LIFE GOES ON…

I just wanted to say today is my dad’s birthday , and he is no more in this world to celebrate. i feel this is my weak spot and what makes me the saddest.

Even if people’s lives seem “perfect” on social media, everyone has their own things going on which truly make them collapse. Be aware that live ends and we need to live the moment conscious that this could be our last day, thinking of what we leave behind for this world. One thing my dad has truly transmitted to me is his love for life and connection with people. He’s definitely an incredible individual, which anyone who knew him can affirm.

He use to push me daily to live life to my full potential and do those things that I’m terrified of doing, but I know will be best for me. He gave me that push. That push to leave the house and explore what I love.

He taught me to appreciate those friendships which truly make you feel loved. I had the incredible chance yesterday to speak to some of the most loving people I feel in my heart. For some reason on the actual day no one seemed to be picking up the phone, which was definitely sad, but that’s what I needed. I needed to listen to my feelings and emotions. It’s okay to be sad. It’s okay to cry it all out. To feel destroyed. To feel not only your face crying, but your whole body.

Listen to your feelings, all of them. Your body is so clever! Sometimes you need to stay home by yourself, other days you need to go out with strangers. Others go out by yourself. And others all you want is to be in a comfortable place with the people you love. Try to make them all real.

Sometimes you can’t. (…)

Papa I love you and you’re always sending me all the support, courage and love I need. I love you so much. This is the thing that makes me the saddest, but also the strongest, the most appreciative of life and the most powerful.
My mother and my grandmother, wiser than me, are teaching me how to continue living life when one is in the company of death. My plants tells me that life goes on, we will continue to grow and strengthen each year. My ornaments say there will be a new purpose for you when this time is over though some familiar and loved things will disappear. The evergreens and boxwoods reveal that nature allows us to reconstitute and become something new; to nurture those that come behind us. While one life ends, others go on and for those, we must remain present. It’s the nature of things they all tell me; life goes on.

What lessons about life are you learning this season?