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In a recent trip to Copenhagen, I was walking around the city with a tour guide leading a walking group. Already feeling extremely priviledged to be there and having the Sun shine on me to beat, I experienced several Aha! moments. The Danes have an amazing outlook on life, all with their clean streets and correct ways of doing things. Following rules is something very entrenched in their society. So is the distribution of wealth to all levels in their very Capitalist society. So, many of the young Danish can travel the world after High School and choose to study at the best universities of the country free of cost. They can enjoy their youth and their general genetic structure ensures that they generally live long lives.
While doing this tour with Stuart, originally not Danish, but a very Danish-influenced-by-now guide, I came across a very strong example of Hope. One of the big symbols of Denmark, the famous author Hans Christian Andersen gave me this thought. I learned that a very young 14 year-old Hans rented a room in a hotel in front of The Royal Danish Ballet School. He nervously auditioned, but was quickly thanked for his time. When he returned to his room after, it's said that he then wrote 'The Ugly Duckling'.
Now, what can we take away from this? A rejection to a path can open another or several others. I feel in our world today we all need to believe this is possible and bring to fore the instances we hear about that represent Hope. Without Hope, all is lost or nothing is lost with Hope...
this story was submitted on https://thefigtreemagazine.squarespace.com/ on the 18th of Oct, 2025
You can hear me read out this story on my podcast show 'Lekha writes, then reads' on Apple and Spotify by clicking here https://open.spotify.com/episode/6X9nnRvwnG3cq2Vsed8Jer?si=H8BDpyFiSHyMEdBXcVdlcg
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