About the new blog series: “Seven Lessons Before I was able to Become Love” is a collection of eight short articles where I share eight values I consider the origin of the person I am today. After the eight articles are all published on my blog, I will be offering a free mini e-book with these as chapters that will easily connect and complete the sequence in one little self-help book that you will be able to download at no cost as my way of saying thank you for letting me be a part of your world and making it possible to HealThruWords®

If you missed lesson #1, please click here.

It was the year of 2006. At that time I had moved from Washington DC to Miami, after I finished my second master’s degree and even though my rational mind still ruled my world, I had already started to awaken the spiritual energy that had been waiting for me since childhood buried deep within my heart underneath layers and layers of oblivion.

About the new blog series: “Seven Lessons Before I was able to Become Love” is a collection of eight short articles where I share eight values I consider the origin of the person I am today. After the eight articles are all published on my blog, I will be offering a free mini e-book with these as chapters that will easily connect and complete the sequence in one little self-help book that you will be able to download at no cost as my way of saying thank you for letting me be a part of your world and making it possible to HealThruWords®

I was one of those people on Earth who chose to begin the twenty-first century with a brand new life. Literally! I had gotten my divorce two weeks before 1999 ended – intentionally on the same day of my wedding anniversary. So there I was, not knowing how or where to begin my new path, after twelve years of being married to a very sad life.

One of the things that perhaps you don’t know about me is that I tend to be a bit clumsy as you will probably notice after you read what happened to me yesterday. Sometimes, I feel like my inner child takes control of me and decides she wants to play without thinking on consequences and those boring adult-like stuff. This was one of those times!

Close your eyes for a few seconds. Imagine you’re the person in this image experiencing a magical moment at the beach. Breathe in the fragrance of the ocean while the sun kisses your face, feel how your skin is caressed by the gentle breeze and your feet embraced by the playful waves as they rest in the soothing wet sand. Smile and while you’re still feeling this paradisiacal scene slowly open your eyes and come back to my words.

Just a few days ago I went to have lunch with one of my daughters at a casual restaurant in London. There he was, sitting next to us totally unaware of his external reality, completely immersed in the virtual world offered by his smartphone. First his soup was served, then his main course and finally an espresso accompanied by the check. During that whole hour, the waitress came to his table a few times and if he said five or six words to her I will admit that I am exaggerating. He was so disconnected from what was going on in the space that surrounded him that he only raised his head and looked up when he got up from the chair to put his coat and leave the place. Many of you know my blogging style quite well by now.