REST IN PEACE

During the past 15 years I’ve been driving my car countless of miles in the middle of the night on my way home from concerts.
Always with the knowledge about all the dangers that follows with driving during night time.
But even if I have been really tired, driving through snowstorms in the north of Sweden and through thunderstorms and heavy rain in the South of USA I’ve been lucky enough to make it to my destination safe and sound.
These days I always try to sleep over if possible but once in a while I have no choice but to drive home after the gig.

After my gig in Västerås this weekend I needed to go back home directly to be able to make it to another gig the day after. And everything went just fine through the dark forests and small roads from Västerås down to Norrköping. With just 40 kilometres to go and with the feeling of safety (?) that highways always brings me I felt relaxed and glad to have made it through the night once more.
Then, without warning, a big fox bumped in to my car. I had no time at all to react. What a shock! For some people I guess that something like this might not be a big thing but I am a BIG animal lover. Yes BIG!!! I love animals of all kinds and I have, more than once, tried to avoid running over frogs with my car. When I am out walking I always help snails over the road, I’ve tried to kill fish but it makes me sick and I do not eat any kind of meat, I love to hangout with cows (yeah, I ain’t kiddin’) and one of things I love most in life is spending time with dogs. I’m a strong believer in the fact that animals are equals to human beings.

Well, maybe you could understand what a disturbing experience this accident was for me. Of course it could’ve been worse but still I can’t shake off the knowledge that I’ve killed a beautiful animal. I guess it will take some time to get my Karma in order after this.