My Garden
October 10.2022
I am passionate about plants, they give me peace. Taking care of them brings many psychological benefits, plus if you build your own garden you can harvest a fruit that benefits you in your diet, and there are many species that having them at home brings many health benefits.
Taking care of plants reduces stress, my grew incredibly during the covid 19 pandemic, they spent months at home in the garden, social isolation and they became stronger in therapy.
Growing and caring for them is sometimes not as easy as looking at blogs and guide videos on the internet. They did learn a lot from them, and their advice and guidelines were essential. But plants must be given love, they need a dose of our time, if we forget them they die, they are like people, some resist more and can stabilize alive but others must be constantly pampered.
They require some type of investment to achieve good results, but it does not always require a lot of economic cost, there are things we can do at home to benefit them. In addition to keeping us company, they relieve tension, improve our mood, make us disconnect from the world, and although it seems incredulous to many, everyone who loves them will know what feelings I am talking about.
In my garden I have ornamental plants, fresh herbs to flavor food, fruit trees. I am a beginner and in many even its fruits can take years.
***I show you something from my garden***.
**Ribbon, bow of love, or bad mother**, so we can get to know her, I love this one, one of my favorite ornamental plants, I sometimes keep it inside the house, I take it out in the garden for another season, because inside the house there is not much natural lighting that she needs it, and can get sad.
**Adam's Rib plant**, another one of my favorites, you have those shiny green leaves that look like ribs. I had to take it out to the garden because my cat loved to play with its leaves and I ended up tearing all its leaves.
Fruit plants I have **lemon, passion fruit and papaya**. I have not yet obtained fruit from any of them. A very tasty juice is extracted from the passion fruit and it is already blooming and today taking the photos I saw its first fruit, it gave me great joy.
What to say about the papaya or fruit bomb, how delicious, I anxiously await its first fruits, but there is still a little left.
And of the lemon I have several small postures that have germinated from seeds but it is very sensitive to pests, I hope to finally be able to make some of them become adults and bear fruit.
Aloe vera, one of the plants that should not be missing in a garden, its innumerable benefits for health, acne, psoriasis, burns, among many more.
And finally I have a tree that is 6 years old, I planted it to enjoy its shade, since it is a very common shrub where I live, but I discovered that its leaves have multiple benefits for human health such as antiparasitic, for diabetes, anti inflammatory, has laxative action and many more. His name is Chaya. It is more nutritious than spinach or chard, it also has a high fiber content and it is very easy to get it, since it grows wild.
I hope you have enjoyed this brief walk through my green paradise
I got tired
October 8.2022
I got tired of secrets and playing hide and seek, I got tired of being more transparent than spring water, I got tired of asking for time to love, I got tired of trying to achieve perfection in everything, I got tired of details and dreams broken.
I got tired of not having my own tastes for sacrificing everything at the mercy of others. I'm tired of existing for you, I'm tired of trying to fix alone what I didn't break alone.
I got tired of silence as an answer, I got tired of talking to the deaf and waiting for the mute to talk to me, I got tired and my shoulders got tired with me.
I'm tired of giving more than I receive. I'm tired of feeling what they don't deserve, I'm tired of saying, I'm tired of shutting up. I'm tired of apologizing. I got tired of justifying, of selfishness and disappointment. I'm tired of suffering.
I got tired of the empty sentences, the sleeping memory and the after. I got tired of seeing the moon cry, and see the sun sweat. I'm tired of not blinding. I'm tired of the fear of losing. I got tired of drawing on a blank paper. I'm tired of living on memories. I got tired of trying and not being able to.
I got tired of not being on anyone's podium, I got tired of being invisible. I got tired of the silence that drowns, the hug that never came and the door that never opened. I'm tired of being him, you, everyone except me.
I got tired, and when the soul gets tired you are ready to leave, to let go. It's time to heal, to lose myself, search for myself and find myself.
Joni
October 1.2022
In one of my last articles about my son's recovery from his surgery, Everything wil be alright, I forgot to tell you that during his hospital stay we received a donation of a wheelchair. https://read.cash/@Diana_/everything-will-be-alright-6c6fb689
The Joni&Friends Ministry entrusted under the word of God, Jesus Christ and the Bible, a foundation dedicated to helping people with disabilities, and bringing the word of God to everyone. They provide outreach around the world to thousands of vulnerable families affected by disability, and this year in June they were in my country.
They have several ministries, Family Retreats for families with disabilities, Joni houses, radio and television programs, among others, and lastly, the one whose greatness we had the privilege of knowing, "Wheels for the World" brings life-changing mobility and Gospel hope to people affected by disability around the world.
https://www.joniandfriends.org/ministries/wheels-for-the-world/
Its founder and president is Joni Eareckson Tada. Along with the wheelchair, they also gave us editions in Spanish of an illustrated Bible, and of her book "Joni, the unforgettable story of a young woman's struggle against quadriplegia and depression."
She was a young woman who, at only 17 years old, suffered a swimming accident while enjoying the waters of Chesapeake Bay.
Unfortunately, this accident caused an injury to the fourth and fifth vertebrae when she twisted her neck, which left her a quadriplegic, an active and athletic girl, whose life changed in seconds.
I'm reading your book and each of its chapters is truly a life lesson. It has 16 chapters, in which the author tells us from the first moment when her head hit something hard at the bottom of the water. She lay motionless, unable to move, her sister rescued her and it was frustrating not to feel anything, just a slight sensation when touched on her shoulders.
The emergency room, first aid, surgical interventions and much more he tells us in his book. The desperation, the depression in which he submerged himself for more than three months without knowing he would never walk again, or just be able to move his hands.
Joni before the accident was not a girl who needed God very much, according to her, she did not think it important that he was part of her decisions.
But after the accident, she clung to the word of God, and this was what helped her to have the strength to overcome all obstacles. The desire to take her own life was not lacking, which the inability to move her hands left her a little without options. But she never felt alone, she had her friends, the true ones who remained faithful, her family, they never abandoned her, and above all she always had God with her.
I always asked myself the same question if God exists because he punished me in this way, or maybe God has a greater purpose for my life.
During the recovery and rehabilitation process, she learned to use her mouth to paint. Since before the accident she liked to draw, she had a natural talent and then her friend told her your hands are just tools, you carry talent in your heart and brain, and that was when the art that she carried inside was reborn.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qPi-1QRLPSs
I have felt very identified with the book. I have experienced many of these feelings. Although I do not practice any religion, I wonder why my son had to get sick, a pure soul that has not sinned, because God allowed an angel to suffer so much pain, is there a greater purpose for him in this life, or sometimes despair and the pain leaves me a little incredulous before the existence of a God, I prefer to keep faith, and think that God has something prepared for him on his way, and gave us the mission of taking care of him.
My son will use his wheelchair only during the recovery processes of the surgeries that are yet to come, then we will donate it in the same way to some other child who needs it, we will give it with our hearts.
I invite you to read her story, the pages turn like a stream as you read her story told from her own voice, they have a special meaning for those who have difficulty accepting difficult circumstances in life.
Bao
September 24.2022
Today I come to talk about a Pixar short, which I really liked.
Bao is a Pixar fiction short, directed by the same director of Turning Red, Domee Shi, somewhat autobiographical, since she tells that her mother tells her that she would like to put her back inside her stomach to know where she is at all times despite being an adult person, somewhat adorable and at the same time creepy.
Winner of best animated short at the 2019 Oscars. It is based on the so-called empty nest syndrome, when sons decide to leave their parents' home.
It must be a really hard experience, because although our sons grow up they will always remain our sons. But sons are not our property, we prepare them for life, we guide them, but when the time comes they decide to take flight, and that is when we feel that emptiness, but we must think that we prepare them for that, for the moment of choosing their path, in the end we will not always be, and it is outside the nest where they will start their own life, and this happens naturally.
The lady in the short, suffers from empty nest syndrome, but becomes a mother for the second time, of a Bao when it magically comes to life.
The ending is a bit scary. It makes us reflect on the importance of preparing parents for the departure of their sons, we must accept it. We fear for the outside world, we want to spare them pain. But our parental love cannot become ties, nor stop the personal growth of our sons, our mission to educate never ends, but we have to let them walk their own path, stumble and get up, laugh, cry, fall in love and disappointment, that they mature, be capable and responsible, we must give them the strength to walk on their own feet without losing their way home.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsBl3kpOD-Q
Turning Red
September 20.2022
I just saw a movie that I had heard about while traveling on a bus and some teenage girls were commenting on it, Turning Red.
The plot centers on a girl who turns into a giant red panda. This occurs when their emotions overflow in situations of stress characteristic of puberty, such as complexes and insecurities, platonic love, character changes, overprotection by their parents, physical, emotional, social and sexual changes.
Red pandas exist in real life, at first when I started watching the movie I thought they were some mythological animal from Chinese culture, since the movie is set in Toronto Canada, but Mei Lee's family the protagonist, is of Chinese origin. They are relatives of the giant pandas, although they look a lot like a giant raccoon to me.
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/panda-rojo-bamb%c3%ba-lengua-fuera-1851650/
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/panda-rojo-panda-menor-oso-gato-rojo-4366260/
Knowing what the movie was about and the background of the story, I tried to see it from different points of view. The whole movie has a metaphorical meaning, and sometimes without realizing it you are constantly in each dialogue, in each scene looking for the message they wanted to convey.
The movie is for different audiences, and everyone may like it. This movie can be enjoyed at different stages of life and you will see it differently. If she is a little girl who still does not know about these transformations, she will not see beyond a beautiful giant red panda, sweet, that looks like a stuffed animal and a girl crazy with emotions and dreams trying to control the transformations from human to panda that make her be in trouble. On the other hand, a teenager can connect with Mei and see himself represented. And if you are already a father or mother, you can see yourself reflected in Mei's parents.
According to its director, Domee Shi, the color red was chosen because it is the color that represents menstruation, it is the color of adolescent cheeks when you see your crush at school, or when you are embarrassed or angry.
This movie made many uncomfortable. And it is that even many of these themes, typical of feminine nature, which are addressed here metaphorically, are, despite the century in which we live, difficult to approach openly and cause controversy.
The Little Mermaid
September 16.2022
At home we are fans of good movies and if it's animated in that we will never stop feeling like children. The sagas of children's movies are the favorites, just to mention a few Gru, my favorite villain, The Minions, Pets, Sing! , SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie, The Croods,
How to Train Your Dragon.
In this era where remakes, sequels and free versions in film and television are in sight, we have been able to see many productions where many of our iconic characters from these classic animated sagas come to life as real actors. Among them some, especially those of Disney, although there are several of other companies that I do not mention here. I can say that some versions are faithful, others a bit free, and others completely reinvented.
We hope to be able to enjoy Pinocchio soon. About the latest production, The Little Mermaid, is what I wanted to comment on, it was the one that motivated me to write this article, due to the various opinions that have emerged on social networks, divided criteria, stereotypes, emotions, a great controversy.
****The Jungle Book (1994)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S8iH1YWIFI
****101 Dalmatians (1996)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VApVpvcGW1A
****Alice in Wonderland (2010)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMiCJefpn9Q
****Maleficent (2014)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgmFAOgm5E
****Cinderella (2014)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20DF6U1HcGQ
****Beauty and the Beast (2017)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Nl_TCQXuw
****The Lion King (2019)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CbLXeGSDxg
****Lady and the Tramp (2019)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2ZDDU34gYw
****Aladdin (2019)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g5knnlF7Zo
****Dumbo (2019)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NiYVoqBt-8
****Mulan (2020)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK8FHdFluOQ
****Cruella (2021)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmRKv7n2If8
****Pinocchio (2022)**** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vNVGZGlUok
**The Little Mermaid (2023)** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-wPm99PF9U
On September 10, Walt Disney Studios released the official trailer for the live action of The Little Mermaid, the new version of its classic The Little Mermaid (1989), an adaptation of the Danish fairy tale Hans Christian Andersen, with a release date for September 26 May 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-wPm99PF9U
The new black Ariel starring African-American actress and singer Halle Bailey has caused commotion and confrontation on social networks.
