8 abr 2013

Mi vida - Parte I (Peru)


Bueno hace algunos dias vengo pensando en hablar sobre mi vida. Algo aburrido para algunos y algo puede que lleno de historias para otros. No se si sea aburrido, entretenido, triste o que smplemente quiero hablar de mi. Sacar lo que puedo llevar dentro y mostrarme tal como soy.  Aveces es dificil recorder y reviver auqellos momentos de tu pasado que han marcado tu  vida para bien o para mal. Sin embargo aveces es bueno pues asi te das cuenta de que todo aquello te hizo la persona que eres hoy y lo lejos que puedes haber llegado. En mi caso veo al pasado con una mezcla de emociones desde felicidad hasta tristeza y ganas de que algunas cosas hubiesen sido distintas pero quien no tiene un sentimiento parecido?. Es normal y humano sentirse asi. En fin empezemos con el recuento de mi vida hasta ahora.

Se supone que la etapa de la vida mas facil es la ninez o por lo menos deberia. Sin embargo muchos de nosotros hemos pasado por momentos dificiles los cuales formaron nuestra personalidad para bien o para mal. No digo que la mia haya sido la peor porque obvio no la fue pero si acepto que tuvo retos que tal vez no me hubiese gustado pasar. Mis padres se separaron cuando yo tenia tan solo 5 anos y a los pocos meses mi padre decidio irse del pais con la meta de buscar una mejor vida para nosotros, nose si fue real o solo una excusa del momento. Desde ese momento las cosas cambiaron en casa. Mi madre empezo su vida como madre soltera cambiando su relacion conmigo. Empezo a ser mas estricta y autoritaria nose si en su afan de ensenarme las cosas y lo dificil que la vida puede ser o porque simplemente la presion de verse sola la llevo a ser dura en ese sentido. Creci sin un padre emocional vaya su apoyo economico siempre estuvo y siempre lo agradecere pero la relacion era basicamente eso y nada mas. Llamaba pocas veces al mes y solo eran conversaciones de maximo 7 minutos. Las figuras paternas que tuve fueron mi tio – hermano de mi madre- y abuelo materno. Siempre estare agradecida de haberlos tenido porque ellos eran los unicos que me engreian de alguna manera y defendia de las agresiones o discriminaciones que tuve al crecer por parte de diferentes personas, amigos e inclusive familiares.
Durante la epoca escolar una nueva estefany nacio impulsada por a relacion un poco dura con su madre. Ella no veia major forma de hacer ver sus puntos de vista que usando palabras duras. Jamas la juzgue y no pienso hacerlo ahora. Simplemente quiero pensar que todo eso fue poque fue y siempre ha sido dificil para ella ser madre soltera y no sabe como expresarse mas alla que hacer comentarios que pueden herir la suceptibilidad de quienes lo escuchan. Siempre senti que jamas era lo suficientemente Buena para ella haga lo que haga. Creci bajo su sombra ya que ella siempre habia obtenido los primeros puestos durante sus anos de education por ende se esperaba lo mismo de mi y aun mas. Recuerdo siempre anorando que cuando cometiera un error mi madre  me dijera “hey nadie es perfecto pero confio en tus capacidades solo esfuerzate que se que lo haras major” pero eso jamas sucedio. Lamentablemente nunca hubo ese tipo de reaccion por parte de ella, era totalmente lo opuesto. Tal vez es pore so que siempre fui mas cercana a mi tio , mi oshito como lo llamo, fue mi figura paterna. El siempre estuvo desde el dia que naci. Me tuvo en sus brazos por primera vez cuando tenia solo 5 dias de nacida y hasta el dia de hoy a sido parte de mi vida y obviamente espero lo sea siempre. El fue el que me enseno a manejar bicicleta , el que iba a actuciones escolares, el me ayudaba en last areas , el era mi compinche. El siempre estuvo para ahi para motivarme y demostrarme que confiaba en mi y lo que podia lograr y wow era lo major. Aunque lo tenia a el para darme ese amor que mi madre no me daba totalmente – no niego que se que mi madre me