Monday, June 15, 2015

Maximizing the Dragon!



Maximizing the Dragon!
June 15, 2015
Original post was uploaded on May 31, 2015
By: Gina Yoryet Roman



As a health and fitness enthusiast, I am always looking for ways to keep myself resilient and healthy to face my long and hectic days. Throughout the week I grabbed a soul-soothing ally that I was recommended, “Los 72 Nombres de Dios, TecnologĂ­a para el Alma,” del escritor Yehuda Berg (“72 Names of God,” Yehuda Berg is the son of Philip Berg the founder of the Kabbalah Centre and is co-director of the centre. Kabbalah is an ancient wisdom that provides practical tools for creating joy and lasting fulfillment. It’s an incredible system of technology that will completely change the way you look at your world). I was caught amidst a bit of angst and fear when while trying to visualize what the next chapter of my life holds.

When that happens, I recur to silence for answers to be revealed, and once I get a clearer overview, I reach out to prayers and my own effort as they provide the solution. Once I got past that inner turmoil, I decided to try something new to nurture my body. Looking through my countless books, I found this one my younger sister gave me last September. “The Top 100 Juices, 100 Juices to Turbo Charge Your Body With Vitamins and Minerals.” Wow! Without a doubt, nature is one of the greatest gifts humanity was gifted with! These are wonderful but I was in the mood of trying something different, something I can boast about to Marlene, one of my clients I put on a nutrition plan.

So I went to Mercado Alcalde where I usually get my fresh fruits and veggies, and I got a few Pitahayas, also knows as dragon fruit. According to what I researched at the  market and through online resources, a pitahaya contains around 60 calories and it is rich in vitamin C, B1, B2 and B3, and minerals such as iron, calcium, and phosphorus.

I was surprised to know the many benefits it provides so I made myself a nice and filling protein shake with my made up recipe: 1 pitahaya, 2 slices of papaya, a banana, an apple, and some agave honey which filled me up for a few hours. Yummy!

Here are the many benefits of this colorful fruit also known as the dragon fruit:

Dragon fruit has an extremely low amount of cholesterol, which ultimately helps the body break down this fruit quickly, keeping you happy and healthy. It’s the perfect fruit to maintain your weight and satisfy your sweet tooth.

2. Heart Healthy

Americans have increasing problems maintaining cardiovascular health. Fortunately, this fruit has an amazing superpower that helps decrease bad cholesterol levels and replenish good levels. Dragon fruit is an excellent source of monounsaturated fats, helping the heart stay in great condition.

3. Fill Up On Fiber

To clean up your digestive system, eat a dragon fruit. They have a high fiber content, which can assist with poor digestion and constipation. Eating the flesh and seeds, which contain good protein, will keep your body fortified and satisfied.

4. Active Antioxidants

To rid the body of free radicals and cancer-producing properties, you can eat foods that contain antioxidants.

5. Fights Diabetes

The high amount of fiber in dragon fruit can ultimately help regulate diabetes, as it can stabilize blood sugar levels by suppressing sugar spikes. However, with any dietary changes or modifications, always consult your doctor to make sure this is a good food for you.

6. Reduces Signs of Aging

Eating a dragon fruit with its rich antioxidants can keep the skin tight and young. You can even make a face mask using the fruit combined with honey as a natural alternative to anti-aging masks.

7. Treating Colored Hair

Dragon fruit juice is an excellent agent for treating colored hair. By simply putting the juice or a conditioner containing dragon fruit on your scalp, you can protect your chemically treated or colored hair. This will keep the hair follicles open, allowing your hair to breathe and remain healthy and smooth.

8. Suppresses Arthritis

Arthritis directly affects the joints and causes severe irritation and immobility. Adding dragon fruit to your diet can help you fight these ailments. Dragon fruit’s benefits for people suffering from arthritis are so great that it’s commonly referred to as the “anti-inflammatory fruit.”

9. Avoiding Acne

This treatment is not just for teenagers. Rich in vitamin C, this fruit becomes a great topical ointment. Turn a slice of dragon fruit into a paste and apply it to your reddened areas on your face or skin, then rinse with water. For best results, use twice daily.

