My name is Gun-Maj Carina and I´m born in the midsixties and raised on the Åland Islands. After a long time abroad, I went back home to Åland in the summer of 2020. It was the right time for me to return and it has been like a new start for me. My two adult children, living abroad, are visiting Åland as opportunity arises.

I´m convinced that there is a higher purpose in our life. Painful losses and profound experiences in my life have strengthened this feeling. Also our ancestors, in many generations, have more impact on our lives, than we might be aware of. 

We can learn to grow as humans, in times of setbacks and crisis - and to appreciate life in another way. 

My most important insight through the years, is that we can learn to trust and to see the possibilities given - and above all - to live "here and now" and to take responsibility for our own lives.

There are only two days in life, when you can do nothing. One of these days was yesterday and the other day is tomorrow. Today is the right time to live and to love.

Dalai Lama