"The best things in life aren't things" - Perfect weekend.

"The best things in life aren't things". I leave you with some that fulfilled my heart this weekend:

Being with friends.
Meet new people.
Share a bottle of wine with friends...1,2.. more...
Talk about the World, life & stupid things.
Laugh, laugh and laugh even more.
Stay awake until the sun rises.
Sleep in someone's house, even though it's a place you've never been.
Have lunch at the time you wish, not by the time of the watch.
Eat watching the beauty of the sea.
Try to eat food you thought never try, just because yes.
Breathe the salty air.
Take photos to save that moment not only in your heart.
Take out our shoes and run in the sand.
Feel the seawater on your feet, its temperature, the raw nature.
Have an ice cream enjoying the sun, the sea, our friends.
Driving home, singing and smilling alone.

I am grateful for this weekend.
Thank you all.

I learned // Eu aprendi

"I learned ...
"Eu aprendi...
... that to ignore the facts does not change;
...que ignorar os factos não os altera;

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... that when you plan to get even with someone, only letting that person continue to hurt you;
...que quando você planeia entender-se com alguém, apenas está permitindo que essa pessoa o continue a magoar;

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... that Love, not time, heals all wounds;
...que é o AMOR, e não o TEMPO, que cura todas as feridas;

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... no one is perfect until you fall in love with that person;
...que ninguém é perfeito até que você se apaixone por essa pessoa;

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... that life is hard, but I'm tougher;
...que a vida é dura, mas eu sou mais ainda;

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... the opportunities are never lost, someone will take the ones you lost.
...que as oportunidades nunca são perdidas; alguém vai aproveitar as que você perdeu.

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... that when the dock becomes bitter happiness will dock elsewhere;
...que quando o cais se torna amargo a felicidade vai aportar em outro lugar;

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... I can not choose how I feel, but I can choose what to do about it;
...que não posso escolher como me sinto, mas posso escolher o que fazer relativamente a isso;

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it;
...que todos querem viver no topo da montanha, mas toda felicidade e crescimento ocorre quando você a está a escalar;

I learned ...
Eu aprendi...
... that the less time I have, the more things I can do."
...que quanto menos tempo tenho, mais coisas consigo fazer."
(William Shakespeare)

“Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need to know of hell.”

“Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need to know of hell.” Emily Dickinson

This will be the first time I will post some “Outlet thoughts” in English in my blog. I guess all this is due to the raining effect. It increases the melancholic mood. The softness of the rain provokes calm down outcome, a hypnotic feeling that makes me reflect about life, and makes me travel in time, going back to my past, to who I was.

We are full of stories to share, but we don’t keep everything, just random stories, situations or moments. Therefore, when you choose to take the passport and travel in memories, the most unpredictable moments can appear. The rain effect has to be considered, as it is probably the most relevant interference in today's travel.
Arriving at my destination, tears start to appear, they came from nowhere to look at my new world.

Who am I today? I start asking.

I am just a shadow of what I was?
Or am I making my past a shadow of what I am?

I am a dreamer, an experimentalist. I do not regret my choices, even though I am aware that I spend too much time making a choice, taking a position and that is my handicap. Knowing myself, I know that the decision will come, so I just need to anticipate more, so I can live more, and be more efficient learning – it is a continuous improvement process.

I see mylself, opening again that door, and leaving home.
I feel the hug of a very good friend, again.
I feel the peace in my heart, again.
That hug was the heaven that Emily Dickinson describes in “Parting”.
I only needed that peace to be fulfilled with happiness. Even if I try, I cannot ever describe that feeling.
I can live a whole life to forget it, but I believe that it will be with me forever.

I am a dreamer and I wish strongly, from my heart, that life repairs by itself everything I made fall apart, giving all the best to the people I hurt on my selfish walk.
There aren’t good or bad choices, they are only choices.
You just have to be honest with your heart and brave enough to open or close doors, to take the risk.
“All great changes are preceded by chaos” – Deepak Chopra.

Life is a cycle, that is why I was the shadow and now I am who I am.
One of these days I will open a door, a new, I am sure it will be a beautiful one.
Tears are past.
The rain just stopped."