The trailer shared last Saturday already has more than 18 million views and 2.3 million dislikes. (I managed to see the dislikes in my browser by installing a plugin called Return YouTube Dislike.)
****Critics****
The comments on social networks are explicitly racist from those who expected an actress with red hair and white skin. Those who think negatively are outraged because they have not been faithful to the original character. Many allege that the legacy of Disney is destroyed, that if it is a forced inclusion, that they ruined their childhood, and there is talk of loyalty to the first film.
Regarding many of these opinions, I wonder if she is not really loyal to the Disney movie, I start to think what is the characteristic that identifies the mermaid, and I do not call her Ariel because I just found out that Andersen did not name them their characters, and if we're talking about loyalty it doesn't make sense.
I tell you that both Disney adaptations of 1989 and 2023 neither look like the book, as you say they are adaptations for children. When her skin is mentioned in the book, he does not specify that it is white, although an important detail does say that her eyes are blue, but once again I think that for the production a voice that would delight everyone weighed more in the balance than a skin white, red hair and blue eyes. It is called colorblind casting, when the physical
characteristics and stereotype of an actor is not taken into account because it is not key to the role.
*-These were six, and all beautiful, although the most beautiful was*
*the youngest; her skin was light and delicate as a rose petal, and her*
*eyes were blue as the deepest lake; like all her sisters, she had no feet; her body ended in a fish tail.*-
I was really struck by the part of the original story in which the mermaid makes the deal with the witch to be human, and it turns out that for this they have to cut out her tongue, and her goal was to achieve immortality, whose sacrifice the mermaid was willing to make to pay. In addition to the particularities of the love relationship with the prince a little outside of what we know, here you can read the original story https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-little-mermaid-d18963206.html
****The production thinks****
The director of the film, Rob Marshall, assured that the choice of Halle Bailey as the protagonist has nothing to do with her physical appearance, but that she
"embodies the beauty, the passion, the courage, the vulnerability, the joy and the heart of the character. And that's what we were looking for."
I've never listened to Halle Bailey, but they say that when you do, you understand Marshall's selection and you'll be right with him.
Everything will be alright
September 12.2022
Today I tell you how my son's recovery was after his surgery last April. It was a difficult experience, from the hours in an operating room with a medical team in which you put your child's life in their hands, without knowing anything, the wait, the anxiety, two hours passed, until the expected bell rang, from the phone in the room, the nurse tells me, - mom his child is in recovery, you can go upstairs.
Unconscious even under the effects of anesthesia, covered by the cold of the room, you see him there defenseless, and you think he did not feel pain, but when he wakes up he will feel that something changed in his body, and the pain will appear when the effect wears off painkillers, and you have to prepare for that moment, because how do you make a child understand that the pain will pass, or that they still can't take medication because it's not the time and they have to wait a little longer.
There were some sleepless nights, but he behaved like a brave man, he really surprised me. His operation was orthopedic to achieve some functions in his muscles, which he had lost due to his underlying neurological disease.
Then came 6 long weeks of recovery with the leg immobilized, a cast that covered the entire leg, and that's how he had to spend those weeks, a little uncomfortable to sleep, bath time, but in reality it wasn't that bad, since the he adapted quickly.
Then came the most difficult stage for me. When you spend so much time without walking and you try again, you have to relearn, the leg does not respond when you support it, you feel insecure due to weakness, my son was terrified to walk, he cried what he didn't cry because of the pain he had recently operated on, and I cried with him, because one always fears that he won't walk again, that the operation didn't go well at all. Thus he spent a month of therapies, rehabilitation, and one day the desire to play, to walk, to be himself again, led him to take his first steps.
It's been 6 months since the operation, and I thank all the divine that exists, the doctors, because the operation was a complete success. Now we are ready for the next operation, we have to repeat the entire process that I just told you about, the other foot also has to be operated on. These operations are very important for my boy, since they will improve his quality of life, they directly influence his walk. Now we have a little more experience, and I think that everything will turn out well again, and with love, faith, and commitment we will achieve it 🙏.
Don't leave it for the second life
September 11.2022
It's been 5 months since for personal reasons that many will remember I had to get away from readcash, many times I tried to rejoin, but when your mind is occupied with other issues that absorb all your time, it was impossible for me to come up with ideas to share. Precisely today I want to share something with you, for you who read me and if you are about to make important decisions for your life, these are my words.
How many of you have hit the road to follow. Just as important as walking is getting the path right. The issue is not just walking, the issue is knowing where to walk, select the path that leads us to the fulfillment of our purposes, of our goals, which leads us in the best possible way until there, and this reflection is located in any area of our life.
When I refer to this, I am talking about decisions, deciding walking is important, but above all deciding where to walk, which is it my way? there is the key.
Decisions are part of our life, we are always making decisions. Sometimes we make rational decisions, well thought out, argued, decisions we understand and understand the risks and benefits, but on other occasions unfortunately it is not like that, we make decisions rushed, without counting on all the elements, moved even by decisions of others, moved by psychological forms of contagion between people. If we are in a situation of discomfort, irritation, no make a decision because you can make mistakes, usually not are good decisions, these emotions that are mobilized in us these bad emotions somehow produce a blind spot in what essential.
It is true that many times you have a second chance to take a new decision. But always keep in mind that we have only one life. A beautiful poem says "We have two lives, and the second begins when you realize that you only have one” There is no need to rush. Must walk, with a firm and sure step, avoiding bad decisions and without postpone the good This is a key to hit the road. Nope leave it for the second life.
Do it in this one!!!
Let’s talk about love
Let’s talk about love.
You can love many things in life, but the love of family and your child is the greatest of all.
There is no purer feeling than the love for that little person that is born from you after 9 months in your womb. It is born so small and defenseless that you want to protect it from everything, and that is why you attract it to your breast and give it good warmth, so that nothing and no one can take it away from you.
Little by little, it grows and surprises you with all the new things it learns. Surely, on more than one occasion you have heard the phrase: “Children are a sponge”. This is completely true, as they learn at an incredible speed.
The love towards the couple, is the one for which we could say that we are blind to love at times. We are not able to see anything other than that person in front of us and there are no defects, they are all virtues. It is the person with whom you want to share the universe and that all the plans are by their side. It is without a doubt with whom you want to make a life and share every moment of happiness and every joy. You can also share the losses. Those defeats from which you learn much more than when you have a victory. In those moments, when people are tested and they show you that love is everything, that everything else is its opposite.
There is love for a pet, whether it is a dog, a kitten, a bird or even a fish. Pets are special and they know how to earn a place in our lives, without a doubt. We are capable of doing crazy things even when we love a pet, since they are one more link in our family. They even feel entitled. Maybe you haven't had a pet and you don't know what I'm talking about, but I assure you that the day you let a pet into your life, that day you will be the happiest person in the world.
The love of life is the purest of all. It is that love you feel for yourself and for the desire, you should feel to improve yourself and be better every day. Life is a swing, one day up and another down, you just have to be able to keep those days that are better, longer on top. Try to minimize the bad days, making the good ones bear more fruit. The taste that everything goes well, to victory, accompanied by the desire to live, is a feeling that we all enjoy as much as possible and it fills you up inside.
Love is the greatest thing we have between us. It is the force that moves the world and generates other feelings that are always welcome. Let's be a bit better, and a lot less selfish.
Hello. Here I am again.
10-4-22. No. 30
It has been more than 4 months since I disappeared from read.cash due to different situations that many of you know. Life has not made it easy for me, neither for David my husband, and especially for my son. So little by little, we have had to learn to live with these situations that take up most of our time and especially me. Therefore, without further notice it was impossible for me to continue writing here for you, although I have kept up with everyone through David.
Thank you for all the support and outpouring of friendship and constant concern you show by asking David about everything that is going on in our lives right now. Especially to @PVMihalache, @Jane, @emily2u, @Eybyoung, @bmjc98, @lykelyca, @Niazi420 and the many others who in one way or another have asked about our situation throughout these months. It fills me with joy that despite having interacted only a little time with you, friendship and solidarity have remained there.
There is no other choice but to move on. Fight day after day to grow a little more and make life a little more pleasant at every moment. Mitigate every blow it gives you by facing it with a positive attitude and with a lot of good energy to get ahead no matter what happens. Many say that if the world turns its back on you, let it turn, it will turn around eventually, you just have to wait for it to happen. This week again they touch difficult moments and to which we have to recover above all. We have to be strong, to transmit that positivity to our little one. We have full confidence that everything will turn out well, and that this will simply be a bad memory in the future.
I just wanted to repost something to tell you that everything is going well, that I'm still here, even if I don't write, I always keep you in mind.
Is all for today. I do not intend to overcrowd you with my problems, besides it has been a long time since I wrote and I've lost the habit a bit. I hope to continue writing more often, we will see what happens. Until tomorrow…
Happy New Year
1-1-22. N29
I want to start by congratulating you all on the new year. I beg your pardon, but in recent days I have not had time to write or go online. I have the whole family at home and taking care of all the household chores, I have not been able to be online. I have been aware of everything through David, and I have received all the congratulations that have been left me through him. Thank you all.
A year has come to an end that was very difficult for everyone. We will surely be like this for a while longer. Perhaps in 2022 the pandemic will come to an end, or perhaps not. But apparently the vaccines are advancing and making the pandemic a little more controlled. If the new variants that are coming out don't continue to wreak havoc with their high level of spread, then it might all be over. The past pandemics in previous years, of which we have reference, humanity came forward in just 2 years. Now we will too. Trust and hope that we will achieve it.
This year the biggest goal is to try to make my son improve his health, with the treatment that is taking effect, although very slowly. Perhaps luck will smile on us and he will continue to improve. Although it is millimetrically, but it is advancing. Hope is the last thing we lose. We want to think that eventually everything will work out and this will be a nightmare to remember in the future.
Sometimes life hinders us in our passage through it. But we have to know how to move forward and fight for a better future. That is what it is after all. We are on earth for a finite period of time, in which we have to try to make our mark and make sure our children have the best possible future. Always trying that each new generation has more and more comforts. Evolve for the better, grow inside.
I hope that this year 2022 is full of new surprises, achievements and many more successes for everyone. That, with each sunrise, life takes on more meaning and our work is full of enthusiasm and joy. May all our dreams come true, one by one, during the next 365 days that await us.
I look forward to continuing to share with you all on this beautiful platform, trying to improve on it and creating content that you like whenever I can. I really admire the other mothers around here who have complications at home and still manage to write an article practically daily and be online.
This is another really short article that I just wanted to drop by to wish you a Happy New Year!
Thank you very much for all the support, despite my absence.
Successes and Congratulations!
Merry Christmas
Hello friends of read.cash, how are you? It has been more than 5 days since I have been able to write anything at all and I have barely been able to be online. Life outside this virtual world has completely consumed my time and when night comes, the fatigue is too much.
It was a very strong week on various issues that you already know. But we are moving forward, little by little. I have been aware of everything through David, because he manages to write an article and be active.
