"BRIGHT SPOTS"
by Patricia Gaviria
Christmas of 2019
This morning, I was having breakfast, when suddenly a drop of coffee
spilled on my white t-shirt and created a big “dark stain.” Because there was
no time to do something about it, I decided to go out with the dark spot -even if showing. On the
street, I found two friends, and I noticed that while I was talking, they kept
looking at my dark spot. They tried
to focus on my words, but their eyes went back to that spot, over and
over.
I used to ask myself why dark
spots always catch the attention of everybody, no matter where they are.
But today I know, it is because dark
spots are not common. They are not the majority. They come to disrupt the
normality.
Sometimes we look around and focus on the things we don't have, in those
we don't like, in those should be different. Just the bad side of life catches
our attention and makes us feel overwhelmed. However, the truth is that good, clear, and light is the majority.
There is more happiness than sadness. There are more healthy days than sick
days. There is more beauty than ugliness. More people are trying to give their
best than those trying to give their worst.
I want to thank God for making me realize that life is full of clear spots. So every time a dark spot
shows up, and there is nothing to do about it, I look around and try to find at least
three of those bright spots…. those "bright
spots" that make our reality, our majority, our normality.
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A PAINTER of the SOUL !by Patricia Gaviria
This morning I opened a message from my e-mail and in front of me was this big portrait of a child. At the beginning I thought it was a photograph, but when getting a closer look I recognized that it was a painting. After a couple of minutes observing I captured a realistic job, a full face of a boy maybe in his eight or nine years of age, in a smooth grayscale acrylic and oil technique, perfect proportions and firm lines, with shadows and lights in the right tones. The artist: a young man from Colombia who lives in Australia named Julian Clavijo; the name of the work: Syria. Wahoo! What a beautiful piece! – I talked to myself. But, then, when paying a little more of attention, I realized that there was something else. There was a kid with two huge eyes that were reflecting an image in front of him… an image that seems to shock his young mind… a cruel reality that produces fear expressed with a tear rolling down his cheek. However, the true nature of childhood, the high power that lives within every child and brings the instinct of staying alive, enables him to create a fine and big smile contrasting with his eyes. He refuses to accept the surrounding world and fights back with happiness. Wahoo! This is more than a painting, this is a description of a soul – I said to myself. As an author of a book named “Returning to Happiness… Overcoming Depression with Body, Mind, and Spirit” and a promoter of self-development, I know the importance of art for humans when searching to feel good mental and emotionally. But art has to have certain conditions, it has to allow people to get involved with emotions and to create a dialog between the creator and the viewer; if this is not the case, the art loses all its power of elevating our soul. Julian Clavijo is a genuine artist, that no matter what media he uses -painting, graphic design, public art, or sculpture-, he goes beyond the surface and touches the heart of the spectators. Julian Clavijo is not just a painter; Julian Clavijo is a painter of the soul!
For more information about the artist go to www.julianclavijo.com
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Depression Stigma Free Seekers
Have New Hope this
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Press Release Boca Raton, Florida US
October 7, 2015
By Patricia Gaviria
Depression stigma free seekers have new hope with the resent
released book “Returning to Happiness… Overcoming Depression with Your Body,
Mind, and Spirit,” which shares an amazing true story and brings crucial
information that may change the course of approaching depressive states
forever
During Mental Illness Awareness Week
of October 2015 those millions of people searching to overcome Depression and
erase the stigma of “mentally ill” impose to them by modern society, have the
opportunity to understand and face depressive states with a very refreshing
point of view, thanks to the information brought by the resent released book
“Returning to Happiness… Overcoming Depression with Your Body, Mind, andSpirit.”
The first part of the book describes the amazing true story
of the author, Patricia Gaviria, who battled all levels of Depression for more
than twenty years and found an unconventional way to transform all aspects of
her life. The second part exposes natural tools humans have to balance their
physical, mental, and spiritual energies independently and how to be
reconnected to all positive aspects of the universe.
After losing two friends by suicide,
Patricia, promised God to tell her story and help others as well, so she wrote
the original title in Spanish that has helped many people to be free of the
heavy weight of Depression and its denotations, and dedicated her life to
spread the message through lectures and workshops. “The true evolution of a
society begins with the physical, mental, and spiritual balance of each of its
members. And I am sure my book is a great new opportunity for people
wishful not just to obtain an integral well-being by natural means, but to be
free of any mentally ill stigma” - Patricia said.
The
Spanish title was recognized by the International Latino Book Awards 2015 and,
together with the version in Portuguese, has remained in Amazon Best-Sellers
list since the end of last year. Today the English version “Returning to
Happiness… Overcoming Depression with Your Body, Mind, and Spirit” that was
just released last April will surely keep opening new horizons and changing the
course of how Depression should be understood and treated like never before. It
is available on Amazon -print & kindle version- at
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Wynmoor Club Showcases Latin Writers
October 18, 2015
By Dr. Sabrina Segal
A group of South Florida’s Spanish-language authors at Wynmoor’s Latin/Brazilian Woman’s Connection addressed an intimate gathering of members and guests this month. The writers represented various genres and introduced attendees to their works.
