Tan solo yo y mi cabeza ... a veces mi corazón!

2020 is a constant throwback Thursday now.

It has been 50 days since the last dinner with friends, oh! How I miss all their pleasantries and endless conversations about any topic, always with respect, love and fun. It has been seven weeks since the daylight did not want to rise as the day before, making one of my recurrent nightmares came true. Many times I wondered if the world had a red stop button. To pause everything and catch up with all I had not done, it seems it does have.  Nothing will be the same again, they say.

Two months of practicing social distancing have been testing the global society, governments and ourselves. It is interesting to observe how people face solitude in particular ways. Also, It is fascinating how we try to reconnect again with the outside world, creating collaboration and support nets with no borders.

From my experience, I have just gratitude for these challenging times. Now I value more a slide of bread, a glass of milk, an apple. I admire even more mother nature, who is the real resilience master. I treasure the time talking to my family and friends. I have found so many skills and developed a thought process that I never believed I could exhibit. I have learnt to look back to all my memories and feel peace and tranquillity regardless they are happy or not.

Not too long ago, my little brother made me realize that I have lived in five different decades, FIVE!. During that time, I have been shaping who I am. I have screwed up, but I have learnt to ask for forgiveness and, most importantly, to forgive myself. I have had many successes in my personal and professional life, and I have learnt to praise them no matter what society imposes about a successful life. I fell in love, and I am still in love. I created a company, and I went bankrupt, I have learnt from my mistakes. I lived at 2,810 meters above the sea level; in the sixth Latin American most populated capital; in the land of kangaroos, white beaches and Chris Hemsworth; in Colombia´s Beautiful City and, in the 10th coldest city in the world.

I am grateful for all the journey, and with these turbulent times that have forced me to travel back in my memories to connect the dots and know why I am here today. I set the rear-view mirror, and I do not feel regret or anger, I am conscious that every situation and every person in my past was a unique stone to build my character, values and purpose in life. Now, I am ready to give and share the positiveness and happiness with the world!