"Love Yourself" is My favorite speech

I was watching some videos related to love-self. I like this kind of topic because I can reflect on myself and get the motivation to continue with my achievements. I listened to the speech of Kim Namjoon, leader of the most recognized K-pop band called BTS or Bantang Sonyeondan, in the Unicef in 2018. 

In his speech, he urged us to love ourselves and speak ourselves with positive thoughts to motivate us to change the perspective of violence toward others. I loved his speech, and some words went through my heart. 

Now, I would like to share them with all of us. During the speech, Namjoon said that there was a time when he thought to give up, but he did not. Maybe he made mistakes yesterday, but yesterday's was he, and today he is still he. Today he is who he is with all his faults and flaws. However, tomorrow he might be a tiny bit wiser, and that'd be him too. 

I can add that love-self is very important in our life because this factor helps us to become in our best dream, we will see our future with optimism, and there will be not any obstacle that could stop us, and if we fall in our course, we never will give up and go on with enthusiasm. 

If you ever feel down, you need to remember that many people love you for who you are with your mistakes and faults. Furthermore, you can look for songs and phrases that could build up you. If you don't like BTS, you can listen to Imagine Dragons, which also has pretty music to motivate you to go on. 

This kind of content is on Youtube, is free. So you can use them in the future to present a class to your children to involve them be part of this project, which is loving yourself.

Wonder Mother

Throughout life, there is always someone who gives you some inspiration to go on and fulfill your dreams. I always wonder who is my source of confidence. Have you ever wondered who your role model is in life? 

I always have looked up to my mother for never giving up. She is a person who loves her family and all the time prioritizes it over. If someone asks me that question,  I definitely would say that my mother is that person who had taught me to solve the problem by looking into the main issue. 

When I was in school, I wanted her to pick me up from school and on the way to buy me some ice cream, but due to lack of time at her job. Despite those, she always was there in the most significant moments of my life. For example, she was in my first participation of second grade, in my first dance for school, when I baked my first cake, my dog was sick when I was in bed for fever, and  I was sad and crying. It is the reason I always saw her as a supermom because she was there to protect me, and sometimes she defended my friends from bullies. 

I consider it necessary to have someone who gives you the inspiration and strength to go ahead and fulfill your targets. This person works for you as gas to your car, fuel to the fire, or something similar because this person will be there for you supporting, you and giving you great pieces of advice. However, some people go through life saying that anybody is the source of their inspiration. I can’t imagine it, is it possible? Perhaps those people were looking down on the rest because they are their role models. 

I would say that most people have their models to turn into someone they admire and continue doing the most they want. 

Finger Out

 It is not a horror story, but it was awful and the worst thing that has happened to me. 

It happened three years ago. It was a beautiful Friday afternoon, and my grandmother had arrived the day before, so we wanted to make something special for her. My cousin had bought fish and some shrimp for dinner. I need to mention that I am not a smart girl when I have to do other activities that require complete attention, such as cleaning fish or playing games of remembering and concentration.

Then, my cousin told me to clean the fish, be careful, and not hurt myself. I only had to wash the fishes with water and put salt on them, but I had a big chef knife on my hand, so I wanted to prove it and cut the fins. So I lifted the knife and cut off the first fin, lifted it a second time, and cut off the other fin. It seemed easy, so I continued doing it when I took the third fish to recreate the feat. I never realized that my second finger was on the fin's fish, so when I sliced the knife on the fin, I did it. I cut a little piece of my finger, and it was on the chopping block. I started laughing and said Oh my, I cut my finger. Nobody believed me because I was laughing and screaming with a big smile on my face. 

My cousin approached me and saw on the table, and there was my piece of finger. She screamed that my finger was there. In the beginning, it was funny, but then the pain started increasing. In the end, my cousin and I were in the hospital. Fortunately, the bone never was affected, so the doctor gave some medicine for pain and infection. 

Believe it or not, I still feel psychological pain when I cut meat or vegetables with a large knife on the table, as the sound of the knife hitting the table makes my hands tremble, and I feel a slight pain in my finger. The moral of the story is don't do things that seem uncomplicated if you know you are clueless.

My Grandfather's Trip 

Some years ago, my grandfather Miguel told us a story about his trip when he was 16 years old. This is a strange story, but at the same time, it’s beautiful. When he was 16, he lived with his aunt’s family because he was an orphan. So, at that time, he was working for them. One day, his uncle asked him to carry some bottles of liquors called “Mallorca” to his friend who lived so far from there.

So, my grandpa started to organize the things for the trip like food, water, and some sweets. While he was preparing the bottles in a box, his cousin appeared and told him that near the bridge between Selva Alegre and Potrerillo were two black dogs. He must be careful with them. My grandfather was scared, but in the end, he announced that if God was with him, nothing harmful could happen. He finished organizing the bottles and rode his horse.

In the middle of the road, he started thinking about what his cousin said, and he felt cold, then two men appeared. They were policemen who were doing the watch. They stopped my grandfather to check what he was doing and what articles he was carrying in the box. He was too nervous, and unfortunately, it started to rain. For three hours, it was raining, and he was there with the policemen. My grandpa was listening to the conversation between them when one man said that it was late and stranger things always occurred around the bridge. So, they let my grandpa go. My grandfather was tired and soaking, but he again rode his horse.

