Family

Everything is bread.

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7 Ways to show gratitude

Being grateful is one of the keys to happiness! Gratitude means to be thankful or to be appreciative. Showing gratitude for what you have even if it is less than what you expect or want, will make all the difference.

When we are genuinely grateful we experience joy and positivity. Not only do we experience this for ourselves but our friends and family are also affected by us. When we show or express gratitude, we also become an example to those around us. We can give, without having to expect anything in return.

A life without gratitude is not too great. Unhappiness is likely to follow along. We may not always get what we want but we should always appreciate what we have…

7 ways to show gratitude:

1.Being thoughtful of others

Being thoughtful of others shows understanding and compassion. We may not always know what the other person may be going through or why they may act the way they do. But being thoughtful can help the other person feel appreciated.

2. Saying “Thank You”

People in general do kind things all the time but not everyone says “thank you” in return. A simple “thank you” can make the biggest difference to the other person. It shows appreciation for even the smallest of acts.

3. Create a gratitude notebook

A gratitude notebook is a simple yet powerful way of realizing how much you can be grateful for. It works by writing down different things on why you are grateful. For example, “I am grateful for my home” and “I am grateful for my health“. This habit of writing in your gratitude notebook will have you thinking of even the smallest things you can have gratitude towards.

4. Do a random act of kindness for someone

A genuine act of kindness shows gratitude because it comes from the heart. Something as simple as holding the door for someone or randomly telling someone you know that you appreciate their friendship. This shows gratitude because it was a genuine act without expecting something in return.

5. Apologize when it is necessary

To apologize when necessary, will show compassion and appreciation because sometimes we too can make mistake. We can`t always be correct and sometimes it is ok to take a step back.

6. Check up on a friend or family

We live in a very fast paced world. We may not always have time for everything we want to do during our day but checking up on someone takes only a few minutes. It can completely turn that persons day around. It shows gratitude because it shows that you took some time out of your busy day to care about them.

7. Smile

I learned this one when I used to work in a McDonald`s. They always told us to smile and that “a smile is free”. A smile goes a long way. A genuine smile shows gratitude by expressing that you are acknowledging that other person. A smile can also express that you are kind and approachable.

Remember that gratitude should always be genuine. It should always come from your heart. Show gratitude because you want to and not because you have to.

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Por causas naturales, nos estamos cagando de aburrimiento - tengo mas - si quieren de a gratisxoxox. Abi Pitos Y Flautas diseñado por Abigail Perez Compartido parcialmente en : Abril 2, 2020

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There's a feeling I get when I'm with you.

It's never changed, but it's grown.

It's a combination of not only all the greatest achievements one could experience in life, but also an overwhelming sensation of safety.

Combined with insurmountable notions of being on top of the world, with the weight of a car on my shoulders that represents all the love I need to give you.

The combination of these makes me effortlessly give you all of me, and even more than I ever experienced or expected to be capable of giving.

I'm a combination of selfless when it comes to diving into your eyes and arms, and a deep need to be selfish takes over me simultaneously.

It's difficult to explain where we are and how we are to others, it's not easy to deliver all these things without sounding irrational. The funny thing is, that you understand clearly what I mean, and for that, that connection, I don't ever question anything that's brought us together. I appreciate the times I felt so lonely, and lost, I have the comforting feeling that I have been lost long enough that when I found you I arrived home.

2018 - Abi -mi amor

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Socialite

I watch from the small section I happen to be in. I learn about peoples opinions, choices, and reasons they rage. I’ve never been passionate about the news, nor desired to fight for any right. I’ve come to a point in my life where I still watch, but avoid any topic people fight over, and shove it under a rug. 

A very basic instinct lives within me, it’s from my youth, in church. “You throw the first rock when you find yourself having no guilt”, it’s from the Christian bible. It describes how we’re all guilty of some wrong doing at one time or another. We are, maybe we compensate of our wrong doings, by fighting for “the right” thing. What ever might be going on at the moment, in the news, in our lives. At times, we fight because we’re muted in our own lives, and that’s the contribution you can have in the mess of daily life, work, family. 

I don’t worry about things like, politics, like global warming, because at the end of the day, it’s my job to provide for my own. It’s important to fight, and feel good about ones self before we go out and fight for others. I admire those who do stand up, but more so, those who stand to solve, and not attack. 

It’s why it’s easier that I joke about life, than to pursue a theme or topic that I, myself, have 0 control over. 

