(English below)

Me acusan de ser impredecible. Me alegra ser diferente. No saco mi corazón a pasear por la calle. No cuento lo que no debo, ni me junto con cualquiera. Mi círculo tiene las esquinas cerradas y me enorgullezco de ello. 

Lo siento, no encajo en el molde de nadie; ¡jamás podré hacerlo!

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(They accuse me of being unpredictable. I'm glad to be different. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve. I don't share what I shouldn't, nor do I associate with just anyone. My circle has closed corners, and I'm proud of that. 

I'm sorry, I don't fit into anyone's mold; I never will!)

Jael Uribe

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10 de febrero… un flecha se convierte en lanza. Respiro el viento bajo la falda de todas las voces y canto mi canción en el silencio 🤫. 

Celebro mi voz, en voz alta ¡A veces es mejor callarte donde puedan verte! 

Feliz cumpleaños, persona sonriente… 🎉 

Jael Uribe

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February 10th... an arrow turns into a spear.  

I breathe the wind beneath the skirts of all voices  

and sing my song in the silence 🤫.  

I celebrate my voice—out loud!  

Sometimes it's best to keep yourself quiet, where they can see you.  

Happy birthday, smiling soul... 🎉  

—Jael Uribe

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(English below)

Confianza y madurez: Significan saber adaptarse a los tiempos, actuar desde una conciencia elevada, porque comprendes que todo lo que haces o dices debería contribuir a tu mayor bien y al bienestar de los demás. Si no es así, reflexiona.

Al crecer, aprendes a reconocer el momento perfecto para dejar atrás las mezquindades, el egoísmo y a las personas cuya mala energía puede enfermarte.

Aléjate de quienes muestran abiertamente su lado oscuro, aquellos que buscan siempre motivos para criticar y quejarse de TODO y de TODOS, sin aportar nada positivo, por el sólo placer de arruinarlos. También de quienes se esconden tras muros para lanzarte piedras, incapaces de decir la verdad de frente. ¡Huye de la gente cobarde!

Si no sabes aplaudir, al menos sigue la música… ¡no esperes aplausos de nadie! No vivas para otros; no hay nada más agotador que perder tu vida pendiente de lo que haga o deje de hacer la gente.

Sigue el ritmo marcado por las horas de tu valioso tiempo y no permitas que el bullicio del mundo apague tu luz bajo ningún concepto. 

¡Piénsatelo!

Feliz día. Te quiero,

Jael

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Confidence and maturity

They mean knowing how to adapt to the times and acting from a higher level of awareness, understanding that everything you do or say should contribute to your well-being and the well-being of others. If it doesn’t, it’s time to reflect.

As you grow, you learn to recognize the perfect moment to leave behind pettiness, selfishness, and people whose negative energy can harm you.

Distance yourself from those who openly show their dark side, always looking for reasons to criticize and complain about EVERYTHING and EVERYONE, contributing nothing positive but taking pleasure in ruining things. Avoid those who hide behind walls to throw stones at you, incapable of facing the truth. Run from the cowardly!

If you don’t know how to applaud, at least follow the rhythm of the music… and don’t expect applause from anyone! Don’t live for others; there’s nothing more exhausting than wasting your life focused on what others do or don’t do.

Follow the rhythm marked by the precious hours of your time, and never let the noise of the world dim your light.

Think about it!

Have a great day.

With love,

Jael

Take a moment to breathe. Reflect on what is happening around the world right now. What do you see? Chaos, madness, catastrophes, beauty? Perhaps everyone sees the same things, but they process them differently; some see the world they dream of, while others see it as beyond repair.

Each person creates the reality they dream of within themselves. How it affects them, what they allow…

Sometimes, the time comes to look inward, deep into our internal chaos: What are we doing for ourselves, and how are we allowing the outside world to affect us?

There are those who let everything slide off them, experts in indifference. Others lament everything, beat their chests in sorrow, but fail to make the effort to look beyond the disorder and become the difference.

