eso dice todo.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Crumbs of the Mystery
se que espias por la ventana.
yo por fin cierro la cortina porque entendí que después del misterio no queda nada.
porque mis llaves abren otros cerrojos que nunca terminan de sorprenderme.
rincones, lugares, esquinas. todo para nadie y para mi completamente todo.
si algún dia logro descifrar casi todos los acertijos
y cruzar la mayoría de las encrucijadas
entonces sería la mas dichosa
la satisfecha sobreviviente.
y el premio nunca llega porque la lucha continua.
siempre hay otra vuelta, otro mapa, otro tesoro mejor.
esas son las formulas complicadas.
gracias a esas yo estoy acá,
con mas preguntas que respuestas
atrapada por el misterio de lo no explorado.
lo silvestre.
el paraíso espinado.
yo por fin cierro la cortina porque entendí que después del misterio no queda nada.
porque mis llaves abren otros cerrojos que nunca terminan de sorprenderme.
rincones, lugares, esquinas. todo para nadie y para mi completamente todo.
si algún dia logro descifrar casi todos los acertijos
y cruzar la mayoría de las encrucijadas
entonces sería la mas dichosa
la satisfecha sobreviviente.
y el premio nunca llega porque la lucha continua.
siempre hay otra vuelta, otro mapa, otro tesoro mejor.
esas son las formulas complicadas.
gracias a esas yo estoy acá,
con mas preguntas que respuestas
atrapada por el misterio de lo no explorado.
lo silvestre.
el paraíso espinado.
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
10 Things I Know To Be True #28
1. Depending 110% on God is the only way. I know it might sound like something that is hard to understand in a practical level...what does that even look like in everyday life? well, to me it means that I need his Holy Spirit every single day, at any moment of the day. That is the only source of true wisdom and peace and that is the only thing that can hold me together when everything seems like is falling apart.
2. Being the bigger person is always better. This one is a tough one because it means that I have to choose to do the right thing...ALL THE TIME. This means that even when I'm right, I shouldn't speak. Even when things are unfair, I shouldn't try to take justice into my own hands. Even when people lie, I shouldn't be the one trying to expose them. Being the bigger person even when people treat you like you are the smallest one... at the end, what's actually important is to do the right thing every single time.
3. We build our life every day. The choices we make on the daily basis define the way our life is. This means that our "life" isn't what we take pictures of, what we buy, and where we go... is our choices. We choose our life every single day, with the things that we do, and the things we don't do...the things that we say, and the things we keep quiet. Every decision we make either takes us closer to who we want to be or further away from that. A good life doesn't just happen...It gets built. A good family doesn't just happen... we build it...every day.
4. Tough times teach us about ourselves. Difficult situations expose our nature. When things get rough what do you do? do you disappear? do you blame others for what's happening? do you respond accordingly and create a plan of action? do you show up and fight through the mess? Tough situations teach us things about ourselves that we didn't even know we had. Through these moments we learn what true support is, what our weaknesses and limitations are, and what we truly think about ourselves and the people around us.
5. Some battles you fight along with other people, and other battles you fight alone. Having a support system is very useful and important in our lives. I'm blessed to have many good and spiritual people that help me through rough times, but there are certain kinds of battles that we need to face alone. These battles are the toughest ones and if not confronted they could slowly destroy our lives and the people around us. Facing fears, limitations, insecurities and pain are things that, sadly, we need to do alone. This is the time were God is our strongest ally and biggest resource.
6. Being a blessing in somebody's life is better than looking for people who would be a blessing in my life. Having people in your life that are a blessing is a beautiful thing, but concentrating in becoming a blessing to the people around us is a bigger blessing. I don't mean the people that we like, or the people that already are good to us. I mean EVERYONE. The server at the restaurant, the shy girl that hardly ever talks to people, the old man sitting at Starbucks everyday alone on the same table, the girl you don't really like from your gym, the homeless guy on your corner, the lady that talks bad about you or spreads lies to hurt you... everyone. When you let God use you to bless people, it doesn't matter who it is... the one being transformed is you.