Everything has happened this week and most importantly: Merry Christmas. It is never too late to say. Christmas is every day. Every day is a new beginning and with new goals to meet. I hope you are having a great time with your family. After so much separation and estrangement, now that we are finally at least recovering normalcy, I hope that many have been able to reconnect with their loved ones if they were far away. This was my case, until today. For a year and a half I had not been able to see my parents and my nephews, and finally today they have even been able to come to spend New Year's Eve here at home. My son is super happy, he has his cousins to play with now.
I have been aware of the situation in the Philippines with the typhoon and all the disaster it has brought right on Christmas Eve. The images are shocking and very painful. These natural disasters also happen in my country and are known as Hurricanes. But it happens only in a season that goes from June to November. It barely passes 1 or 2 in the entire hurricane season. Outside of those months they do not exist or are very unlikely. It is hard then to hear that in the Philippines they have the record of 20 in a year and that this was number 15. The power of destruction they bring is immense. The loss of human life is always more regretted. It is more painful for that family to also lose a loved one. In addition to all the damage it leaves behind, where many lose absolutely everything. My condolences to those who, in one way or another, were hit by this powerful typhoon. Hope things get better as time goes on. Keep up the strength and hope.
Thank @Jane for the wonderful Christmas present she gave me. Thank you very much friend. It is appreciated from the heart. The other days I did not get up to support David with your treasure hunter contest and I miss the first word. He got up from 3:30 am I think and started to configure everything. He wanted to get me up, to review a mistake, but at that time I was very asleep and it was impossible for me to get up. When he finished everything at 4:05, he told me: "Just by little, but it couldn't be." So he went back to bed. Later in the day, another surprise came for him. Life rewards you in many ways. You just have to be vigilant.
That's all for now. I just wanted you to know that I have you all in mind. I wish you an excellent Christmas and a countdown for the new year from now on. May 2022 be full of surprises and good health for all of us.
See you between the lines.
Not to be a nose
This simple story, a popular fable that we can find in our life lesson readings, tells in a very funny way what happens when someone behaves selfishly. It teaches children and the not so young that others must be taken into account, because ours may depend on their well-being. Making a synthesis:
Once upon a time there was a person who began to have difficulties with his vision. His head ached when, despite all this, he concentrated on reading. So he thought it was time to visit an eye doctor. The specialist issued his technical opinion: "It is essential to wear glasses."
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/%c3%b3ptico-prueba-del-ojo-4753318/
Upon hearing the news, the man's nose began to complain. I'll have to bear the weight of that horrible hulk on my back? Well, I don't even know think. I will not admit anything above myself that would take away my freedom of movement.
His ears said: «Hey nose, you think you're the only one who will have to carry weight. So do we, and still we think it's necessary. You have to sacrifice. "Nothing about that," the nose commented, mine is to oxygenate, not to be a pack donkey ».
For his part, the eyes begged him: «Nose, we are tired. We need support to continue doing our job. That's not my problem. I do mine without difficulties ».
The mouth, with its proverbial wisdom, wielded strong arguments in favor of the glasses, but the nose ignored it in the least.
The man, however, decided to wear the required glasses. Went to optician and came out with his glasses on. I was happy. Now everything looked good.
He walked back home. But the nose, grumbling, began to move and move to get rid of that thing, until it achievement. The glasses fell to the floor. But, with it, the man stumbled, he fell flat on his face, and broke ... his nose.
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/vasos-lente-marco-vista-visi%c3%b3n-2989843/
Let us take advantage of the teaching of this fable to understand that we need to cultivate a way of facing problems that does not lead us down the path of be nose.
In all joint action there are costs and benefits, there are hassles and rewards, there are things we want to do, and others we would rather not do. Not everything is like, when, or with whom we want. Sometimes you have to make concessions. And for this it is necessary to develop our tolerance.
https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/apret%c3%b3n-de-manos-respecto-cooperar-2009195/
*What is tolerance*? Thinking about interpersonal relationships, it could be said that it is the human capacity to admit and accept certain inconveniences for the sake of a more transcendent sense and a higher interest than that acceptance, not just ours. It is to be flexible, indulgent and condescending, to put oneself in the place we have next to us and to assume personal costs to preserve the essential over the particular.
Tolerance can be contradictory, and tricky, and even if this controversial character is so, it should not blind its relevance in certain aspects of our lives. One of its undeniable values is the fact that it guarantees a climate within which listening and respect can be called upon. This does not mean that turning tolerance into a daily practice means eliminating all traces of contradiction and the mystical conception that contradiction is a threat that induces chaos and destruction because contradiction is a source of movement, of change, of development.
This is the challenge of tolerance. Contradiction does not always bring development, but in turn there is no development without contradiction. Nothing of all that is beautiful and great that humanity has built was achieved without going through contradiction. Tolerance must be, above all things, tolerance to the shock of differences, to the encounter of the different.
Tolerance is enriched when we build relationships that are not power, but rather of collaboration, of joint participation of participatory and plural power. It bears fruit when we come together based on common interests. It multiplies where the free practice of contradiction and difference, the ability to listen and respect is reborn.
I apply tolerance in my life, since I consider myself a tolerant person, without becoming permissive, without leaving aside the contradiction and exposing my criteria, making it clear that tolerating does not mean enduring.
I respect and accept the thoughts, feelings and beliefs of people, beyond the differences with my way of thinking, as long as there is a harmonious climate and mutual respect we can live together.
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/margarita-colores-del-arcoiris-6374662/
I accept the cultural, religious, ethnic, sexual and political diversity of everyone around me. During our passage through life we meet all kinds of people. Simply if we do not have the same beliefs, or assume different political positions, the issue is not discussed, sometimes friendship goes beyond moral and political duty. Sometimes it can happen even with family members, and for this reason we are not going to turn our backs and fight to the death.
I listen, understand, pay attention and look into their eyes when someone tells me about a problem, regardless of whether the reason seems insignificant, because for that person it could be the end of the world.
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/tolerancia-diversidad-opiniones-3824208/
In the workplace I do not like to prejudge others, so the doors are open for everyone to demonstrate their capabilities.
I do not respond to unjust aggressions or with insults or grievances, it is not in my nature, I apply that as a degree of tolerance that I was born with it, but in the sense of a silence as a response, but a silence that transmits peace and that there is another way to channel problems.
I am not saying this, it is a cliché that I found " The sea is an example of tolerance, because we throw a lot of dirt into the sea, the sea absorbs it and, over time, transforms it. " Tolerance is being like the ocean, absorbing, dissolving, and disappearing.
So far for today, excuse me, I hardly have time to go through your articles, this takes days to finish it because my time on the platform is intermittent. Greetings and a prosperous week.
White dream
Hello friends of read.cash. These days near the end of the year make me nostalgic for my trip to China a few years ago. Besides, my son insists on reminding me. He always asks me when it's going to snow, he associates Christmas and Santa Claus with snow, that's what he sees in movies and cartoons. He is small and still does not understand that we live in a tropical country almost on the edge of the equator and until now he will never be able to see snow at least here in his native country.
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/muchachas-nieve-jugar-puente-1919651/
My favorite time of the year is these months between September and March, when there is a slight change in the climate of my country. In the afternoons the breeze is cooler, and the autumn landscape gives me a sense of peace.
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/cubo-los-adoquines-oto%c3%b1o-sale-de-3738781
This was my snowman for those snowy days, a cardboard scarf, hat, mouth, ears, and nose, his eyes were two ping pong balls, and I don't remember his tongue haha. That snowfall only lasted a couple of days because the temperatures began to rise, and then it was very, very cold but the snow melted. It really is a very beautiful experience for those of us who live in tropical countries that are an eternal summer.
It is incredible to see the snowflakes when we looked out the window and fell on our hands and we could appreciate what we had seen so much in movies, its starry shape like a jewel.
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/copo-de-nieve-adornos-1823942/
Throwing us a few snowballs, leaving footprints in a layer of snow, dazzling from our window an idyllic and wonderful world, a white landscape and covered trees make us feel like in an enchanted place from a story, catching our attention to admire every detail.
It could be said that snow is ephemeral like happiness, enjoy it while it lasts, the temperature rises, the ground thaws and what one day we see covered by a white blanket soon returns to its natural state, creating the great feeling of a new beginning.
Here are some **famous phrases** about the snow this magical, special and impressive natural event. https://www.sabersinfin.com/frases/10581--frases-celebres-nieve
"The wonder of a single snowflake surpasses the wisdom of a million meteorologists." *Sir Francis*
"You should not complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when it also covers the threshold of your house." *Confucius*
"A lie is like a snowball; the more it rolls, the bigger it gets." *Martin Luther*
Let's watch the snow till we drop from exhaustion! *Matsuo Basho*
"When you light the fire with snow, you can put out the fire of love with words." *William Shakespeare*
Thank you all very much for your support, every time I can pass by your articles. I hope this Christmas brings many good things to this family. This was a short post, if you have had the pleasure of seeing the snow, you could go through the comments and tell us how it went.
The end justifies the means
We have heard this phrase many times throughout our lives. Perhaps you listened to it in not very pleasant circumstances and where you were affected by that "end". It is said in this way, when someone has achieved a goal, by using some unorthodox or unethical method. However, the result achieved, for many it is worth it, and the means used are collateral damage or evils necessary to achieve it. It is used a lot in politics, business and even in the social and personal plane.
Many are those who have erroneously attributed this phrase to the writer, and relevant character of Renaissance Italy, Nicholas Machiavelli, who defended through his literary work the most amoral and despotic way of doing politics. There are even sources that indicate that it was Napoleon Bonaparte himself who wrote it on the last page of his copy of the book "The Prince" (1532), Machiavelli's most famous work.
Most experts and historians agree that the famous quote attributed to Machiavelli is, in fact, the result and transformation of a phrase extracted from the Latin text "Medulla theologiae moralis" (1645) and whose author was the German theologian Hermmann Busenbaum.
The phrase found in said text literally says: "Cum finis est licitus, etiam media sunt licita"
(When the end is lawful, so are the means)
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/bien-malo-opuesto-elecci%c3%b3n-escoger-1123013/
For me the end does not justify the means. I would not like to have to undertake any act that goes against my ideas or my ethical and moral principles. Honesty, simplicity, the force of truth, should never be violated. What is the use of reaching that end, if you have lost your honor and prestige in front of others? That is why always some action a lot before executing it. It does not matter if it is paramount, as long as it cannot be solved by traditional means, I would not like to break in and jump over barriers that cannot be jumped. Eventually there will come a time when everything will return to you, all the evil you did, all the paths that you preferred to avoid, or all the people that you passed over to achieve that goal.
https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/la-carretera-cielo-monta%c3%b1as-nubes-908176/
Between heaven and earth, nothing is hidden. If not today, tomorrow they will find all the evil that you did. It is better to wait for the correct way to get ahead and without hindering others in that process. I have experienced some cases, where nothing has gone well. It even ends with all the years of friendship and in some cases it has criminal repercussions. Then nothing can replace what is a clear conscience, according to a proverb: "There is no better pillow than one's own conscience." In the blink of an eye, your life can change forever. The line between good and evil is very thin, so you have to always be vigilant so that you do not jump to the other side. Trust me, it's not worth it.
Friends, these have been very complex days for me. Time is not enough for me and I have hardly been able to be online. The constant trips to the hospital to take care of my son's health make it impossible to be connected for long. I am very grateful that all of you have continued to support me despite everything.
1 month in read.cash. My experience.
Yesterday I turned 1 month on this platform. My husband David (Infinity) was just turning 2 months old when I decided to make an account and join him here. I saw him struggle every day and dedicate time to be connected, with his mind fixed on one goal: To guarantee the future of our son. I understood that it was necessary to fight for it, so I always supported him. Now he has just released his first BCH and around here at home, we are all super happy. I know I couldn't dedicate the same time to the platform as him, but at least I wanted to give it a try. This is my summary of everything that happened with Diana at read.cash during her first month.
