Today, I want to participate in one of the topics proposed for this week that seems very appropriate to the stage of my life in which I find myself (retired) and allows me to give my opinion on one of the questions or topics of the initiative.
Was I happier before than now?
If I had to give a direct, simple answer I would say yes. It is true that now there is more development, we are in the digital age, in which the world is super connected and, in less than a second, you can find out about any topic, person or country. But, also, now life is more hectic, children live glued to their mobile devices and, sometimes, we are living in the same house and we don't know each other because we are behind a phone.
Before I was a young person and I had the strength that these youthful years give and my health was with me. But, I was happy in my youth because I was able to travel to many places in the country that I didn't even know existed and enjoy the natural beauties of the country, practicing a sport or doing all the things that youth allows you to do.
When I say that I was happier before than now, I base it on the fact that every day the family members ate sitting at the dining room table, we went out on Sundays to watch a movie, sit in a park or enjoy a trip to the family as a family. field where my family lived.
Before I was happier because the family was more united, my parents were alive and my children were living with me. It is true that life is a natural process in which people are born, develop and die. It is also known that we bring children into the world, but they do not belong to us and that, when they grow up, they will feel the need to take flight in search of new nests to found a family, but, in that process, we parents suffer because they will always be ours. children and, for us, they will never grow up.
It is true that now I have much more experience and I can know better how to act in the face of difficulties, which prevents me from making wrong decisions. But before, I let myself be guided by my heart, I took the risk of youth and was not afraid to live intensely.
In addition to the above, my children were born, who have been the greatest happiness of my life.
This experience I have now saves me from failure, but it deprives me of the adrenaline that comes with taking risks.
It is true that each stage of life must adapt to the needs and possibilities that you have, each one enjoys the happiness of having life at every moment, but what I really value is that happiness is given to you by the intensity what you live with and the goals you achieve.
The above does not mean that I am not happy, because being retired does not deprive me of going to the beach, enjoying parties, going to musical concerts, loving and being loved. But, to be honest, I was much happier before than now.
Key: I have used the translator DeepL Translate.
The photos are my property taken with my Samsung Galaxy phone.
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Hola queridas mujeres emprendedoras de la comunidad y para todo aquel que nos visita.
Hoy, quiero participar en uno de los temas propuestos para esta semana que me parece muy apropiado, para la etapa de mi vida en la que me encuentro (jubilada) y me permite dar mi criterio en torno a una de las interrogantes o temas de la iniciativa.
¿Fui más feliz antes que ahora?
Si tuviera que dar una respuesta directa, simple diría que sí. Es cierto que, ahora hay más desarrollo, estamos en la era digital, en la que el mundo está superconectado y, en menos de un segundo, puedes saber de cualquier tema, persona o país. Pero, también, ahora la vida es más agitada, los niños viven pegados de sus dispositivos móviles y, en ocasiones, estamos viviendo en la misma casa y no sabemos de nosotros por estar detrás de un teléfono.
Antes era una persona joven y tenía la fortaleza que dan estos años juveniles y mi salud me acompañaba. Pero, fui feliz en mi juventud porque pude viajar a muchos lugares del país que ni sabían que existían y disfrutar de las bellezas naturales del país, de la práctica de algún deporte o hacer todas las cosas que la juventud te permite hacer.
Cuando digo que antes fui más feliz que ahora me baso en que todos los días los miembros de la familia comíamos sentados en la mesa del comedor, salíamos los domingos, para ver una película, sentarnos en un parque o a disfrutar en familia de un viaje al campo donde vivía mi familia.
Antes era más feliz porque la familia estaba más unida, mis padres estaban vivos y mis hijos estaban viviendo conmigo. Es cierto que la vida es un proceso natural en el que las personas nacen, se desarrollan y mueren. También es sabido que los hijos lo traemos al mundo, pero, no nos perteneces y que, cuando crezcan sentirán la necesidad de alzar el vuelo en busca de nuevos nidos para fundar familia, pero, en ese proceso los padres sufrimos porque ellos siempre serán nuestros niños y, para nosotros jamás crecerán.
Es cierto que, ahora tengo mucha más experiencia y puedo saber mejor cómo actuar ante las dificultades, lo que me evita tomar decisiones erróneas. Pero, antes me dejaba llevar por el corazón, asumía el riesgo de la juventud y no le temía a vivir intensamente.
Además de lo anterior, nacieron mis hijos que han sido la mayor felicidad de mi vida.
Esta experiencia que tengo ahora me salva del fracaso, pero me priva de la adrenalina que se siente ante los riesgos.
Es cierto que, cada etapa de la vida debe acomodarse a las necesidades y las posibilidades que tienes que, cada uno goza en cada momento de la felicidad de tener la vida, pero, lo que realmente valoro es que la felicidad te la da la intensidad con que vives y las metas que alcanzas.
Lo anterior no quiere decir que no sea feliz, porque el hecho de estar jubilada no me priva de ir a la playa, disfrutar de las fiestas, ir a conciertos musicales, amar y ser amada. Pero, en honor a la verdad, antes fui mucho más feliz que ahora.
Clave: He utilizado el traductor DeepL Translate.
Las fotos son de mi propiedad tirada con mi teléfono Samsung Galaxy.
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A simple life and simple living may be the keys to happiness, @estelacha ?
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That's the way it is. My life was simple, but I had my family by my side, good coexistence and family harmony. I didn't need much more to be happy. Blessings.
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