It is said that when you fall down

down to the bottom,

there are only two options to choose between

either stay there at the darkness on your own,
or stand up and move on.

 

So once, I took the second one.

I chose the one I had to swim, climb, and struggle;

I chose the pain of fighting 

rather than the pain of losing the battle.

 

Sometimes, we all need to get at THAT point, in which we realize what we are made of. 

There is always THAT point, that we use to impulse ourselves upward again,

 to what we used to be before we fell,

 and to go back to us once more.

So a while ago… I chose the second one,

And here I am. It’s me,

 with all my past and present;

With all my struggles and fights;

My wins and my falls.

Here I am, and here I go
to everything that’s coming now on, pointing to the surface and more.

 

Sometimes I have the need to show up how I am, how I feel or how I’ve been in the past. I feel like I’m healing every time I talk about something that I have passed. I feel reassurance and also it is to me as if I could get stronger in a way. Maybe I wrote to uncover feelings. Maybe I wrote to uncover me. 

I’m writing from your partner school in Argentina. My name’s Pia and I’m 15 years old. I’m your e-friend so I was looking forward to writing to you.

I live in Mendoza, an Argentinian province, with my parents and my brother who’s 19. I used to play hockey until a couple of weeks ago, but now I’m training triathlon. I’m super excited about this new activity. 

I have a big group of friends. I’m attaching a photo so you can see us. I’m the fourth, counting from left to right of the bottom row. That day we went to the Valle Grande for rafting, that’s why we were wearing helmets and life vests. We had a lot of fun, it was a great moment. They are incredible persons who I met last year. They are fun and very kind. You would love to have them as your friends. 

Please email back and send me a photo of your friends! I want to know all about you! 

Bye for now, 

Pia. 

You won’t believe what I’m going to tell you! You know I’d been playing hockey since I was really young, I always enjoyed it but some months ago I started to get bored and not to be the same as habitual, so I decided to stop for a time and try others sports. 

I’ve always been keen on swimming, therefore I started to train 3 times a week. Besides I am giving a chance at cycling and running, so my schedule is really full. I enjoy a lot what I’m doing know and I feel  comfortable with the team which i’m training with, they are so open and kind. 

Some of my friend hardly ever do exercise, or just do the exercise that school require them to do. I don’t agree with that, for me doing sport is something essential, not only for your physical health, but also for you mental health. Moreover, doing exercise has been proved scientifically that it helps for happiness and to be released from stress that you may have due to work, school or other worries, so it is crucial. 

What do you think about the change I have made? 

Tell me about you and what you are doing to stay healthy and fit! 

Hope to hear from you soon,

Pia.

So we need to learn to live in the present, because you are now alive, and as all things can come, they can go away as well.