7. Is never too late to be as healthy as I want to be. This is a tough one because I always thought that if I wanted to be athletic or have muscles I would've had to start when I was a teenager and I had lost the chance. It's never too late to be healthy...It's never too late to start working out and getting in shape. It's never too late to start cross-fit (yeah, I had to drop the CF bomb somewhere in here...lol)
8. Certain people might never understand certain things. Common sense is not that common. Something I will never get tired of saying... there are certain things that some people don't have the ability to understand. I need to remind myself this everyday... there are many things I experience or decide that might not be understood by the people around me, even if I try very hard to explain. Life is unfair sometimes and reminding myself of this can help me cope with what I have in front of me. We all have limitations and most of the time the only thing we can do is pray that God is controlling everything and trust that He knows what's best because there isn't anything we can do that can help the situation to be any better.
9. We can't fight other people's battles. I wish I could.....so many times. But the truth is that we can't force people to face their problems and we can't resolve their issues for them. If they don't want to work on it, they simply won't. Even if it hurts us to see them suffer and not change their ways...we can't do the work for them. All we can do is provide the tools for them to be able to move forward and pray that they use the resources the have to grow and progress.
10. God is above anything and everything. This is not news for me, but it has become more real in my life than any other time before. God knows me...He sees me....he hears me...reads my thoughts.... sees the injustices, hears the lies... He is fully present in my life and He is above everything. He knows me inside and out, and still loves me. He provides the strength that I need... He is above politics, above bad leaders, above evil people, above unfair people, above all... He is the one and only source of true peace and wisdom. If I search for him everyday, at every moment, and let Him use me, He will turn around all of my bad moments into blessings.
2. Being the bigger person is always better. This one is a tough one because it means that I have to choose to do the right thing...ALL THE TIME. This means that even when I'm right, I shouldn't speak. Even when things are unfair, I shouldn't try to take justice into my own hands. Even when people lie, I shouldn't be the one trying to expose them. Being the bigger person even when people treat you like you are the smallest one... at the end, what's actually important is to do the right thing every single time.
3. We build our life every day. The choices we make on the daily basis define the way our life is. This means that our "life" isn't what we take pictures of, what we buy, and where we go... is our choices. We choose our life every single day, with the things that we do, and the things we don't do...the things that we say, and the things we keep quiet. Every decision we make either takes us closer to who we want to be or further away from that. A good life doesn't just happen...It gets built. A good family doesn't just happen... we build it...every day.
4. Tough times teach us about ourselves. Difficult situations expose our nature. When things get rough what do you do? do you disappear? do you blame others for what's happening? do you respond accordingly and create a plan of action? do you show up and fight through the mess? Tough situations teach us things about ourselves that we didn't even know we had. Through these moments we learn what true support is, what our weaknesses and limitations are, and what we truly think about ourselves and the people around us.
5. Some battles you fight along with other people, and other battles you fight alone. Having a support system is very useful and important in our lives. I'm blessed to have many good and spiritual people that help me through rough times, but there are certain kinds of battles that we need to face alone. These battles are the toughest ones and if not confronted they could slowly destroy our lives and the people around us. Facing fears, limitations, insecurities and pain are things that, sadly, we need to do alone. This is the time were God is our strongest ally and biggest resource.
6. Being a blessing in somebody's life is better than looking for people who would be a blessing in my life. Having people in your life that are a blessing is a beautiful thing, but concentrating in becoming a blessing to the people around us is a bigger blessing. I don't mean the people that we like, or the people that already are good to us. I mean EVERYONE. The server at the restaurant, the shy girl that hardly ever talks to people, the old man sitting at Starbucks everyday alone on the same table, the girl you don't really like from your gym, the homeless guy on your corner, the lady that talks bad about you or spreads lies to hurt you... everyone. When you let God use you to bless people, it doesn't matter who it is... the one being transformed is you.
7. Is never too late to be as healthy as I want to be. This is a tough one because I always thought that if I wanted to be athletic or have muscles I would've had to start when I was a teenager and I had lost the chance. It's never too late to be healthy...It's never too late to start working out and getting in shape. It's never too late to start cross-fit (yeah, I had to drop the CF bomb somewhere in here...lol)
8. Certain people might never understand certain things. Common sense is not that common. Something I will never get tired of saying... there are certain things that some people don't have the ability to understand. I need to remind myself this everyday... there are many things I experience or decide that might not be understood by the people around me, even if I try very hard to explain. Life is unfair sometimes and reminding myself of this can help me cope with what I have in front of me. We all have limitations and most of the time the only thing we can do is pray that God is controlling everything and trust that He knows what's best because there isn't anything we can do that can help the situation to be any better.
