Gifts that make no noise ...

in Reflections14 days ago




Many times you wait for someone else to arrive with the perfect gift and we spend the year waiting for it to arrive.

Sometimes what we need is a space that supports us and it's not exactly an object. I mean having a place to sort out what we feel at our own pace without pressure.

I am talking about those silent gestures that restore balance and peace to us. From learning to leaving that yes, without explanations. To accompany us even when no one sees the fatigue that we carry at a cost.

I'm not talking about a casual gift either, but about those gifts that make no noise, but change the way we go through the days of December, the end of the year, and the beginning in 2026, not on the outside or how I look, but how we transform from the inside.

Taking care of ourselves on time is also a decision to choose ourselves and give us well-being.

This year I have been practicing a "game, which is called " this was given to me from me, for me, because I love myself, I value myself and I deserve. I have always thought that there are many things we can do for ourselves without guilt, without thinking about anything other than yourself. I have not only done it on my birthday, I always seek to cultivate and protect my heart, my mental health. It's never too late and it's easier than you think.

Well-being does not appear suddenly, it is built just like a house is built, well done.

So, let's start by giving each other a standing ovation for all the small actions we committed to this year, and if we achieve them.

In this post I want to share with you something very simple, but deeply significant for me: to return to training after a while or active because of an injury to my left knee, or it was just to return to movement, it was to return to me, to who I am in body and desire to move forward.

At that moment when I came back, what my coach told me in the gym resonated a lot, "You must, you have to focus on reconciliation with your own body", and from there all my friends in the gym team became my support.

The big lesson was that I wanted to go to the gym one day and the next day see myself with the body I dreamed of, I had forgotten that my body, thank God, has always been there. Because it is not a matter of measurements, nor of weight, it is a matter of the mental image we have of ourselves. I also understood that immediacy was taking me away from the true purpose.

That it's not about doing something thinking only about the final result, but about living each action in the moment, enjoying it, honoring it.

Therefore, today and every day I celebrate the great achievements of this year and I celebrate having recommitted myself to my body, to my process, and to enjoyment without getting lost with the obsession for the final result.

If you made it this far, this applause is also a noiseless gift for you. For every step you took, even when no one else saw.

Janitze.🌷



Separator made with Canva by @janitzearratia


Any images in this post are taken with my iPhone 12, the Infinix pro-note 30 or with the camera eighties Rolleiflex 2.8 f, and edited by me with Canva


Translation with |DeepL



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Thanks You so much

There’s so much kindness in this post, especially toward yourself. Self love id say

Thank you very much for your kind words. Really recognizing the value of every step, even the most hesitant one, makes us more human, and I do that every day with compassion and mercy with myself. Happy day.

You're welcome