It is incredible how acts of which I am not proud of in my past continue to haunt me in my present, to the point of leaving me in complete shock for not even remembering what had happened. If there is really something I want to leave behind is that immature girl who said and did things totally abrupt, if I have to apologize to people who were hurt by that personality I had, I will, but I must also understand that these are situations that happened and I must leave aside. Not to blame myself for it, not to think that I am a bad person, without justifying myself, to take responsibility for my actions without devaluing myself.
In short, having people around you who tend to be a "bad influence" for you, can affect you, you can pay for it, you can even take some of their behaviors without realizing it, because you are blinded, because you do not understand what is happening and think that making a bad joke or acting in a stupid way will be an act of grace that everyone will applaud you. One time a loved one spoke to me about it and commented that she was having some strange behaviors, adopting personalities of a friend, being toxic, being hurtful. At first when he told me I was offended, I was upset at the stupidity he had said to me, then as the months went by, to be exact: Friday, October 7, I had understood everything. I opened my eyes and indeed, I was being a person who was not me.
Now, what decision do I need to make in order to move forward? Honestly, to get away from people who do not add anything positive to my life, to realize that I am a person with a unique personality and that I do not need to act like others to impress, nor pretend to be someone I am not. I always say that the first step to be able to change something is to accept it, to put my feet on the ground, to be able to see yourself in the mirror and understand that you are much more than what others say about you, that your past actions do not have to define the now, on the contrary, to feel proud of what I have achieved and have left behind, to continue shining, holding my hand, embracing all my processes, to be who I have always wanted to be, myself.
Today was a day that I had a hard time getting out of bed, I just wanted to sleep, I felt exhausted, I felt exhausted. For reasons beyond my control I have not been able to go to the gym, unfortunately now I can not afford it completely and that has me VERY discouraged. I spent the day lying down, watching the networks and wanting to get away from reality, which are my duties, my responsibilities. It was exactly when at 6 pm I had decided to get up and exercise in my room, dance, listen to music at the volume that I like so much, to calm down a little, to leave the negative thoughts. My mood changed completely, I felt happy, I felt calm, I know that when we go through difficult times the best way to feel better is to distract ourselves for a while, it was really worth it. I still don't know when I will go back to the gym, it fills me with a little anger because I miss doing it, I don't feel it as a whim but as a necessity for my physical and mental health, I hope I can get through all this and continue doing my activities, keeping myself strong every day, but, how do you get up if there is nothing to motivate you?
There are situations that unfortunately we cannot control, even if we want (or as it is in my case) to have the power of everything and be able to fix everything, we cannot always do it, we have to learn to live with it, follow firmly and look for the way to keep us standing, look for motivation, maintain discipline, just as we face the good in a perfect way, also face the bad that escapes from our hands. We cannot spend the rest of our lives feeling guilty for acts that already happened and we learned to improve them. I am not that person who committed foolish things, I am not that person talked about in the past tense, I am different, I am someone new now and I must feel proud, I cannot be liked by everyone, I cannot minimize myself to put others on a pedestal. I must love myself, accept myself, learn from my mistakes and keep looking forward.
Today is about this, about reminding me that everything will be okay. We may have doubts, we may some days be more sure than others, but it's going to be okay. I'm going to find the twist, I'm going to deliver, I'm going to be able to and I'm going to feel so much better, I just have to be there, I just have to show up, believe and trust. I'm going to make it happen, I'm going to meet the times, it's going to make sense, what's happening now are obstacles to show me that I am and that I can, so much more.