9. We can't fight other people's battles. I wish I could.....so many times. But the truth is that we can't force people to face their problems and we can't resolve their issues for them. If they don't want to work on it, they simply won't. Even if it hurts us to see them suffer and not change their ways...we can't do the work for them. All we can do is provide the tools for them to be able to move forward and pray that they use the resources the have to grow and progress.
10. God is above anything and everything. This is not news for me, but it has become more real in my life than any other time before. God knows me...He sees me....he hears me...reads my thoughts.... sees the injustices, hears the lies... He is fully present in my life and He is above everything. He knows me inside and out, and still loves me. He provides the strength that I need... He is above politics, above bad leaders, above evil people, above unfair people, above all... He is the one and only source of true peace and wisdom. If I search for him everyday, at every moment, and let Him use me, He will turn around all of my bad moments into blessings.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Dora
Aquella mujer desconocida que en pocos minutos se hizo parte de mi mundo...
me miro a los ojos y me dijo:
"You are only 28? the best is yet to come... trust me, life gets so much better than now..."
It's like she looked through my eyes straight to my soul.
As my eyes got filled with tears I smiled back and said,
"thank you.... I needed that"
Me apreto la mano y me miro por unos segundos fijamente a los ojos mientras se llenaban de lagrimas.
Su nombre es Dora.
We were meant to cross paths,
at least for one deep moment of human connection that transformed in divine intervention.
Thank you Jesus for being so present.
The world still has your spirit.
me miro a los ojos y me dijo:
"You are only 28? the best is yet to come... trust me, life gets so much better than now..."
It's like she looked through my eyes straight to my soul.
As my eyes got filled with tears I smiled back and said,
"thank you.... I needed that"
Me apreto la mano y me miro por unos segundos fijamente a los ojos mientras se llenaban de lagrimas.
Su nombre es Dora.
We were meant to cross paths,
at least for one deep moment of human connection that transformed in divine intervention.
Thank you Jesus for being so present.
The world still has your spirit.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Palabras al Viento
Consecuencias.
Esa palabra la usamos, la tiramos, la repetimos.
que facil que es tirar palabras al viento.
Mi pregunta es si realmente la entendemos?
en nuestra mente finita y temporal a veces limitamos las consecuencias.
para los niños las consecuencias son inmediatas, rápidas, lo que viene segundos después de la acción.
Para los adolescentes las consecuencias sobreviven por un intervalo de tiempo.
Las hechos parecen que no las tuvieran si no pasa nada en las próximas horas...
y dos semanas después se olvidan sus acciones como si fuera una hoja arrancada del cuaderno cada lunes de mañana.
En el mundo de los adultos las consecuencias son medidas a largo plazo,
o por lo menos eso es lo que nos decimos a nosotros mismos.
pero realmente cuan largo ese ese plazo con el cual decidimos?
el proximo año?
los próximos cinco años?
tomamos las decisiones polarizando los tiempos, lo que necesito ahora en mi vida, o lo que necesito para el resto de mi vida.
Por eso tenemos miedo de elegir a alguien con quien casarnos pero no tenemos problema en darles la oportunidad de entregarnos su vida en el presente--- o robarles su vida del presente hablando de lo posiblemente eterno.
-----que facil que es tirar palabras al viento.
Los adultos nos jactamos de tener una manera de ver el mundo mas amplia que nuestros hijos y nos mentimos pensando que somos mas maduros porque consideramos nuestra vida a largo plazo.
pero realmente nos damos cuenta de lo trascendental que es todo lo que hacemos?
muchas veces no queremos asociar los hechos y mirar hacia atras a ver cuanto nos afecto lo que decidimos porque este ejercicio nos pone en un lugar vulnerable de completa y desnuda imperfección.
Otras veces queremos buscar a quien culpar, o que situación tenemos que remover de nuestras vidas...o hasta algo mas grave... a que persona tenemos que remover.
