Speak Happiness

Love exists in Costa Rica, and I am grateful for this. I love my family as I love myself, and I know tHat in the end, I will be a successful physician. <3

Rights and Free Speech

Estoy apunto de empezar una nueva etapa en mi vida: me voy, gracias a Dios, a mi patria Costa Rica, para desaserme de la corrupcion y la mentalidad de el control norteamericano.

Me desago de los pensamientos malos de la paranoia, el miedo, y el odio...que esta muy prevalente aqui en Texas. El mejor predecessor que tengo en la politica es mi padre. El sabe mucho mas que el resto del mundo porque  para un doctor que tiene 5,000 pacientes (o mas) en los estados unidos, ha hecho un hombre  que entiende no solo la condicion humana pero tambien la mentalidad del oeste. Es una mentalidad muy sucia. Se trata de guerra.

Yo como un hombre muy sabio con la condicion humana y como reaccionan los humanos al estres y la vida diaria de este mundo, se que un doctor no debe tener control SOBRE una persona. Yo como medico me separo de la politica hasta que me pueda hacer mucho MAS sabio como medico psiquiatra...en la condicion humana y la politica de mi pais Costa Rica.

Don Oscar Arias es un amigo de la familia Arauz, gracias a Dios. Yo quiero hacer algo muy bueno en este mundo, y tengo la capacidad de hacerlo en mi propio pais, no solo por las conexiones que tenemos, pero tambien porque mi cerebro funciona en una forma que mucha gente no entiende. El control sobre la gente NO es posible sin la corrupcion. El control sobre una vision, una IDEA de cual mucha gente sabe en CR...la paz de la mente...la tranquilidad de la mente y la fuerza de la voluntad....siempre ganara contra los opresores que vienen para controlar nuestra economia dentro la idea de la globalizacion. Mientras yo sepa como controlar a mi mismo y mis aspiraciones, el control de la economia sera siempre sera bajo el control de los costarricenses, y nunca habra fuerza militar en mi pais.

Que Dios los bendiga. Pura vida. 

The Bombing Attacks in Boston

The morning after I awoke, I saw the paper. The bomb attacks in Boston made big headlines in Costa Rica.

We live in a world of fear and jealousy, which is what Bob Marley said to flee from.
We must never be cautious to fight against our oppressors, and our oppressors are those who fight for oil, fight for profit, and fight to take away human lives.

Life is just a dream, and if we take it too seriously, we must DEFINITELY be cautious that it does not go to our heads. Fear, paranoia, and unkept souls like the bombers in Boston must NEVER be praised for their political violence and unkept minds.

While I meditate on the future of the world, I see a global unity that must be sought out by the future generations.

That unity is world peace. It may never happen, but my country Costa Rica is on the verge of making it a reality. Due to globalization, and the money that comes to our country, political thought must be continued.

I went on a run after the attacks to show my solidarity for the runners whose loss of life made the world hurt. It made runners everywhere fearful and careful, of the races they run, and of the complete aftermath and destruction that ensued.

Let us BE PEACE.

Imagine no heaven
It isn't hard to do
No hell below us
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living their lives in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
Maybe someday you will join us
And the world will live as ONE

Those are John Lennon's words, not mine.

My life goal is to provide for my family in Costa Rica. I am in the mindset of a conqueror who toils on. A bird came and conquered some ecological niches in 1973. I forget what species. I am a biologist, and it must be important.

Anyway, he conquered lands, and I have that mindset. I am a conqueror and a soldier of Christ at heart. The Jesuits are always controlling political thought, and I believe the time has come for them to push peace as the solution to all the madness that plagues our Mother Earth.

7.6 Earthquake in Costa Rica, and the Week Of

This week has been kind of scary. There was an earthquake in Costa Rica, and the epicenter was in Samara.

Thanks be to the King of Kings that no one in my immediate or extended family got hurt. Physical damage to the country was done, material things were lost, but these material things, according to the Costa Rican people themselves, can be rebuilt and replaced.