My introductory article “Hello read.cash. I´m Diana ”I wrote it on November 12th and even Rusty visited me. In that post, archive $ 6.44 USD worth of BCH, something every newbie would like to have in their cover story. It's kind of logical that something like this could happen, since my husband promoted me the same day in his own article. This made many of you begin to read, follow and even send me request for sponsors. For all this, obviously I am super grateful. I was a little afraid that it would not turn out well, but little by little the fear was leaving me and the ice was breaking.
I already knew many of you, on my husband's account and he told me everything important that happened during the day. But nothing compared to knowing you for myself and being able to exchange with you.
I wrote 23 articles in this first month. I lost about 7 days without posting. When I started I told myself that it would be when I could, without pressure. The main problem is that I have to attend to my little son's health issues, hospitals, and physical therapy on a daily basis. This makes us get home very tired and it is almost impossible for me to be online or write an article on many occasions. The fatigue is noticeable and does not allow me to spend a little more time, unfortunately.
There are already 45 subscribers. You who read me whenever I appear in your notifications, thank you very much. Your support in my articles and your comments make me try to overcome fatigue and sit down to write a few lines whenever I can.
I have 11 sponsors with whom I am very grateful for everything they do for me. Your support is essential in my growth.
I want to publicly thank many of you, who have helped me in an incredible way since I got here.
First of all, @Jane. I am not trying to seek her attention, it is just that the help she has given me has been incredible. Your Posting For A Cause (PFAC) initiative was a great help to me. It allowed me to write 2 articles on his account, with which I evidently managed to archive a lot more BCH than if he had published them on mine. She is aware of the health situation of the smallest in the house and her huge heart makes her always want to help. Jane, thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart.
I could now put all the users and quote them here, but I would not want it to be frowned upon, and I would not forgive myself for forgetting some of you. Thank you all very much.
I have managed to archive 0.12 BCH in my wallet. Obviously, it is more than I imagined. It has also been difficult for me, because my husband uses the computer through the Wi-Fi connection and his cell phone through the mobile data. On the other hand, I only use my cell phone for mobile data. This is where I have to assemble the article and at least for me, it is not very easy, although I am gaining more and more skills. We do this so that the accounts do not go out through the same IP and avoid confusion.
It has been an incredible month. Thank you all for so much love and support.
See you between the lines.
A Christmas Story: An Unexpected Visit
Today is December 24 and my little one is eager to go to bed. He knows that he has been good all year and that he deserves a gift from Santa Claus. At least this is what we parents tell them to try to appease a little those energies that they give off so much every day. As adults we actually know that Santa does not exist, that it is an invention that they make us as children, but it is a way that now ours have that illusion that magic is possible. In addition, this is how we have them under control all year long: "If you behave badly, Santa Claus will not give you gifts this year." I don't have a fireplace in the house, but it comes in through the window, oh oh oh.
It has been more than two months since my child put his letter next to the Christmas tree, which says:
Dear Santa Claus, I have been very good all year. I have not done any mischief, at least not one that you can punish me. I have listened to my parents and eat all the food whenever I sit at the table. I take great care of my kitten, and I like to play with him. I am a model child. I only ask you for a little sister. "
Here you can see the photo of the tree and the letter that I leave next to it.
He went straight to his room to sleep after dinner. He wanted to go to bed, because the faster he lies down and falls asleep, the faster he wakes up and has his gift. As we read his letter, or rather, explaining his letter to us ahh, we realized that perhaps instead of Santa he should have written it to the storks. But who are we to argue with a child's imagination? So we leave it as is.
In the middle of the morning, I felt a noise in the room. As if the window was half open. I did not want to pay much attention, but then I realized that my little one had gotten up and was going to the living room. I didn't want to ask him where he was going, I just looked at the situation carefully. He got to the living room and stood in front of the little tree. He gestured and extended his hand pointing his finger at the letter.
At that moment, the impossible happened. The letter rose in the air and remained suspended for a few seconds at a height of 1 meter, and then returned next to the tree to its initial position. It was then that I heard an "Oh Oh Oh" and a slight smile appeared on my face. I didn't understand what was happening and at the same time I didn't want to stop believing. It gave me back my childhood. At that moment my little one laughs too and it was when a cold air ran through the whole house, as if it were snowing there.
I approached my son and he didn't say anything to me. The father had already gotten up and was also observing everything from the room and joined us. The boy looked at us both, and without further ado, he raised his hand and touching my belly, he approached him and whispered: "See you soon little sister." At that moment, the three of us hugged each other and we stayed like that for a long time.
Magic and hope is the last thing to be lost. Imagination is the most powerful thing we have, and if we could understand that a child's mind is the greatest gift, free from impurities, trauma, and full of meaning, we would be better every day. Don't stop believing, magic exists.
Thank you very much for reading me today, friends of
This is it for today friends. This is my entry for the #ChristmasChallenge2021 contest proposed by TengoLoTodo. You can see the details in the following article: Christmas Challenge 2021. https://read.cash/@TengoLoTodo/christmas-challenge-2021-e6304e6c
In summary, the bases are the following:
• Submit an entry with the theme A Christmas Story
• Mention the tag #ChristmasChallenge2021
• Mention me @TengoLoTodo
• The article needs to be in English and at least 600 words in length
• Has to be your own words and original content
• Needs to have a picture of the Special Requirement READ somewhere in the article.
• No more entries after December 23rd will be eligible for prizes.
See you between the lines.
Don't Breathe
9-12-21. N22
Friends, I have not been able to write these days. The reason is that it has been a very difficult week between hospitals and physical therapy. I ended the day very tired and it was almost impossible for me to write an article at that time. Sometimes it is even very difficult for me to read some articles or comment on them. I always try to do my best, but it has been very difficult.
Today I bring you a movie that we saw last night called “Don't Breathe”. This is the second part. The first came out a few years ago. It is about a former marine who was left blind as a result of the war. But in turn he obtained some listening skills, without becoming a science fiction film, but they allow him to hear each movement more acutely. In the first part of the film, a group of friends enters his house, not realizing that he was there or even that he was visually impaired. They wanted to hurt him and thinking that it was going to be very easy, everything ended up becoming a massacre.
In this second part, he appears with a girl, who treats her as his daughter, protecting her above all else. He didn't even let her go to school, she made defects around the house. It is striking because he did not have any girls in the first part. The girl was the daughter of a couple of drug addicts, and her mother was the cook. The father, with a group of well-armed men, went to "rescue" the little girl. It was a very hard blow in the movie, since technically the man had kidnapped the little girl.
One by one they all fell at the hands of the blind man. The skills he had to hunt them all, even without being able to see them, plunged in darkness, is impressive. Well-accurate hearing makes every movement, every action, every breath, you notice and can predict the movements of your opponents. It was not easy, and in the end, they ended up taking the girl, leaving him for dead, and burning his house to ashes.
It is here when the girl meets her father and mother, who was very ill. So far, everything seemed fine. Only the twist comes that makes you lose faith in everything. The mom was really sick and needed a new heart. Guess what? She wanted her daughter to give her heart as they were compatible as mother and daughter. Generally, you see it the other way, the mother gives her life for the daughter. Now it was the opposite. The mother murdered her daughter to get her heart out and stay with him. They even had a doctor and a rustic operating room created for the occasion. Organ trafficking is an evil that affects the world today, but that a mother does that to her daughter is hard to believe.
The blind man manages to get out of the burning house and also rescues the dog that had been sent to finish him off, so he won his affection. I tie it with a strap and it takes it to its owner's house. I arrive just in time, to save the little girl.
How is it possible that a mother can think like this? I want to believe that it is just a movie, and that there have never been cases of this kind in real life.
Thank you for reading and understanding that I have very limited time these days. Still, thank you so much for the support you have always given me. Thank you all.
See you between the lines.
Why do we work?
7-12-21. N21
For money, would it be your answer to my question? Do not think badly of yourself, it does not mean that you do not love what you do, or do not have values. Not a few say that the essential reason why we work is because of the monetary income that we take home each month. Certainly, being able to generate economic income to pay taxes and personal expenses is a key reason to go to work, but it is not the only one that is clear.
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/09/23/laboratorio_de_felicidad/1537700345_767393.html
Some may pursue leadership positions, reach a position of greater responsibility or power, face difficult challenges and unattainable goals, the satisfaction of success, recognition and prestige, the feeling of contribution when solving a problem, to leave a legacy or to help others. Others continue to grow and develop, as professionals.
Learning to know our personal reasons and what motivates us to work allows us to avoid the risk involved in making decisions based on common myths without any basis or support: one that emphasizes that when you have reached a certain status of your monetary accounts, you no longer need to work; and that money or material benefits are everything. Knowing what moves us is an important act of personal loyalty that enables us to achieve professional success, job continuity and satisfaction in what we do.
https://www.horizontum.mx/tecnicas-de-motivacion-laboral/
Human motivations can have elements of material stimulation and there is no reason to demonize this. The basic issue is how to get people to want to work and to be able to satisfy their shortcomings and basic needs in life. There is no perfect society, you will always see in a corner of the curve a series of people who do not join a life project.
That people love work and everything will be solved, will it be that simple? Love is not gratuitous. Sometimes and not infrequently, we love our profession, or what we study, but we must work in other areas to meet the needs of life.
What motivations make you get up every day to go to work. For your family, personal satisfaction, contribute a grain of sand to society, do you like your profession or be useful.
The diversity of human motivations regarding work activity are immense. You cannot judge or demonize the fact that people work in search of a better profit and salary income, and think that in this way we are making people money, because behind this money that is a requirement of daily life, there are values essentially human like love of family. Family building is an essential motivator. In addition, the values of society condition people and make them feel motivated to work, because they are forced to face their relationship with society.
The motivation to work is not getting up every day ready to go to work, happy and content, because there are days when the least we want is to go to work, but there is a concept of responsibility, and you reactivate your motivations that at a certain moment they can be lost. The fact that people want more, that they have no obstacles, and that in turn a set of social problems are resolved is what we seek to achieve.
The third part of our life we spend working, count, 8 * 3 = 24, 8 hours we sleep, 8 hours we work, 8 hours in other personal matters. It is an elementary arithmetic, in the mathematical equation of our day to day, therefore if that third part that represents the work activity, we do not do it with desire, with desires, if we do not live it, then it will be very sad.
And you, why do you work?
Thank you if you made it this far, it was all for today, see you between the lines.
All images are linked to the source website.
Strings
6-12-21. N20
Maria is a girl like any other. The only difference is that she is in an orphanage with other children. She does not have the love of a family, a father or a mother. Even so, she does not show sadness, for her everything is joy in her day to day. One of those days, Nico, a boy who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, arrives, and then the friendship arises almost instantaneously.
This is the story that is presented to us in the form of an animated short film. It is directed by Pedro Solís García, and in 2019 it obtained the Guinness World Records for being the most awarded short film throughout the year.
What is Cerebral Palsy occurs even before birth, due to abnormal brain development. It results in a congenital disorder of movement, posture and even muscle tone. Its most notable symptoms are laziness or stiffness in its limbs, as well as involuntary movements. It manifests itself even in the first years of childhood.
Despite the fact that the treatment is long and includes a lot of physical therapy, drugs and sometimes even surgery, unfortunately the disease has no cure.
I have met such a child, and he is a fallen angel on earth. We have met many children with different pathologies, due to the constant income that we have had to make for the situation of my own son, and we always establish friendship with all the other childrens and their families. Since you see it, you fall in love. You can not avoid it.
