Muchas personas me dicen que estoy viviendo la vida encantada. Y bueno, la verdad es que estoy de acuerdo. :)
Todavía no puedo entender como llegué donde estoy en mi vida ahora. Es un poco “súrreal”. Me despierto cada mañana a la vista de montañas lindas, la luz del sol, y paso mi tiempo en un bonito viñedo degustando chocolate y vino. No parece muy mal, no? Y la pregunta mas importante: Como llega uno a vivir una vida así?
El diccionario defina la vida encantada como: “una vida marcada por buena fortuna y privilegio”. Y en muchas maneras la siento así. Desde de llegar en Argentina me sentí como toda la gente, lugares y cosas que necesitaba habían caído en mi falda sin mucho esfuerzo de mi parte. Pero no puedo decir que todo es basado solamente en buena fortuna y privilegio. Si no había tomado un salto de fe en venir al otro lado del mundo, no creo que mi vida sería lo que es ahora. Esta vida no apareció sin acción de mi parte. Y es eso que es el base de este sitio de blog, de tener el coraje para desobedecer los opiniones de otros y escuchar tu instinto de tener el coraje de ser vos mismo; a superar el miedo y siguiendo tu felicidad; es de vivir tu potencial entero, viviendo tu vida al máximo. Eso, para mi, es lo que es el verdadera vida encantada y el momento cuando veas el mágico empezar. :)
Aunque estoy re encantada con mi vida, la verdad que no es una vida que imaginaba a tener desde ser niña. Nunca en vida pensaba que iba a vivir en el base de los Andes entre viñedos, degustando vino, conociendo gente de todos lados del mundo, y creando maravillas hecho de chocolate. Es como una cosa que veas en las películas de Hollywood, no la vida verdadera. Crecí con los sueños normales de una niña, los de casar, tener una casa re linda, 2 autos e hijos jugando en el patio. Eso era la expectativa de mi, de mi familia y la sociedad en general, y lo que fue “instalado” en mi desde la juventud. No tenía otra opción. En mi familia, una buena educación fue agregado a esto sueño porque era la única manera de tener las otras cosas. La educación era focalizada en ganar plata, no en el estudio de lo que te daba pasión. Entonces, así anduve, como un robot, por la vida con estos sueños ilusorios, basados en las expectativas de otros en vez de basados en mis pasiones. No recuerdo otras metas fuera de estas, solamente uno otro: a escribir. La única cosa que quería hacer desde de pequeña era escribir. Pero esto sueño desapareció a una edad joven porque no era una carera profesional. Lo perdí, no porque fue sacado de mi, pero porque lo dejé a ser sacado de mi.
Entonces, como una buena hija y ciudadano de la sociedad, saqué el titulo en comercio, me caso con mi novio de 5 años, compré la casa, el auto y empecé la vida normal como todos los otros en el mundo. Cualquier persona mirando de afuera hubiera dicho que en esto momento yo tenía la vida perfecta porque tenía todo que necesitaba. Pero todavía había algo que no andaba. Siempre tenía la sensación de ser un animal salvaje en una aula, con el deseo de liberarme y andar suelta. Y un día, la puerta del aula se rompió y abrió, y el animal salvaje fue liberado.
Por fin tuve el coraje de volver a visitar la niña que existía antes, y preguntarle que quería hacer con su vida, antes de ser expuesto a las influencias de otros. Y el resultado sorprendió mismo a mi. Dejé atrás mi vida perfecta y segura, que había trabajado tanto para mantener, y empecé mi vida de nuevo y con casi nada. Esta vez el foco era en mi. Y estaba llena de jubilo y liberación. Mi viajé de auto descubrimiento me llevó a vivir una vida mucho mas intuitiva e independiente. Entonces, algunos años mas tarde, después de otro búsqueda profunda del alma, una visión vivo y un encuentro con una piedrita, tomé la decisión de dejar todo atrás que era familiar y “seguro” y moverme al otro lado del mundo, a la Argentina. Estaba empezando un nuevo sueño.
Ahora estaba viviendo mi vida por mis condiciones, viviendo mis proprios sueños, y explorando nuevas y creativas maneras de vivir. Algunas veces estos sueños cambiaran pero siempre fueron y todavía son los míos y no de otras personas. Desde de encontrar y manifestar esto coraje y fuerza en mi vida, la “vida encantada” de repente apareció. Pero no antes que tomé el salto de fe.
Entonces, pueden decir que es solamente basado en el privilegio y buena fortuna? Yo pienso que no, no por lo menos en el sentido tradicional. Es una cosa que viene cuando estamos en el fluyo de quien somos, y tomamos decisiones basados en lo que esta en armonía con nosotros. Es como el ejemplo de una persona que es encantador. Normalmente es un a persona que exuda confianza en ellos mismos y que tienen gracia en su manera de ser. Esto concepto puede ser aplicado a como andas por tu vida, con gracia y confianza y después el encanto sigue.
