Do you believe you know who you really are?

We truly believe we know ourselves, and how we will react in certain situations, but we don’t, especially when we have only second-hand experiences, those experiences people go through to which we candidly say “I would never do that.” However, not until we face a similar situation do we know who we are and often […]

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Vivir de prestado pasados los cincuenta.

Acabo de cumplir lo que creo son dos tercios de mi vida. Y sospecho y creo firmemente que vivo ya de prestado. Sabemos que los estragos de la juventud a la larga se pagan. Pero esta manera de ver la vida no es negativa, al contrario, es bien positiva, especialmente ahora.

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Reinventar mi vida a los cincuenta.

No lo generalizo porque es un acto muy personal. Somos animales de costumbres y rutinas únicas y cada uno pasa por sus propias experiencias. Así yo, de repente, me encuentro reinventando mi vida y buscando mi nueva rutina y costumbres que de cierto modo lo que se busca es algo de seguridad en esta vida […]

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Our Best Intentions.

We get into relationships with our best intentions and often no matter how good those intentions are, in time it doesn’t work out. We grow, we change and need something different and we must accept that. It may be sad but if done right, both parties win and get a second chance.

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Afraid to laugh? Don´t be!

If you follow my blog you may know that I´ve been faced with a few challenges lately. So much so that some days tears have come to me more easily than laughter. Although that may sound like a sad state of affairs, I was actually relieved that I wasn´t finding much to laugh about. The […]

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Why we shouldn’t try to block pain.

In order to grow, learn and move on, there is no getting around pain. Pain must be experienced and felt, not avoided especially if we are going through a loss of some kind. If we don’t take the time to mourn our losses, experience them and process them, they will linger on longer and we […]

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When too much empathy can hurt.

Psychology Today’s definition of empathy is: “The experience of understanding another person’s condition from their perspective. You place yourself in their shoes and feel what they are feeling.” This is a good feeling to have towards others and we need more of it in order to make a better world filled with love, peace and […]

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Things I didn’t know about a separation.

Now, I have yet another life experience to talk about. And yes, it’s inspiring me to write so I am milking it. Although it’s only the beginning, and I can only speak from this point, hopefully, things will look brighter in this area soon. You want it to be civil and nice, but it takes two […]

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Dear Life…

Dear Life, It’s about time I wrote you a letter. It could be angry, but it’s not, because I know well that I am not entitled to anything, either the good or the bad. You just set us forth and we walk our miles, doing our time on this earth, knowing well that at least […]

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