In this short film they introduce us to a girl named María, doing the impossible so that her newcomer friend Nico, plays and entertains with her. She has to resort to her imagination to start each of his plans and her games, so that Nico participates from his position. Obvious more difficult can not be. Nico's poor mobility makes every task nearly impossible, but he seems to enjoy it. Children settle for little, and turn it into a universe of possibilities. Nico's smile, the slight smile, makes the world open up at your feet. You can't help but go into the story and fall in love with him.
The story is based on real events. The director, Pedro Solís is the father of María and Nico. He wanted to bring to animation the story of how his daughter, since the arrival of her brother, always included him in all the activities that she herself carried out. Playing with him at all times, to stimulate him.
“My brother Juan Solís is a character modeler and he is my son's godfather. He modeled the character. That is my son and that is my son's chair; it is as is. The character of María is inspired by Alejandra; physically they do not resemble each other, but their spirit does”, explained Pedro Solís.
Then I leave you with the short film. It lasts approximately 10 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtrHIa0RkAo
If you're crying right now, it's totally understandable. We all did it when we first saw it. Nico did not die at that moment, quite the contrary. He died earlier this year, in 2021, at the age of 16. He is already resting in peace, free from operations, pain and excruciating therapies throughout all these years.
"If kisses had cured him, he would have been the healthiest child in the world"
The short film leaves us a lesson: We are all equal, do not discriminate against anyone. **We are all humans.**
I want to publicly thank @Jane for giving me her support and trust in me, and also her enormous Posting For A Cause (PFAC) initiative. 😊 🤗
Thanks for reading me and for the support. Thank you all.
See you between the lines.
Useful for the home, without being an engineer
5-12-21. N19
Hello, friends of read.cash, here I share some basic knowledge that I learned during my engineering career, but you do not necessarily have to be an engineer to use it. Many times in our daily life we are faced with problems like, my phone does not charge, my cooking pot does not turning on the power indicator, my hairdryer stopped working.
Sometimes people simply discard electronic equipment where the failure is simple, or we go for help from technical personnel who do charge a higher cost for a simple failure and in our ignorance, we pay an abusive price, and sometimes and very important the time we have to wait to solve our problem while waiting for qualified personnel.
I make it clear that to work with electricity, protective measures must be taken, and there are breakdowns that only trained personnel can assume, due to the risks and the deeper knowledge that is needed.
These that I propose are simple tips and very common failures, which you can face without any risk.
There are tools that can be useful and it is always good to have at home, a neon screwdriver, a simple and inexpensive instrument, similar to a screwdriver, that will indicate if there is voltage or voltage just by inserting it into a hole in our outlet. If there is voltage, an indicator light will come on.
https://productosincreibles.com/mejores-buscapolos/
The correct way to use this tool is to place the metal tip in the socket that we have problems, and at the same time touch the metal back with the finger, this way the circuit is closed and we can first detect if it is not an electricity problem of the place where we are. Very safe, there is no risk in inserting the instrument, no gloves are needed, you will not be electrocuted.
https://www.consejosytrucos.net/noticias-888456/como-medir-el-voltaje/
The second of the instruments that you can have at home is the voltage tester with a multimeter or tester. This will not only indicate the presence of tension, but it will give us the value. This instrument is a little more complex due to the possibilities it offers, so it is vital to know how to use it well, but knowing what to do in these cases is a simple step.
The electricity in our homes is AC Alternating current, and it can be 220v AC or 110v AC, we can see this in the descriptions of our electronic equipment. When the voltage is of another smaller value, and it has DC in the description then we are talking about direct current.
The multimeter gives us the possibility to select what type of voltage we want to measure AC or DC, and the scale to be able to visualize the expected value. Multimeters generally have two tips that will allow us to make the measurement.
If your cell phone does not charge, or your cooking pot does not turn on, or simply after taking your dryer on a trip, it stopped working, just to rule out some possible common causes, since other options would be more complex, and therefore our equipment would have to be taken to an electronics workshop. What I suggest to you does not imply or open the equipment, nor deep knowledge of electronics.
First of all, we check if the outlet where we are putting our equipment has voltage and that it is the required value, for this, we use the neon or the multimeter. We only introduce the neon in one of the holes as I explained before and the multimeter we take both tips and set the type of measurement in AC and the scale we introduce both tips in the holes, one in each hole and on the screen of our equipment. The measurement we will be able to verify if there is not the problem.
https://www.consejosytrucos.net/noticias-888456/como-medir-el-voltaje/
Second, and it may be the most common problem, that our power cable is internally broken.
How can we know this? Multimeters give us the ability to measure the continuity of a cable. What is continuity, is the existence of a complete path through which the current flows. They generally have a sound option that sounds when there is continuity and if it does not sound, our cable is broken.
https://es.ifixit.com/Gu%C3%ADa/Probando+la+continuidad+de+un+cable+de+corriente/1561
It also allows us to measure the fuses that all devices at home generally have, the fuse in simple words is a protection mechanism that is designed to withstand a permissible range of values and if there is a variation they are short-circuited and prevent further damage. In our equipment, we can find it at the power input of our equipment, but to measure its continuity even though it is simple, we would have to open our equipment. For example, during electrical storms in houses, it is very important to disconnect everything from their plugs because a power surge can damage our equipment.
https://es.ifixit.com/Gu%C3%ADa/Probando+la+continuidad+de+un+cable+de+corriente/1561
Let's focus on the cable, to measure its continuity, tap the metal parts of the terminals first to make sure they work. Second, we define how many paths our cable has, if it is a common cable it will have two paths, we take the tips of our multimeter set in continuity mode, and place one at one end of one of the ways and the other end at the other end, so we do with the other way of our cable.
If the multimeter does not sound, it indicates that our cable is broken, we have two options to buy a new one or repair it, which would take other preparations, it always depends on where the cut is. But at least we know that it is something as simple as buying a new cable that is inexpensive, but our equipment is in perfect condition.
But if the multimeter sounds, it indicates that everything is fine with our cable, and then the problem is internal to our equipment, be it a charger, a pot, a laptop, and you would have to go for help from an electronic technician.
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Another measurement that we can do is to find a short circuit in our cable and we determine it by measuring continuity between both tracks, if everything is fine the multimeter will not sound, that is, both lines are properly isolated, on the other hand if it emits continuity sound our cable has died.
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Remember, what I have explained does not imply risks, but other types of electrical measurements do carry more knowledge, and protection measures.
I hope it is useful to you, my dear readers. Thanks for getting here. To my sponsors, thank you for your support.
See you between the lines.
Be "profesional"
4-12-21. N18
Nothing is worse in this world than having to depend on someone who does not know how to do their job well.
If what you need is to repair an electrical equipment and the technician does not know what he is doing, obviously everything will go wrong and the equipment burned.
If, on the other hand, you depend on a doctor or technician in question, and they are not sufficiently prepared to take on the task. In medicine, if the doctor makes a mistake, you has 0 chance of improvement, you could even die in the process.
If these kind of colleagues have cared for you, at least once in their lives, then you know what I mean. Your blood boils and you try to be cool and until the last moment, even though you want it to end now.
Since I was little, in my house, they taught me that I should study and prepare to be someone in life. This requires constant preparation and always thinking about the future. As minimal as it is what someone is going to teach me, I have to pay attention to it. Perhaps what you are teaching me I did not know yet and it improves the way in which I can carry out various processes. An eternal thanks to those who do prepare and even improve themselves in their workplace.
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We have to understand that individual preparation is the key. Respect among the community. We are largely frustrated writers. This platform leaves us with a very good impression from the first moment we arrive here and we can analyze it thoroughly. We all try to make articles as professional as possible. It is respect for all, and is essential.
What bothers me even the most is that they don't even make the effort to learn. How is it possible that someone are trying to explain how to do things, and they are with as little attention as possible? Even playing with the cell phone while showing them how to do the job well. Won't they be sorry? It is simply immaturity, lack of enthusiasm and complete disinterest in what they does. In this way, it is not possible to advance in the least in the search for perfection in services.
If you managed to study and finish at least pre-university, or even graduate as an engineer in some profession, you should never stop studying and improve yourself. The day you stop trying to advance you will be stuck and all your classmates will get better results and you will continue in the same position. The lack of seriousness and preparation in what you do, will end your career and your prestige.
Investigate, read, study, learn, seek new horizons and new challenges. Try to always be on the go. So when you have to attend to someone in your job or give a solution to a certain problem, you will not be embarrassed. The first impression is difficult to erase. When you look at a person who is doing his job in the face of the population directly, the first minute is essential for him to show you confidence and preparation. This was the complete opposite of what I experienced yesterday. Since I had the first word with her I realized that I was completely lost in what I was supposed to do. And that was not all, then another companion joined, and in the same way or worse. And if that wasn't enough, they were not paying any attention when a technician with a lot of preparation and dedication was explaining to them how they had to do their job well. These are moments when your blood boils and you want the earth to swallow you.
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In the end everything went well, but not thanks to them. Of course, they continued in their world, waiting for the time to go to eat pizza or go home.
The importance of being professional in your work, there are no words to describe them. If one day, by pure chance, you stop feeling passion and love for what you do, you should consider looking for other horizons. A withdrawal on time is preferable to spending your life making a fool of yourself in front of everyone.
Have you been unlucky enough to face such a person? What would you do in that situation?
Thank you for reading me, even though you may notice that I have been distant. Time is clearly not enough for me. Housework and especially the care of my son with various trips to hospitals these days, has not left me any time. I am very sorry if you have noticed that I have not been able to visit your articles so frequently. I try to do my best whenever I have free time.
Clarification: You may think that the word "Profesional" is misspelled and lacks an "s". It is that in Spanish, it is written exactly like that, with a single s. And I wanted to leave it that way.
See you between the lines.
Kids are like sponges
2-12-21. N17
Hello, friends of read.cash. I have been a little absent these days, I only had minutes to read some articles and comment, but to sit down to write I have been a bit overwhelmed. In my country, we entered a new normal after a large percentage of the population was immunized, including childrens. The school year has already started and all the medical services that were paralyzed by the pandemic reopened, they were only providing emergency services. That is why I have spent the week taking my son to his medical consultations.
We are also preparing for the start of his school in the month of March, about this I had the idea to address this issue in the following article, especially of interest to mothers and fathers. I am referring to some strategies that we can use at home for our children's learning. In this pandemic, many parents have had to become teachers at home, due to the fact that schools closed. I come to talk about the Montessori teaching method, which I have relied on to guide my son in his early childhood learning. This teaching method has the following characteristics.
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• Respect for the individual rhythm of each child
• Freedom of choice
• Freedom of movement
• Learning through experience
• Self-correction
• Promotion of autonomy and independence, both physical and mental
• Preparation of the adult and the environment
This educational method is not only applicable in schools, but it is a philosophy of life that we can bring to the environment of our home and base our way of parenting on it. Without rewards or punishments, let the prize be the feat of having learned something new.
First, little by little we were creating a simple, orderly environment at home, prepared for him and adjusted to his needs, where he could find his meaning in each element. It is said that it should be a spacious and open environment, but let's not limit ourselves by that, whatever space we dedicate to them, they will reward us with a smile. We have to adjust to our possibilities, that this is not an obstacle to start.
Then we were looking for educational toys suitable for their age and the sensory needs necessary for the stage of their cognitive development, as well as to support their rehabilitation therapies. These are scientifically designed toys, although many do not believe it and see in them only a piece of painted wood. They give the child the key to exploring the world, and create basic cognitive skills.
At home, we seek to work on the concentration of our little one, since he constantly changes activities. For this, books with illustrations, drawings, repetitive games are good.
