Revelations for a better life - WEEK 152

I remember when I was young I used to say that when I turned 50 I would write short stories, poetry and paint oil paintings.

After graduating as a systems engineer, I was so fascinated by this world that I could not see a future that had nothing to do with my profession.

I worked for several companies and this led me to become more skilled, to meet people who were geniuses in the subjects that fascinated me and who were not selfish when it came to teaching, and best of all, to face challenges, to give solutions to my clients.

Seeing the face of someone who had solved a problem with their administrative systems or computer programs was the most excellent satisfaction for me, much more than the dollars I earned.

But there came a time when my life was routine and monotonous.

One day, while reflecting on my life, I decided to make a deep analysis of myself to find out what made me happy and what things I needed to change to improve everything.

I analyzed my thoughts, my emotions, and my behavior. This led me to the conclusion that I had been living a life that was not really what I had planned. I had been living a life that others had chosen for me, instead of following my own desires and needs.

Yes, the children, the parents, the wife, and the siblings, all had influenced me and I just worried about everyone being well and forgot about myself.

As I was deepening my analysis, a revelation came to me:

I had been living in fear and anxiety and had been avoiding taking risks in my life. I realized that I had been passing up opportunities for fear of failure or rejection.

The next day I stopped everything, I wanted to take control of my life and start making changes.

I resigned from the company I worked for, got divorced, sold my car, my flat and moved to another city. It was crazy, but it was a crazy thing that made me happy. I started taking risks and chasing dreams, I stepped out of my comfort zone.

As I made changes, my life was transformed. I discovered new passions and meaningful connections with new people, I moved away from the family completely, and I wiped the slate clean.

Until one day, I met the most wonderful woman on this planet and I felt fulfilled, happy, and loved. She devoted herself to me without demanding anything, without questioning, and she supported me in all my decisions. I was happy by her side.

But nothing is perfect, she passed away and I plunged into loneliness.

Sometime later, I came to Hive, and on the platform, I started to meet other people virtually, I started to write, record videos, to edit them, I made a podcast and all that was filling my life made me realize that there was something I liked and I didn't know it.

I saw how others were writing, showing their creations, and all that started to motivate me.

I stopped and told myself that what I had decreed when I was young was coming true and I was enjoying it.

I'm a long way from being a writer, and I'm a world away from being a great video and image editor, but I'm constantly learning, studying, I'm on the road to happiness and I'm enjoying it.

I don't think I live off Hive, but I can say that in Hive I discovered that I have a gift for certain things that I was completely unaware of and that what I do now gives me a lot of satisfaction.

Revelations come, they arrive and sometimes we don't realize it or we are not brave enough to take the risk.

Then they say that Hive does not change lives.