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