queria pero no era la persona mas expresiva del mundo- algo en mi cambio, un Nuevo ajuste tuvo que ser realizado. Desde los 10 anos sino mal recuerdo decidi volverme una persona fria y dejar de demostrar mis emociones o por ultimo demostrarlas al limite, solamente cuando sea obligatoriamente necesario. No derramar una lagrima delante de mi madre durante nuetras peleas diarias porque sentia que le daba gusto y eso no era una opcion. Los estudios fueron mi escapatoria para no pensar en la situacion en casa o dentro de mi misma. Me declare antisocial porque simplemente no veia el punto de abrirme a las personas si nisiquiera podia mantener una relacion sana con mi propia familia. Asi pasaron anos y anos en los cuales esa careta de no emociones me protegio mucho y simplemente se convirtio en parte de mi. Hasta que llegue a secundaria y como cualquier chica empeze a sentirme atraida al sexo opuesto vaya es normal apesar de no ser expresiva tenia un Corazon.
Mi primera relacion fue a los 14 anos duro solo 2 meses y digamos que no fue la major experiencia. Luego de eso me tome un tiempo para enfocarme en mi y tratar de entender la nueva “experiencia” y ver que era lo que de verdad habia aprendido y queria para mi en esos terrenos. Justo ese mismo ano algo terrible sucedio en mi vida, la muerte de uno de los seres que ame y amo mi abuelo materno.  Mi segunda figura parterna me habia dejado sola. Ese fue uno de los golpes mas Fuertes que he podido pasar .  Poco tiempo despues mi abuela temrmino mudandose con nostros bueno en si ella vivia con cada uno de sus hijos por temporadas y esta vez toco en mi casa. Mi relacion con ella era practicamente inexistence ya que como mi madre ella tenia un caracter muy fuerte y jamas fue carinosa conmigo. Lamentablemente se podria decir que siempre me senti discriminada por parte de ella nose si por el hecho que era la unica nieta mujer , poque mi madre era madre soltera o que se yo. Siempre la vi carinosa con todo menos conmigo jamas jugo ni me abrazaba ni nada  y ahora estaba viviendo conmigo bajo el mismo techo y tratando de acercarse a mi. Vaya que fue una sorpresa cuando trato de demostrarme su afecto pero mi persona la rechazaba. Supongo que tanto recentimiento guardado en mi inconciente o conciente que se yo. La excusa que siempre encontraba era “ no puedes pretender que una persona te de afecto que no diste “ No fue facil tratar de cambiar eso pues vaya empezando de que estaba totalmente recluida en mi Fortaleza de “no sentimientos” mi abuela siempre fue seca y fria entonces como acercarme ?como dar el primer paso? Simplemnte la convivencia ayudo y poco a poco la relacion mejoro.
Durante mi ultimo ano de secundaria, conci a una persona la cual jamas pense que pudiera llegar a ser tan importante en mi vida. Mi segunda relacion fue cuando tenia 16 anos. Este chico era totalemente el opuesto a mi, 0% en comun pero aun asi supo llegar a mi y romper murallas que nadie habia logrado derrumbar antes. Puedo decir que fue mi primer amor, una relacion de un ano y algo mas. Tengo muchos gratos recuerdos de ella. No fue perfecta vaya que relacion lo es pero me encanto que haya sobrepasado muchas dificultades en su momento. Aprendi muchas lecciones durante ella. Aprindi  a conocerme mas, a entender que estaba bien amar a alguien, a por mas diferentes que pudan ser si las personas de verdad quieren estar juntas haran que las cosas funcionen y que si hay amor los obstaculos pueden ser sobrellevados.

1 abr 2013



She is the girl that believes that what comes around goes around. The one that hopes for a better day. The one that won't give up on you. She is the girl that is unlike the rest. The one that spend her days smiling , and her nights crying. She is the girl that would love to be loved. The one that looks so damn strong, but feels so weak. She is the girl that picks herself up every time she falls.