He was running too fast to arrive at that place; however, it seemed useless. When he was near the bridge, something curious happened to him. Suddenly, a little white dog appeared, and it did not away from the legs of the horse, so it was keeping away my grandfather and his horse from the path. My grandfather never felt fear.

Fortunately, it was no longer raining, so he was sitting and waiting until the dog left. At the end of the day, he arrived at the house of his uncle’s friend. He was sleepy and cold, but this person gave him a warm blanket and some hot coffee. And that’s the story.

 A NIGHT WALK 

 A night walk can be one of the best activities that you can do. It helps you to relax and have some time alone with yourself. But, of course, it all depends on the weather and where you go for a walk. Living in a town far from the city gives me the freedom and security to go out for a walk at night. Besides, the climate in my area is warm and refreshing at the same time. So, I can say that it is the quietest place. These walks have helped me control my anxiety, remain calm in stressful situations, and spend time with my sister and dog.

I really love to go for a walk with my dog because when I sit down to rest for a while, he just comes to lie down next to me and can be all the time until I pronounce the magical words let's go. It's nice to go out with him. To tell the truth, I rarely go out with my sister for a walk at night since she doesn't like to walk at night because she is sensitive to cold. Even if we don't go out much to walk, we usually talk about various topics from our interests. That is to say that we spend our time very comfortably talking.

I believe that all of us need a night walk once in a while to find ourselves or enjoy a moment with those people who make us feel good. Everything is possible if we organize ourselves properly. After all, the organization is the key to always getting what you want, right?

 The song of the White Wolf helps me to be responsible. 

Demotivation and discouragement are some factors that often affect the functional and mental stability of some students. From my point of view, online education or virtual classes produce mental and physical exhaustion, so almost all the time, they make the person feel tired and sleepy. 

A few days ago, I had an assignment to submit, which only lacked to add the bibliography and some conclusions on the subject. At least, that's what I thought. The point is that, once I finished the last class of the day, I would go to take a little nap. And as it is difficult for me to fall asleep, I put the soundtrack "The song of the White Wolf" from The Witcher series that I like a lot. Besides, this is the same soundtrack I usually listen to when I do my homework. So, this is how I realized that my task, which I thought I had already done, had not been saved. 

At first, I thought it had sent it to me as a message in the mail, but it didn't. All my attempts to look for it were in vain. I even turned to my sister to ask them if she hadn't saved my homework in her flash. 

Fortunately, it was early. I know it was hard to accept, but then there I was, doing the assignment again. In the end, I finished and learned that I should always make sure I finish things the way they are supposed to be done and not wait until the last day.

My way of loving

Love is the craziest action that leads you to do mysterious things. According to some recent studies, love has a simple face of charity, and sometimes it ends in madness.

I am going to tell you another form of loving someone. My conception of loving someone is different because if I love someone, I do not need to show it, and instead of that, I hide my feelings and emotions and look like a robot. Even if my actions are contradictory, I am aware of myself and do many things to help people I love the most. Besides, I want to be an unconditional friend to them. As a result, it tends to confuse them because they believe that I want to be far from them. They see me as an inexpressible person who hides emotions. 

But if one of my friends needs something or has a problem with anything, even though I can pretend it doesn't matter, I know I have to be there helping them in the end. I think that loving in that way is a mechanism of defense to protect myself from getting hurt. Though, I've thought it is time to change and be a person who expresses not only with words but also through some little things and actions like giving hugs, offering a big smile, and so many things.

 

Again at the High School

One of the funniest experiences that I recently had was incredibly amused. Who has ever not got back to high school after a long time? I did it just because my sister refused to go alone, and I was on my vacation: so, I was free. 

When we were at the high school, many teachers were alert with some protocols due to the Covid-19. Besides, they only were letting in students, but for a reason, they thought that I was a student from their school. By all means, we were using a mask so, that is the reason teachers could not recognize each student and students did not wear the uniform that day. Once there, a teacher told us to go to the main ground. I just followed the rules because it sounded intriguing, and I wanted to be with my sister. When we were on the court, another teacher aligned us to give us some directions about what exercises we had to do. We were doing some heavy exercises and that moment I regrated to be there. After that, another teacher led us to the classroom to take attendance and take a prognostic test. So, at that moment, I said that it was enough and luckily, I saw a familiar face, there she was, my math teacher. So, I got closer to my teacher and started to talk about how things were going on if she had seen any school partners.  

Finally, I had talked with her for around one hour until my sister ended her test. Indeed, I had told her that teachers never noticed that I was not a student from the high school. She laughed and told me it could have been because of my height. 

 My Christmas at home

Holidays are on the corner, it is a time to spend and share time with family, and we can have fun a lot. I can say that December is one of my favorite months of the year, even though July is the month of my birthday.

It is due to, in December, all my family comes from different cities to visit my grandmother and have a good meeting. So in that way, we have long conversations about their past naughtiness, the last adventures, our presents projects, and our future dreams. 

Traditionally we have the custom of praying the novena for Christmas, which my mother organizes. She starts on December 15th and ends on December 23th with some Christmas carols and some sweets desserts like cake, cookies, and flan. After that, my aunts organize the Christmas dinner. It's fun to see how my aunts plan themselves because they hardly ever agree, and in the end, they opt for the craziest idea of ​​some guy that reaches the end of the conversation. The truth of all of this to me is amusing. What I like the most about Christmas dinner is when we all prepare the table in the courtyard, and everyone goes to sit there to eat together without first thanking God for the blessings given during all this time.