Which side are you on? Are you the villain, the fool, the hero, or the indifferent one? Who are you?

If you are being true to yourself, congratulations! You are among the few who have dared to be brave and show their face in a world where many live bound to a mask, constantly seeing a distorted image of their inner self.

I ask you to take a moment to look at yourself and reflect: What does the world need from you? Does what’s happening bother you? Do you desire a different reality? I applaud you for answering with awareness! Recognizing your humanity is the first step toward breaking through the shadows, mediocrity, and indifference.

Now, I’m not asking you to feel superhuman. You don’t have to take to the streets and protest against everything. You don’t need to wear your heart on your sleeve for people to know you’re pained by what’s happening. It’s about becoming the best version of yourself that you can give to the world—that is a gift to the world!

Happy people do not harm, honest people do not steal, those who are at peace with themselves do not start wars, those who heal their anger do not hurt or kill. Likewise, those who are content with what they have do not sabotage or envy. Only those who lack something suffer its absence, and this is reflected in how they treat others.

The chaos you see in this world doesn’t depend on the eyes with which you see it, but on the eyes with which you see yourself.

You are the crystal through which the world is seen! The reality we live in is a reflection of you, of each one of us. So, I ask you: What are you doing to change the world? Are you looking in the right direction?

Thank you for giving us the best version of yourself!

Te lo recuerdo, por si se te olvida: 

No tienes que probarle nada a nadie…

¡No busques aprobación de nadie! No hace falta que nadie vea, opine, o lo sepa. 

No necesitas validación de quienes no conocen todo tu camino, tú lucha y tu trabajo. 

Todo llega a su debido tiempo. Llénate de orgullo por quien eres. 

¡Celebra tus propios logros!

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Now in English…

“I don’t have to prove nothing to any one!

A mental note. To remind myself, in case I forget it:

Don't seek for anybody’s approval! No one needs to see it, talk about it, or know it.

You don't need validation from those who don't know your path, your struggle, your work.

Everything comes at the right time. Feel proud of who you are.

Celebrate your own achievements!

Alcanzar tu paz viene con muchas despedidas. Y es que, ser feliz es un estado de conciencia, es el momento donde tomas las riendas de tu vida y decides con quien si, con quien no y con quien nunca. 

Hay gente que no merece pisar el suelo que pisas, que no merece un sólo de tus pensamientos. Deja de preocuparte por lo que hagan o digan otros. Deja de vivir afuera de ti mismo/a.

Por eso, te auguro despedidas sanas, que aprendas a decir “hasta aquí” y “hasta nunca”. Aprende a decidir el momento de marcharte, aprende a irte de donde nunca te han valorado y de donde no eres bien recibido. 

La paz conlleva responsabilizarte por ti mismo/a y darte cuenta que eres lo que cargas y decides. Procura llevar a cuestas únicamente lo que es tuyo, lo demás, devuélvelo al universo con agradecimiento. ¡Deja que lo que no te conviene se vaya! Así sean gentes, cosas o sentimientos. 

Se puede vencer cualquier batalla, se puede llegar bien lejos pero primero, no olvides soltar el lastre y viajar con el cuerpo y la mente ligeros. 

¡Te deseo un montón de despedidas! Toma el control de tus sueños. 

Jael Uribe

www.jaeluribe.com

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Achieving your peace comes with many goodbyes. Being happy is a state of consciousness, it is the moment when you take the reins of your life and decide who you stay with or who without.

There are people who don't deserve to walk on the soil you walk on, who don't deserve a single one of your thoughts. Stop worrying about what others do or say. Stop living outside yourself.

Therefore, I wish you healthy farewells, and learn to say “it’s enough” and “goodbye”. Learn to decide when to leave, flee from where you have never been valued and go when you are not welcomed.

Peace involves taking responsibility for yourself and realizing that only you can decide what you carry. Try to take with you only what is yours, the rest, return it to the universe with gratitude. Let go what doesn't suit you! Whether they are people, things or feelings.

