Hope's Space

   What I Used to Do What I used to do between the ages of 15 and 18 was a lot of things. I was a girl full of great expectations who wanted to be good at everything, for example I used to play the guitar, the piano, swim, read 2 books a month, practice typing.  I used to organize myself very well to do all these activities. In the mornings I used to go jogging and in the afternoons from 2 to 5 I used to practice guitar and piano and at night before going to sleep I used to read books.  Today all that has changed and I have not gotten used to not being able to dedicate my time to the activities that nourished my brain and kept me in good physical condition. Now I spend most of my time at college and at work. Now I have more responsibilities and little time available to do everything I used to like, but I know it won't always be like that, there will come another stage of my life when I will be able to resume everything more calmly.

 Behind Your Eyes Behind your eyes was the phrase my sister said to her when her puppy was dying. Life can take inexplicable turns when you least expect it and that is what happened to my sister after the death of her puppy. After my parents' divorce, my sister was emotionally affected. She spent sad days not wanting to do anything until at some point she came home with a small puppy in her hands' yearning for my mother to accept it as part of the family. After my mother accepted "Copito" into the family my sister took care of "Copito" from that day on. He grew up and in turn became inseparable from my sister. I called "Copito" guardian because every time someone bothered her he barked and stood by her side to protect her. Every time my sister's little dog protected her, my sister would tell him I would like to see through your eyes and see how you perceive the evilness of people and you have so much love to protect me and always be by my side

  A Good Way to De-Stress Nowadays anyone you ask what should I do to de-stress will probably tell you to exercise, but a good way to de-stress is much more than just exercise. Stress is caused by emotional problems i.e. depression, anxiety, guilt, anger, etc. All of these emotional problems that cause stress are due to a mental state. That is to say that to reduce the stress you should work with your mental state and then with your physical state. So, what should you do to work on your mental state? What you should do is very simple you should sit in a place as quiet as possible for about 5 minutes and try to get your mind into a deep state of consciousness where the only thing you put all your senses of attention on is your breathing, this seems illogical or silly to do but doing that every day for only 5 minutes will make you realize that for the first time you start to keep your attention only on one thing without worrying about what happened or will happen and this reduces stres

                                                                        A Strange Day A normal day turned into a day I will never forget to this day. Exactly one year ago, during college break, I was devastated because the boyfriend I had been with for over three years was leaving the country for another girl. Days went by and I didn't know how to deal with the pain I was feeling. Because of this, I decided to go to the gym, the days I went to the gym turned into exactly two months and during this time I had already started to form new habits in my life. After two months of adapting to a new lifestyle, I thought everything was fine because I was eating healthy, exercising, and doing productive activities. But this all came to an end after a phone call. That day I was reading a book when I answered the phone. When I answered the phone I could not believe that the person who was talking to me on the phone was my ex. I don't know exactly what the reason was until today but that