Una vez abordada la unidad, el chofer apago todas las luces, excepto una: la mía... (¿?)
Siempre me gusta sentarme en ventana para poder ir viendo el paisaje pero ésta vez no pude ver nada más que mi propio reflejo... La luz estaba descompuesta... No apagaba, no tenía opción más que ver mi propio reflejo si es que quería mirar por la ventana..
Además, la luz eventualmente se convirtió en algo molesto...
Ésa lucecita (tan castrosa) bien podría llamarse EGO, nuestro ego...
Aquello que no nos permite ver nada más allá que nosotros mismos.
En algunos casos basta con apagarlo con un botón.. pero cuando está descompuesto, tal como la luz, haría falta literalmente golpearlo una y otra vez para lograr que se apagara.
De otra manera jamás seremos capaces de ver más allá, pensaremos que el mundo y el paisaje... somos nosotros mismos...
My home, my bed, my school, my city, my routine, and
my friends and parents are going to miss me once more..
Am I sad? No!! Why would I?? I´m SO ready to go.
Washington DC is the capital city of the most influent
country in the world.. And I have the opportunity to live and work there for a
whole semester!!
Well, to be honest, I cant tell you nothing about
Washington or my experience yet...
But I can tell you about me getting ready for it:
I earned this opportunity by preparing a project to
improve my country´s education. The main idea is that before u had to choose
between being an administrative, technical or artistic professional. Nowadays
you need to develop those three aspects to be really competitive, and if plus
that you are an ethical and healthy person then you are what Mexico is looking
for: an INTEGRAL PROFESSIONAL.
So my goal is to find a way to encourage universities
and educative organizations to provide this kind of formation. It is not my
excuse to go to Washington DC, it is my dream!! I strongly believe in this idea
and the great impact it could have in my state and country.
Also I will have the opportunity to work for an
organization related to it in Washington DC. And I can say I am ready to do my
best effort in my daily tasks as I always do, and to learn as much as possible
of my coworkers and leaders in the organization.
Besides I am looking forward to
know the city, the museums, the history behind each brick and the whole events
I am going to be able to assist.
So generally speaking, I think I am
ready…
Except for one thing I haven’t done
yet: PACKING...
And when I say “packing” I am not referring
only to my clothes and personal stuff, NO, not only that.. I am referring to my
willing to do the best possible at each opportunity, to my ability to adapt to
and discover a whole new culture, to help others to believe and work for a
better world, to my past experiences that will help me to take better decisions
and to not commit the same mistakes again… I am referring, in just one word.. to
my HEART…
That’s right guys.. I am packing my
heart to come with me to this new adventure..
CANT WAIT TO MAKE THIS DRAW A REAL PHOTO!!
And for you those who already live there (my heart) don’t worry… no matter what place in the world you are or I am…
So, as many of you know I worked and
studied at DisneyWorld last semester.
It was a great experience professionally
talking and also personally.
Some of the most important lessons I
learned during my college program are:
-GUEST SERVICE STARTS WITH YOU: Giving an excellent guest service
became an important task without even noticing about it. It is important for
the company that the cast members make a big effort to “create magic” even if you are selling ice cream or preparing chicken wings. At the
end I realized that it was not only part of the job, getting to smile while you
are having a bad day is something that once it becomes an habit helps you every
single day of your life. It´s not about the money or the company rules, it
becomes a way to see life, and I realized “the happiest place in the world” not
necessarily its Disney World as long you are able to smile to others, and make
others smile.
-THE WORLD IS BIGGER!!: Sometimes we think “our world” is “the
world”. Life in our cities, ours schools or workplaces is the world for us. I
realized how wrong I was in Disney World. I had roommates from Colombia, Costa
Rica, U.S., Turkey, France, Spain and coworkers from India, Corea, China,
Canada, Indonesia and a lot of other countries all around the world. And, regardless
our cultural differences what I know now is I can learn something from
everybody that will help me being a better person.
-PARTY: The most international the party is, the
better… jaja just kidding but true... If you dont believe me watch this:
-SAYING BYE: when you are living something
great, then having to say bye may be not the easiest of things. Even less if it
isn’t when you “were supposed to”. So you have to keep it in mind since the
beginning, being ready to say bye at any moment also includes making your best
at every moment, so you don’t have any regrets when your time to say bye comes.