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This teaching method tells us, that our role is that of an observer and guide to help and stimulate the child, but we must allow him to make mistakes, to do things himself. An important guideline is a time, each child is different, their learning pace is different. The time is established by the child, we cannot be setting goals in the fulfillment of their tasks, nor do it for them to shorten the period of time. This will allow you to gain confidence.
María Montessori defined that the child passes from infancy to adulthood through 4 evolutionary periods called "Planes of development". When our little ones reach the limit of each one of them, we distinguish a new child with new needs.
• Early childhood (0 to 6 years). Age of consciousness. Unconscious absorbing mind 0-3 years, Conscious absorbing mind 3-6 years.
• Childhood (6 to 12 years). Moral age. Reasoning Mind.
• Adolescence (12 to 18 years). Social age Humanistic Mind.
• Maturity (18 to 24 years). Political Age. Specialist mind.
Thus "as the caterpillar and the butterfly are very different in their appearance and their manifestations and, nevertheless, the beauty of the butterfly is a consequence of its life in the caterpillar state, and cannot come from the imitation of the example of another butterfly To build the future it is necessary to watch over the present. The more we take care of the needs of one period, the more successful the following period will be"(Absorbent Mind, María Montessori, Editorial Diana, 1998, p. 245).
How many times have we heard the expression “Kids are like sponges, they absorb everything”? Indeed, my son is 5 years old, he is on the plane of development called Absorbing Mind, where he absorbs all the aspects, good and bad, of the environment that surrounds him. Do you know what level of development your child is on? I invite you to read this material and it will guide and support you.
At this stage, my son is building his own personal identity adapted to the environment in which he lives and grows up. His personality will be the result of everything that we are able to give him, and let it be clear I am not talking about gifts or anything material.
Knowing the stages of growth allows us to be able to act appropriately to the psychic and physical needs of our children.
Another task that occupies us is his independence in practical life activities, in eating, going to the bathroom, so that despite his physical limitations he can take care of himself, now that we have to leave him alone for the first time, when starting his school year. I know it will be a difficult time for the family, but we will overcome it and that is why we are already preparing.
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Rest on your laurels
28-11-21. No16
Said in our daily life it assumes many forms, put yourself up for things, do not think about it too much because you are left out. That is to say, that basic idea that things have to be always in activation, in motion, one cannot neglect because what one wants or intends is not going to achieve, precisely not because of the conditions but because of a certain complacency and carelessness. that we can assume.
It has to do with the laurel wreaths that were awarded in the ancient world to people who did important things, poets, scientists, rulers, the image of Caesar with his laurel crown may come to mind.
And resting on your laurels is as simple as being so pleased and happy that I have arrived, that I have nothing else to do, and you rest on your laurels and what has been achieved is lost or to be achieved is not achieved, because you are too focused on what you already have, in what you have already achieved and not in what is possible.
Here we can experiment and clearly see the risks of success. When one achieves a certain success, one can feel calm, with the satisfaction that I have already arrived and be convinced that I will not fall again, two things can happen: not striving to take care of it and not doing anything to achieve better results.
Not only in our day-to-day life it has to do with achieving success and complacency, but also with not giving things the dynamics and time that things need. It is also not seeing opportunities and that these opportunities can disappear at any time. Sometimes why, why? If this is how I am fine, or I keep what I have or what I am and it's over.
It has to do with the need to be aware, necessarily focused and always focused on improvement, growth, development, no matter who has achieved more and who has achieved less.
There is a fairly strong tendency, to always look outside, whether I do it or not do it depends on the conditions, if the conditions allow me, yes, if they don't allow me, no. In my view, a somewhat passive attitude, one begins to be a slave to conditions and circumstances. There are people who complain that the conditions and circumstances are what they are and you cannot change them, and it reminds me of a Chinese proverb that says you cannot change the wind, but you can put the sails in one direction or another to advance, that is, your attitude and decisions in these situations and how you are going to deal with them if it is modifiable.
At times when changes are being made, can resistance to change affect us? Dangerous behaviors are generated for our life, our improvement, and our development. New possibilities and spaces are opened that favor the development of life and there are those people who immediately capture and make them their own and seek an emerging response to these new conditions for the sake of the human essence, the improvement of life and future development. But there are those other people who let them go by the side, and we wonder why not, and the answer is precisely because he fell asleep, enraptured, anesthetized on his laurels, because we remain clinging to what we already have.
Mark Twain said:
“20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So let go of the moorings, sail away from safe harbors, catch the trade winds. Explore. It sounds. Discover".
It does not have to be 20 years old, it could be that yesterday you stopped doing something, and today you say wow why didn't I do it. Do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today. Raise the anchor of the boat of your life, leave your known port behind and unfold the sails so that the winds of change move it in the direction you decide, grow, change, develop. It is a maxim that we have to apply in all spheres of life.
It's all for today, my dear friends at read.cash. Thank you very much for reading me today and being present on this trip. To my sponsors, thank you for so much support.
See you between the lines.
Breaking the silence. Say no to gender violence.
26-11-21. N15
Yesterday while reading the national Newspaper of my country, I noticed that November 25 was commemorated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and I found it interesting to share some of these issues with you, my dear friends from Read.Cash, not only for women but also for men, knowledge of these issues helps us to know what rights we have in society.
"The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2021 is celebrated on November 25 in memory of the murder of the Mirabal sisters, known as the butterflies, three Dominican activists against the Rafael Trujillo regime."
Gender based violence, which directly affects women and girls, is one of the most widespread and persistent in the world. It is not only our duty as a citizen to warn about inequality, discrimination, femicides and the different forms of sexist violence, but also to demand public policies to prevent and end it. It can be said that gender violence is a pandemic in the shadows, since it does not stop growing and many women have seen their situation aggravated by the fact of having to spend more time with their aggressors or because their situation has been further reduced family.
The isolation and loneliness of the victims has inevitably increased during the pandemic. Gender violence is, however, a social problem, which must be addressed and made visible as such. Making it visible is essential to stop denying its existence, because this type of violence exists, and not only within a couple relationship: it occurs for the simple fact of being a woman.
The violence that is exerted on her is structural, influenced by historical and structural imbalances of power between women and men that perpetuate the idea of superiority of the latter. Types of violence against women Gender violence manifests itself in a physical, sexual and psychological way.
https://www.proyecto-kahlo.com/2014/12/micromachismos-machismo-sin-mas/
The United Nations Organization includes several types:
• Violence by a romantic partner (physical violence, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide).
• Sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, stalking, street harassment, cyberbullying)
• Trafficking in human beings (slavery, sexual exploitation.
• Genital mutilation
• Child marriage.
Do not be alarmed by these issues, since the important thing is to recognize the different forms of gender violence, and that this is a social problem of such importance, that stopping at the number, or if it is more or less frequent, is not essential, But if a single woman, girl or any person is in these situations, it deserves all our effort and attention. The most important thing is to **PREVENT**, so that gender violence and any form of violence is not naturalized.
Hence, the political will of the country where one lives and its institutions are vital to achieve an effective, comprehensive and integrated response. The media also exert violence against women and girls when they are invisible, silenced, or represented in a stereotypical way. They contribute to the reproduction in the collective imaginaries of myths that support various forms of gender violence.
How many of us have been victims of gender violence without hardly perceiving it. How many of us have not sought employment on the networks. Not infrequently we find posts of job offers with images of young women, with long hair and shining smiles, where they seem to assume that only they fit in that type of job. Men are not admitted or, at least, they are not summoned.
I speak, for example, of calls for restaurants and cafeterias that are looking for young, pretty and uncompromised women to fill positions as waitresses or similar. The idea that women are more docile, tender, fragile and therefore destined for this type of work is still widely shared. Of course, as a counterpoint, men do not paint anything in such roles that are too "loose" for their masculinity, and those who assume them are automatically judged for it.
They contribute to a vicious circle of discrimination that, ultimately, limits us to imposed roles, occupations or professions. They are reflections of stereotypes that we have dragged along for decades in a still very macho society.
We have had before us an implicit sexist discrimination in the calls, on the fact of automatically associating sweetness and kindness with women and, by transitivity, them with this type of place. "Those jobs have historically been done by women because the concept is that a male can work something harder and there he will be 'underused'", we could have heard this more than once from our employer.
Gender roles are functions that are assigned to people depending on the sex with which they are born and that, in the long term, mark the way in which relationships between men and women are established in society.
They start with the story about the boys wearing blue and the little ones wearing pink, but they continue to present themselves in different ways at each stage of growth. Not crying because that shows weakness if you are a man, that a tough guy does not need to be romantic, while more girlfriends are more manly, on the other hand and against opposition, young women cannot be promiscuous, compulsory motherhood, obedience to their husbands.
Beyond what is correct and ethical, what is normal, appropriate or inappropriate for us, they are behaviors with which we are born stereotyped and do not leave our conscious choice, but rather we are influenced by ways of acting, expectations and obligations imposed by these roles.
In this way, to the common stereotypes of mom who stays at home and dad who goes out to work, caregiver woman and provider man; others join who try to mark them in specific professions once they decide to work.
In short, despite the many policies designed to incorporate women equally into the different sectors, there is still much to do. Gender roles learned over decades are not erased in one fell swoop.
Thank you very much my dear readers, if you got here I hope you have been of interest to my article today. To my sponsors, thank you for trusting me. And to you if it is the first time that you go through my articles and if you liked it, do not forget to subscribe, and if you feel identified with the subject, leave me your comment.
Good Intentions
25-11-21. N14
The other days I could see how someone was able to give me all the support without expecting anything in return. When these things happen I am very happy to be able to experience firsthand, how there are still good people in the world. It turns out that I was walking with my son to catch a taxi and a woman I hardly know asked me where I was going. I told her where I was going and immediately afterward she asked her husband, who was in the car, if he could overtake us. The response was positive and we got in the car. We were going to the hospital, so the help was very well received. They took us right to the hospital, saving us even money and time, which was the most important thing.
**"The world has not been screwed up by bad people, but by good people who can do something, and do nothing."** This phrase is always with me and that day was manifested in all its splendor. Get started today by helping someone. For showing others that you are here, that they want to be part of their life. Good intentions are what will make us grow and be better people.
Those who have good intentions, are capable of no matter what, often put the interests of others above their own. It is not about going through life always doing good deeds and prioritizing others, or you would be a street lamp, and a blackout in the house. It's about balancing yourself. Many times, these actions, life returns them to you, it is Karma.
I had a friend, who called herself my friend, worth the redundancy. She, very plastic, was always smiling. The day the wind turned against me with the whole situation I'm living, that day, the wind took it away. It was definitely cardboard, as they say around here. People like that have no way of looking on the bright side, as long as they can, they will do the same again. They are able to link to you, for a specific interest.
I am still here, being the same, with the same intention of being able to help everyone, with my modest efforts, whenever it is useful. I live my life with my limitations, and with my mindset on the future of my little boy. Whoever wants to help me is welcome in my life, whoever does not, should not come near. I'm already tired of people who want to hurt you.
Life is not a movie where everything works out in the end or there is a prince charming. Despite the fact that Disney has always led us to believe that blue princes exist, or the solution to problems is always solved at the last moment. Life is more complex, and many times, you don't always have a solution to a specific problem. It only remains to fight and not give up. Help others whenever you can and most importantly, don't expect anything in return. Do it from the heart, and you will not have problems in the future.
Luckily, there are always these types of people, the ones who approach and build. Are you in that group?
