On the 18^th chapter of the First Book of Moses, there is a verse: “Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?”

The Finnish singer Saara Aalto could cheerfully state: “Could I really win, which am often classified as a looser in Finland?”

Saara Aalto can serve as a living witness for the fact that the Finnish persistence, SISU, begins there where the normal willpower ends.

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The same spirit – or quality of mind – is required in addition to knowledge and skill at the most demanding human competition – in driving to conquer one’s own human nature and attain “the crown of righteousness.”

In X-Factor, the floorshow is performed in front of human audience and judges. In conquering one’s human nature the floor exists deep in the soul, out of which all worldly creations should be cleaned away.

This is a very long Christmas-cleaning. As it approaches the Christmas-realisation, it takes place in a complete darkness – so that the real light could be clearly perceived and that the receptivity for the light could be properly tested.