31 dic 2012

Lessons learn during 2012


1) When something good ends, it's because something even better is about to come.
2)  When you least expect it, you get to meet the people who will end up being important or teaching you the most valuable lessons.
3) You can't deny how you truly feel for too long.
4) When you have strong feelings for someone, you just can’t throw them away or forget that person even if you try.
5) Sometimes when you try to run away from love, you don't realize it was always right behind you.
6) There is a point where you realize that you need to stop holding back and give yourself a chance no matter how things turn out.
7) It´s good to help people out but you should start by helping yourself. Get to know who you are and what you need to be happy plus deserve.
8) So many people say they are your friends, relatives, love ones but when things are not so bright is when you realize who is truly there for you.
9) When someone really cares for you, they will find the way to contact you and let you know they appreciate you thru a text, a call, etc. no matter what happened or how their lives are.
10) Love is caring for someone and wanted them to be happy not just trying to hold on to a person even though you know he/she could be happier with someone else.
11) Jealousy is something normal and it is ok to admit you can get jealous from time to time. 
12) Appreciate and enjoy every single good thing that can happen leaving on the side the fears that it might bring as well.
13) Sometimes it’s a little hard not to over think things you see or hear but that just stops you from enjoying what you actually feel.
14) There will always be people trying to ruin your happiness or getting in the middle of your ¨business¨... just keep on going sooner or later things will be as they are supposed to be.
15) Love is respect. You can’t say you love someone and be unfaithful (disrespect your love one) then there is no point in being with that person.
16) True friends will be in each other’s lives no matter how many years have passed by.
17) When you left a ¨true footprint¨ in someone’s life, that person will never forget you.
18) Appreciate life, your love ones, those people who truly love and care for you –have showed it thru actions- . If you don’t, you will be sorry when you lose them.
19) Life is definitely not an easy journey but it´s up to you to make it pleasing.
20) Age doesn’t mean the person is mature. There are younger people that are more mature than old ones. 

18 nov 2012

Catching up

I haven't written in the last couple of weeks maybe even months but it felt like it wast time to write something about what's been happening lately. It's not like I write periodically but it is always good to take out what you might be feeling inside. Some people say I do it better in writing  X) Well I shall start I guess....My point of view about different stuff have changed. I have been trying to get to know myself in levels I haven't before. I think it was about time I started to deal with my past ...no not just guys - God when a girl says her past people truly just think about that but heyyyyy there is more than that we do have problems that not always involve a man or past relationships :) - anyways it was time to confront some"scars" and finally be able to say I move on or at least try to.Sometimes we still carry that burden whether we realize it or not. When you don't deal with your past and what hurts you, you will keep repeating cycles making the same mistakes.The fears will never disappear but just adjust to new-different situations you can go through whether is with friends, relatives or relationships. When you reach the point of "no return" , you will be able to see that you need to stop hurting yourself by thinking about what already happened. It might, it might not but if you don't take a chance you will never know what could have happened. Not all people are the same. Sometimes it is good to give the benefit of the doubt and let them prove who they truly are and want-feel.
Being able to know how you truly feel and admit those feelings is not always easy [at least not to everyone]. As I previously posted, I used to think that getting attached to someone or letting people know how you truly feel was a sign of vulnerability and of course I would try to protect myself by shutting down deep emotions. But man I was wrong, yeah Steff was wrong!!! Showing how you feel about someone or some situation is normal and there is nothing wrong with that. I am a human being - for those who ignore it lol - and of course there will be things that make happy,sad, upset me or irritates me. It is good to let people know what's on your mind or-and heart because otherwise they won't know it. Therefore, do not expect them to do things your way. Besides, it is always good to remind people - those who are important an special to you- that they are important and you appreciate everything they could have done for you. One little thing-detail for you[being yourself], could mean the "world" to someone else.I have realized that most of the time we take for granted how we can impact people's lives. How everything we have done or said to someone has actually made them feel. It feels so good when someone tells you that time you smiled at them, gave them a hug or just talked for a little bit made them feel appreciated and important.
In addition, I am happy my life is quite stable. I mean there is always going to be ups and downs but that's the point isn't it? When things are not so bright is when you know who is actually there for you and cares for you. You don't need that person to fix everything for you but by just knowing they will be there to give you their support and love means the world. I am happy of the people who are part of my life - my family, friends and boyfriend- I know I can count on them if I need someone to talk to or anything. Glad I have a good bf who is not only that but a good friend who I know I can turn to if I need help- advice. I am lucky to have them and they know they will always count on me for anything.
 I know there are haters - jealous people- about not only how loved I am but also the "success" I can have in my career at least so far :). Some of them are part of my life indirectly- "friends", some are just "strangers". When things like this happen, you have two options. 1. Make them a "motivation" to be even better or 2. Get mad and ruin your own happiness- making them win. Obviously I have been choosing the first one. There is no better pleasure than see all your haters mad that they cannot destroy you and it also helps you to know how strong and far you can get in life.
Maybe the way I am or see things is not the best one. Hey I am deff. not perfect and I don't want to be.  I am who I am and if there is something I need to work on, I will. I am not afraid of challenges. As long as I have the people I love by my side, make them proud and Happy...That's deff. all I want and look for.
This is just the beginning of new chapters and adjust previous one...We shall see how things go... #Hopes up :)