-Abi

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El Perdón y la Culpa no Son si el otro no Existe

Una persona tiene la abilidad diaria de llegar a un lugar donde se reconocen todos los daños hechos por uno mismo. La mayor parte de la sociedad prefiere verse en una luz brillante, se componen de lo más nuevo y contemporáneo, sea material, emocional, o hasta relacionalmente. Al entender lo que somos, de pronto no es lo que uno quisiera ver o dejar ver. Aunque el hombre deseé ser libre y entender sus complejos, la moral falla y de esa manera caemos en las apariencias de nuevo. Contratamos soluciones temporarias, que te dejan con poco, y hasta nada. La maravilla del hombre es que al ser lo que todos quieren, siempre sabrá si algo está mal en el, la conciencia derrama verdades que arden desde los abismos del corazón, y los demonios se descubren solos y le acarician el alma. Como una prostituta de mayor experiencia, sus obscuridades le rompen en corazón, y así, el malo te lleva a la luz, son 1 porque el otro existe, y con temor y soledad, las acciones del demonio, tus propios demonios te llevan por la mano al altar. En ese altar tu tienes la abilidad de decir, "Si, accepto" y reconocer que hay cambios por haber, con la misma moneda también se puede, con la misma determinación, clamar, "No, no accepto". Puedes negar tus errores, puedes decidir echarte al fondo con tus demonios y tener la misma convicción que a un primer amor, para mantenerte en la oscuridad. La perdida se encontrará en el momento más irreversible al tomar esa decisión. Vivirás diario con el sentir de los afectados, vivirás diario con amnesia forzada, que se convierte permanente y como un callo, horrible. Ese 10% que tienes de sabiduría va de mierda, no porque la vida no te a llamado, si no porque decidiste contraer ignorancia. Tomando día con día y llegar a sentir lo que es ser libre de culpa, de odio, de tristeza, seria prometedor, sería lo ideal, pero la realidad es que los que van ganando se pierden en la valentía de decir basta y continuar a ser juzgado por si mismos. El juzgarse a si mismo, diariamente suena exhaustivo, pero, resultará en una paz, la paz que viene de el lugar más placentero, el lugar donde el perdón te abrasa, y la madurez te levanta.

-Abi

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Mañana y Ayer vs Ahora

Tremendo día para crecer

Tremendo día para amar

Tremendo día para creer

Cambiando diario pero no por, ni para alguien

Cambiando diario porque suelen pasar días que me comen por dentro y éste día me sabe a miel, se escucha el mar, se siente la arena entre mis pies

Cambiando diario porque el pasado no me dejo nada

Momentos pasan donde el silencio me amaestra, y la música me consuela

Me abrasa la vida hoy, mañana no se, pero hoy, la tomó de las greñas y no suelto la paz por nada del mundo.

-Abi

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The Beauty

It's the feeling of family The parenting style we have The way we stress over responsibilities The way we make sure we're both doing what is needed to love the other The ways in which we have a great time doing nothing at all The ways in which we cuddle in our sleep The ways in which we reassure eachother The ways in which we help eachother The ways in which we carry eachother in all aspects of life that teach us new things The fact that we share every day together and when we're apart we miss our touch It's all those things and more that show how amazing every moment of life is now, and that proves to us our past was broken, that our lives and love is supposed to be the way it is now. It's the safety we find in one another that promises tomorrow will be really amazing, just because we're together. -Abi (Te Amo)

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Zzzz

I wake up to a dream Nightmares are gone I cuddle into the nook of the earth that was made for me

I be been hand made for this moment, for this episode in my life, to witness your happiness and it’s growth

-Abi, to the most prefect addition to my life

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Where's Wald...oh!

It's the sweetest feeling when you know you belong somewhere It's the most restful your heart will ever be The places where one belongs will welcome you no matter how beat down you feel, no matter how tired you are, this place could be as small as someones arms, or someones hand on your forehead When you find that place.... you'll know love, safety, and true comfort Because of the tinyness of these places, they aren't always found, so when and if you do find your place be sure to dive in so deep that you can't ever get out, no fear in the world should stop you from experiencing this This is the advice I give to my younger self, unconsciously I was able to know when I was loved and remained, on the same hand if things don't feel close to your safe space it's perfectly fine to question life and demand to feel loved, I did and now I'm loved and I love beyond what I ever even thought was possible, and will never see life the same again. -Abi (thanks to the love of my life)

