How true are the words: "If it doesn't heal today, it will heal tomorrow"? As my grandmother says, you just have to be alive to know if it will heal or not.

I remember many times when I hurt myself, my mom would sing this to me, the little phrase of the full song goes, "Heal, heal, little frog's tail, if it doesn't heal today, it will heal tomorrow"... And before I knew it, my wound, wherever it was, would be healing by the next day. I grew up believing that wounds healed overnight, but I realized that some don't. They take longer to heal. This brought with it discouragement and depression, seeing that I couldn't change certain attitudes I didn't like about myself or that simply hurt others. My self-esteem was incredibly low. I was one of those people who would say, "I won't start Monday with the best attitude," since it was always the same, and the previous week had been awful.

I knew that back then, in the prime of my youth, I had to do more about my emotions and negative thoughts. First and foremost, I cultivated patience with myself, although I say it's something I'm still practicing because it's still difficult for me. But seeing small results from being patient with myself fills me with satisfaction, since small steps lead to great achievements, and that's how it's been. Showing myself that I have to be patient without demanding anything of myself has allowed me to take things and see them in a much calmer way. I also cultivated the talent of expressing how I felt through drawing or writing. Although I've healed in recent years, I haven't done it much, but when I felt really bad, I would do it, and that helped a lot to filter out the low self-esteem and negative thoughts I'm struggling with.

Watching a sunset, though often overlooked by many, is a work of art that deeply satisfies me. These days, anyone who photographs a sunset is labeled as odd or out of place. The beauty one sees is rarely appreciated, and that's something we mustn't let die. The works of our God and Creator will always be worthy and rewarding to admire—things that money can't buy. Admiring how we show love, watching animals play, searching for food for their families, a marriage promising eternal love, enjoying music, birdsong, nature—feeling all of this has made me feel good and sometimes makes me think that not everything is bad after all.