10. Soothe Sunburned Skin

By combining dragon fruit with cucumber juice and honey, you can create a compound much like aloe that can soothe burned skin. Abundant in vita

 

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Passion is my BEST investment

Passion is my BEST investment
June 12, 2015
By: Gina Yoryet Román

I don´t want to write right now, yesterday I was somewhat motivated, on Wednesday inspiration didn´t peer in my window, the day before I just didn´t feel like it. The ideas were slipping along my mind but they weren’t entirely there. Today the intention to play with my game called words is there, I am inspired, BUT I am physically depleted. Glory came really close for two or three days until I hit a relapse once again this morning. I had very little pain on my knee compared to what I´ve experienced for a long time. Despite that chronic catch-22, I´ve been very pumped up pulling through my long ruthless day after day.

Last week, two days ago, yesterday the light at the end of the tunnel was drawing nearer, today it all seems like a mirage and I don´t know how to get to where I was.
Every time I am struck by a physical setback, it seems almost impossible to reconcile with balance once again.

In spite of my inner chaos, right now I chose to be deaf to my pain while I write. Even in moments like this I can multitask like father Lillard told me today. I am relying on the R. I. C. E. method (Rest, Ice, Compress, Rest). I am resting and icing my knee, once I am done, I will compress and elevate it to alleviate the physical suffering.

I am always split up between two options, linger around and feel sorry for myself, or invest my time in my passion, for it will soon reveal my purpose. I can opt to be negative and pessimistic, or I can decide to NOT give up. And this time I chose the second one, for this agony is only temporary because as soon as I am through with this post, I will pamper my knee.

This devotion to keep going is my strongest drive, ever since I was a little girl, I lived for writing, I dreamt about being an acclaimed writer. I have witnessed my childhood dream turn into passion, my passion slowly divert into reality, my reality is yet another victory to celebrate.

My passion is THE best investment because I will get the highest rate of return now that silence has revealed the answers and my prayers have provided me with a solution.

Each and every move that I make, I pray because that ignites the power. And when I have spiritual, mental, physical and professional power, I feel like I can conquer the world because I´ve been gifted with the greatest investment I will ever get...

My passion.

Sunday, June 7, 2015

The limits of my world

The limits of my world
June 7, 2015
By: Gina Yoryet Roman

I was just going through some articles about the advantages of being bilingual. The most interesting I found was this one published by Maria Konnikova on January 22, 2015.

Konnikova made reference to Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein who stated the following phrase, “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” The words that we have at our disposal affect what we see—and the more words there are, the better our perception. When we learn to speak a different language, we learn to see a bigger world.

I experienced this transformation when I learned a second language. It was not an easy process but it was not impossible either. Considering the first words that I blurted out, “the cat coffee,” as opposed to the brown cat. I determined myself to not only speak a second language but to work towards a higher level. Even now after I co-authored a book, I constantly feel that I have to strive towards higher to improve that language.

I can connect the conception that Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein made with every stage and task that each person has to face in our journey. Limitation is nothing but an abstract idea fabricated by our cajoling and deceitful mind. Our mind is a very powerful tool that can be used to our advantage or disadvantage and we set our own restraints.

I have learned to make my mind more resilient to reach a stronger spirit, heart, soul and body. Therefore the drawbacks have only been temporary hindrances that have challenged me to decide whether I want to let them defeat me or not. The opportunities concealed behind those impediments are my main challenge to position myself towards a more promising tomorrow. Those favorable circumstances disguised as stumbling blocks, are my lucky charm at my disposal and they have affected me in a very positive way. My perception towards all the contretemps I’ve encountered has overturned to a clearer overview of who I am and what I want from life.

I am no longer subdued by this world, the universe still seems like a bigger planet that provides me infinite opportunities based on my dreams, goals, skills and yearnings, and my limitations only lie within.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Maximizing the Dragon!


Maximizing the Dragon!
May 31, 2015
By: Gina Yoryet Roman


As a health and fitness enthusiast, I am always looking for ways to keep myself resilient and healthy to face my long and hectic days. Throughout the week I grabbed a soul-soothing ally that I was recommended, “Los 72 Nombres de Dios, TecnologĂ­a para el Alma,” del escritor Yehuda Berg (“72 Names of God,” Yehuda Berg is the son of Philip Berg the founder of the Kabbalah Centre and is co-director of the centre. Kabbalah is an ancient wisdom that provides practical tools for creating joy and lasting fulfillment. It’s an incredible system of technology that will completely change the way you look at your world). I was caught amidst a bit of angst and fear when while trying to visualize what the next chapter of my life holds.