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Minesweeper

There's always something we miss, leaving and walking away from awful experiences and behaviors isn't what we plan it to be. The hard part is telling the kids, explaining to loved ones you won't be there next holiday or for their birthdays or you'll miss the next silly thing they do because being in those kids life or people's lives was the calm part of the cancerous relationship, my nieces my nephew the cousins the sister and brother in law that felt closer than my own blood are what get the wrath of my harsh but necessary choice and there isn't a way of doing it right, honesty is the only way. I love to love and it shows because at the end of the harsh conversations I have a love so big to crawl into at my weakest and recharge. I truly wish everyone has this kind of support and love I know for a fact I'd be defeated all over again if I didn't have the partner I have while I deal with the after shocks of the changes I've gone through, with kids you're truly never in the clear but the less there is to worry about, the bigger portion of your heart and mind go to what's important and my love has helped me with that even though his selfless acts are natural and something he doesn't even realize he's doing. My life has changed in a giant way, for the better I say and it could sound selfish but it's not because our kids get to experience something I didn't have, a healthy relationship and they'll grow to know their worth. The love of my life doesn't make me selfish it makes me realize I'm a better human overall and there isn't a time before when I felt fully comfortable being open this way, but it means the universe to me that I've found someone so in tune with my heart that I genuinely wish everyone does because life isn't fully savored until love completely takes you on a ride and shakes your whole perspective apart into a whole new life. -Abi (te amo mi amor)

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Doowap

Yes, (it's my response to when you say I needed you) I have to tell you always that I love you And it could be interpreted oddly; the frequency and repetition in which I tell you, but as soulmates, I actually don't even have to verbally say it. It just comes out of my pores, I choke with how much I feel for you, I'm at a loss for words. I love you because you claimed me, when I felt like the last thing at goodwill. Because you have the patience to learn what and who I am, to understand me, to accept me, to become my best friend, what helps me wake up daily. Never again will I meet anyone like you, you're the missing piece to my life, the last piece to my life's puzzle You, someone who demands me, and requires me to be yours daily, and I'm here, for you always and forever, ready for absolutely everything you ever need. -Abi (to the love of my life)

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Motherly Words

To be completely certain of what we’ll do tomorrow can be absolutely comforting, can be soothing to the soul, fact is we’re not certain, life happens

This is a letter to my kids, to the humans that see me get older, see me fail, see me win, see me cry, see me for me This life has been kind to me, me as a person, it has treated me well, like a patient to a doctor, like a lawyer to a client, it’s been good, things can always be worse

It’s July 1, 2017, a year that’s given me all new perspectives, all new light to what life is, I’ve realized I know nothing, I’m nothing, but I love who I am, and the respect I’ve given myself, my self worth has held me, the ability to know when I’m wrong, and when I should walk away, I’m in a good place right now, where the bonus is love, and I’m loved, I know it

I’ve gotten to learn that adults, don’t know anything, you will always know what’s next because your core tells you, you know who you should listen to, and it’s your responsibility to embrace that feeling, even if you break all things by walking away, please, never suffer for anyone that mistreats you, no matter how much you love them, kids, you’re worth millions, and deserve love, genuine love, the kind that makes you cry when you realize you’ve found it

Kids, you’ll grow up, you’ll realize that everyone makes mistakes, horrendous ones too, you can chose to be frail and rely on others to make choices for you, that’s ok, we all do it when we’re searching for who we are, or we’ve lost ourselves in a battle we’ll never win

I want to tell you that in the world, no one, nothing, not even yourself have the right answer, it’s awful, but as I’ve said, there will be a time and place where you are, and you feel loved completely, that’s when you’re on top of the world, it could be by your family, or partner you find, I encourage you to protect that feeling, and respect it because it’s worth millions, also, if that feeling doesn’t solely come from one person, and seasons change, the people who show you love might also change, rotate, and it’s ok, always learn, people come and go for many reasons, we’re there to learn from them, we’re there to sync and share ourselves with them too, they might need our love and attentions, you won’t know it always, but that’s how you’re able to make a difference

I’ve always been satisfied with who I’ve been in the world, I do regret, and fail to admit that I ran away from all my problems, it’s easy for me, it’s easy to forget, I’ve gotten to age 28 realizing that’s not the option, your youth and solitude give you a chance to run away, once I had you, once I grew up, it’s beyond difficult to run away, your demons will stay, and breathe on you directly onto your skin with warm air… trust me, sometimes it feels like too much, but you’re bigger

Always, after that feeling of stress, after the feeling of loneliness, when the bed seems lonely, and your home feels cold, think of all the great things you’ve had, you’ve had both parents who love you, you’ve had family who has fed you, entertained you, loved you with all of your mistakes and also all of your beauty

It’s imperative that you don’t sink into the feeling, but that you realize that all adults are guessing their way through the world, and that you sigh in relief that you’ve got tomorrow, always, and that you’ve got a mom that will always love you, help you, support you, even in what you think, or assume is your worst mistake, never to judge, that’s my job in your lives