Life is all about loving yourself, respect others and be happy

¨There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain lottery tickets I can buy, thereby increasing my odds of finding contentment. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I eat and read and study. I can choose how I´m going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life (and in occasions when I am feeling too damn sorry for myself, I can choose to keep trying to change my outlook). I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.¨

Our friend Liz has finally grown up. She is now capable of forgive and comprehend herself. She loves her, and now she is ready to be loved again. And she did find love and peace, and met new friends, and ate delicious food, and travel to a lot of places, and was able to meditate, and able to love again. She is happy. And probably all this is happiness. No, I am not talking only about traveling, loving, eating, etc. I am talking about having horrible periods in the life and then be able to endure those periods  and then realize that we are AWESOME, INCREDIBLE, MAGNIFICENT, TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, etc because we had a period were all we wanted was to hid and cry and hate ourself and the cruel world. We probably did most of those things, but now we are able to remember those times with a smile and proud of ourself. Because we survived!!! It was not easy, but we are alive and remembering those moments with joy and pride. We are heroes.

So, life is always going to give you sorrow and all the things that came with it. But keep true to yourself. Have faith, smile even while crying, because tomorrow you may (or may not) remember this day with your head up. Believe in you and in your dreams. Remember that the craziest dreams are the coolest one. Believe that everything is possible. Remember to tell the people you love how much you love them. Remember to do what passionate you. Remember to make people happy so life can give a portion of that happiness to you. Remember that you are never alone (you may be blinded and see no one, but if you pay attention you will hear someone). Remember that life is short, even when it seems that it goes slowly. This is the moment to be happy. This when you need to love and respect yourself. This the moment to travel around the world. This is the moment to laugh, kiss, sing and dance. This is the moment to be creative, This is the moment to follow your dreams. This is your moment to be happy. Just do it.

We learned all this from our beloved Liz. She is a great teacher and a great human being. It feels good to know that she is happy now. She has everything she has been looking for. And probably got more from what she was expecting. But this is how it works.

¨The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.¨

Audrey Hepburn

F.R.E.E.D.O.M.

“Instructions for freedom":
1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions.
2. You have just climbed up and above the roof, there is nothing between you and the Infinite; now, let go.
3. The day is ending, it's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, let go.
4. Your wish for resolution was a prayer. You are being here is God's response, let go and watch the stars came out, in the inside and in the outside.
5. With all your heart ask for Grace and let go. 
6. With all your heart forgive him, FORGIVE YOURSELF and let him go.
7. Let your intention be freedom from useless suffering then, let go.
8. Watch the heat of day pass into the cold night, let go.
9. When the Karma of a relationship is done, only Love remains. It's safe, let go.
10. When the past has past from you at last, let go. Then, climb down and begin the rest of your life with great joy.

This was written in piece of paper. It was made for Liz by a friend she made in India. I like it very much. I am not a very religious person, but I have to admit, that I believe there is something else, actually, someone else that is observing us, putting mountains in our path so we can learn to climb them and keep going. Every single phrase is unique and true that it is very easy to relate to it. And at the end, the most important idea of these 10 phrases is: LET GO.

Our friend Liz accomplished her (not more impossible) mission: to meditate. She got what she wanted, she became ONE person. Her body, soul and mind were just one thing: Liz. She has been fighting all this time with these three aspects of herself that she sometimes hated them. I mean, it is completely understandable. How many times did you look in the mirror, you observed yourself and then thought: Why do I have so many pimples, so much hair? Why am I too tall or too short? Why do I have curly hair? Why this? Why that? Why these? Why those? Have you ever thought: Oh, I am lucky to have a face (when there are a lot of women and men who have disfigured face due to war, domestic fights, etc), or I have short legs, but thank you whoever you are (or Big Bang Theory) for having made me like this, because I am lucky enough to be able to walk and I can actually run faster than the others! I know it is hard to think this way, because, come on!, She is perfect, he is perfect, that actress is so brilliant and talented and pretty, and the friend of my friend is also gorgeous. I know! People tend to think like this, but after all, you should never want to change yourself (physically) because maybe you would not be the person you are now. So accepting yourself physically, mentally and to understand your soul will take you to freedom: happiness.

But let´s go back to our friend Liz. She now left India in order to move to a new challenge: Indonesia. One of the new things she has learns is to know the age of the person according to the way the person is feeling. This is what she says:

¨I´ve also noticed that his estimation of his age changes by the day, based on how he feels. When he´s really tired, he´ll sigh and say: ¨Maybe eighty-five today¨, but when he´s feeling more upbeat he´ll say. ¨I think I´m sixty today¨. Perhaps this is a good way of estimating age as any- how old do you feel?¨

It would be great to heard people answer: Today I am 20, today I am 15. Today I feel like a little kid, innocent and playful. At the end, the age does not matter. Is just a combination of numbers, just more numbers in our live. It would be awesome if we decide which age was the best until now, then, promise our self that every day we are that age, maybe this works and we become happier, more innocent and playful.