Life Style

To be Free

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Walking down the street without reason,
What a treat!
To sip a cup of coffee, to laugh with friends, to hold a hand.

Do you know where you are going? With what purpose? Is it essential?

Limit your life experience, confine your existence to a 5k radius.

Tough days are past, more yet to come
When time has no meaning and you find yourself alone.

Think of your mothers, your children, your health. Think of those who now may rest.

And when you feel lost and hopeless… take a breath. If you can, you are winning.

_Laiz Ferreira (‘To be free’ 25/01/2021)

‘Human Again’

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I wake up in the morning
And it feels the same
The sun shines
The birds sing
But I don’t go about my day

Instead I pause and reflect
Not by choice or will
But because humanity was bestowed a rare yet cruel gift

We all sit and wait
Many of us pray for better days
But within the fear of the unknown
We find something we thought was gone

Deep within our busy routines
Constant demands and lack of peace
We finally find time

Time to remember who we are
Time to care
Time to share

Time to figure out what really matters and time to give back

One day soon, hopefully very soon, this break will end
Not without sorrow and certainly with a fair amount of learnings

When this day comes we will be better, we will be stronger, we will be kinder…

We will be human; again.

Laiz_Ferreira. (31/03/20)

Harmony 

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Harmony is one of the key ingredients to lead a happy life.

If you lose harmony at home or in the work environment and you allow circumstances to swallow you bit by bit, soon you will cease to exist.

You let go of your aspirations and instead succumb, becoming a human sponge that is influenced by everything and all, sucking the good and the bad, ultimately internalising emotions without letting go.

It is time to reset. To inspire and to be inspired. To welcome change as a challenge that will lead you to greatness.

If you feel down, respect those emotions and allow yourself to live through it. If you feel happy, do the same.

One thing that is never going to change is that life is uncertain. The secret of harmony is accepting this truth.

You are more resilient than you can imagine. Don’t give bad circumstances the power it does not have.

We may not control the ocean but we are still the ones steering the boat in the right direction.

_Laiz Ferreira.

Small Acts of Kindness

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There is a lot to be said for small acts of kindness and the impact it has on things.
Our mind set, our day, our lives. The way we do things on a daily basis. Following the same old routine in auto pilot can suddenly change with a small act of kindness, given or received.

I believe the beauty of it is not on the act itself but on what it represents, to be acknowledged. Someone has noticed you as an individual or you have seen someone outside of the total, outside of the ‘people’. You have seen a person.

How beautiful it is to relate, to appreciate again. We are always so focused on the inside of our troubled minds. To be acknowledged is like pressing pause or awaking from a day dream. And it is relieving.

Let’s never forget that inside the masses, the crowd there are little dots we call human beings. We are so diverse and special and yet we are the first ones to forget.

Today an act of kindness reminded me that I’m here and for that I’m thankful.

_Laiz Ferreira.

To Accept

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To accept things in life is often more difficult than it seems. 

Today I have woken up with a feeling I can’t quite explain. It is like a soft sadness that wraps around my heart. It is a feeling that I don’t often experience and it touches me deeply.

I’ve woken up this morning realising I must accept the challenges life has made available to me. That I must improve and change what is within my control and perhaps everything will make sense towards the end of this journey we call life.

I have realised how important it is to appreciate what you have, while you have it. And that gratitude alone is the single most important feeling to carry in life.

Laiz Ferreira.