When that happens, I recur to silence for answers to be revealed, and once I get a clearer overview, I reach out to prayers and my own effort as they provide the solution. Once I got past that inner turmoil, I decided to try something new to nurture my body. Looking through my countless books, I found this one my younger sister gave me last September. “The Top 100 Juices, 100 Juices to Turbo Charge Your Body With Vitamins and Minerals.” Wow! Without a doubt, nature is one of the greatest gifts humanity was gifted with! These are wonderful but I was in the mood of trying something different, something I can boast about to Marlene, one of my clients I put on a nutrition plan.

So I went to Mercado Alcalde where I usually get my fresh fruits and veggies, and I got a few Pitahayas, also knows as dragon fruit. According to what I researched at the  market and through online resources, a pitahaya contains around 60 calories and it is rich in vitamin C, B1, B2 and B3, and minerals such as iron, calcium, and phosphorus.

I was surprised to know the many benefits it provides so I made myself a nice and filling protein shake with my made up recipe: 1 pitahaya, 2 slices of papaya, a banana, an apple, and some agave honey which filled me up for a few hours. Yummy!

Here are the many benefits of this colorful fruit also known as the dragon fruit:

Dragon fruit has an extremely low amount of cholesterol, which ultimately helps the body break down this fruit quickly, keeping you happy and healthy. It’s the perfect fruit to maintain your weight and satisfy your sweet tooth.

2. Heart Healthy

Americans have increasing problems maintaining cardiovascular health. Fortunately, this fruit has an amazing superpower that helps decrease bad cholesterol levels and replenish good levels. Dragon fruit is an excellent source of monounsaturated fats, helping the heart stay in great condition.

3. Fill Up On Fiber

To clean up your digestive system, eat a dragon fruit. They have a high fiber content, which can assist with poor digestion and constipation. Eating the flesh and seeds, which contain good protein, will keep your body fortified and satisfied.

4. Active Antioxidants

To rid the body of free radicals and cancer-producing properties, you can eat foods that contain antioxidants.

5. Fights Diabetes

The high amount of fiber in dragon fruit can ultimately help regulate diabetes, as it can stabilize blood sugar levels by suppressing sugar spikes. However, with any dietary changes or modifications, always consult your doctor to make sure this is a good food for you.

6. Reduces Signs of Aging

Eating a dragon fruit with its rich antioxidants can keep the skin tight and young. You can even make a face mask using the fruit combined with honey as a natural alternative to anti-aging masks.

7. Treating Colored Hair

Dragon fruit juice is an excellent agent for treating colored hair. By simply putting the juice or a conditioner containing dragon fruit on your scalp, you can protect your chemically treated or colored hair. This will keep the hair follicles open, allowing your hair to breathe and remain healthy and smooth.

8. Suppresses Arthritis

Arthritis directly affects the joints and causes severe irritation and immobility. Adding dragon fruit to your diet can help you fight these ailments. Dragon fruit’s benefits for people suffering from arthritis are so great that it’s commonly referred to as the “anti-inflammatory fruit.”

9. Avoiding Acne

This treatment is not just for teenagers. Rich in vitamin C, this fruit becomes a great topical ointment. Turn a slice of dragon fruit into a paste and apply it to your reddened areas on your face or skin, then rinse with water. For best results, use twice daily.

10. Soothe Sunburned Skin

By combining dragon fruit with cucumber juice and honey, you can create a compound much like aloe that can soothe burned skin. Abundant in vitamin B3, dragon fruit can moisturize sunburned skin and release heat from the affected area.

 

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Libre de miedos

Libre de miedos
30 de mayo del 2015
Gina Yoryet Román

Una de mis sabias citas favoritas es la de la pintora Georgia Totto O´Keeffe originaria de Wisconsin, EE. UU. ‘I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.’ He estado aterrorizada cada momento de mi vida - pero yo nunca he permitido que eso me impida hacer una sola cosa que   he querido hacer.

A pesar de sentirme un mujerĂłn en ocasiones, tengo sentimientos paralelos a esa mujer tan talentosa que desafortunadamente ya no nos acompaña en nuestra existencia. Efectivamente, hoy como ayer, mañana como hoy, el mañana de cada mañana, cada momento de mi vida un temor profundo me ha seguido como mi sombra fiel. Cuando era niña me visitaba a menudo (no con menudo, el menudo que se come, ¡ha, ha! Hubiera sido buena idea para sentarnos a platicar, conocernos más a fondo, y para que me explicara quiĂ©n era y porque se abrĂ­a paso a zarpazo limpio para fregarme la vida), pero en dicha etapa de mi vida, jamás logrĂ© descifrar ese sentimiento tan profundo que me paralizaba.

