Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
We are hardwired; from the moment we take our first breath, to start competing for a spot of our own in life. Everyone starts telling us what we should do and what we should aspire to in order to become successful, and by “successful,” they of course mean financial success. I have yet to hear […]
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Probably the toughest lesson life teaches us is that of letting go of people and things. We don’t realize life is a series of constant “goodbyes,” until we experience the most painful one. The one that transforms you, that makes you realize how fragile life is and that nothing and nobody stays in our lives […]
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I tell my family and friends that I like to clean and they find it very strange. See, I’m one of those people who has a hard time sitting still and cleaning helps me focus, relax and put my thoughts and life in order. Now, more than ever, I’m taking stock of all I own, […]
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I recently watched Out of Africa again. It was first released in 1985 and back then, I saw it as a love story, now, all these years later as many other things, I saw it from a different place and perspective. It’s not about love anymore for me, it’s about courage and not giving up.
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I have no recollection of my mother the years before I left the United States at the age of three. I only remember parts of the flight to Madrid and entering what would be my home for the next couple of decades. My grandmother and grandfather greeted us, and I can still hear my grandmother shout “¡Dios mio!” […]
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While our vision may worsen with age as mine has, it has also become more sensitive to beauty. At a younger age, I was so self-absorbed that I missed all the beautiful things life and nature had to offer.
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I’m sitting on the bus trying to hold my tears back. My eyes are still swollen from the early morning cry. I’m feeling lost and deeply sad. I then notice there is a handsome man next to me. He looks my way and I, in turn, look away searching clumsily for my earphones and start listening […]
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We all have those days that are bleak and blue. They hit you inadvertently, for no reason or sometimes with reason, yet you can prepare for those days. Once you know yourself well, and what you tend to do that will only spiral you deeper down into the dark abyss, with practice you can make […]
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What would you like your epitaph to be? Maybe, by thinking about it and putting it into as few characters as a tweet, it may help put your life into perspective. I know what mine would be and it goes back to when I was 27 years old.
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It’s past midnight and the calm has taken over. This is a good time for reflection, to plan the day ahead and make sure you try your best to make tomorrow better:
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