While rehabilitating from my Spinal Cord Injury my attention was drawn by this kid in a wheelchair that was starting a foundation with his own name to make change happen for people with a disability, Spinal Cord Injury specifically. A nurse had mentioned him to lift my spirit. "You're not the only one fighting." She said. And it sparked a bit of hope in a room where hope seemed to be difficult to find.
I’ve had some very long open and engaging conversations the past weeks. It’s always beautiful to feel people open up and dare to be vulnerable. The main goal is many times lost in the process of the conversation, due to... Continue Reading →
I want them to learn what happiness is, how to accept it and that they will never need someone's affirmation to dare to say:
I want...
I hadn't driven a car in three years since my Scuba dive accident in 2012. In 2015 I was walking again with a cane and believed it was time to drive again. I was saving my money that I was... Continue Reading →
I'm a Pirate at 41 and never have I had so many questions, never have I ever wondered, wandered and discovered as much as I do now. In a weird confident way I am doing very well answering questions that haunted me for life.
I see a world where we are. supposedly, connected, but people are just overwhelmed with questions. The past is gone but left the scars behind for them to carry.
“I see you.
You are beautiful. To me. For me.
You are everything that should be seen
by this world full of make believe.
You are real. You are loved. You are safe.”
I wish I could say I didn’t know better. I wish I had an excuse but all I could say would never take away my mistakes. However, I’m not going to stop there. I have a plan and I’ve been committing to it. I’m going to confess, I’m going to grow and I’m going to educate myself and all men and women, I can see or touch, around me.
I took the little bit of life that was left of me and I went to change it. I had to see everything with open eyes, open mind and a forgiving heart.
I set on a new path of RECYCLING (my) LIFE!