Al transcurrir los años poco a poco aprendĂ­ lo que era pero aĂşn no habĂ­a llegado al ¿por quĂ©? Quizá fue causa de mi entorno familiar, de mis interminables años de rebeldĂ­a con "mucha causa," tal vez las ‘malas influencias’ con las cuales solĂ­a rodearme. Acaso fue la confusiĂłn de identidad interna por el hecho de haber crecido entre dos tierras, dos mundos parecidos pero al mismo tiempo muy opuestos. Posiblemente y con mucha certeza fue mi cultura Mexicana tan arraigada que mis padres se encargaron de inculcarme a cada instante.

Esa formación, esa fuerza hercúlea es el sustantivo abstracto que mejor describe a la mujer que se fue estructurando desde el momento que abrió los ojos, cuando mis padres pensaron que era niño porque mi llanto fue tan intenso y recio que por un instante se desconcertaron. Al alcanzar la adolescencia y poco después, durante mi madurez de mujer joven, me apliqué a la ardua tarea de indagar hasta hallar las respuestas que en el fondo siempre busqué.

Cada fragmento del libro de mi vida se fue aclarando al mismo tiempo que mi mente se abrĂ­a a cada segundo con la ayuda de mis aliados.  Uno de ellos fue el maravilloso libro "Mujeres que corren con lobos"  de la escritora Clarissa Pinkola Estes (un libro dedicado a la  “Mujer Salvaje” que habita en cada mujer a pesar de todo. Hasta el dĂ­a de hoy, puedo decir que es un bello alimento para mi alma tanto como para el alma de cualquier mujer. Otro recurso que me hizo el paro, fue el libro, Mujeres de Hierro y de Cristal," de la doctora y escritora Silvana Rohana. Estos dos elementos fundamentales han sido mi respuesta a todo, me ayudaron a comprender mejor mi cultura, a apaciguar mis temores. Por medio de ellos, vi que en la cultura latinoamericana siempre se les siembra miedo e inseguridad a los hijos, bueno en particular a las mujeres. Dicen los padres que quieren lo mejor para uno, pero irĂłnicamente siempre dicen, “¿QuĂ© tal si las cosas salen mal? ¿No te vaya a pasar esto, si andas descalza te vas a enfermar, podrĂ­a fallar el intento, ¿para que ir a estudiar a otro paĂ­s? no conoces, te puede pasar algo, no es bueno que una mujer viva o viaje sola." Infinidad de incoherencias que te amedentran, al punto que esos impedimentos te pueden llegar a congelar la existencia.

En ese entonces cuando era joven, indefensa, débil, manejable y vulnerable me convencí que no podía, que algo me sucedería si me atreviera a tomar un riesgo para hacer algo positivo. Antes todo me debilitadaba, todo me hacía dudar de mi misma, todo me controlaba, todo impedía ser yo y atreverme a desafiar la vida. Hasta el año pasado puedo decir que las cosas más sencillas hasta escribir un simple post en español me terrorizaba. Hasta el día de hoy he definido quien es la mujer que fuí destinada a ser, y esa guerrra por fin se reveló. Esta mujer vive libre de miedos, libre de prejuicios, libre de todo tipo de impedimentos y límites, y absolutamente NINGÚN obstáculo me ha impedido hacer lo que yo he querido ser, hacer, deshacer, y destrozar sin causar daños a terceras partes, claro.

Ahora puedo decir que he cometido errores y que he aprendido de algunos de ellos, que ciertos sucesos de la vida me han doblado momentareamente pero jamás me han derrotado, que las experiencias no tan positivas fueron destinadas a sucederme para definir quien soy. A raíz de eso puedo también decir que ahora yo decido todo lo que quiero para mi propio bien y para alcanzar todas mis metas. Yo decidí trabajar en lo que me apasiona, rodearme de la gente que yo quiero, arriesgarme para tirar más alto día con día.

Puedo ser un mujerĂłn si tengo ganas, o puedo sentarme a lamentare las experiencias desfavorables...