Memories of Galveston flooded my mind this week, and I kept thinking about the last week there, and my parents' separation. I found strength in a song by the reggae artists the Abyssinians, in which they say:

Each morn before the sun, comes shining
I pray Jah Lord, to keep me strong
To keep me far away, from the wicked
And let me live
Clean and strong
Just let me live with my fellow man!

Father, oh my Father, Father, Father
Lift up my head, and let me move along
Show me the way, the truth, and the light
And let my days be long
And let my days be long

At 5 am I offered up a prayer in the form of a run. The run, continued on the next entry....

McCoy Tyner is a Stress Ball

News Flash: If you listen to the piano of McCoy Tyner, and blog at the same time it feels like you are playing the piano along with him. I think he is my favorite pianist so far, and I would like to play my guitar as fast as he plays his piano. I think it would be EASY-ER to do so, but still pretty fucking hard.




Keeping the goals in mind. ;)

Usain Bolt's Secret to Success

So I read this article that was an insight into the secrets of success by the world's fastest man- Usain Bolt. I thought I would repost them because I think that many of these points apply to medical school and life in general. Enjoy.

1.Be prepared to make sacrifices.

2. The biggest motivator in the world is the fear of losing.

3. It's important to have role models.

4. Learn to be street-smart.

5. You need the right people around you.

'Relish a good rivalry - it helps push you harder,' said Usain (above, winning the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin)

6. Enjoy whatever you do.

7. No matter how good you are, there is always room for improvement. 

8. Control your aggression.

9. Never write anyone off.

10. Don't believe your own hype.

11. Make sure your money works for you.

12. Relish a good rivalry  -  it helps push you harder.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1302788/Usain-Bolt-The-secrets-success.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0whkZzcHa

7 Year Anniversary

SO! I have had this blog for 7 years now, and to commemorate I have changed the template to a BIGGER AND BETTER ONE YEAHHHH!

The blog I had before this one was intended to be a novel that I would write whenever I could in, but I was really weird and deleted it...it went up in flames! ;)

I aim to keep this blog for more years, and more years, until I get sick of it...at which point I will just change the template.

Samara

Me and Michael were on our way to this touristy beach Tamarindo to rent surfboards for an hour like we had done a few days before, but we stopped in a town called Santa Cruz, which is on the way, so I could go to the bathroom. So when I got in the car, we got on a highway that didn't seem familiar to me...but Michael was driving and he honestly didn't care if we got lost or not...even though he was sure it was the right way....
So lo and behold I see a sign for Nicoya 2 km away...Nicoya was where my grandfather was born and raised, and so we were on our way there by pure coincidence (destiny?)!

Michael wanted to go to a beach, so Michael drove us to a beach called Samara, about 36 km from Nicoya...and the road there was amazingly beautiful...green valleys and mountains, palm trees in the middle of those valleys....it made it look like the land of the dinosaurs.

When we got to the beach, it started to rain and become dark, but we didn't stop walking to the shore, because we had taken about 3 hrs to get there...We started walking towards the coast, and I could feel the hot breath of the air make way for my foot....the air was thick and dank, and it was a new type of weather for me, which I found normal because every part of Costa Rica has it's own little weather...


So, I step into this colorful looking shop that reminded me of like an Austin mom and pop souvenir shop, but it was an arts and crafts and souvenir store. We get in and it smells like that Indian incense that they sell at headshops, and I see this badass shark tooth necklace that I buy to remind myself of where I was...Samara was where my dad spent his childhood because my uncle (my grandpa's brother) had property there, and I think his sons still do...

I found out later that I had bought the shark necklace during Shark's Week (who knew!). Another zen moment...WTF.

So we get to the beach, and there is no one there, but us, green palm trees, and this dark sky with sky blue and orange blotches in between...we take pictures and we are excited, because it's the first white sand beach that we have been to in Costa Rica...so my FB profile pic you see is of me there...

These are the actual colors of the beach, I didn't edit this picture!

My phone fell in the tide and got water damage, but it was so fucking worth it! When I get my phone fixed, I hope I can get the pics back...but the memory of that surreal place is enough for me. :)