Hi friends! I've been way behind lately. I recognize it. It is not easy to stay up to date on read.cash and carry out your household chores. I am simply speechless for all the mothers that are here on the platform. Carrying both, even some of you make some investments and take care of them, it is not easy. I will try as long as I have time to visit the articles and comment on them. I won't set goals for myself, so I won't be disappointed at the end of the road. Like when David started in the beginning, we both got really excited up to $0.01 USD in BCH. I'm going to enjoy my trip, without any pressure. For now, I have you, and for that, you will always have a place in my heart.
See you between the lines. 🤗
Leave me, I'm downloading a little game.
24-11-21. N13
If you have a little one at home, then surely you know what it is to suffer firsthand, not having a Tablet to play with. Since it doesn't have, so it's always downloading games to my cell phone. His favorite hobby is to go to Google Play and start downloading as many games as he can. Sometimes it puts 4-5 games in the download queue. That is when the cell phone does not have the storage capacity for so many games, and it begins to show symptoms of being relatively slow. He no longer has space and it seems that he is not interested.
His favorite phrase: "Leave me, I'm downloading a little game." But it is not one, there are several. We already know him perfectly. Children are like a sponge. Everything they see they learn instantly. Despite not knowing how to read yet, I don't know how he sometimes knows where to play or how to make things work. He knows things on the cell phone and the computer that we have no idea how he learned them or who taught them. Maybe it went out to the father. Maybe it's in their genes.
Today's games for children, and others not so young, have a very striking graphic. They invite anyone to carry out the actions they want, to touch the key points, by using suggestive buttons, both for size and color. So it is easy for them, even without knowing how to read, to be able to develop in the game.
It all started on any given day that I hardly remember. He picked up his mobile and simply opened Google Play and that's when he discovered a world of games at his feet. We all know that Google Play is straightforward to bring you games and applications. With two touches you are already downloading to your cell phone. The skills they provide you are stupendous. They range from developing logical thinking to motor and reflex skills. One day without prior notice, he still took the mouse from the pc and started clicking and went to YouTube by himself. Since that day he has also been a fan to see how many Youtubers gamers exist on the entire internet. Started by Fernanfloo (who no longer uploads videos) and finished DeGoBoom. Now he says he wants to be a Youtuber. All this started from the age of 2. Now that he is 5, imagine how much he has learned.
Again I repeat, I think he is going to be like the father. LOL. When he was older and learned to read and write, I think he started programming.
**Plant vs. Zombies**
Who has not played this game? It is one of the favorites around the world and not only by children. The objective is nothing more than to avoid a Zombie invasion in the house, using the plants to defend the house. The variety of plants and zombies is excellent. The creativity of the game invites you to play and it is precisely what children want.
**Minecraft**
This is a worldwide phenomenon. It doesn't need much introduction. I thought he was never going to play it, but when he first saw it and installed it, it was a huge hit for him. From that point on in the day you always have time to spend creating in MineCraft.
**Saw Games**
This series of games refer to the movie of that name. The objective is to put to work the imagination and logical thinking, to be able to get out of a labyrinth, where there are different monsters. He is one of the ones I like the most that he plays, precisely for that reason. You have to be able to put pieces together in order to escape and take different things into account at the same time.
Despite all this, we always try to keep your exposure to cell phones and computers as low as possible. It is a tough task, but it can be done. You must not create dependency and you have to be able to get out of this virtual world and play with the toys in your playroom, in real life. All excess hurts. So we keep that premise in mind.
So far today's article. I hope I didn't bore you with it.
Many thanks to @PVMihalache for their sponsorship, I was very surprised by their request. It has been 2 weeks of luxury in read.cash. I thank you all for reading me, and for supporting me. I know that these days I have been a bit distant, and I have barely been able to review some articles. But the defects of the house, added to the self-care of my son, which as you know requires a little more care, have made it impossible for me to be more active here. I still have to learn little by little. Even, every day I write the article a little later than usual. LOL. Anyway, thanks for understanding me and for always being there.
Fresh Air
23-11-21. N12
For a few months, we had not left the house for absolutely anything that was not for medical reasons. So today we decided to take a little outing, taking advantage of the fact that they have removed the confinement. The 3 of us went out, only the little kitten stayed at home.
First, we went to see if we could buy a painting to put the enlarged photo of my child, we already collected the studio photos of his 5 years. Unfortunately, there were no paintings for that measure, but we were able to observe and document the other beautiful paintings that were for sale. I have always liked paintings. I feel like a house without them is like empty.
Each art frame of these sells for around $40 USD. Obviously, they are not original, if they were they would cost a lot, but they have an excellent quality.
We really liked this painting for what it represents. Simplicity and infinity at the same time. It is a spiral, the meanings of which are countless. In moments you can be in a corner and suddenly on the other side. It symbolizes for my success and defeat in a single image. There is no way to escape it. Whenever you think that everything is safe, you must not lose heart in the search for perfection, because the spiral turns and everything begins again.
Right near there, you will find an ice cream parlor. We had never entered, despite having passed through there many times. I guess there is always a first time. The first impression is excellent. Quality, cleanliness, and attention are everything. We bought some small salads, for a value of $1.8 USD each. Can't say anything else, we loved it. The ice cream was perfect, with a caramel melt on top that made it perfect in every way.
Then we went by in front of the Capitol. Undoubtedly, no one gets tired of admiring such beauty, which imposes respect for its majesty.
It is point 0 of the city of Havana, from which all the streets were drawn. It is a replica of the one found in Washington. The huge sculptures that are at the entrance of it, is without a doubt, one of the most beautiful works that can be found throughout the place. Inside it has a lot to tell, but unfortunately, it was still closed. Maybe another time.
We went into a bookstore, to buy some coloring books for the youngest of the house and also some placemats that we liked very much since we saw them. The complete set cost about $5 USD, a total of 4 placemats and 4 cup holders. The quality of them is spectacular. The material and the colors of the print are excellent. We were impressed to see them, so we did not hesitate to buy them.
We already decided to go home after that, it was getting a bit cold and the weather was like it was going to rain. Already tired we started the trip home, luckily it was fast and we found a taxi. Obviously, life in the city is recovering little by little. Everyone is starting to leave their houses and enter this new normal. Despite everything, we never stop using the easy mask, or the hand sanitizer gel. When we get home, all the clothes go straight to the washing machine and we go to the bathroom to take a shower. It is important to continue protecting ourselves for a while longer.
This was the whole day, in which we got some fresh air.
Thanks to @FarmGirl and @Peter-Molnar for renewing their sponsorship. Thank you all for taking the time and reading me today. It is being an incredible experience so far. I hope with the help of all of you to continue growing much more.
We continue to meet between the lines.
Credits:
All images were taken with my phone.
Double face. Final part
22-11-21. N11
If you haven't read the first part yet, you can read it here:
https://read.cash/@Diana_/double-face-part-i-31b0ef4e
And now, the final.
**Act V**
Yony and Ringo watch an old man walk down the street.
Ringo: Chama here is the ticket, give him that we left.
Yony: There, back to the old days. You grab it and I taste it.
Hitting him for the head.
Ringo: Hey, (touching his head) what do you have here?
Yony: Go crazy, then it's late.
They give the old man, and they take all the money from him, Yony forgets that he is just an old man and gives him more than he should.
Ringo: Chama since you kill him. Chama! - He says while trying to remove it from above, they run away and leave the poor man with a little blood lying on the ground, not in the mood to ask for help.
**Act VI**
Yony is entering the house making sure no one sees him. Karla is sitting inside the house in the shade.
Karla: Yony, (Yony jumps with fright and tries to play handicapped again)
Yony: Say, tell me - He says with a stuttering voice and half-opening his eyes.
Karla: It's easy, it's me, it's me. Where were you boy, you had me worried, I arrived and I didn't see you and I went crazy. - She says while helping him to sit on the bed. - Why didn't you tell me that you wanted to remember the old days when you put on your clothes and went out to the street? But where did you go, didn't you get very far, or did you? - She says while she takes off his pullover.
Yony: - Surprised that it had not been discovered - No, I did not get far, to the corner - I manage to articulate.
Karla checks his pocket and finds the old mans wallet. He stares at him and slaps him.
Karla: You know you're a bit complicated now, right? But are you crazy? - She says raising her voice-, you know that your pita is getting tangled, our pita is getting tangled! Now that your sister can't work according to her, she doesn't have little money to give me, I don't know if I'll be able to continue holding out your fake, our fake. - She says it with her hand on her head and walking around the room. - so that now you dedicate yourself to hitting the old men - while you see the photo of the card. - And do not play dumb anymore that your sister is not at home.
Yony: She is working! - aloud - also my life, you and I make a good couple, everyone here knows that you take care of me (he approaches her), and everyone imagines how.
Karla: (rejecting it) in the way that will never happen, don't dream, just money, that's our deal, and that little fly of your sister, squeeze her until the last breath. I'm going, and put on your silly costume that is already arriving.
**Act VII**
Two days later.
Ringo and Roxana (Ringo's sister) both chatting on the street corner bench.
Ringo: huh, don't believe me, but Chama says that Yisel is her little sister, how good she is, that she fell in love with a boy.
Roxana: and what do I have to do with that? She is not fooling me, she is a tremendous little candle. Don't tell me that she are selling her body to get money. She likes it, here in this country what is left over are things to sell, see that she starts washing clothes, let's see, can't she do it? Well, she doesn't like to be on top of a man all the time, I think she likes it. - She says while putting the cigar in his mouth. Take a deep puff and spread the smoke into the air.
Ringo: Well now, you also like her quite a bit, ho*ker?, hey? That's what you are?
Roxana: Yes, but how do you like the shit that I bring you, don't you think it's easy to get, and don't tell me you don't like the money?
Ringo: Yes, I do. What I don't like is that you go from flower to flower, and you haven't just caught anything that works, let's see if we finally raise not only our heads, ok. And what I'm telling you is that Yisel fell in love, but I think you're not going to like who, you are not going to like whoever took that little bob from you as you say ...
Roxana: I kill her, him and her, I kill them. (Going around in a circle). That bastard told me that this was over, but as always I convinced him again, and in the end, he died here, here - He says it pointing to his pelvis in a vulgar way -, at my feet, nobody leaves me, you heard? –While touching the head -, nobody….
Ringo: Ahah, I want to see that.
**Act VIII**
Yisel, Enrique, and Yony are in the room. Enrique is sitting in a chair across from Yony, as if they are talking.
Yisel: Yony, get ready to take a bath so that you will be able to talk more with Enrique.
Enrique: If you already told me about the pile of women that I raise these days, Ahah, right kid! (raising his hand to greet him, and he looks at him fixedly, very fixed, and with a serious look)
Yony realizes in his look that there is something wrong with that look and because he uses it since that is what only Ringo calls him.
Yisel: I'm going to go to Karla's house for a second, don't move you from here my love, I'll be back in a second.
Enrique and Yony are left alone, Yony stares at him without saying a word.
Enrique: -Enrique gets up from his chair - well, my dear friend, who would have thought about it, not even in Hollywood would they have a price for such a performance, a life full of discomforts, of playing dumb, that's what you wanted, look at me when I talk to you (picks him up from the bed). Don't play dumb, I saw you with Ringo, I saw you drugged, I heard you, hey, don't believe that, because you see me that I'm good to your sister and that I love her, I love her much more than you could never imagine or love her, even being her brother, you make her believe for more than two months that you are mentally retarded due to an accident that you caused yourself, and you force her to work that way to steal her money, right? are you going to say anything? vermin.
Yony: (standing up and pushing him). Look colleague, I do things as I please, I am the kid wherever they stop me, I don't have a hair of stupidity or fool.
Roxana enters through the door.
Roxana: Wow, I can't see what my eyes are seeing. The house daddy, you don't deserve to be here, next to this abnormal.
Yony stares at him and stands in front of him.