Un MujerĂłn
Estaban dos hombre platicando sobre quĂ© es un MujerĂłn.…
Uno de ellos comienza a describir lo que para él significa un Mujerón: Describió los pechos, la cintura, los labios, las piernas, y el color de los ojos. Decía que un mujerón tiene que ser una rubia de 1,80 mt, siliconizada y sonrisa perfecta. Mujerones, dentro de ese concepto, no existen muchas, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Laetitia Casta e Inés Sastre.
Y PARA TĂŤ: ¿CĂ“MO DEBERĂŤA SER UN MUJERĂ“N?, INTERROGA A SU AMIGO Y ÉSTE, MEDITANDO UN RATO, EMPIEZA A DESCRIBIRLA:
Un “mujerĂłn” es aquella que coge dos autobuses para ir a su trabajo y dos más para regresar. Que cuando llega a su casa, encuentra un cesto de ropa para lavar, los deberes de los niños para revisar y una familia hambrienta para alimentar.
Un “mujerĂłn” es aquella que va de madrugada a hacer cola para garantizar la inscripciĂłn de sus hijos en el mejor colegio y aquella jubilada que pasa horas parada haciendo cola en un banco para cobrar una pensiĂłn insultante.
Un “mujerĂłn” es la empresaria que administra decenas de funcionarios de lunes a viernes y una familia todos los dĂ­as de la semana.
Un “mujerĂłn” es aquella q ue regresa del supermercado con varias bolsas despuĂ©s de haber comparado precios y hacer malabarismos con el presupuesto.
Un “mujerĂłn” es aquella que se depila, se pone cremas, se maquilla, hace dieta, ejercicio, usa tacones y lencerĂ­a, se arregla el pelo y se perfuma, sin tener ninguna invitaciĂłn para ser portada de revista.
Un “mujerĂłn” es aquella que lleva los hijos al colegio y los va a buscar, los lleva a las clases de nataciĂłn y los va a buscar, los lleva a la cama, les cuenta historias, ora con ellos, les da un beso y apaga la luz.
Un “mujerĂłn” es aquella madre del adolescente que no duerme mientras Ă©ste no llega sano y salvo a casa y que bien temprano por la mañana ya está levantada, calentando la leche y haciendo el cafĂ©.
Un “mujerĂłn” es aquella que sabe dĂłnde está cada cosa, lo que cada hijo siente y cuál es el mejor remedio para la acidez, para los deditos magullados y para las pesadilla DEDICADO a todas mis amigas, conocidas y desconocidas, que son un “MUJERĂ“N”
Y a mis amigos Que tienen un “MUJERĂ“N” en casa y no se acuerdan de valorarla y amarla…
Ponme como un sello sobre tu corazĂłn, como una marca sobre tu brazo; porque fuerte como la muerte es el amor y duro como el seol los celos… Cantares 8:6
Maridos Amad a vuestras mujeres, asĂ­ como Cristo amĂł a la iglesia y se entregĂł a sĂ­ mismo por ella… Efesios 5:25

Una de mis sabias citas favoritas es la de la pintora Georgia Totto O´Keeffe originaria de Wisconsin, EE. UU. ‘I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.’ He estado aterrorizada cada momento de mi vida - pero yo nunca he permitido que eso me impida hacer una sola cosa que   he querido hacer.

A pesar de sentirme un mujerĂłn en ocasiones, tengo sentimientos paralelos a esa mujer tan talentosa que desafortunadamente ya no nos acompaña en nuestra existencia. Efectivamente, hoy como ayer, mañana como hoy, el mañana de cada mañana, cada momento de mi vida un temor profundo me ha seguido como mi sombra fiel. Cuando era niña me visitaba a menudo (no con menudo, el menudo que se come, ¡ha, ha! Hubiera sido buena idea para sentarnos a platicar, conocernos más a fondo, y para que me explicara quiĂ©n era y porque se abrĂ­a paso a zarpasos limpios para fregarme la vida), pero en dicha etapa de mi vida, jamás logrĂ© descifrar ese sentimiento tan profundo que me paralizaba.

Al transcurrir los años poco a poco aprendĂ­ lo que era pero aĂşn no habĂ­a llegado al ¿por quĂ©? Quizá fue causa de mi entorno familiar, de mis interminables años de rebeldĂ­a con mucha causa, tal vez las ‘malas influencias’ con las cuales tendĂ­a a rodearme. Acaso fue la confusiĂłn de identidad interna por el hecho de haber crecido entre dos tierras, dos mundos parecidos pero al mismo tiempo muy opuestos. Posiblemente y con mucha certeza fue mi cultura Mexicana tan arraigada que me mis padres se encargaron de inculcarme.

