No one can explain life, however, I have come to have some understanding of it, enough so that any human being can be genuinely happy, and here I share with you my beautiful fellow mates:
1. LOVE YOURSELF. Is the most essential, but perhaps the most difficult. Personally, it took me 24 years to become the man I am today, and I always wanted to be. The good news, once you achieve it, your life changes forever. The bad news, there are no shortcuts to achieve it. Usually you have to go through great ups and downs to discover who you are, what you represent as a person, what are your most valuable feelings, your most precious values. Advice: start by loving your achievements, however small they may be, as banal as: “This month I propose to exercise 2 or 3 times a week”, when you fulfill what you are doing, you realize that there is a will in you waiting for you to achieve bigger and bigger things. That spring that hopes to flourish within you, is self-love.
2. LET GO. Let go of everything and everyone. No, I’m not saying give up and throw in the towel, on the contrary, give your best every time you can. Love with all your heart whenever you can. Fight for what you think is fair every time you can, but always keep in mind that EVERYTHING HAS AN END (as the great Hector Lavoe would say). Let go of awkward situations, let go of toxic people, guess what, they are usually the people we love the most. Let go of jobs that do not allow you to grow, that only give you money. Let go of bad habits, because these will become your way of life. How do you let go? Ah, first you have to love yourself, that’s why it’s number 1.
3. FORGIVE. There are thousands of people living out their own battles, every human being is a universe, nobody goes the same way, and although you do not believe it, there are people who were born to be dark, and hey, that’s not bad, because guess what , light is born from darkness. If someone hurt you, send love, of course we are human beings, getting angry and sad is allowed, but do not let those emotions consume you, give yourself 20 minutes, 1 maximum day to be like this, then get up, take a deep breath and send nothing else than love to that person who hurt you. In the beginning it will not be easy, but the day will come where your heart no longer feels anger or pity. Forgive whoever lies to you, or speaks ill of you. Forgive, after all, you have also made mistakes, and even if you do not know, it is likely that someone has forgiven you too.
4. BE GRATEFUL!!!! If I can give a secret / shortcut to find happiness more quickly, it is to live in a state of perennial gratitude. Being grateful cured me, and continues to do so. Thanks from the first breath you give at the start of the day, thanks for your bed, for the gray sky, for the bus/car/bicycle that takes you to work and back home. Look at the sky and be thankful because you are alive! When you live your life in a permanent state of gratitude, no longer do “bad” things happen to you, lessons happen to you that eventually lead you to live a better life. Thanks for your family, for your friends, for your pet, for your hands and feet, thanks for the fact that every day you wake up is an opportunity to start from scratch and be the person who you have always wanted to be.
5. DO NOT TAKE EVERYTHING SO SERIOUS. Laugh! Life is so short that a day without laughing is a waste. Stop putting your human value in your professional or social aspect. You are no less of a human because you are the CEO of a company, or you are no less human because until now you do not buy a car. Do not take so seriously what society expects of you, live your life, at your own pace, remember that everyone has their own way. Do not take your professional or economic position so seriously (beware, I’m not saying do not give all of you to be the best at what you want to be the best), but do not place the great value of being a human on your presentation card, that is just a label. Do not lose humility or a sense of humor because that is how you think “professional and executive” people act. The most successful professionals I know are those who despite being in the top of their careers, remain humble and have not lost their essence for a job or achievement. LAUGH AT YOURSELF, look in the mirror and laugh with yourself, you are your best friend!

As usual, love you all.

Charlie.

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