30 to my 30's!

So, yes... That's it!

In 30 more days I will be stepping on the third floor!
And for some time I have been looking for ideas for a "rito de paso" in order to celebrate.

And I say "rito de paso" because even when in past years I have loved them, this time I do not feel like celebrating with a regular party or reunion. So I decided to tune into what turning 30 years of age, would mean to me and see what came out of it.

Finally, over the last weekend, while walking by the lake, an idea came to me, encapsulating into my special ritual, a celebration and gratitude for life. I have been reflecting lately on the experience of life itself and the opportunity that we are given to realize our maximum potentials as human beings. Realizing it means being present, while stepping up into new heights of personal evolution. And more than ever, I want to commit to becoming as much human as I humanly can!

Yes, this is not the first. There have been some important stepping stones before in my life. But this new one represents one which I truly feel is coming to consolidate much of what I have learned through the most genuine source of all: People. I have been blessed for coming across with people from all walks of life, for the whole of my life. So I want to make it a ritual of gratitude to them all. And I mean, "ALL" of them...for all that has been taught, given, said, shared, expressed, handed, shown... in any way. In a world where time is one of the least available resourses, the least I can do is to feel deep gratitude for all the time which means actually "life" given. And here I include you, for coming across and reading this, witnesing a bit of the celebration of life from my experience.

Every day, for 30 days, from now until July 9th I will be engaging in simple but meaningful activities. This will be my way to celebrate. Of course, there will be cake on the exact day (that is the one thing I wouldn't give up for anything! Not when it takes a long wait of 365 days to eat a moka cake with no regrets!).

I will be registering my experience with photos (the most simple, unusual, nonsense... so you will need to use your own creativity to find out the meaning of each).. Most of the times I will not explain them, in a wish to challenge the capacity of amazement from friends and expectators, by reflecting about the meaning of the small glimpses from the whole celebration experience.

One of the biggest learnings from this almost 30 years I have lived, is that life is the simple but perhaps infinite sum of moments with true meaning. It is just a present moment. The right here, and right now. It's that simple, that fugaz, and that meaningful.

Individual health and wellness, personal spiritual growth, and self-awareness, are some other things abouth which I have come to learn. But I have also learned that they are not enough if others are suffering and the planet is out of balance. To this end, with this celebration I am also commiting to starting a whole new episode where every single moment represents a meaningful experience. And by meaningful, I mean it will be dedicated to all the good, the beauty and the truth that I am capable of giving and inspiring to others. This is my way to committing to this. To the maximum realization of the human potential I have not unfolded. And also as a tribute that unites to a collective pray of many of us who have faith in awakening the best in the human spirit and all that means life in our planet.

Make yourself comfortable, relax, and enjoy this 30~celebration~days...

Fabiola