Amando mi propio ser / Iniciativa - "Abraza tu luz y tu sombra" [ESP/ENG]

At first, it is difficult to accept your own shadows, you feel that there are more shadows than lights and they overwhelm you, but I feel that once you manage to reconcile with them, you will come to love every aspect of yourself and, above all, your lights will begin to shine more and more, because everything in this world is based on balance, there is no light without darkness and vice versa.

That is why I love the symbol of yin and yang, it shows the true nature of every living being; how in the black area there is a fragment of white and, likewise, in the white there is also a black part. Giving to understand that, not everything is or has to be completely good and that, in the bad can come to exist small good things.

This makes life much more dynamic, with experiences and learning that we may like or dislike, but that, in some way, make up our whole being. I have always felt that we are like a puzzle, every action, every word, every moment, every little thing we do in this world, fits into who we are, whether they are black or white pieces that, like a chess game, are in constant battle, but without one of them, the game cannot continue.

However, this is a vision that many times is not so present in reality itself, since we keep more in hiding our weaknesses, to create an ideal mask towards the other, than in embracing them and accepting them as part of oneself; for this reason I will tell you first my shadows to reveal why they also enhance my lights.

I consider myself a very impatient person and I get angry very quickly, which I have been coping with little by little, because I understand that getting angry and stressing out will not solve anything. I am also very anxious, maybe that is also the reason for my impatience; I am stubborn and I think my nephew brought out that part of me, I thought there would not be another person like me, but I feel that he is winning me over, however, this makes me understand that I have to lower the intensity.

And, one of my biggest shadows is that I criticize myself a lot, in a destructive sense, when things don't go well at work, especially the first time, I think I'm useless or that I can't achieve anything in this life; an issue that I have been decreasing little by little, especially when last year I lost 3 of my pets and it made me realize that life is too short to be worried about things that can be solved somehow and appreciate the effort that is made in it.

Now, among my lights I can mention my sense of responsibility, I hate to deliver things late and be late to a place, I think being responsible and punctual makes you more capable, disciplined and well, I am supposed to be organized, but that if I don't have it (I think that would also enter in my shadows).

Although I am stubborn, it also allows me not to give up, between crying and stress, I try and try and, if I do not achieve it in its entirety, I learn from it, to do better the next time, because I prefer to make an effort and not give up, than to leave it at the first time, and regret not having put a little more effort into it.

I am also loyal, empathetic, prudent and committed to fulfill my obligations and promises; I am upright and solidary, especially since I started helping animals in street situations, it has made me understand the good and bad aspects of humanity.

And here I end with my lights and shadows, maybe I have many more, but these would be the main ones and the ones I wanted to share with you today.