-JUST CHILLING BY THE POOL: during my College Program I saw a
lot of people stressed because work was “hard” or they were missing home. I
always tried to help them see how useless it was to be sad or stressed and
tried to make them smile, and people liked me for that. So the lesson is if you
can change something that is wrong, then try the hardest to do it. If u can´t,
then don’t get sad or stressed, it’s senseless and it will only make things
harder.
-FAMILY: a lot
of young people, from all around the world, working hard, studying, partying
hard too… Perfect environment to get to know friends that at the end, more than
friends they become your brothers, they become part of your family.
-HOW TO TALK: you don’t learn other languages at
school!! You have to talk and practice it to really learn. If you don’t believe
me ask all of my friends, guests, and coworkers that tried to talk to me at the
beginning.. jaja.
-I´M SO PROUD OF MYSELF: being just as I am, study what I
study, where I study, being born where I was born, being Mexican, my last
names, my story, what I´ve done, my family, my grandparents, my parents, my
brother.. When I thought or talked whit someone about that while being there I
realized how lucky and blessed I am.
-LIFE´S AN ADVENTURE: for me, every single day at work,
at school, at home, was a really big adventure. And I realized I don’t need to
be there to see life like that, every single day it’s an opportunity to create
more stories to tell to my grandsons, an opportunity to make this life a little
bit more interesting.
THANK YOU
FOR READING THIS..
SPECIAL THANKS IF YOU FORMED PART OF MY PROGRAM!! AND..
¿De qué está hecho un soldado?
¿Cuando puedes notar la diferencia entre un guerrero y uno del montón?
Un soldado está hecho de AMOR, amor por si mismo, por sus amigos, por su patria y por su Dios.
Sabes quien es un soldado cuando las cosas no van bien, cuando todos bajan la guardia o pierden la esperanza... Ahí el guerrero es puesto a prueba y voltea a ver el horizonte sabiendo que todavía no llega el fin... Respira hondo y vuelve a sonreír... EL GUERRERO SONRÍE cuando las cosas van mal o parecen difíciles .. porque llego el momento de ACTUAR.
Después de todo pueden pasar dos cosas:
- Que las cosas salgan bien y poder contarlo como otra batalla ganada vestido de gloria.
- Que las cosas no salgan como esperabas, y entonces tienes la posibilidad, de cualquier forma, de ganar la batalla, la batalla del aprendizaje, de la experiencia, del saber que hiciste todo lo posible y que jamás te rendiste.
ÉSA ES LA VERDADERA BATALLA, la única medición del éxito, la única fuente de satisfacción, la única razón para estar en paz contigo mismo...
Más de una vez he perdido... El destino siempre me ha dado victorias... También dolor....
Pero lo más importante: SIEMPRE ME HA DADO UN NUEVO AMANECER...
La incertidumbre me gusta, después de todo no saber que va a pasar siempre será el principio de todos los sueños!!
Otra prueba para mi voluntad... otra prueba para mi corazón... (de guerrero...)
Lo más importante de la vida es simplemente no mentirte... no engañarte...
En una palabra: COHERENCIA.
¿Te quejas del gobierno pero te conformas?
¿Estás en contra del narco y el crimen pero fumas marihuana?
¿Tienes novio/a pero la engañas?
¿Estas en contra de la ignorancia pero no te gusta leer?
¿Quieres libertad pero estas atrapado en tus vicios?
¿Eres de alguna religión solo para guardar apariencias?
¿Tienes sueños pero no haces nada por cumplirlos?
¿Quieres estar sano pero fumas, tomas y no haces ejercicio?
¿Quieres ser amado pero no amas? ¿o respetado pero no respetas?
¿No quieres que hablen mal de ti pero eres una víbora?
¿Te dices líder y no sabes que hacer ni con tu propia vida?
¿Estas a favor de la diversidad pero eres intolerante a los que son diferentes?
¿Crees en Dios pero no le hablas?....
¿Quieres ser feliz... pero no lo eres?
NO TE ENGAÑES... acepta lo bueno y lo malo, di lo que crees, cuestionate todo el tiempo, no guardes apariencias...
Señala lo que tú haces mal y corrigelo... Aprende de lo que otros hacen mal para no hacerlo...
Presume lo que haces bien...
La vida es demasiado corta como para desperdiciarla queriendo "aparentar"...