13 oct 2012

In all languages

People act with total lightness, total barbarity thinking that after apologizing everything will be OK and back to normal.
YES, I might be silly but to me 'we' is 'we', 'I call you' is 'I call you', 'I love you' is 'I love you'. If I say that I will be there, you know I'm gonna be there. Now when someone tells me they will be there I doubt it, because people have lost the value of the word. You can fail so many time and come asking for forgiveness, and that's it, that easy.
Asking forgiveness should not be taken so lightly. The punishment precedes crime Dostoevsky said, because before committing the crime, you know that it will generate pain and take the blame. That guilt is punishment.then you intend to redeem that guilt by just saying "I'm sorry"?.

"Sorry" can not fix what we did wrong. To ask for forgiveness before you have to be willing to repair. Is there any point in apologizing if there is no way to repair what you did wrong?
When that person doesn't forgive us, we are forced to live with our mistake, our guilt. When that person doesn't forgive us, it is a way to force us to see what we did and admit we did wrong. A simple forgiveness can not erase the pain that was caused.
Asking forgiveness is to put a band aid on an open wound that provoke ourselves. Insufficient and untimely. Only when we take responsibility for what we do, then you can start to build something different. 

Pleading and crying , kneeling, praying in all languages​​, apologizing is not enough, no repairs, no relief if we are not responsible for our actions. 
A simple sorry could not erase the pain.
Some things are unforgivable even though you apologize in all languages​​.

2 oct 2012

The Resistance

We are all busy with our little lives. Triumphs and failures, achievements and frustrations, small or large targets with which we give meaning to our lives everyday. But when tragedy strikes all becomes meaningless. That "something" we thought was our reason for existence fades. It becomes air, loses consistency and we face our own meaningless emptiness.When we face the meaninglessness of life you wonder Why resist? What is the purpose of resisting?
We say we have to do it but why? What is the meaning behind it?Why resist the pain, the sadness? Why tell us to resist when fate download all their cruelty upon us?If life is a succession of farewells, losses Why resist? Why get up every morning even though we have no reason to do so? Only by an act of faith. Faith that something better will eventually happen but what?The reward to resist is to return home.There is a moment, a second, forceful, in which all that nonsense disappears, evaporates, and the heart cries "thank you." Thanks to myself for having resisted.The reward to resist is to return home.When everything becomes dark,you will know why you should resist. For loved ones, for our affections, to leave a better world to our children.Perhaps we should accept that our existence has a higher meaning. Ultimately resist to fulfill our mission in this world.Whether we know it or not, we exist for a reason. Large or small tasks that we may complete. Make one person happy, to some, to millions.Awakening consciousness, or discover the cure for a disease, or simply be loved by someone. Everyone has a reason to exist, and for that we must resist.Our mission may be to save the world or save a life, therefore it's worth resisting.Can yous see it? There is magic all around you. There are angels. There is something higher making us part of a perfect frame in which everyone has their own " to do list".Maybe your mission is to bring a new life into the world with its own mission, or perhaps write that song that will thrill millions, or give to your girl that
awful poem you wrote but that will make her feel loved. And so, for that, is worth resisting.Conclusion: Remember that you are an essential part of this endless cycle. Know that we are almost angels. And life is resistance.