Re-realize

Being creative and just living your life to the fullest.

Sometimes we find ourselves in the middle of nowhere—living life just for living it, eating just because you need to, and going to the places where you absolutely need to go. Sounds depressing but, believe it or not, this can be someone’s daily life.

Its like we’re living asleep.

I keep realizing this every time. I get lonely; I don’t have anything to do, or anything that motivates me in the moment, that is. So I just keep on the same routine, over and over again...

I just can’t seem to learn my lesson: to get out there and just enjoy the gift of LIFE. Meaning…

Watching, touching, tasting, grabbing, walking, driving, talking, singing, humming, rubbing, running, catching, sitting, hearing, smelling, doing, getting... living.

There’s so much more, always. So much more to get, so much more to do, so much more to create.

How do we divert from our goals and purpose? How do we miss the fun? When do we stop feeling and needing more? When do we stop seeing things as clear? How do we go back? How can we start again from the beginning when everything has become so dark?

Is that why I have you, my mother? Is that why I have you, my father? Is that why I have you, my siblings? Is that why I know you, my friend? My classmate? My colleague? My mentor?

Is this how I trust you, my God? 

Blurred Perceptions

“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.”  - Anonymous

I'm thinking, things are never what they seem! Not a building, not an image, not a painting, not a book, not a letter, not a look, not a person, not a word, not a feeling. Nothing, in the end, is what you first think it is. Everything is relative. Nothing is an absolute truth.

This is why there's so many colors, religions, jobs, brands, artists and music, so you can find your own truth. A lot of times in our lives we see things that are not always what we think they are. Just because we believe something to be true does not necessarily mean it is true. Just because we do not believe something doesn’t mean that it is not true. Your truth doesn't have to be my truth.

Free will helps each of us promote our own true selves authentically. Our creative mind leads us to apply our own truth in different ways. Our needs, our shame, and pride, makes us materialize different obstacles into solutions. Therefore, nothing is never what it seems.

Human Places

    I’m seriously starting to think that places really get a hold of human actions and feelings.  Analyzing carefully, reviewing every detail in your mind, you will inevitably get to this conclusion.

      How is it that when you go to Disneyworld, even if you’re not a little kid, you get really excited and happy?  Or do you?  Because in my case, for example, I don’t get happy at all when thinking about this park full of castles and fairytales.  My trip there was a nightmare.  And it was all because internally, I was not feeling comfortable with the people that went with me.  It was every child’s dream to go there, and I was living it, and feeling so bad.  Right now, I really don’t want to go back.

     The backyard in my mother’s house: I used to play there everyday, I had a little wood house that my mom made for me, and I continually invented stories and adventures that took place there.  I was an only child until I was seven years old, so I really liked my solitude.  Instead of going out to play with neighbors, I went to my backyard and joyfully played with my imaginary friends and went everywhere I wanted, exactly how I wanted, with whomever I decided.  Although it was pretty reclusive, I enjoyed it.  I grew up in that house, and every time I went to my backyard, I felt happy.

     I wonder if this is how haunted house’s tales were created… Because apparently, depending on the situations you experience in a place, that is how you feel in a daily basis, or whenever you go to that place.

     So, what do you do when the place you live in holds the most important, life changing, gloomy and miserable feelings you have ever had?

Try to wake up.

Do not forget and remember your past.

Remember where you come from,
your roots and your family.

The misery and the glory behind you;

the stupidity and the wisdom

responsible for your actions.

The confusion and uncertainties,

Your embarrassments, troubles and fears.

The clarity and excitement,

Your dreams and desires…

       Remember who you are…

    …and live the present.

Live like you’re going to die today.

Explore life to the extreme,

Savor it and enjoy it completely.

Every light and shadow,

Every texture and flavor,

Every scent and aroma,

Every sound and melody,

Every feeling, every thought,

Don’t leave it,

Try to live it.

Give in to your desires and have faith

in what is yet to come…

Believe in what you want

And declare it with strength.

Do not only hope but also be sure

Because “when you want something,

the universe conspires for you

to obtain what you wish”. (Paulo Coelho)