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Thoughts about changing, life, and whatever comes to mind.

Category: Blog

  • the hidden macho

    All men feel the need to be a macho, but only some of them are able to put that aside and show a different side of the story, the sentimental macho, the man that loves and has emotions.

    The man that cries, that opens up to show his vulnerabilities.

    Such man is a different kind of macho. Maybe in the short term the classic macho will rule, but in the long term? You want emotional macho all the way.

  • you can die from sadness

    Many people say you love hurts, love kills. You can die from love. Too much love will kill you.

    But in reality sadness kills. 
    Today the singer of Linkin Park died. Seems like he killed himself and I cannot stop wondering why, what profound level of sadness did he feel to justify a suicide.

    I’m not a fan of suicide, I think we’re better off living our life to the fullest, but I am sorry to hear that he felt like he’ve got no other option than to kill himself.

    He got the money, the fame, and yet… it wasn’t enough. 
    When people say that money helps they forget to put into the equation what money brings.
    Stress, first of all.

    I can’t understand that feeling, this is an obvious limit of mine. While I do understand sadness, I can’t imagine a kind of sadness that deprives you from all the interest in the world. 
    I think we’re not strong enoug, not strong enough to sustain our goals or to know when to admit failure.

    You either change, accept failure, or die.

  • the beauty of summer

    We’ve become so accustomed to having air conditioning that we totally forgot the beauty of summer.

    Yes, that hot, sticky mood, the sweat, the mosquitos.

    All of that is summer.
    It’s so strange that, during summer, we’d like a different weather, more like the beginning of autumn.

    What I’m saying is: enjoy each moment, given hot or cold, because each and every one is beautiful and unique.

  • outside the confort zone

    A dear friend of mine had some issue at work today, and I helped him. He felt out of control, but in the end everything was under his control.

    The tricky part about each and every “trip” outside of the confort zone is that you think you’re done. There is no way out or hope.

    After you stepped outside of the zone, though, you learn that life is much more complex than that, there’s a reality, a solution, a new way to see the world.

    And while it might not change a thing in the end, you’ll still survive.

  • 70%

    What’s your energy on a bad day? 

    If you had to think on a scale from 1 to 10, how would you rate it?
    Today it was a bad day for me, I felt unproductive, overwhelmed by tasks I needed to finish. Beaten up by some wrong choices.

    My vote was 7 out of 10. Which some might rate high, but it’s a big low on my personal scale.
    But you know, everyone is different, so it’s fine.
    Let’s talk about wrong choices for a moment, though.

    Today I promised a friend to go to their bachelor degree, but I planned a meeting forgetting it and so I couldn’t go.
    On the same day I forgot about the meeting and choose a TERRIBLE outfit to go to the client’s office.

    Wrong choices, my fault. Some might think “bad day”, but in fact it’s not. 

    It’s up to us to make it good or bad. Faith might play a role here but it’s up to us to decide what to do with it. 
    Good day, or bad day? You choose.