RONNIE'S ADVICE TO DESILLUSIONED YOUNG PEOPLE:

1. DREAM!

Don't forget your dreams when life feels tough. It's at that time they are the most important.

2. BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE!

Think about the future, and don't suffer from the Lilliputian-syndrome. If you're going to change something, you have to start with yourself. Then you can change the world.

3. FANTASIZE!

Keep your fantasy and give it nourishment. It is the fantasy that is your soul so you can't forget to encourage it once in a while.

4. LOVE!

Love is all, not least the love to yourself. I think that the word "I" is very important. Don't bother gibes about you being selfish; you have to care for yourself before you can care for someone else.

5. KEEP YOURSELF WARM!

You get depressed when you're freezing. Invest in a pair of "ear-warmers", I have done that and I am very happy.

This is an excerpt from an article published in Expressen 1997 (spring).

Translated into english by Mårten Jacobsson.