The word given. There may be people who are not interested in the value of their words. They may retract from having said those words. What does it mean to give one's words…? To give your words means that I am promising with my voice that I will do something for someone, and that promise that I make has a great value and a great weight on the person that I will say it to. In the bible it says that we don't need oaths, that when we say yes it's yes and when we say no it's no.…
Why not be cheerful! Sometimes even people who are very positive and optimistic can feel bad. Normally I have a fighting and winning attitude, but this week I have been living some experiences that aren’t exactly pleasant and involve more intervention from me and I feel physically and mentally exhausted. But, as I have always said, everything has its time and moving forward is the only way. God allows things to happen to us for some reason and He never leaves us helpless,…
My future dreams. My dreams are no longer mine, now they are dreams for someone else. They have become dreams for my son and now I daydream a lot about the near future. My son is still studying, but he’s two semesters away from finishing his degree in informatics engineering. He writes here too but his online classes, papers and the thesis for his degree keep him so busy all day and night, so now he doesn’t have free time to write his stories here on the platform. They all…
The years go by and so does love. When I was young I always thought some things in advance. I used to say to myself, does my father not think that I will ever be an adult? Does he think that I won't grow up, work or have my own ideas? These thoughts came to my mind when, without any reasoning, he wanted to impose his views on me, which didn’t make sense to me. Something like, “*I shouldn't continue studying at the university because I should stay home to take care of my…
A little bit of everything. A few drops of rain have just passed through. These scarce rains have come from storms passing through our beautiful Caribbean Sea, the storms dump their waters on the small islands that form the natural breakwater of our coasts. When they get very close to the eastern coast the clouds are almost completely discharged, so the rains in this area are scarce. But that doesn't stop my fig plant, the *Ficus Carica*, from starting its production of its…
Acceptance. Being accepted is a very good motivation to move forward in life. But why is it that we have to feel that we are accepted by others? With acceptance we feed our ego and we feel that we are well. We are part of a community and when we know that we aren’t accepted for whatever peculiar reason in life, we feel displaced. We minimize ourselves. We may feel displaced because of our own thoughts and not because we really are, our unfounded fears, our own beliefs, our…
Motivation. Generally when I write my articles they refer to my experiences and my way of seeing life. It may or may not be that someone can identify with my experience, but I’ll still tell what I know. I think that life is full of reasons. If there is no motive to do something there is no stimulus to move forward. My motive may be the fact that I want to work, I want to get enough money to maintain my status, or my family or just to fulfill my primary needs. Then my…
New beginnings. Life gives us new opportunities for growth, I’m starting a new stage as I have reopened my ultrasound office to evaluate patients in their abdominal and pelvic organs. There’s no age limit to start a new activity, as long as one has the stimulus to go ahead, beginnings will always be present in our lives. It’s a new stage that has brought me some uneasiness, because of the fact that it is a practice that is just opening its doors now and it’s not very well…
Things in life. You know something? God doesn’t place burdens on us that we can’t bear. But do we know when they are God-imposed burdens or if they are the consequences of our own decisions? I think it’s the same. God allows us to carry the consequences of our bad decisions, he allows us to walk our path. At the same time, he lets us know that he is with us. He’s those little drops of tranquility that we get when we are going through a time of storms and anguish. He’s like a…
I am back and happy! Greetings to all of my friends on this platform, both to those who noticed my absence and to those who did not, yes friends, I was almost a week away from writing. I couldn’t share with anyone, but it was not because I didn’t want to. Let me explain the situation… In my country it’s *extremely* common to have problems with the domestic telephony, so after a strong rain that fell last Thursday, all thanks to a tropical wave that passed very close to the…
My own darkness. I don't like darkness. It has never been my forte. I remember as a child being very scared when it was dark, a fear that has stayed alive throughout my life. Friend @JonicaBradley has suggested this topic as a writing prompt for this week. My absence on this platform during the previous week did not allow me to participate in another previous post. Let me tell you why I don't like the darkness. I’m part of a family group that had six siblings, five of us…
Movements to remember. I read a post by a user referring to the terrible effects of nature in her country and it came to my memory the time when I worked in a state in my country that is a seismic zone. It turns out that this state is located on a geographical fault called the *Pilar* fault. It’s a fault formed by the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates, the region of *Cariaco* in the state of *Sucre* and the region of *El Pilar*, *Guiria* and *Carúpano* are the…
The day I leave. We all know we are going to die but no one knows when. It’s sad when we hear that someone we knew died, whether from a chronic illness or a quick death, knowing about someone's death always affects us. Regardless of the fact that we all know that when we are born the most likely thing that will happen to us is that we will die, given time. Why is it so hard for us to let go of the living and accept death? We know so little about life but much less about…
Father's Day. In many countries Father's Day is celebrated today, but I know one where it’s not. In Spain, Father's Day is celebrated on March 19, but in my country it’s celebrated today. My father was a man I don't know how to describe. I was never proud of him. I always wondered how a woman like my mother fell in love with someone like him, but those are the consequences of our free will. I was always a troublemaker and I received many punishments for that. My character…
The questions and my questions. The rain. This week @JonicaBradley's suggestion is to write about questions. Questions are never lacking in everyday life, there are so many questions to ask and after answering the first ones, more questions appear. I would like to know if it’s in my country, Venezuela, where the weather seasons have changed. In my country there is a diversity of climates, we have a region in the *Merida Andes* that has snow at one time of the year. I’m…
Rejoice because you are alive! Human beings are the most wonderful beings in the universe, God our creator made us that way with all the characteristics to be a great imitation of him. But you know what? He gave us free will and with it we choose to be the best or the worst people. I have come to the conclusion that we all have some good and some bad things too. By this I mean that people who we consider very good, very charitable, or very empathetic at some point in their…
Talking about pets. Who doesn't like pets? I think they are great companion animals that are so adorable and by adorable I mean they are so small and so full of delicate characteristics that each one of us is reflected in them. Greece: Pets in all times have had significance in the history of the ages. In ancient Greece the dog is seen as an important animal in their civilization. Homer tells that Ulysses had a dog named Argus, this dog has a very sad story in his…
A spectacular view. I was out today. After not going out for many months it felt strange to have to. I had to call a friend who has a cab and asked him to take me to the nearest town to pick up a computer that I could borrow from a friend. My other friend moved into a new apartment, she asked me to bring her some flowering plants that I sell in my small garage. I got her 15 plants, which dawned with beautiful flowers thanks to the recent rains. I work in the mornings at my…
Something from the heights. As a result of my last trip out of my house, I want to talk about my experience living in apartmens. But I must point out that I do go out walking to nearby places, areas that are close to me and that I can go to in one or two hours by simply walking. But I haven't been driving to a farther place since my brother got sick a few months ago and I was visiting him daily as a family doctor and nurse. Today I want to tell you about my experience about…
Cheating. I remember in my youth when I would play with my brothers and they would cheat and I would get so mad that I would not play with them again for a long time. Cheating has always been a part of family life, even more so when the members of the family are children who always bet on winning. In my case I remember that we were lucky enough that one of my dad's employees, who drove a cab, would leave some candy on the table for us every day. In the morning each of the 5…
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