You can win any battle, you can go far, but first, don't forget to let go of the burden, travel with a light body and mind.

I wish you lots of goodbyes! Take back control of your dreams.

Jael

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Screaming, from the depths of helplessness, makes us free, gives us back our wings - I say so.

Screaming out of horror knowing, we are right in the eyes of a coward's sight, the man who swore to protect us and broke 'willingly and intentionally' our voice. We know how difficult it is to get up with broken teeth, finding the guttural roar to get rid of the rage that dwells within. To lift our honor, not to break in half; Finding ourselves in loss, the lifted word, the lost letters, in art that heals the bruises of the soul and fills, once again, our lungs. That's a luxury no one can deprive us of, the intimate space where we are safe from manipulation and narcissism.

The men who promised to love us, relegate who we are, delay our escape, block our path from the light. But only until we know where our strength comes from, when the cracked voice that awaits to spring from within us, comes out as a cascade of love. When the time comes to take off, after abuse and disrespect, away from tears of pain and control, only then no fist will ever weaken us, no one will intimidate a woman who loves herself and knows, she's got her own. No man will stop the seeds of hope from spreading in the wind, where he tried to plant fear and desolation.

That's why it is so important to rise up, even with your broken legs, with the noise in your heart that shackles, for giving too much of yourself to damn pigs, out of love. For this reason, more paths have emerged before you, far away from toxicity, from damage and ignorance that stole your broken inner girl's dreams away. You have to heal from within. You must cling to life like air, in order to face the one who will only use strength, until your courage gains intelligence.

Women, let us raise our battle scream and take our honor back! Let us regain what has been taken from us, unjustly and by force: the certainty of knowing we deserve better, that we are ENOUGH. Let's open the doors to run away from those who slow down our progress, steal our joy and break our hearts daily to feel themselves more men.

Una niña aspira ser como su súper héroe favorito. Ese que la llevó del brazo para mostrarle el camino a una vida de valores, quien le mostró el color de los libros y la importancia de llevar la frente en alto, viviendo una vida transparente y sin maldad.

Una niña aprendió a ser grande, dentro de su universo pequeño. Aprendió a pintar de verde la medida de sus sueños. 

Una niña, se hace adulta y recuerda los consejos, el ejemplo de quien dió tanto para que ella no se perdiera entre lo común y fuera valiente, decidida, original, diferente. 

Hoy, esa mujer con corazón de niña, mira a su súper héroe de frente y reconoce el amor en su mirada, aún después de tanto tiempo. Mira su foto y sabe que los años se acortan, pero el tiempo no encoge su sonrisa, tan amplia como el océano. 

¡Nada borra el amor de un padre que sigue viendo en la mujer, a la niña que vio crecer, transformarse y volar!

Nada borrará de la mujer con alma de niña la capa que tomó prestada de su papá.

¡Ahora juntos, pueden volar!

Jael Uribe

www.jaeluribe.com 

#jaeluribe

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Father’s Day 

A girl wants to be like her favorite superhero. The one who held her arm and showed her the way to a life of values, who taught her the color of books and the importance of holding her head high, living a transparent and malice free life.

A girl learned to be big, within her small universe. She learned to paint in green the extent of her dreams.

A girl, has become an adult and she remembers the advice, the example of the one who gave her much, so she didn’t get lost in the ordinary and became brave, determined, original, different.

Today, that woman with a girl’s heart, looks at her superhero in the eyes and recognizes love in them, even after so long. She looks at his photos and she knows that years are shortening, but time does not shrink that smile, as wide as the ocean.

Nothing erases the love of a father who continues to see in the woman, that girl he saw growing up, transforming and flying!

Nothing will erase from the woman with a girl’s soul, the cape that she once borrowed from her dad.

Now together, they can fly!

Jael Uribe 

www.jaeluribe.com

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