable to act in the moment.
It’s not easy, still, when the compass is set right, there are always paths to take.


When the Child Is Caught in Between – Ethics, Morality and Alienation

Lately I’ve been reading a lot about parental alienation.
It appears everywhere – in articles, discussions and social media.
The situation where a child is pulled away from one parent, and what that does to their heart.

It’s clear to me that a parent who turns a child against the other does the child a deep disservice.
Their actions tell the child, silently:

You’re only good enough if you think like me.

But there’s another side, too.
Sometimes it isn’t about the will to harm, but about fear, pain or anger.
A parent who feels betrayed or afraid of losing their child might draw them too close – and in doing so, pull them away from another part of themselves.
Because the child is made of both parents.

Research shows that children in such situations often feel confusion, sadness, guilt and shame.
They love both parents but are forced to choose, often without understanding why.
They learn early that some feelings can’t be shown, that certain memories should be hidden, and that loyalty comes with a price.

Inside grows a quiet grief – over what’s no longer shared.
As adults, many describe a sense of never being enough.
Love became conditional:

You’re good only if you choose the right side.

But there is hope.
Because as much as a child carries pain, they also carry the strength to heal, given support, safety and understanding.
A child is never broken – only wounded. And wounds can heal.

Read more about Parental Alienation – Psychological Impact on Children.


Distance and Quiet Hope

Sometimes I think it’s not about will or malice at all, but rather about fear.
the fear of conflict, of losing peace, of stirring things up.
Perhaps that’s why some choose distance: to protect stillness, not to cause harm.

I try to remember that silence doesn’t always mean rejection.
Sometimes it’s simply a way of finding calm.
Yet even silence carries weight – it holds words that were never said.

I don’t know what the road ahead looks like,
but I do know that love doesn’t disappear just because we can’t meet.
It remains, like a soft breath in the air – waiting, quiet, without demand.
And perhaps, one day, it will find its way back again.


Ethics in the Small and the Great

In the end, all of this is really about ethics and morality in everyday life, just in different forms.
When we talk about alienation, or about the distance between people,
what we’re really talking about is how we meet each other as human beings.

Ethics doesn’t just belong in workplaces or institutions.
It lives in our daily lives, in our relationships,
in how we speak about one another, and in what we let our children hear.

To meet another person with dignity, respect and understanding – that is the essence of ethics.
To see that even those who have hurt us might carry something we cannot see.
To remain in what is true and good, even when it hurts.

For me, this has become clear: ethics isn’t just something I study.
It’s something I try to live – in every meeting, in every thought.
That’s where the path begins, in work and in life.


Reflection on Ethics and Morality in Everyday Life

Ethics. Morality. Humanity.
Three words that may sound big, yet at their heart, they mean simply seeing each other with kindness.
Therefore, before we judge, we pause. Before we reply, we listen.
And remembering – we never truly know what another person carries inside.

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But right now – this is where life happens.

– Carina Ikonen Nilsson


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Lit candles in a window surrounded by green plants – a quiet morning symbol of structure and balance in everyday life.

Structure and Balance in Everyday Life – A Morning Reflection

A slightly different morning at home. Today, there will be no swim, because a parent-teacher meeting on Teams awaits. The missed swim instead gave way to a long, warm shower — not at all the same as walking down to the lake, but still lovely. Perhaps that’s what it’s all about — finding structure and balance in everyday life, even when the day doesn’t turn out as planned.

Read this post in Swedish → Struktur och balans i vardagen – en morgonreflektion


Morning Without the Lake – But Not Without Stillness

A warm cup of coffee on a quiet morning – a moment of structure and balance in everyday life.

My coffee stands beside me as my thoughts wander between schoolwork and household tasks. Right now, a bit of anxiety lives in my body — piles of papers waiting to be read and reflected on. I know I need to find structure; however, I don’t want it to become like last time. Back then, I studied around the clock and felt anxious whenever I wasn’t studying.

This time, I want balance. I’ll ask AI to help me create a structure for my studies and everything else that needs doing. What did we actually do before AI? How did we manage to fit the puzzle pieces of life together?


