"Remember That You Will Die", this was the first phrase I heard today, and in fact I shared it on my social media statuses very early; for the first time in a long time no one responded or reacted, and it doesn't seem to be the kind of optimistic phrases I share on a daily basis, but it turns out that everything is summed up in this phrase. It is not about being aware of the moment of our death, but about living life to the fullest, as if today were the last day on this earth. Of the four themes for this weekend, I have chosen Changing my Way of Thinking, and in fact it is a path that I started a short time ago and that every day makes me learn and understand more. Changing your way of thinking is changing your way of appreciating life.
I take these pictures on my daily walks, either near my work or in the afternoons hiking. Photography is not my main talent, and yet I think these photos are beautiful, but the important thing here is that these scenes surround me, they surround us all; the beauty of life is there, but our way of thinking does not make us appreciate it. I wanted to share these clouds, fields and flowers because that's how I feel right now, I feel free and I feel good and I could only achieve it by deciding to change my way of thinking, change it for the better, and every day wonderful things are happening to me, things that before I didn't think would happen to me or worse, things that I thought I didn't deserve. My negative thoughts had me anchored to a sad reality.
Going back to this weekend's topics, changing my way of thinking has eventually made me change my attitude towards life and my actions as an individual, so I think it is the most important of the three, and that is why I have chosen it to make this little reflection. I can say that changing my way of thinking has been an awakening for me, and this started a little over a year ago, when I was going through the worst moment of my life and I said: “No More”. I no longer wanted to be that person with dark feelings that reflected the sadness and bitterness I had inside. Things were not so bad in spite of everything and I thought, “Why not be thankful? I'm alive and I'm healthy, that's all it takes to get up and try again in a wiser way, because adversity leaves only lessons...
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I go down the street jumping like a happy, innocent and carefree girl, there is a very harsh reality out there, but I am happy to say that I no longer let it in and that inside I am calm, as calm as these flowers in the photographs. I am stronger now and not because of going to the gym, but because I have trained my mind, and I know this is just the beginning, I am 36 years old and I think this is the perfect time. I don't pretend to change anyone, but I am ready to help anyone who needs it because I understood that first I have to help myself and be well with myself. I have learned these last years that absolutely everything can change in just a second, besides, we don't know the future, we only know that we are all going to die, so let's take the passion for life to the limit, giving the best in what you love to do or just resting next to your partner while watching a movie, just live to the fullest and pay attention to what really matters because Remember That You Will Die 🙏