Esa formación, esa fuerza hercúlea es el sustantivo abstracto que mejor describe a la mujer que se fue estructurando desde el momento que abrí los ojos, cuando mis padres pensaron que era niño porque mi llanto fue tan intenso y recio que por un instante se desconcertaron. Al alcanzar la adolescencia y poco después, mi madurez de mujer joven, me apliqué a la ardua tarea de indagar hasta hallar las respuestas que en el fondo siempre busqué.

Cada fragmento del libro de mi vida se fue aclarando al mismo tiempo que mi mente se abrĂ­a a cada segundo con la ayuda de mis aliados.  Uno de ellos fue el maravillo libro "Mujeres que corren con lobos"  de la escritora Clarissa Pinkola Estes (un libro dedicado a la  “Mujer Salvaje” que habita en cada mujer a pesar de todo. Hasta el dĂ­a de hoy, puedo decir que es un bello alimento para mi alma tanto como para el alma de cualquier mujer. Otro recurso que me hizo el paro, fue el libro, Mujeres de Hierro y de Cristal," de la doctora y escritora Silvana Rohana. Estos dos elementos fundamentales han sido mi respuesta a todo, me ayudaron a comprender mejor mi cultura, a apaciguar mis temores. Por medio de ellos, vi que en las culturas latino americanas siempre se les inculca miedo a los hijos, bueno en particular a las mujeres. Dicen los padres que quieren lo mejor para uno, pero irĂłnicamente siempre dicen, “¿QuĂ© tal si pasa esto? ¿No te vaya a pasar esto, infinidad de incoherencias que te congelan al punto que esos impedimentos te pueden llegar a congelar la existencia.

En ese entonces cuando era joven, indefensa, débil, manejable y vulnerable. Antes todo me debilitadaba, todo me hacía dudar de mi misma, todo me controlaba, todo impedía ser yo y atreverme a desafiar la vida. Hasta el año pasado puedo decir que las cosas más sencillas hasta escribir un simple post en español me terrorizaba. Hasta el día de hoy he definido quien es la mujer que fuí destinada a ser se ha revelado. Esta mujer vive libre de miedos, libre de prejuicios, libre de todo tipo de impedimentos y límites, y absolutamente NINGÚN obstáculo me ha impedido hacer lo que yo he querido ser, hacer, deshacer, y destrozar sin causar daños a terceras partes, claro. - See more at: http://ginayoryet.blogspot.mx/2015/05/libre-de-miedos.html#sthash.Kv4Oi2VV.dpuf
Una de mis sabias citas favoritas es la de la pintora Georgia Totto O´Keeffe originaria de Wisconsin, EE. UU. ‘I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.’ He estado aterrorizada cada momento de mi vida - pero yo nunca he permitido que eso me impida hacer una sola cosa que   he querido hacer.

A pesar de sentirme un mujerĂłn en ocasiones, tengo sentimientos paralelos a esa mujer tan talentosa que desafortunadamente ya no nos acompaña en nuestra existencia. Efectivamente, hoy como ayer, mañana como hoy, el mañana de cada mañana, cada momento de mi vida un temor profundo me ha seguido como mi sombra fiel. Cuando era niña me visitaba a menudo (no con menudo, el menudo que se come, ¡ha, ha! Hubiera sido buena idea para sentarnos a platicar, conocernos más a fondo, y para que me explicara quiĂ©n era y porque se abrĂ­a paso a zarpasos limpios para fregarme la vida), pero en dicha etapa de mi vida, jamás logrĂ© descifrar ese sentimiento tan profundo que me paralizaba.

Al transcurrir los años poco a poco aprendĂ­ lo que era pero aĂşn no habĂ­a llegado al ¿por quĂ©? Quizá fue causa de mi entorno familiar, de mis interminables años de rebeldĂ­a con mucha causa, tal vez las ‘malas influencias’ con las cuales tendĂ­a a rodearme. Acaso fue la confusiĂłn de identidad interna por el hecho de haber crecido entre dos tierras, dos mundos parecidos pero al mismo tiempo muy opuestos. Posiblemente y con mucha certeza fue mi cultura Mexicana tan arraigada que me mis padres se encargaron de inculcarme.

Esa formación, esa fuerza hercúlea es el sustantivo abstracto que mejor describe a la mujer que se fue estructurando desde el momento que abrí los ojos, cuando mis padres pensaron que era niño porque mi llanto fue tan intenso y recio que por un instante se desconcertaron. Al alcanzar la adolescencia y poco después, mi madurez de mujer joven, me apliqué a la ardua tarea de indagar hasta hallar las respuestas que en el fondo siempre busqué.