Yony: He, apparently Enrique, you are not as good as you appear, and this dirty cloth that you wrote down, where did you get it, you already told my sister.
Enrique: Look at your love ... (He gets angry going upstairs, cooking him by the neck and lifting him in pesos), I'm sick of you, I'm not giving you a kick out of respect for your sister, because if not, wait a second there. (Pushing him against the bed)
Enrique: (Looking at Roxana, At the entrance of the door Yisel and Karla stop without being seen), As for you, I already told you that ours is over, I fell in love, I really fell in love, Yisel is much more of a woman of what I never dreamed that I could find myself in this life, she is a special young woman, I will ...
Roxana: Hang on there, hang on there Daddy, where is that dead fly, I'll see her give what she's got. Here everyone in this family is crazy, a prostitute, and another who pretends to be a fool when he is the most alive I have seen in my life ...
Yisel and Karla outside. Karla grabs Yisel tightly who wants to enter the house, after hearing what they were talking about, but stops when she hears that part about the brother.
Yisel: How? How is it that my brother is not mentally retarded? What is Karla talking about? Do you know anything about that?
Karla: Yisel, I, I am very sorry, but it is the same as you say ...
Yisel: (Crying) I who kill myself so much to take care of my brother and it turns out that he is a drone as you said, and worst of all, (pauses) I thought you were my friend (Slapping her)
Yisel rushes into the house. She looks at her brother on the bed and Roxana arguing with Enrique.
Yisel: (To brother) I have lived my life for you, I have dedicated myself in two months to make you happy, our parents have died because of you, because of your drug addiction, because of not knowing when enough is enough, because of wanting to drive while still drugged, that's why is that you made yourself the traumatized, the mentally retarded, so as not to go to jail ?, for that ?, ANSWER ME!!! If you were only a man and recognized your mistakes, if only you were able to get ahead, if you only loved me a little, damn, I AM YOUR BLOOD !!! Your state. (Looking at Roxana). You must be Roxana, they've already told me everything about you, you've come at a bad time, get out of my house ...
Roxana: Enrique is mine, neither you nor anyone else will be able to change it.
Yisel: Try it!
Roxana begins to fight with Yisel, when Ringo enters with a gun and drugged.
Everyone is paralyzed.
Ringo points his gun at Yisel.
Yony: Don't hurt my sister, don't hurt her, or I swear to god I killed you.
Ringo: Yes, all this time he cheated on you, we all cheated on you, we knew what had actually happened, and we didn't tell you anything, nothing, if only you had continued as you were, none of this would have happened, now you depend on my, your life is in my hands, just pull this trigger and that's it, heh, no more Yisel, the sister who does everything for her brother, heh, how pathetic. Well yes, I prefer no more Yisel to not continue with this story... sorry.
Yony jumps in front of Yisel just as Ringo pulls the trigger. Yony falls to the floor dying.
Yisel: No!!! no, no, (Cry), don't do this to me twice in this life ...
Yony: Forgive me, forgive my mistakes, I love you... (Dies).
Yisel is next to the floor crying, they all move away from the scene, leaving the two alone.
The end.
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Double face. Part I
21-11-21. N10
Yisel is a young woman who lives to take care of her brother Yony who was left with memory problems and some other disorders after an accident where his parents died. Yony previously had drug addiction problems and violent behavior before society, after the accident he showed no symptoms of improvement and was thus traumatized.
**Act I**
Yisel comes walking down the alley with her brother, helping him walk.
Yisel: Walk Yony, let's go, when we get there, would you like to eat some sweet milk that I have made for you? Hey, I know you like it, come on tell me yes! Do you know this month at work was great for me, everything is going well, you know? We are already moving towards a better future ... are you not happy?
Yony nods his head.
Yisel carries a java in her hand, and it falls to the ground due to her carelessness. Enrique was passing by.
Enrique: (picking up the java) Can I help you? - (The girl nods her head looking at him with a slight smile on her lips, but without much desire. Enrique picks up the java from the floor without taking his eyes off her and gets up slowly) - here you go - (He says).
Yisel: Thank you, very kind.
Enrique: Do we know each other?
Enrique stares at her, she averts his gaze a little, she doesn't want to look him in the eye, as if she knew perfectly well that they had met before, but she didn't want to reveal where.
Yisel: No, I don't think so, I've never seen you before, thank you and with permission, I have work to do. - (He hurries out hurrying his brother who was still next to him, he keeps his gaze on the ground at all times, as if he were in another world)
They keep walking, not looking back, while Enrique stares at Yisel as she walks away.
Yony gestures at him as if to ask what was going on.
Yisel: Don't worry, he doesn't know me, he must have been wrong, don't look back, just keep moving forward.
Enrique notices that the young woman's purse is lying on the ground. She picks it up and stays with it still staring at her, not wanting to keep it, but wanting a second meeting.
**Act II**
Yisel and Yony are in the room where they live. The room is dimly lit, like those who are always in mourning. A bed in the corner of it, with its unkempt, unkempt sheets. It is the same life of those who live trying to fight their daily bread, without being able to afford other luxuries. Yony sits on the corner of the bed, motionless, while Yisel is in the other part of the room, struggling on the table with some ironing clothes.
Karla enters Yisel and Yony's neighborhood since she was little. After the accident, he also helps Yisel take care of her brother. He gives advice in his own way, it is not a good influence.
Karla: Hello, (Turning to Yony, with her hand on her chin), how is my child today? Has he eaten his dulce de leche that I brought him? I have Karla's, little heart?
Yony remains motionless, motionless as before.
Karla: (Addressing Yisel), Girl, how was it today? Are you finished?
Yisel: I didn't go today, I never want to do it again. Besides, what will Yony say if he finds out? He wouldn't have wanted me to do that to keep him.
Karla: But girl! How the hell are you going to keep that drone in the middle of your house without doing anything, and what ...
Yisel: Stop there Karla! - Raising his voice, and looking askance at Yony to observe that he is not aware of his temperament, he gently sits up more calmly, and speaks a little more slowly - as far as I know, he is my brother, he is not a drone, He is my brother!
Karla: Look Yisi, I don't know what you are going to do, I take care of your brother as many times as necessary, as long as you give me my little money, here things are not free, besides you and I are like sisters, No? Blood sisters, but without this one (she shows a ticket), I'm not involved there, and the only way to get it is as I told you. - Karla comes out the back of the house -.
Yisel has leaned against the wall, looking at her brother who is sitting on the bed, - now staring at the floor and swaying.
They knock on the door.
Enrique: - From the other part of the room - Hello, is there anyone?
Yisel: Yes! Tell me. - Yisel leaves in a hurry and when she opens the door she is perplexed to see that boy again.
- A few seconds of silence -
Enrique: Hi, I just wanted to give you this, it shut up, it was in java apparently. - He raises his hands with the purse in them, Yisel hesitates to take it for a few seconds while trying to discover the boy's intentions, at last, he decides to take it, and snatches it from him.
Yisel: I am speechless, these days you don't see many people like you, handing out purses, they hardly ever give you back your card. - She says aloud while carefully checking inside it.
Enrique: Thank you. You do not have to check yourself, I have not touched anything other than your card. - Yisel smiles at him with a mocking smile, as she closes the purse, apparently satisfied with its content. In return, I only ask for a little water.
Yisel: Did you come from far away, what water do you need?
Enrique: No, I live near here, 4 or 5 blocks - He says with a slightly mischievous and surprising voice - But if the distance is synonymous with when you have to be thirsty, then I don't think I deserve a glass of water.
Yisel: You're right, I shouldn't treat you like that, the least I can do is give you some water, wait a minute, I'll bring it to you right away. - Yisel goes to her modest kitchen, and is annoyed to see that the two glasses are dirty, takes one and rinses it in the bucket that was nearby and takes the cold water knob that she always had to have on the table, said knob It is brought daily from Karla's house.
Yisel: Here you are - handing the water to Enrique who is still waiting at the door. He is surprised by such a situation since he was not invited to enter the room, and he realizes what the reason must be, so he prefers not to ask more than necessary to avoid being uncomfortable. He takes the water very slowly.
Yisel: Well if you don't want anything else, I have to attend to my brother. - Yisel says even while Enrique is drinking the water.
Enrique: No, no, - Cutting the glass of water in half - thank you, that was all - He stares at him while he gives him the glass of water. Yisel changes her view as if it bothers her.
Yisel: On the contrary, thanks to you.
Enrique comes out of the doorway and Yisel closes it.
**Act III**
Yisel: (Speaking to herself sitting in the chair that accompanies the table in the room. Yony is sleeping) I have no choice, I have to, I'm penniless, just another night, one more and I'll leave it forever, and tomorrow I go out to the streets in search of work, a real one. God, give me the strength to find someone to help me and love me, someone to help me get out of this hole in which I have been dragged.
Yisel: (Going to Yony, moving him trying to wake him up) Sweetie, I'm going out for a little while, don't go out of the house, I'm coming quickly, take care of me a lot ... - He kisses him on the forehead. Yony raises his hand caressing it, as if to show that he understood perfectly, and returns to his previous position-.
Yisel comes out and a few seconds later Yony gets out of bed with a start. He puts his hands on his head and gets a little disheveled, walks to the drawer in search of some money, searches his closet for some fashionable clothes which he used to wear before his accident, and leaves through the door of the quarter. He stops at the corner avoiding being seen. He looks both ways and notices a young man sitting on a bench at the end of the street. Keep walking towards him.
When he arrives he sits down next to him and the young man ignores him completely. After a few seconds, Yony breaks the silence.
Yony: My sister, what's the plan? - He says, both of them getting up from the bench for a single moment and greeting each other in a slightly strange way.
Ringo: Chama, how's that torture going?
Yony: Holding on, you know. But just for not working, and not supporting anyone, I pretend to be dead if necessary. - He says while sitting down at the moment he passes a handkerchief over his mouth.
Ringo: You will know. There you and your plan, do you know how your little sister gets the money?
Yony: She says she's working. The truth is that I do not really care, my thing is that always at mealtime there is something on the plate, she will know what she is doing. Karla takes care of me almost the entire day, I spend the day sleeping, so I don't hear her. Speaking in silver, do you have something of ours lying around?
Ringo: You know, honey, the light ahead (he holds out his hand, Yony gives him money), and this, - emphasizing this phrase - this is the one that shines. -gives him a package
Yony takes drugs.
**Act IV**
In a prostitute bar. They all wear a mask that protects their faces, revealing only their eyes, mouth, and chin. The prostitutes are dancing with their clients, one of them is on the table at 4 and flirting with the clients next to her. Enrique enters the bar. And he sits in the other corner of it. He stops to look at that young woman on the table. After a few minutes of seeing that, he gets up from the chair and takes her hand, pulling her out of that panorama at full speed, that girl was Yisel.
Yisel: (Yelling at his face) Happy? You gave so much until you found me, you knew very clearly that it was me from the day you saw me on the street, and then I surely remember the night we spent while you fucked me in this same pigsty, even so, it does not matter that I was wearing a mask. Still, you recognized me. - Says the loud voice - What do you want from me? leave me alone, disappear from my life. - she says while crying, she tries to leave, but Enrique holds her arm.
Enrique looks at her, without saying a word he holds her close to his chest.
Yisel: - Sobbing - I have to do it to take care of my brother, I don't have money, and I'm starving if I don't. - Now with a firmer voice - Come on, let's have sex, rape me, make me yours a thousand times - She says while breaking the half-open blouse she was wearing - but leave me your money on the bed when you leave ...
Enrique grabs her by the neck, they stare at her and kiss her.
**End of Part I**
Tomorrow I publish the second and final part of the history. I hope you guys like it.
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