The duck...

You know sometimes you can eat just because you are hungry, without really liking your food. Sometimes you eat and get full with something nice that you wanted, but doesn't drive you crazy. Like chicken nuggets. You never say "WOW I loved this meal with chicken nuggets", but it's cool. But sometimes, you order something that you haven't tried before, and it is amazing, and you just get full with it and you know that this is the thing that you never knew you wanted.

Estoy donde quiero estar

Today has been one of the best days since I arrived to Germany, suddenly after a great night with my favorite food, nice drinks, long talks with friends about memories from childhood (which has common elements no matter where you are from) and pop culture... I have realized that I am totally satisfied, I have this feeling that I am in the right place, suddenly everything is falling in place and I feel grateful for what is happening in my life, for the things I have lived :) and the amazing people that are part of it no matter where they are.

TIME

TIME

"Time flies. Time waits for no man. Time heals all wounds. All any of us wants is more time. Time to stand up. Time to grow up. Time to let go. Time." Grey's Anatomy

Lightning could strike

“…There’s not an ounce of excitement, not a whisper of a thrill. This relationship has all the passion of a pair of titmice. I want you to get swept away out there. I want you to levitate. I want you to sing with rapture & dance like a dervish…be deliriously happy or at least leave yourself open to be.

Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived…”

“Stay open. who knows? Lightning could strike.”

Joe Black Movie

Today the mood is...

Next year :) baby...

Next Year,
Things are gonna change,
Gonna drink less beer
And start all over again
Gonna pull up my socks
Gonna clean my shower
Not gonna live by the clock
But get up at a decent hour
Gonna read more books
Gonna keep up with the news
Gonna learn how to cook
And spend less money on shoes
Pay my bills on time
File my mail away, everyday
Only drink the finest wine
And call my Gran every Sunday
Resolutions
Well Baby they come and go
Will I do any of these things?
The answers probably no

But if there's one thing, I must do,
Despite my greatest fears
...
Next Year, Next Year, Next Year

These are the days that I've been missing...

Last night I had the luck to attend to an AMAZING gig...Absolutely brilliant, impeccable and magical.

"These are the days that bring new meaning..."

Heraclitus was right II

Today I can say that Heraclitus was right...But not for the reasons I thought.

Each moment, place, feeling, word, person and the combination of all the factors makes every moment unique and sometimes:...Irreplaceable.

"You cannot step into the same river twice, for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you."

Credo by Santiago Cruz

Creo en la magia, en la energía como fuente de todo.
Creo en tu cuerpo y sus rincones,
en el perdón y en el olvido,
Creo en la sonrisa de mi madre.

Creo en secretos y en el arte como forma de vida.
Creo en que todo se devuelve,
en el misterio y la aventura,
Creo en el amor combustible.

Creo en la doctrina del salmón.
Creo en Milán y Cortazar.
Yo Creo en el Ron de mi pueblo
y Creo en pistoleros, putas y dementes.

Creo en ti y en mi,
Creo en tu y yo
estoy en mi lugar, si tu Crees que si.
Creo en nuestro amor, si es sólo por hoy,
puedo batallar si tu Crees en mi.

Creo en el alma y en la gente que dice lo que piensa.
Creo en el ensayo y el error
en el poder de la palabra,
Creo en tus ojos recien abiertos.

Creo en la suerte y en los días de lluvia bogotanos,
Creo en los amores incurables, en todas mis debilidades,
Creo en defender convicciones.

En mi país, Creo en su gente,
que la verdad a veces duele,
Creo en tu dolor y en tu sabor,
Creo en la palabra coherencia,
que lo mejor siempre va a está por venir.

Creo en ti y en mi,
Creo en tu y yo
estoy en mi lugar, si tu crees que si.
Creo en nuestro amor, si es sólo por hoy,
puedo batallar si tu crees en mi.

Lion fight!

"You didn't invent the contest....The contest is a lion fight. So chin up, put your shoulders back, walk proud, strut a little. Don't lick your wounds. Celebrate. The scars you bear are the sign of a competitor. You're in a lion's fight, Stevens. Just because you didn't win doesn't mean you don't know how to roar. Goodnight." Grey's anatomy

Sometimes...

“Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want, and just see what happens.” Sex and the city

After all...Now

Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out you still care for that person - Unknown

Luck II

The Colorado Lottery has been investigating a 21-time jackpot winner, but his "system" for getting lucky in the Cash 5 game might just be that he and his family play constantly. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477686,00.html

I just remembered about an article I read once in facebook about luck, related with the story above. In the article it was mentioned the book "the luck factor" ( http://www.theluckfactor.com/) according to it there are some differences between lucky and unlucky people:

Lucky people...

Create, notice and act upon chance opportunities
Use intuition to make successful decisions
Expect the best for the future
Transform bad luck into good fortune

So basically lucky people are luckier, because they tend to be exposed to situations where luck can pay off. They take more Risks. People who feel unlucky avoid situations where luck has a big influence.

So let's get Lucky: ACT MORE, RISK MORE!!

We'll be a dream...

Today...

Lightning.

"Stay Open. Who knows? Lightning could strike" Meet Joe Black

Unexpected...

"The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever." Grey's anatomy

February...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. Douglas Adams.

The influence of strangers in your life...

Yesterday in the metro a passenger in front of me called my attention, he was speaking in french but suddenly said a sentence in English: " when you put water in a glass, it becomes it, it becomes the glass" and then switched to French again I got curious about what he meant with this and remembered a really cool theory that I heard in one of my airplane trips and I found fascinating as I am passionate for all the theories regarding human interaction and communication. The theory is: "Consequential strangers".

According to Wikipedia:

"Consequential strangers is a term used to describe all relationships other than family and close friends. Also known as "peripheral" or "weak" ties, they lie in the broad social territory between strangers and intimates (see Definition below). The term was coined by Purdue University professor Karen L. Fingerman and further developed by journalist Melinda Blau, who collaborated with the psychologist to explore and popularize the concept." [1]

^{"Most of us walk through life interacting with people who skirt the edges of our social circles without realizing that they’re as important as our intimates. They punctuate our days, but we take them for granted: our coffee person and car mechanic, our coworkers and fellow volunteers, a golf buddy, a teacher, and most of our Facebook “friends.” They are all consequential strangers –- people who bring novelty and information into our lives, allow us to exercise different parts of ourselves, and open us up to new opportunities. They keep us healthy and are invaluable when we’re sick. They fuel innovation and propel social movements, and hasten the flow of new ideas. And they are vital in times of uncertainty." [Taken from: http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/about/ ]}

Are you aware of the strangers in your life?

^{[1] Karen L. Fingerman "Consequential Strangers: Peripheral Ties Across the Lifespan" edited by F.R. Lang and K. L. Fingerman (Eds.)Growing Together: Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan (New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004). Melinda Blau and Karen L. Fingerman, Consequential Strangers: The Power of People Who Don't Seem to Matter...But Really Do (New York: W. W. Norton, in press, August, 2009).}