Ana Agosto, president of the club where Spanish and Portuguese are spoken, is pleased with the growing numbers of members which stands at three dozen and counting. This presentation represents an effort to keep the tradition of Spanish language media alive and well. While many of the members’ children can read Spanish, they are more likely to consume English-language publications.
Bucking the trend, Isabel Dumas, a guest of author Noris Capin, is on holiday from Canada. She reads in both Spanish and English and shared with CoconutCreekNews.net that her mother is pleased she still reads in Spanish. It may be one way she keeps her language skills up because there are few Spanish speakers where she lives.
Fellow Canadian, John Brouillette, learned Spanish in school and loves the Spanish-language soap operas. While he reads mostly in English, he often likes to read Spanish-language magazines, the bible and sometimes books in Spanish to maintain his proficiency.
Yolanda Fernandez, a club member reads in Spanish, looked forward to the lecture and the great food that would be served after the authors spoke.
Goodwill Ambassador for Hispanic Book Month in Coconut Creek, Doria Garcia Albernaz previewed her recently published poetry anthology. Twelve members of El Grupo de Lectores Pilar Veléz collaborated on “Equilibrios Contrarios.” The book of poetry is a tribute to Federico Garcia Lorca, one of the most important poets and playwrights of the twentieth century, belonging to the Generación del 27.
A former educator and journalist, Alberto Romero discussed his self-published work “El Chino Angelito Cuam.” Its cover featured a picture of the entryway to old Chinatown in Havana. In its heyday, the neighborhood was one of the largest in Latin America encompassing 44 City blocks. Romero’s novel is based on an actual story that has been embellished from his own imagination. “I can make a story from anything.”
The authors covered many subject areas including a police thriller by Patty Rebellón. Her two-part novel “Corazones Elite: El Enceuntro” and “Corazones Elite: Renacer” drew from her deep and long-term love of mysteries. Colombian-born Rebellón was raised on the works of Agatha Christie and loves television dramas like the CSI franchise and Criminal Minds. She chooses to write in Spanish to connect with her roots while she speaks fondly of the United States, her 20-year home: “Love this country.”
The last two writers tackled tough subjects and used spirituality and personal experiences to connect with others who need to overcome obstacles common to many women. Noris Capin’s “¡Mujer, Levantate!: Reflexiones de Apoyo Y Crecimiento Espiritual” (Woman, Rise Up!: Reflections of support and spiritual growth) started as a book of healing for her while she went through a divorce. The book is comprised of 13 short chapters that reflect on hope, faith, divorce and domestic violence. Capin also published a follow-up book of poetry. “Now that I am healed; I can let it out.”
The final author, Patricia Gaviria, described herself as an Author, Speaker, and Promoter of Personal Growth. While Gaviria writes in Spanish, she also translated her own books into English, because she “wanted to feel it” and make sure her words did not lose their nuances in the process.
Gaviria battled depression for 20 years. In 2004 when a friend committed suicide, she started writing and wanted to share how she changed her life with natural tools to balance the body, mind and spirit. “I work with people and I see the difference. Understanding things from a different point of view changes everything” and helps to stop the roller coaster of alternating highs and deep lows.
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COLOMBIA 2021
June 2, 2021We have to understand that if a majority is affected while
helping a minority, the very foundation of societies will be weakened. We must
not discriminate based on race, color, sex, religion, party, or economic level.
However, society "YES" has to identify very well and reject those (regardless of their
stratum, position, or condition) who are destructive to the performance of life
in community... and support those (regardless of their stratum, position, or
condition) who are constructive for it.
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REFLEXIONS by PATRICIA GAVIRIA
"The real evolution of a society begins with the physical, mental,
and spiritual balance of each of its members"
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"We are not 100% of what God is... but He is 100% of who we
are"
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"A winner is not the one who does not fall, but the one who stands
up after falling"
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"There are no right or wrong pathways; there are just well-lived
or poorly-lived opportunities"
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"Our truth cannot be absolute... our truth must be
evolutionary"
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"It is not what happens around us what gives us happiness or
sadness. It’s how we react to it"
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“If the raw material of the universe is love, balance, wisdom,
abundance, joy and perfection, and we are a universal part no more important
than a sand grain but no less valuable than the creator himself, then how to
doubt that we are love, balance, wisdom, abundance, joy and perfection ? ”
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"Happiness is not an achievement... happiness is a choice"
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"No always goes further the one who runs faster"
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“Although the path we walk on is cloudy... inside us, there is always a
powerful light that illuminates it”
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“It is painful not to get something we wanted to achieve; but it's much
more painful to know that we didn't even try to achieve it”
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"The biggest problems are those generated by our own minds"
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"I am not all who God is... but God is all who I am"
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