Para hablar de ese tema que invade mente y espíritu, hay que hacernos una pregunta, ¿Estamos en la capacidad de soportar tanta miseria por tiempo indefinido? Siento que todas las aguas llegaron a un mismo pozo. Mi historia se remonta a 25 años, cuando parecía que nadie entendía lo que estaba sucediendo a nuestro alrededor, y sólo algunos ya lo estábamos padeciendo. Si tratabamos de explicarlo, nos consideraban los malos de la historia, hasta que el pasar del tiempo fue destapando la olla con mal olor que arrastraba a una nación entera.

La lista de situaciones que vivimos hoy en día son lamentables, son injustas, claro que sí, muchísimo, algunos se sumaron a la mitad del camino, yo siento que mi espalda lleva mi historia y la de los que se fueron sumando después, pero es por el tiempo observando que nada mejoró, por el contrario, cada día es más compleja la situación. No podemos seguir dejando que laven nuestros cerebros haciendo creer que lo que vivimos es normal y hay que tener paciencia. Normalizar vivir sin agua, o pasar medio día sin luz a diario, o contar todos los centavos para completar un artículo de primera necesidad, o el pago de un servicio que no funciona, no es normal, es inhumano... pero esta lucha interna yo la arrastro desde hace 25 años, y no podré sentir una paz absoluta, hasta que se acabe, hasta que se normalice la situación en Venezuela, y hasta que al último elemento involucrado en esta debacle, quede en manos de la justicia.

Hay demasiado material para reflexionar, sé que es engorroso y hasta escabroso el panorama, pero no hay nada en la vida que no se logre si unimos fuerza y fe. La oración tiene poder, pero la palabra aún más... si hay capacidad para orar, la hay para expresarnos. Y creo que ese momento de hacerlo, llegó. Pero no uno, ni dos, sino un país entero. Dios tiene el control, es lo que a diario repito. No podemos seguir siendo conformistas. Espero que nos dé pronto una señal y todos podamos mirarla y seguirla, al mismo tiempo. Un abrazo a todos.

Nota: Las imágenes son de algunas cosas que hice a lo largo de 9 horas sin energía eléctrica... y un amanecer lluvioso.

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Hello everyone, good morning. A warm greeting to our entire community. There are days when we say, "I'm not going to dwell on all these accumulated situations," because in the end, we end up overthinking them, and that exhausts us even more, weakens us, and drains the energy we need to move forward. But mental labor isn't that easy. There are situations that completely steal our peace and, therefore, also rob us of the intention to ignore them, because they are simply present, affecting every second of the day, and our energy is compromised.

Today I join in the suggestion made by @brujita18 in the column we both share in our "Hispanic World" community, which focuses on those stories we carry within us and perhaps rarely talk about, but which sometimes weigh heavily or exert pressure on our hearts, minds, souls, and emotions.

Perhaps I could talk about a story from a rather distant past, one that we always carry with us, something that continues to resonate within us. But today I preferred to talk about one that is more recent, one that many of us have joined, from different perspectives but within the same context: our capacity for resilience, tolerance, and patience, but also for resistance. I have already witnessed, through many accounts, that this last capacity has become a glass of water that overflowed some time ago.

To discuss this topic that pervades mind and spirit, we must ask ourselves a question: Are we capable of enduring so much misery indefinitely? I feel that all the waters have flowed into the same well. My story goes back 25 years, when it seemed that no one understood what was happening around us, and only a few of us were already suffering it. If we tried to explain it, we were considered the villains of the story, until the passage of time gradually revealed the foul-smelling pot that was engulfing an entire nation.

The list of situations we are experiencing today is lamentable, unjust, absolutely, very much so. Some joined along the way, and I feel that my shoulders carry my story and that of those who joined later. But it's because of the passage of time, observing that nothing has improved; on the contrary, the situation becomes more complex every day. We cannot continue to let them brainwash us into believing that what we are experiencing is normal and that we must be patient. Normalizing living without water, or spending half a day without electricity every day, or counting every penny to buy a basic necessity, or paying for a service that doesn't work, is not normal, it's inhumane... but I have been carrying this internal struggle for 25 years, and I will not be able to feel absolute peace until it ends, until the situation in Venezuela is normalized, and until the last person involved in this debacle is brought to justice.

There's so much to reflect on. I know the situation is complicated and even daunting, but there's nothing in life that can't be achieved if we combine our strength and faith. Prayer has power, but words have even more... if we have the capacity to pray, we have the capacity to express ourselves. And I believe that moment to do so has arrived. Not just for one or two people, but for an entire country. God is in control; that's what I repeat every day. We can't continue to be complacent. I hope He gives us a sign soon, and that we can all see it and follow it together. A hug to all.

Note: These pictures show some of the things I did during a 9-hour power outage... and a rainy sunrise.

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