Studies, Solitude and a New Kind of Companion in the Search for Structure and Balance in Everyday Life

After the meeting, I’ll return to my reading. The subject interests me, and when it does, words flow more easily. My ADHD helps here — when curiosity takes over, focus follows. But I miss classmates — someone to discuss and practice with. For now, AI has become my conversation partner. It works, but it’s not the same as having another person to share ideas with.

It’s quieter this way. Still, in the quiet, there’s also space to listen inward.

I recently wrote about Living with Positive Psychology.


The Little One, the Room and Everyday Rhythm

Yesterday, my little one wanted to rearrange his room. It happens fast when he does it — furniture moves, but not much else. When I rearrange, I want to clean behind, underneath, and around everything. The small clutter probably slept with him last night. He can sleep with anything — Lego pieces, chips, you name it. Everything except spiders and wasps.

It’s in those small moments that everyday life truly lives. That’s where warmth hides — right in the middle of all the stress.


Thoughts of Hugo and the Ache of Longing

Yesterday, I saw on Instagram that little Hugo, my grandson, was sick.
It feels strange to only learn what happens in my grandchildren’s lives through social media. We live just a mile apart, yet contact travels through a screen. He’s grown so much now. I imagine his words are clear, that you can understand everything he says.

Those thoughts hurt, but I try to turn them around: it’s good that he gets to rest while he’s ill.
My little one. I would have liked to bring ice cream and a comic — the kind of things you bring to someone who’s sick. But some wishes have to remain just that — wishes.


A New Day, a New Choice

Today is the first day of the rest of my life, and therefore a reminder that change starts now.
A good day is something you create yourself, regardless of what happens.
Because what truly matters is not what happens — but how we choose to respond to it.


AHA – Between the Lines of Structure and Balance in Everyday Life

Between the lines, this text is about daring to find balance when life tilts.
It’s about living with ADHD and learning to manage what might otherwise take over.
It’s also about longing — for closeness with my son and grandchildren, but also for the presence of a study partner to share ideas with. And about the ability to shift perspective, to find gratitude in the middle of absence.
It’s a story of self-awareness, acceptance and small victories in everyday life.


Reflection – Finding Structure and Balance in Everyday Life

Maybe that’s how life teaches us: sometimes we have to give something up to rediscover ourselves.
Today I choose to skip the swim but instead create stillness.
It’s in those small choices — between the shower, the coffee, and the thoughts — that life truly happens.


What I’m Grateful for Today

This morning, I began by thanking life for letting me wake up to a new day, even without the swim.
I’m grateful for the chance to breathe in this morning, for the warm water running from the tap, and for the joy of a long shower. Not everyone appreciates that simple pleasure — but I do.
I’m also grateful that I dared to begin this education, even though it awakens both performance and anxiety.
Even my anxiety gets a thank-you today — it reminds me that I’m human, alive, and still learning.
And I’m grateful that Instagram exists — because without it, I wouldn’t even have seen a picture of little Hugo or known that he was sick. It hurts, but it also heals — because through the screen, I still get to see him, to know he’s there, in the middle of life.


Questions for You, Dear Reader

How do you find structure and balance in everyday life?
When life feels heavy, what helps you return to calm?
Can you relate to the wish to be enough — and the need to rest?

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. I read every one of them.


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Live today. Dare to feel life, and let life teach you.
Yesterday rests behind us, having taught us what it could.
Tomorrow is not yet a memory, nor something we know.
Right now — this is where we can live and breathe.
– Carina Ikonen Nilsson


Gratitude in everyday life – golden autumn leaves reflecting stillness, warmth, and the quiet beauty of nature.

Gratitude in Everyday Life – A Cold Swim and a Warm Evening

Sometimes gratitude in everyday life shows itself in the simplest of moments – a cold swim, the warmth of a fire, or a conversation that touches something deep inside.
This weekend was filled with just that: chill, warmth, and quiet reminders of what truly matters.