Todos somos capaz de vivir esto tipo de vida. Creo que el miedo es uno de los emociones mas inútiles en el mundo. No sirve a nadie, y no cree nada que una energía estancado y de frustración. Cuando podemos superar esta emoción, y seguir adelante en la vida con confianza y gracia, un nuevo mundo mágico empieza a aparecer. Y esto mundo es tu vida encantada que estaba esperando que te despertabas al potencial en vos mismo….
Entonces, hacemos un brinde a vivir tus sueños y a crear la vida encantada que está esperandote porque sabes que puedes…. Salud!
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Charmed Life
Many people tell me that I am living the charmed life. Okay, so I have to say that I agree with them. :)
I am in a bit of disbelief as to how I arrived at where I am in my life right now. It is still seems a little surreal. I wake up every morning to beautiful mountains and sunshine, spend my time on a picturesque vineyard tasting chocolate and wine. Doesn’t sound half bad does it? And even more importantly, how does one end up living a life such as this?
The dictionary definition of a charmed life is: “a life marked by good fortune or privilege.” And in many ways it feels like that. Since arriving in Argentina I have felt as if all the people places and things that I needed fell into my lap without much effort on my part. But I can’t say that this is all based on just “good fortune and privilege”. If I hadn’t take a leap of faith in coming to this other end of the world I really don’t believe that my life would be what it is now. This life didn’t just show up without any action on my part. And that is what this blog is about, having the courage to defy the opinions of everyone else and go with your gut instinct; having the courage to be yourself no matter how “outside of the box” that may be; taking that leap over fear and following your bliss; it is about living your full potential, living your life to the fullest. This, to me, is what the real charmed life is about and when you really see the magic begin. :)
As enchanted as I am with my life, it is definitely not something that I have dreamed of since childhood. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be living at the base of the Andes amongst vineyards, tasting wine, meeting people from all over the world everyday and creating delicious chocolate “maravillas”. I mean really, it sounds like something straight out of Hollywood not something that is actually real. I grew up with the dreams that probably most young girls have, the one of getting married, having the house with the white picket fence, the 2 cars, the dog and the children running through the yard. This is what was expected of me, by both family and society, and was instilled in my little self at a very young age. There was no other option. In my family a good, solid education was added to this because that is how you would be able to afford all of the above. Education was about earning money, not about the study of what you are passionate about. And so I moved, rather robotically, through life with these candy coated dreams based on the expectations of others rather than what I really wanted to do. I don’t really remember any other goals aside from those, except one. And that was to write. All I ever wanted to do since I could remember was to write. However that only authentic dream was snatched away as that was not considered acceptable in “real life”. I lost it, not because outside influences were so much greater than me, but because I allowed it to be taken from me.
So like a good daughter and citizen of society, I obtained a “solid” degree in Commerce, married my University sweetheart, bought the house and the car and started the normal life that everyone else in the world already had. Anyone looking from the outside in would have said that at that point I had the perfect life because I had everything that anyone possibly could want. Yet there was something still very wrong. I always had the sensation of being a caged animal, chomping at the bit to run free and do something different. And then one day, that cage door snapped and broke and the wild animal was set free.
I had finally gained the courage to go back to that little girl and ask her what it was she really wanted to do with her life, back to the beginning before there were any outside influences affecting her decisions. And the result surprised even me. I gave up the near perfect and secure life I had worked so hard to maintain and ventured off on my own with a blank slate. I was starting over again from scratch and with next to nothing. This time it was all about me. And I was nothing short of exhilarated and liberated. My self discovery journey lead me to live a much more intuitive and independent life. So, a few years later, after yet another deep soul search, a vivid vision and a serendipitous encounter with a little rock, I made the decision to leave everything that was familiar and “secure” and move to the opposite end of the globe, to Argentina. I was beginning a new dream.
I was now living my life on my own terms, living my own dreams, and exploring new and creative ways of living. Sometimes these dreams and plans change, but regardless, they are still always my own and don’t belong to anyone else. Since finding and manifesting this courage and strength in my life, the “charmed life” all of a sudden appeared in my lap. But it wasn’t until taking that leap of faith that it appeared.
So is it left to privilege and good fortune? I don’t think so, at least not in the traditional sense. It is something that comes when we move with the flow of who we are and make decisions based on what is in harmony with us. It is sort of like the example of someone who is charming, typically a person who exudes confidence in themselves and has a grace about them. This concept can be applied to how you move through your life, with grace and confidence and then the charm follows suit.
