Plop!

Sometimes, just sometimes, life chooses to shake things up to get you back on track or teach you things you really need to learn. Personally, I would prefer not to learn the hard way (who the hell wants that anyways?), but that´s the magic of life and it´s ups and downs. 

The cool thing in this case, is that for whatever reason, it has taken me back here, writing. I had forgotten how much I enjoy this, I´ve been reading my old posts and see how much I have changed overtime. Myself, my beliefs, the things that matter....im definitely not the same person I was when I started this. However, it is always a great thing to remember from where you come from, what your dreams were or still are (not everything has to change), and what is it that moves your world. 

Im not sure if I am where I´m supposed to be yet, but I guess this is part of the road and I have decided to enjoy it and get the best out of it. 

Pipol, have a wonderful week!

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...

...or fat (at least that's how we say it here in DR "lo que no mata engorda"). It's a wonderful and quiet Saturday night, just came home from a party and I thought it would be nice to write a few lines.

I have realized that everything that happens in life is for good. Sometimes we can't know it at the moment, but as Steve Jobs once said "you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards". I came back to Santo Domingo, found a wonderful job...and my life is as I like it to be: full of activities.

Let's go back a few weeks ago when I started looking for a job. I applied to a few before I had a call from one of them. Though I did have the interview, they never called back. I'm not sure if it was because I forgot one of my former supervisor's name and came up with the first one I thought or because my niece suddenly started crying like crazy.

But ok...life goes one, I thought, so I continued my job hunting. And I found one. Very fast. I really can't complain. One Saturday I was working at a clothes store with no hope to get a new job and a week later I was flying to Mexico to get my training on the new position. The company is really cool, and though I work a lot, sometimes at home, I really enjoy what I do. 

These days I've been exercising quite a lot. I'm doing Zumba on the weekends and training on weekdays, sometimes at home and sometimes at the park. My energy has increased and I'm very happy (well, I'm usually very happy). It has increased so, that little by little I'm going back to cover all the activities I used to cover, like the blog, working/studying (starting German classes on Monday), going out.....(well, I still don't go out that much, but I'm getting used to live in DR). 

One interesting thing that happened recently was a high voltage at home and both TV and Radio were damaged, between other things. Since then we spend the weekends aftenoon in family playing board games, specially Rummy. So, as you can see "no hay mal que por bien no venga". 

This week I learn something very important about life. On Tuesday we celebrated my mom's birthday and also, my cousin Ofelia gave birth a beautiful girl. So that night we quite good reasons to celebrate. On the other hand, that same day, one of my colleagues had to face the death of his grandmother. It seemed to me very curious that while one celebrate life, other have to struggle the loss of a dear one. What did I learn? Life is really short and time goes by really fast. There is no time to loose so is very important to live as much as you can, we have to "sacar el jugo a cada día" (do as much as you can in a day). 

Well my friends, that's it for now. I hope your lives are as well as mine. Remember that everyday is a new opportunity to create, to get closer of those things we want in life. Have a nice week everyone!

How do you measure three years of your life?

Es ese día que te levantas y sabes que tienes un gran cambio cerca y bueno, qué haces? Piensas un poco en lo que ha sido tu vida hasta ahora, en las personas maravillosas (y las no tan maravillosas) que has conocido,  recuerdas las lecciones que has aprendido y bueno, de repente sientes que con todo lo que tienes estás lista para hacer frente al cambio.

Dicen que de bien nacidos es ser agradecido. Y la verdad que soy bien nacida porque tengo un montón que agradecer.

Estoy bien. Es un periodo de cambios que en cierta forma me gusta. No me malinterpreten, no quiero decir que es fácil ni totalmente color de rosas, sino que los cambios siempre vienen bien y más si sabemos aprovecharlos a nuestro favor. Hay momentos en la vida en que caemos tan en la rutina que olvidamos incluso nuestros proyectos a largo plazo (incluso los de corto), pero bueno, que cuando la vida nos estremece volvemos a despertar, salimos de la piel del conejo y recordamos que hay algo más, que el mundo es relativamente pequeño, pero el universo de posibilidades es bien grande.

Pues bien, aquí estoy, como perfectamente lo describió alguna vez Pedro Mir: “en un país en el mundo ubicado en el mismo trayecto del sol…”, en el que cada día se vive una nueva aventura, ya sea en un carro público o en casa durante un apagón. 

Para finalizar, unas palabras de Calderón de la Barca en su obra "La vida es sueño" que me acompañaron en mis últimos días en Madrid: 

Qué es la vida? Un frenesí. Qué es la vida? Una ilusión, una sombra, una ficción; y el mayor bien es pequeño; que toda la vida es sueño, y los sueños, sueños son. 

Small acts of kindness...

Hace unas semanas la amiga de un amigo me pidió asistir a un debut que le habían oganizado para iniciarse como consultora de belleza. Ella estaba muy ilusionada así que dije que iría.

Pasó una semana y el día de la actividad estaba lluvioso y frío. Además había quedado a comer con una amiga y la verdad no tenía muchas ganas de asistir. Sin embargo recordé algo muy importante: el valor de mi palabra, ya había confirmado que iría. Cuántas veces no hemos confiado en personas que luego nos dejan tirados? Sólo tuve que analizarlo por unos segundos, así que tomé mis cosas y partí hacia el lugar, que además está super cerca de dónde yo estaba ese día.

Aunque pensaba que iba con retraso, resulta que fui la primera en llegar. La cara de sorpresa y alegría de mi amiga (claro, ya no es sólo la amiga de un amigo) superó por mucho cualquier esfuerzo que yo haya tenido que hacer por estar allí, que básicamente fue tomar la decisión. Aparte, lo pasé super bien, me encontré con otro amigo que tenía un montón sin ver y aprendí varios truquillos para el cuidado de la piel. 

Ese día terminó muy bien. Tomé el autobús de vuelta a casa, y compartí unas pizzas con mis compis. No está de más mencionar todo lo que nos reímos, los que nos conocen, ya saben cómo es. 

Moraleja: los pequeños actos de generosidad valen la pena. A veces consisten en cumplir tu palabra o acompañar a alguien en un día importante, pero por pequeño que, sea tu corazón siempre terminará más lleno que antes. 

On ne voit bien q'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. (A. Exupéry)

x

It's a beautiful life

It's Sunday night, cold and windy, but still a wonderful night. I met my friend David, and a few others for drinks at La Latina. I enjoyed a short and pretty cool walk back home. I'm quite thoughtful these days and today I finally understood that no matter what, or where I am, happiness depends on me. 


Recently, and I know I'm suddenly changing subject, I read this somewhere in Google+, and, considering that I like all this stuff (those who know me, know how corny I can be), I thought I had to share it with you, my friends: 

“Never look for a good face
it will turn old one day.
Never look for a good skin,
it will wrinkle one day.
Never look for a hot body,
it will change one day.
Never look for nice hair,
it will turn white one day.
Instead, look for a loyal heart
that will love every day.”
- By Unknown

Ancient wisdom? Not sure, but in this world where almost everyone cares just about the outside, it's always good to stop, and think about what you're caring the most.

I'm sorry. Yesterday I fell asleep before I could click on publish (which is an usual thing)......but well, I guess that's part of being me. (So somehow it's a wonderful thing heheeh)!!