Bags and Wings

Summer vacation is almost over, school is about to start in less than two days, and now is the time to start over, to take another step into the future.  Of course the end of vacation is sad for kids, but I always tell them if they want to finish College they have to walk all the way, there is no shortcuts, simple as that! And that though made me think about how our choices affects our future forever! Our life choices determine who we will be, where we will be and how we will be. We need to be alert, we need full fill our minds wisely, use our time in the best way and work hard to accomplish our goals, yes goals, not dreams. Dreams are for the dreamers, goals are for the ones who wake up everyday and go for it! We can't expect to get what we wish for, we only can expect what we work for it, another " simple as that"! In the planet Venezuela we see and heard so much about how people managed to survive the economical crises. The Country is suffering so much, there is a...

Suddenly something came to my mind so I had to write this post. I was thinking about how our perspective changes with time, with facts and with experiences.  Three and half years ago I arrived in planet Venezuela with low expectations, and with one thought : "I'll be here for just one year, that's it". That's was what I thought! But, why did I arrived here thinking like that? Why did I judge the place without knowledge and experiences? Why? Because we are human beings! We tend to not accept what we don't understand and criticize what we don't know! Anyways, time and experiences are factors to help us in our process of transformation,they help us realize how little we know, how closed we can be sometimes! This month the planet Venezuela is facing a wake up call, facing thousands of brave people asking for peace, true, progress, etc...and here I am watching and thinking about what this country offered me in almost 4 years, a foreigner, what I have learned...

Hi dear readers, Our little adopted kitty "Bebe" inspired me to write this post. I noticed the little kitty who lives in our backyard is very alert about the beautiful and colorful birds flying from tree to tree in our garden. Every time the birds land in our trees they sing, and the kitty starts looking and planning how to get the yummy bird. This week I saw the little cat very alert about the birds but without success in capturing her lunch! But today around noon, our little cat finally conquered her mission, she had a beautiful yellow bird, she brought the unlucky bird to our door and with her best pose and showed us that her mission was accomplished with  pride and glory! Poor bird, glorious cat!  That's life, if we ignore the dangerous that surrounds us maybe someone get luck with our lack of care. If we don't pay attention to life maybe we will pay a huge price for our lack of responsibility. If we don't see the "signs" maybe we will  be lo...

Hi dear readers, Since a long time, buying things in planet Venezuela is a challenge, but now we are facing the worst  time ever! Some time ago a friend mentioned that in the future, because of the lack of food, we will have to eat soap!!!! Ironically, I can't find my favorite soap!!! Another day a friend suggested me to cut the paper napkin in half, because is hard to find napkins too! So, in the afternoon we cut the napkins! WOW! What can I say? No comments, just trying my best in saving, cutting, stocking, all kind of things. Even with this situation, we are good, we always have food on the table thank God, for the soap, we started using hotel soap we brought from our trip to Hawaii years ago! Every time we travel we bring food, soap, and now the newest product in our list is the toilet paper! LOL It's ridiculous to have to buy toilet paper in another Country, but what can we do????? From almost 3 & 1/2 years ago until now we are having the same problems, even wit...

Dear friends readers! Long time without news from the planet Venezuela! I stopped writing because nothing changed, its the same things over and over again! But today I remembered that my son asked me why I stopped writing? He said he likes to read my blog! Well, this was a motivation for my empty drawer of ideas, so here I am trying to find something new in the "same things"! And then I  found it! I was thinking how the red community affects me after 3 years in this planet....... and the answer was a surprise!!! It doesn't affect me at all! WOW! Why?!?! After three years something good happens to you. Right now I am at the top of the adaptation process, I am totally adapted to the scenery, no matter what happens I can process very well and in a fast way, nothing regarding the "red planet" can affect me. So, did I take an anesthesia shot or a chill pill in the adaptation process? Did I change the way I see things? Did I not care anymore? Did I understand...

Hi dear readers, So long time without any news from the planet Venezuela! Sorry about that! I wasn't inspired, I was bored because nothing had changed so far, it's the same thing,.... daily!!!! But today I was looking some pictures that I took last week, and those pics inspired me to get up and write the news! I will begin talking about chickens! Last Sunday was "chicken day" at the grocery store next to our house, many, many people in line to buy chickens, the price was good, only 15.60 Bolivares/Kg  about 60Cents of dollar/Kg in the using black market exchange rate! That's why the grocery store was too crowded. I didn't buy any chicken because I can't stand to be in line for hours to buy chicken or sugar or cooking oil or toilet paper, or flour! No, I'm against any line, LOL! I buy chicken once a week without standing in a line, I call and I ask to prepare 5 or 6 entire chickens, it's fresh, and cost 36Bolivares/Kg, and then I drive to the ...

L iving in a world which changes so fast and sometimes in a strange direction, we can lose ourselves or we can become better person or not. In the planet Venezuela is really easy to change, to improve and still to get lost.  The danger is in to get lost, to lose focus, to concentrate in the wrong cause. It is so dangerous to lose focus; it is a trap, and sometimes takes forever to get of the trap. Imagine yourself living happy and then you start to lose your track without noticing, you put your focus in automatic function and suddenly you notice the automatic focus doesn’t work anymore and you fall in a deep and dark well, you want to climb that well but you need a rope, someone else to pull you, and a light to bright the way. It’s a long journey to be back, it’s hard, it’s a mental battle, just you and your thoughts, but then you open your mind and remember that there is a solution. First you repent, second you cry; third you call for help, fourth you find God to give ...