Cada fragmento del libro de mi vida se fue aclarando al mismo tiempo que mi mente se abrĂ­a a cada segundo con la ayuda de mis aliados.  Uno de ellos fue el maravillo libro "Mujeres que corren con lobos"  de la escritora Clarissa Pinkola Estes (un libro dedicado a la  “Mujer Salvaje” que habita en cada mujer a pesar de todo. Hasta el dĂ­a de hoy, puedo decir que es un bello alimento para mi alma tanto como para el alma de cualquier mujer. Otro recurso que me hizo el paro, fue el libro, Mujeres de Hierro y de Cristal," de la doctora y escritora Silvana Rohana. Estos dos elementos fundamentales han sido mi respuesta a todo, me ayudaron a comprender mejor mi cultura, a apaciguar mis temores. Por medio de ellos, vi que en las culturas latino americanas siempre se les inculca miedo a los hijos, bueno en particular a las mujeres. Dicen los padres que quieren lo mejor para uno, pero irĂłnicamente siempre dicen, “¿QuĂ© tal si pasa esto? ¿No te vaya a pasar esto, infinidad de incoherencias que te congelan al punto que esos impedimentos te pueden llegar a congelar la existencia.

En ese entonces cuando era joven, indefensa, débil, manejable y vulnerable. Antes todo me debilitadaba, todo me hacía dudar de mi misma, todo me controlaba, todo impedía ser yo y atreverme a desafiar la vida. Hasta el año pasado puedo decir que las cosas más sencillas hasta escribir un simple post en español me terrorizaba. Hasta el día de hoy he definido quien es la mujer que fuí destinada a ser se ha revelado. Esta mujer vive libre de miedos, libre de prejuicios, libre de todo tipo de impedimentos y límites, y absolutamente NINGÚN obstáculo me ha impedido hacer lo que yo he querido ser, hacer, deshacer, y destrozar sin causar daños a terceras partes, claro. - See more at: http://ginayoryet.blogspot.mx/2015/05/libre-de-miedos.html#sthash.Kv4Oi2VV.dpu

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Faith overrides fear

FAITH OVERRIDES FEAR
& I am stronger than that
May 17, 2015
By: Gina Yoryet Roman

Eight days ago, Saturday a long-awaited day. Before May 9, 2015  barged in, dread, insecurity and unease invaded my mind, body, heart and soul. I had two choices, cancel the workshop, or proceed with it. Since February when I proposed the Practices and Theories of Spanish <> English Medical Translation/Interpretation to the Mexican Translator Association, I kept reprimanding myself, “What did I get myself into!?" My cajoling, negative and deceitful self kept grinding in these thoughts, “You will be better off calling off the training because you will fail, you are not a public speaker, you have always dreaded public speaking!”

Rather than canceling, I tackled my fears by spending a few moments in silence and prayer, as I have always believed that Silence Reveals the Answers, and Prayers Provide the Solution. I also confided my anxiety to my husband and we prayed together. After we hang up, I felt like I could conquer the world.

It was in those unobtrusive moments that I got a hold of myself and my confidence was restored. First and foremost, I prepared thoroughly, made sure I had enough material to make it interactive to keep my audience from drifting after sitting down for a number of hours. I used a very nice metaphor and the wisdom of quotes. Some of the attendees were taking photographs which indicated their contentment.

Before May 9, my fear towards public speaking had always ravaged and numbed me from setting challenges and reaching out to specific goals...until I stepped up and proved that I am stronger than my fright. That day was a landmark from Gina Yoryet to me. When I was in High School and college, I would find every possible excuse to get away with NOT doing speeches, I would always go incognito, I detested being the center of attention. The reasoning behind it was my upbringing which stirred an inexplicable and revolting uncertainty. People could see right through me and I was bullied and taken advantage of because of that. That was then, now it is a different story. I have worked arduously to build a spiritually, professionally, physically and emotionally resilient woman, it’s been a long process but I can finally see her very clearly when she looks back at me in the mirror. I do not hold on to pain like I did when I was younger. Amidst all of that, I ingrained in my mind that unfortunate events in life happen to everyone. Therefore, it is our sole duty to make the best of even the worst and focus on the good like Mirtha Michelle stated.

“There is beauty in tragedy. For tragedy has the power to motivate the human mind. It can turn weakness into strengths and become greatness. Why would you focus on the storm, when you can focus on the rainbow?”