Pero la respuesta nunca esta afuera.
Nosotros mismos vamos caminando por la vida pensando que todo lo que hacemos o decimos es insignificante.
Pero todo cae por su peso.
TODO tiene consecuencias.
Las consecuencias nos alcanzan, nos persiguen,
no discriminan y no nos abandonan.
No importa donde vivimos ni en donde nos escondemos.
Todos pagamos las consecuencias
con nuestro dolor,
con nuestra soledad.
con nuestros miedos,
con nuestra realidad.
y tristemente con la realidad de los que nos rodean.
y como si fuera poco....cuando no encontramos a quien mas culpar,
culpamos a Dios.
que facil que es tirar palabras al viento.
es tiempo de hacerse cargo.
esta es tu vida: el producto de tus decisiones.
ya no hay mas culpables que uno mismo.
la pregunta que hoy tenes que hacer es la siguiente.
y ahora que?
que voy a hacer yo al respecto?
voy a aprender? voy a enfrentar? voy a luchar?
voy a hacerlo solo? voy a invitar a Dios a que luche conmigo?
voy a pensar en las consecuencias?
solo vos tenes las respuestas.
Esa palabra la usamos, la tiramos, la repetimos.
que facil que es tirar palabras al viento.
Mi pregunta es si realmente la entendemos?
en nuestra mente finita y temporal a veces limitamos las consecuencias.
para los niños las consecuencias son inmediatas, rápidas, lo que viene segundos después de la acción.
Para los adolescentes las consecuencias sobreviven por un intervalo de tiempo.
Las hechos parecen que no las tuvieran si no pasa nada en las próximas horas...
y dos semanas después se olvidan sus acciones como si fuera una hoja arrancada del cuaderno cada lunes de mañana.
En el mundo de los adultos las consecuencias son medidas a largo plazo,
o por lo menos eso es lo que nos decimos a nosotros mismos.
pero realmente cuan largo ese ese plazo con el cual decidimos?
el proximo año?
los próximos cinco años?
tomamos las decisiones polarizando los tiempos, lo que necesito ahora en mi vida, o lo que necesito para el resto de mi vida.
Por eso tenemos miedo de elegir a alguien con quien casarnos pero no tenemos problema en darles la oportunidad de entregarnos su vida en el presente--- o robarles su vida del presente hablando de lo posiblemente eterno.
-----que facil que es tirar palabras al viento.
Los adultos nos jactamos de tener una manera de ver el mundo mas amplia que nuestros hijos y nos mentimos pensando que somos mas maduros porque consideramos nuestra vida a largo plazo.
pero realmente nos damos cuenta de lo trascendental que es todo lo que hacemos?
muchas veces no queremos asociar los hechos y mirar hacia atras a ver cuanto nos afecto lo que decidimos porque este ejercicio nos pone en un lugar vulnerable de completa y desnuda imperfección.
Otras veces queremos buscar a quien culpar, o que situación tenemos que remover de nuestras vidas...o hasta algo mas grave... a que persona tenemos que remover.
Pero la respuesta nunca esta afuera.
Nosotros mismos vamos caminando por la vida pensando que todo lo que hacemos o decimos es insignificante.
Pero todo cae por su peso.
TODO tiene consecuencias.
Las consecuencias nos alcanzan, nos persiguen,
no discriminan y no nos abandonan.
No importa donde vivimos ni en donde nos escondemos.
Todos pagamos las consecuencias
con nuestro dolor,
con nuestra soledad.
con nuestros miedos,
con nuestra realidad.
y tristemente con la realidad de los que nos rodean.
y como si fuera poco....cuando no encontramos a quien mas culpar,
culpamos a Dios.
que facil que es tirar palabras al viento.
es tiempo de hacerse cargo.
esta es tu vida: el producto de tus decisiones.
ya no hay mas culpables que uno mismo.
la pregunta que hoy tenes que hacer es la siguiente.
y ahora que?
que voy a hacer yo al respecto?
voy a aprender? voy a enfrentar? voy a luchar?
voy a hacerlo solo? voy a invitar a Dios a que luche conmigo?
voy a pensar en las consecuencias?
solo vos tenes las respuestas.
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