There are certain people who aren’t meant to fit into your life no matter how much you want them to. The only ones truly worthy of your love are the ones who stand with you through the hard times and laugh with you after the hard times pass. Maybe a happy ending doesn’t include anyone else right now. Maybe it’s just you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is simple letting go…😉🙏❤️ ©️ Beatriz Esmer Continue reading Happy Ending

I’ve learned that most people will love you on their own terms. They’ll love you when it’s beneficial to them, being selfish with their hearts and loving you from a distance. They’ll do right by you if it means you’ll stay down for them. They’ll love you when it feels right, and most will leave whenever it no longer does. And that’s okay. Sometimes, the people we love with our whole hearts decide that’s not enough for them—and that’s okay. The only people who deserve to stay in your life are those who love you unconditionally. Who love you up … Continue reading People will love …

Sometimes we have to walk away from all we’ve known to find ourselves. It has taken me a long time to find myself, and I cannot allow someone or something to make me lose myself again or pull me back into an idea or situation I have found the courage to leave. People and situations come in and out of our lives because we are ever-changing, growing, and discovering. I am not the same person I was six months ago, a year ago, or six years ago. There was a time I needed something different because I was different. I … Continue reading Me & Myself

On the clothesline, I extend gratitude to the complicit eyes who have visited my yard over the years. I am grateful for the generosity of those who, in the letters and messages in which I have sewed my comfort and contentment, I will also rest in them for so long. I thank all those who made me into the word a bridge for honored encounters. To those who, unknowingly, took my seeds beyond my limited horizons, expanding into literary realms that we all walk through. I thank you all for allowing me to be a small translator of our immensity, … Continue reading Gratitude

Remember, my darling, that it takes great courage to be kind in a world that often values the power of money over empathy. It is easy to follow the crowd, to blend into the background and remain silent in the face of injustice. But true bravery lies in standing tall, in speaking up for what is right, even when the whole world seems to be against you. © Beatriz Esmer Continue reading Darling

At the end of the day, faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don’t really expect it. It’s like one day you realize that the fairy tale might be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle, and it’s not so important. Happy ever after, just it’s happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you, and once in a while people may even take your breath away… ❤️🙏 ©️ Beatriz Esmer Continue reading Faith

To my children, I will say, “Fill your skin with kindness and find solace in your solitude. It takes bravery to be kind. But to be brave you will need to know how to stand for something even if you are completely alone…❤ Continue reading Message

Child, why did no one ever teach you that you cannot turn people into homes? Why did no one show you that while hearts may be vessels, they are not fixed abodes? People are ever changing, ever flowing, like rivers that carve their own courses, oblivious to the shores they kiss. They will disappear with everything you put inside them, slipping away like whispers in the wind, leaving you clutching shadows and memories. Still, your home does have a heartbeat, resonating like the steady rhythm of the earth beneath your feet. It is a pulse that dances in sync with … Continue reading Home V

Non esistono traguardi, non ci sono vincitori. Il senso dell’esistenza è il centro di tutto, la vera forza risiede nell’umiltà. I piccoli gesti, la presenza, l’attenzione, possono fare la differenza. A volte basta pochissimo alla grandezza… Nella tranquilla cittadina di Congonhas do Campo, la gente viveva secondo questi principi. Ogni mattina, il vecchio panettiere salutava i passanti con un sorriso sincero, e i bambini giocavano felici nella piazza. Non c’erano medaglie o trofei, solo la consapevolezza che la vera vittoria risiedeva nella semplicità e nella bontà del cuore. Maria, una giovane insegnante, aveva imparato a cogliere la bellezza nei piccoli … Continue reading Del Cuore

I’ve heard love, as the ringing in my ears that never subsided. It keeps me awake at night. The sound of love is a dull, persistent hum that drowns out the rest of the world. A low, droning tone that’s just soft enough to make me wonder if it’s my imagination playing tricks on me; just loud enough to leave my temples pulsing with real agitation. I’ve tasted love, as the salt of tears in my mouth. Parching my tongue for want of something luscious and sweet. A hunger so ravenous that it could not be sated by a world … Continue reading The Sound of love