Read this post in Swedish ->Tacksamhet i vardagen – ett kyligt bad och en varm kväll


A Cold Swim That Awakened Stillness

I went for a swim today – cold, refreshing, and absolutely wonderful.
The water temperature has started to drop, and the body quickly turns numb, so you can’t stay long.
Yet that makes it even more beautiful.
A deep calm spreads through every cell, and thoughts arrive one by one.

The warmth that comes afterward is indescribable – as is the feeling that I did it.
Even though I do this often, every swim feels like a small victory.
A moment that belongs only to me, for my own sake.
It’s here that I often find gratitude in everyday life – in the stillness, in the water, in the present moment.

 gratitude in everyday life – in the stillness, in the water, in the present moment.

Read also: Morning Swim and Everyday Joy ➜


An Evening with the Young Ones and the Warmth of the Fire

Yesterday our boy from Gothenburg came home with his girlfriend.
We had dinner together and spent the evening talking in the living room.
She had some back pain and asked if I had a TENS device – which I did.
She lay on the floor with the electrodes connected, receiving that little electric massage, and I lent her my heating belt as well.
I don’t know if the pain eased, but at least the moment changed how her body felt.

Later that night, I lit a fire in the basement.
We laid out mattresses and made a bed down there so they could fall asleep to the crackling of the flames.
It’s such a soothing sound, that fire.

gratitude in everyday life in those little moments .

There’s so much gratitude in everyday life in those little moments – when people meet, share time, and warmth.

Read also: Autumn Projects and Everyday Joy – Morning Swims and New Ideas ➜


A Priest Who Touched an Entire Community

After today’s swim, the young ones got ready, and we went to church.
For a long time, we’ve had an incredible priest and parish leader here in our community.
Today was his farewell service before moving on to new assignments.

It felt like a quiet sadness in my heart, knowing he won’t be there for our school graduations or midnight masses at Christmas anymore.
I’m not someone who goes to church often, but this priest has been something truly special.

Gratitude in everyday life – applause and warmth filling the church during the farewell, a celebration of shared gratitude.
Applause and gratitude filled the church – a living reminder of how deeply he has touched the hearts of many.

A Message About Humanity and Responsibility

His sermon today touched me deeply.
He spoke about the state of the world, our country, and then about our own small village.
When he got to that part, my eyes filled with tears.

He spoke of elderly people confined to their homes or lower floors, or couples forced apart because the municipality doesn’t offer joint housing for them.
The thought hurt.
If my husband and I grow old and struggle to manage on our own – should we then be separated?

His words reminded me of how, back in 2006, we spoke of compassion and understanding, while now we speak of punishment and blame – as if everything is “their fault.”
But really, it’s about responsibility, empathy, and love.
We must once again become we, not us and them.
Division doesn’t nourish anyone – not us, not the world.

Read more about compassion on the Church of Sweden’s website ➜

Gratitude in everyday life – a thoughtful gift of yarn for a priest who loves knitting, a gesture of warmth for future journeys.
Our priest loves knitting, and since his new workplace will be a bit farther away, a kind soul gifted him yarn – so he can keep creating during his journeys to and from work.

When Words Reach an Entire Village

He also spoke about dictators, even mentioning Trump – and I could only agree.
I may not be religious, but I’m grateful I went to church today for his last sermon.
It gave so much.
It was also heartwarming to see how many people came to thank him – from local politicians and staff to young people who’ve listened to his school speeches over the years.

Gratitude in everyday life – a municipal representative thanking the priest for his dedication and presence in the community, a farewell filled with warmth and respect.
A representative from the municipality thanked the priest for his dedication and presence in the community – a meeting filled with warmth and mutual respect.
He also expressed gratitude that this farewell was one of life and presence.
Usually, farewells in church are linked to final goodbyes, but this time it was a heartfelt thank you and see you again.

Gratitude in Everyday Life – In Every Moment

In all of this, in all the words, gratitude in everyday life finds its home.
Gratitude for each moment, for the different shades of the day, and for our boy who drove 200 kilometers to be part of the farewell.
That alone says a lot – about him, and about a priest who has meant so much to so many.