Everyone is capable of living this type of life. I believe that fear is one of the most useless and crippling emotions on the planet. It serves no one and does nothing but create an energy of stagnation and frustration. Once we are able to move past this and move forward in life with confidence, grace and faith, a new world begins to magically appear. And that world is your own charmed life that has been waiting patiently for you to awaken to the potential in yourself…
So in keeping with my previous blog tradition, here is a toast, (everyone please grab a glass of wine…) to living your dreams and creating the charmed life you have been waiting for because you know you that deep down you can… Salud!
I am in a bit of disbelief as to how I arrived at where I am in my life right now. It is still seems a little surreal. I wake up every morning to beautiful mountains and sunshine, spend my time on a picturesque vineyard tasting chocolate and wine. Doesn’t sound half bad does it? And even more importantly, how does one end up living a life such as this?
The dictionary definition of a charmed life is: “a life marked by good fortune or privilege.” And in many ways it feels like that. Since arriving in Argentina I have felt as if all the people places and things that I needed fell into my lap without much effort on my part. But I can’t say that this is all based on just “good fortune and privilege”. If I hadn’t take a leap of faith in coming to this other end of the world I really don’t believe that my life would be what it is now. This life didn’t just show up without any action on my part. And that is what this blog is about, having the courage to defy the opinions of everyone else and go with your gut instinct; having the courage to be yourself no matter how “outside of the box” that may be; taking that leap over fear and following your bliss; it is about living your full potential, living your life to the fullest. This, to me, is what the real charmed life is about and when you really see the magic begin. :)
As enchanted as I am with my life, it is definitely not something that I have dreamed of since childhood. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be living at the base of the Andes amongst vineyards, tasting wine, meeting people from all over the world everyday and creating delicious chocolate “maravillas”. I mean really, it sounds like something straight out of Hollywood not something that is actually real. I grew up with the dreams that probably most young girls have, the one of getting married, having the house with the white picket fence, the 2 cars, the dog and the children running through the yard. This is what was expected of me, by both family and society, and was instilled in my little self at a very young age. There was no other option. In my family a good, solid education was added to this because that is how you would be able to afford all of the above. Education was about earning money, not about the study of what you are passionate about. And so I moved, rather robotically, through life with these candy coated dreams based on the expectations of others rather than what I really wanted to do. I don’t really remember any other goals aside from those, except one. And that was to write. All I ever wanted to do since I could remember was to write. However that only authentic dream was snatched away as that was not considered acceptable in “real life”. I lost it, not because outside influences were so much greater than me, but because I allowed it to be taken from me.
So like a good daughter and citizen of society, I obtained a “solid” degree in Commerce, married my University sweetheart, bought the house and the car and started the normal life that everyone else in the world already had. Anyone looking from the outside in would have said that at that point I had the perfect life because I had everything that anyone possibly could want. Yet there was something still very wrong. I always had the sensation of being a caged animal, chomping at the bit to run free and do something different. And then one day, that cage door snapped and broke and the wild animal was set free.
I had finally gained the courage to go back to that little girl and ask her what it was she really wanted to do with her life, back to the beginning before there were any outside influences affecting her decisions. And the result surprised even me. I gave up the near perfect and secure life I had worked so hard to maintain and ventured off on my own with a blank slate. I was starting over again from scratch and with next to nothing. This time it was all about me. And I was nothing short of exhilarated and liberated. My self discovery journey lead me to live a much more intuitive and independent life. So, a few years later, after yet another deep soul search, a vivid vision and a serendipitous encounter with a little rock, I made the decision to leave everything that was familiar and “secure” and move to the opposite end of the globe, to Argentina. I was beginning a new dream.
I was now living my life on my own terms, living my own dreams, and exploring new and creative ways of living. Sometimes these dreams and plans change, but regardless, they are still always my own and don’t belong to anyone else. Since finding and manifesting this courage and strength in my life, the “charmed life” all of a sudden appeared in my lap. But it wasn’t until taking that leap of faith that it appeared.
So is it left to privilege and good fortune? I don’t think so, at least not in the traditional sense. It is something that comes when we move with the flow of who we are and make decisions based on what is in harmony with us. It is sort of like the example of someone who is charming, typically a person who exudes confidence in themselves and has a grace about them. This concept can be applied to how you move through your life, with grace and confidence and then the charm follows suit.
Everyone is capable of living this type of life. I believe that fear is one of the most useless and crippling emotions on the planet. It serves no one and does nothing but create an energy of stagnation and frustration. Once we are able to move past this and move forward in life with confidence, grace and faith, a new world begins to magically appear. And that world is your own charmed life that has been waiting patiently for you to awaken to the potential in yourself…
So in keeping with my previous blog tradition, here is a toast, (everyone please grab a glass of wine…) to living your dreams and creating the charmed life you have been waiting for because you know you that deep down you can… Salud!
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