Maybe it sounds a bit absurd, because I should be me (or should I?) but if you think about it, it's not so easy to be you in a society full of judgements and stereotypes. And I'm not talking about a particular society, I'm talking about the human condition in general. We all have stereotypes and everything is a judgement. And I ask myself, what would my life be like if I managed to eliminate all the judgements I have about everything and everyone?
To be Me, from my point of view, is to face society without disguises, masks or covers. Naked, with my expectations, desires, preferences and choices available for all to see. But without becoming rebellious, or good, or any extreme you can think of. It's simply asking for what I want, doing it and getting it, without taking no for an answer, but also without clinging to a specific outcome, because I now understand that the universe has different ways of giving me what I want.
I started this blog to share my adventures as a migrant, and that is exactly what I will continue to do. I would love to receive your feedback, your questions and to be able to interact to try to provide useful information, always according to my experience, but even if I don't have anything, I will keep writing because that is what makes me happy.
And well, I share with you that this new year was very different. I realised that I made it too meaningful to be at 12 o'clock, with my family, with the rituals, preparing the grapes and eating one grape for each chime. After all, that is the tradition in my country. Since I arrived in Canada I had felt "empty", like the New Year was not the same, even though I was with my family, here there are no rituals, not even the most common one of grapes, much less people running around with suitcases, or sweeping, or throwing lentils, or I don't know how many other crazy funny things. Nor do I see yellow and red pants being sold on every street corner, and that had made me feel far from home and without traditions.
I decided to let go of that and stop making it meaningful. A few months ago we decided that we would spend New Year's in a cabin, in the middle of the woods, away from civilisation.
The idea of going on an adventure to seek a better life for you and your family in another country probably resonates in your mind. Maybe you've heard that job opportunities are better in other parts of the world, or you've read or seen somewhere that education is better somewhere. Whether you intend to move somewhere else or not, here you will find accounts of what my family and I have been through in this great adventure in my life that was emigrating from Mexico to Canada. We arrived three years ago. We have been through everything. Good things, bad things, funny things and not so funny. We've learned as we've gone along and we've hit the wall. This is just a little piece of our lives so that those who come after us don't have to beat themselves up and although they say that nobody experiments on someone else's head, maybe our experience can be of some use to you. This blog is an invitation to dialogue. I would very much like to hear your opinions, read
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