And within it all, I feel gratitude toward myself too – for giving myself both the swim and the visit to church.
Gratitude for having witnessed this day, this priest, this quiet warmth that lingers even now.


Between the Lines – My Voice

Between the chill of the water and the warmth of the fire rests a simple truth:
Gratitude grows when you allow yourself to feel, not just to think.
To see, to listen, and to take part – that’s where the magic of ordinary life lives.


AHA – Between the Lines

It’s not always the big things that shape us, but the small, ordinary moments where the heart recognizes itself.
A swim, a thank-you, a conversation.
That’s where life happens.


Question for You

When did you last feel gratitude in everyday life for something you did just for yourself?
What small moment recently reminded you that you’re alive?


malix.se/ Carina Ikonen Nilsson

Yesterday has settled into rest.
From your choices yesterday, gratitude may already live within today –
gratitude that you can keep nurturing,
and that will return to you tomorrow.
It’s in the present we find it – where we live and breathe,
and here, we can cultivate our gratitude endlessly.

Carina Ikonen Nilsson


Church Under the Stars

Gratitude in everyday life – the church beneath the starry sky, symbolizing stillness and reflection.

The church beneath the stars – a quiet reminder of gratitude, presence, and life’s infinity.


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A full moon in a clear blue sky – a symbol of leaving the victim role behind and letting the past rest while the light guides the way forward.

Blog Statistics malix.se – October 5 to 11, 2025

When the blog grows – even when I slow down

This week, I haven’t done much. I haven’t shared on Facebook, barely posted on LinkedIn, and I haven’t written anything new.
Still, blog statistics malix.se show that you’ve continued to read, share, and find your way here.
That makes me both moved and curious – because it means the words now live a life of their own. They travel, even when I rest from the keyboard.

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Read this post in Swedish ->Veckostatistik malix.se – 5 till 11 oktober 2025


Blog Statistics malix.se – this week in stillness

More than 100,000 views, even though I barely lifted a finger.
That says something about the power of words – once they’ve found their place.

The most-read posts this week were:

  1. Welcome to malix.se – a blog where everyday life can breathe
  2. Gratitude in everyday life – a new morning, a cup of coffee, and the stillness of autumn
  3. When the words rest – and the body speaks
  4. Kay Pollak Workshop Mörkulla – a dream about growing
  5. When the Words Rest – and the Body Speaks (English version)

It feels like a quiet confirmation. These posts all share a theme – stillness, presence, and courage to rest in what is.
Maybe that’s where we meet – in the pause between the words.


Where you’re reading from

Readers from Sweden, the United States, India, Ireland, and Denmark have visited the blog this week.
It’s touching to see how words written in Swedish, later translated into English, can find wings and travel further than I imagined.


Questions for you, dear reader

  • How do you feel when you slow down – can you rest without feeling lazy?
  • Have you noticed that some things grow the most when you stop pushing?
  • Maybe that’s where the quiet magic lives – in the space where we simply are.

Between the Lines – My Voice

The blog grows, not because I push buttons, but because I’ve allowed it to become something genuine.
When you share something real – something that truly feels – it always finds its way to the right people.
It’s the same in life: what’s true doesn’t need to be shouted. It just needs to exist.


AHA – Between the Lines

I’ve realized that my blog is no longer something I need to drive forward.
It’s become a living room – a home where thoughts and feelings can take root.
And sometimes, the greatest growth happens when I do nothing at all.


Reflection

I’m grateful.
For every visit, every click, every moment you’ve paused here.
I haven’t shared, marketed, or tried to push anything – yet the blog is alive.
It makes me think – maybe it’s all about trust.
To let what is meant to grow, grow in its own rhythm.

A warm thank you for visiting my blog and reading my words.
It means more than you know.

malix.se/ Carina Ikonen Nilsson

Yesterday has already settled into history, tomorrow waits a little further ahead.
But right now – this is where life happens.
– Carina Ikonen Nilsson


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