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Blessed present Hivers, a couple of days ago was my birthday and I want to share with you a reflection I have been doing since that day.

To begin with, I was very fortunate to receive so many messages that day, from family members, lifelong friends, recent friends and even from little known people. I had the opportunity to appreciate the valuable time that each one of the people who wrote me, invested to send me a congratulation, a blessing, a card, voice notes and to express in many ways that wish of well-being and good vibes on that special day for me.

Among one of those messages, someone asked me:

Is it for you one more year of life or one year less?

At first I did not understand the question, and with all sincerity I answered: "I do not understand your question", to which he replied: "there are people who believe that when they have a birthday they are adding years to their life, but I am of the opinion that you are not adding a year but subtracting, because it is a year less that is subtracted from the time you have left to live".

At the time I simply replied: "I like to add and multiply and only subtract when I want to reduce the problems".

Even so, I remained very thoughtful afterwards because it made a certain sense but at the same time it seemed far-fetched what he was telling me, it left me with a lot of internal noise that approach, I thought "Why should I subtract if I don't even know how many years I'm going to live to begin with?"

Is it that living thinking that you have less time left is going to push you to reach your goals, dreams and ideals faster?

Or will it make you realize that you should take more time to enjoy your loved ones?

Or maybe betting on your happiness and not wasting time on things that don't make sense?

I'm still sorting through all these questions, reflecting on this vision of life and what can motivate this kind of thinking.

Maybe it gives some thrill to feel like you're up against the clock living at a discount to time? Adrenaline maybe?

And if you look at the background, it is a way of thinking that we have for many things, doesn't the urgency that there are few products left on the shelf make you run to grab the product before it runs out? Or do you make a purchase in a hurry because the offer expires without thinking well if that good or service satisfies your needs?

This is the most used marketing method to sell products and goods in the market, so this way of thinking makes some sense, which in my opinion, is anchored to those patterns and paradigms that we were sold in our enslaving cultures.

I still choose the same answer, I prefer to add than to subtract, to add one more day in which I can breathe and enjoy it, one more year of having enjoyed my children, my parents, my affections. One more year of opportunities to live life in the present moment, from the pleasure of life with all it has to offer, even in the crashing falls.

One more year to admire beautiful landscapes and see how my creative potentials express themselves in different circumstances, as I am no longer the same woman of yesterday and surely, not even the shadow of what I will be tomorrow. One more year of hopes and dreams?

And so, even though I had been isolated for several days due to a peston I had, I decided to say goodbye to the flu days and celebrate this moment of life. I was going to do it alone with my children and brother, but then came 3 brave friends @yadiramelgar, @morito13, @alexis26 who were not worried about getting infected and my parents who always accompany me in any circumstance.

And here I am telling you about one of my post-birthday reflections ... And what do you think, is it one more year of life or less?

Thanks for joining me in this reflection that I had in my head and now I share with everyone 🤗.

I send you Good Vibes, see you soon!