And at last I can tell her, I am no longer afraid to overcome any adversity lying ahead. I am no longer terrified to set high standards of me and the people I surround myself with. It is the end of torture and oppression by life’s happenings. No more feeling afraid to tell the world that based upon those expectations, I liberated myself from conformity and found THE man I always longed for and reached all the long-sought accomplishments. All these hindrances have made me who I am and whatever hasn’t killed me, has made me stronger. Today I am in the mindset of Georgia O’keeffe

I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”

Today I am at ease with all my accomplishments which have forged me into me the woman I have become because my faith has overridden my fear...

These are two of the quotes I  used in my presentation:

“I am the messenger, the one who takes your statements and brings them to life in an unknown language to you. I was trained to play with a game called words to best interpret and deliver your message. And that is exactly what I want to do because my interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that´s always good to keep in mind.”
GYR

“The medical Translation artistry, (like any profession), is NOT simply a matter of skill acquisition. It involves a process of personal deconstruction (internal structures) and reconstruction in dealing with each client, individual and/or patient, case, prior medical history, needs, priorities and objectives. This means that I must constantly evaluate my personal values, motives, and goals and I must be willing to make any necessary positive changes in order to evolve as a professional and improve day by day in pursuance of delivering ethics, honesty, and transparency. I can become highly skilled and educated, but SANS a genuine desire to serve others, my career, one of my strongest professional sustenances, would eventually become an unbearable burden.  My goal is to genuinely be of assistance to others, entice them and persuade them to reach towards a better and more promising tomorrow to reach wholeness This is the effect of reciprocating - I am an important element in the medical field and I serve others through my skills. In exchange of that, I am at ease with myself professionally. Furthermore this reward propels me to strive for better.”

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Mother´s Day

Mother´s Day
May 10, 2015

1. If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


2. Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Jill Bennett


3. A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Dorothy Canfield Fisher


4. At work, you think of the children you have left at home.
At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Golda Meir


5. Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Unknown 

6. As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Ezekiel 16:4


7. Men are what their mothers made them.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Ralph Waldo Emerson


8. Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Harriet Beecher Stowe


9. We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Henry Ward Beecher


  10. The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Honore de Balzac, author


11. The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Henry Ward Beecher, US Congressional clergyman 

12. Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Nancy Thayer, author


13. By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author


14. Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Lin Yutang, Chinese writer

15. Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist and writer

16. That best academy, a mother's knee.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: James Russell Lowell, poet, critic and diplomat


17. Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Elizabeth Stone


18. Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Gregory Nunn


19. A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Tenneva Jordan


20. Few misfortunes can befall a boy which brings worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: W. Somerset Maugham


21. The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: James Fenton


22. No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Florida Scott-Maxwell

23. Biological possibility and desire are not the same as biological need. Women have childbearing equipment. For them to choose not to use the equipment is no more blocking what is instinctive than it is for a man who, muscles or no, chooses not to be a weightlifter.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Betty Rollin


24. Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be persons. Liberation was meant to expand women's opportunities, not to limit them. The self-esteem that has been found in new pursuits can also be found in mothering.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Elaine Heffner


25. Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: James Joyce


26. All that remains to the mother in modern consumer society is the role of scapegoat; psychoanalysis uses huge amounts of money and time to persuade analysis and to foist their problems on to the absent mother, who has no opportunity to utter a word in her own defense. Hostility to the mother in our societies is an index of mental health.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Germaine Greer


27. Woman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother's Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: John Erskine

28. All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Oscar Wilde


29. The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.
She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Rajneesh


30. The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Author Unknown


31. A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Peter De Vries


32. All mothers are working mothers.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Author Unknown


33. The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Oliver Wendell Holmes

34. Motherhood is priced; Of God, at price no man may dare/To lessen or misunderstand.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Helen Hunt Jackson


35. It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Barbara Kingsolver


36. God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Jewish proverb


37. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Abraham Lincoln


38. Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Mildred B. Vermont


39. Nobody knows of the work it makes
To keep the home together.
Nobody knows of the steps it takes,
Nobody knows-but Mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Anonymous


40. If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Henry Bickersteth


41. Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: T. DeWitt Talmage


42. There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Chinese Proverb


43. When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty


44. No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - life
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Anonymous quotes


45. An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Spanish Proverb

46. Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Aristotle


47. If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Lawrence Housman


48. Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Sam Levenson


49. Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: William Feather, The Business of Life, 1949


50. And remember that behind every successful woman......is a basket of dirty laundry.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Unknown