Finding yourself

Chapters of life : Everyday happiness One of the best phrases I've ever heard in a movie was:  “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that’s why it’s called the present”.  Now I think this is such a beautiful way to look at life, I was left astounded when I heard it. I admire how easy it is for some people to look at any situation and still keep a positive mindset. Of course there are some situations where everything seems dark and it's understandable, I have to be thankful with how my life has been, I've been truly lucky and I appreciate every moment of it. It's my own personal treasure.  There isn’t a formula to feel happy just as there isn’t any formula to become a millionaire, but it shure helps to know you can feel happiness. Just like earning some extra money reassures you it is possible to dream about becoming a millionaire for example. Disclaimer: I'm not an expert nor qualified to offer a diagnoses on why you aren't happy and

Chapters of life : Indifference, a step closer to happiness Everyday I have been feeling like I'm just existing, don’t get me wrong though because I don’t feel sad either. I call this feeling “Indifference”. Lately I have felt days are the same, I´m beginning to actually understand what the Rolling Stones meant with their song “Satisfaction”. I started thinking about it and it's all about perspective. Take this situation for example: Not too long ago there I was on the subway at 6am on my way home from work. My daily commute here in Buenos Aires, includes a subway ride. As it is common I don´t usually encounter many friendly faces and this day wasn´t any different but then a flashback occurred, I remembered the subway at 10am when I had to work the day shift for a few extra hours instead of the usual night shift and suddenly I was the only one with a smile on my face that day. Let me explain, I know waking up at 6am feels terrible but it could be worse. We could be riding the s

Chapter of life series: Doing the right thing This subject again... So if you have read my posts before then you understand this is something I struggle with a lot, I believe we all have to do what is right for us. But what exactly is that and how can we tell?   There are times when you can't understand anything from a situation you went through, but then something clicks and you see why that happened. At the moment you just couldn´t see the big picture, it's like you needed a different perspective or the specific angle in order for it to make sense. I know sometimes our actions might not feel like they were the right thing to do but a mistake could potentially be the right choice.  For example:  Let´s assume you have a job, a shitty paying job but a job nonetheless and one day you get anxious and something tells you to quit except you don´t quit because well you need the money. Now what if I told you that “Peter” your co-worker and the one that followed his heart quitted the j

Chapter of life series: Hard to keep in touch, a letter to my friends I was having a conversation the other day with a friend and I asked about a mutual good friend of ours, the conversation went something like: -Hey bro remember -------, how is he? -Don’t really know, we don’t really talk that much anymore but i saw on Instagram he graduated and is doing well for all I can tell. This conversation went on but as it did I started thinking how much I missed spending time with my friends and the more I grow older the less time I spent with them… I started to wonder, why does this happen? A lot of people might blame social media, as it takes away the need to keep in touch because theoretically we are always up to date and therefore there isn’t a need to talk because we constantly see how they are doing, hence less real interaction occurs. The more I thought about it, the more a questions went unanswered and honestly if I found my friends while walking in the streets I know we would have an

Chapter of life series: A place just like home The migration experience is a challenge, one that not a lot of people can understand without actually going through with it. Every immigrant has faced the challenges and … well if you have been an immigrant then you can comprehend where I'm going with this. Each one of us who has lived through the experience have been a witness of how hard it is to leave everything behind trying to create a new life, a better life in another country. Just how hard it is not being in the place which represents us the most, it’s hard to feel like you belong with every tradition being so different from the ones of your home country. I know I shouldn’t generalize because there are multiple ways of dealing with this situation and everybody just handles it differently. I believe that many of us have felt that this new place couldn’t ever truly feel like home in at least one occasion. Some people take the concept of home as literally a physical spa

Chapter of life series: Unapproachable About a month ago I was riding a bus on my way to work, I was sitting in one of the front rows of the bus, I noticed a good-looking teenage girl who was seating right in front of me, I could see she was struggling because she had a sad look on her face, as the bus went on it’s route other teenagers were getting on and the bus was getting full. I was looking at the girl and every time one of the teenager dudes approached the seat she was sitting in, she grabbed her things in order to make room for a person to sit right next to her, and they just kept on going without even taking a second look at the girl who was kindly making room for them to sit. I am no stranger to feeling lonely so I could tell immediately how she was feeling. I have been in situations like that one, and it does make you feel lonely because you start asking yourself, am I really so terrible that no one wishes to be near me? Is there something I’m doing wrong? I have l