On Monday evening 25.07.2011 a spectacle of love and beauty flowed as inhabitants of Norway gathered together in streets in the cities, town centres and villages all over the country to show togetherness, love and triumph of good over evil that afflicted the nation on the Deadly Friday 22.07.2011. Over 200,000 people gathered in the streets of the Capital City Oslo, and many other thousands did so all over major cities in the country to send a clear message that terrorism and evil cannot win over tolerance, love and good. The City of Oslo was decorated with flowers brought by the people to mark the event. Oslo Domkirke (Dome Church) became a sea of all kinds of flowers. At around 18.00 hours the city stood still as all raised their flowers high creating a seamless beautiful human canopy of flowers. The scene was breath taking as one grasped the beauty of love, togetherness, tolerance and good.
Norway is a beautiful country, with good and loving people. Although the act of terrorism was so gruesome and for a short moment shattered the love and beauty of life, the events on Monday demonstrated that there is more beauty, love and goodness in people than evil. The scenes of thousands of people united in love are the best memorial a nation can give to the victims of the two tragedies in Oslo and Utøya Island.
The tragedies are a reminder that if one focuses on evil, one will only see evil. The outcome will be evil and never good. However, the people of Norway have chosen to focus in good, love and tolerance. The outcome will inevitably be good. It will create a better society than that envisaged by the perpetrator of these heinous acts.
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