lived by and influenced my decision-making. Someone’s life patterns are often repeatable and shaped in childhood, then become fixed. It is hard to change. I have tried many times myself, and it is hard. Stopping smoking took me 40 years. When I meet people later in life, they usually say, “You have not changed,” regardless of whether it has been 10 or 50 years since I last saw them. The same goes the other way. Is it good or bad? I don’t know. It is just what it is. For the judge, I recall he had looked at me and said, “This took a big burden off my shoulders, what you told me.” Based on his experiences, his thinking was similar. Change is difficult. He said that with free will and choices, the burden of the wrongs committed by others is not for us to carry. Christian Are there other interesting things about people you have noticed? Ove Yes. I have also found it interesting how people get stuck on past events, can’t move on, let go, forgive, ask for forgiveness or holding on to grudges or regrets through large parts of their lives or even entire lifetimes. Christian What about yourself? Have you been stuck on negative events from the past? Ove No. I have always been very busy, in the moment, and forward-thinking. I don’t think I have ever had mental space for it. Everything happens, good or bad, to everyone. I always quickly moved on and let the past be the past.
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