Memoir
The Epic of Love Going Through Heartbreak
There is no exact definition for it because it is not a science. It is a feeling, it is essence, it is a dream; everything exists but nothing is palpable; it makes you feel like nothing, and yet it is vague and still so unknown to most of us.
By Sergio Rijo2 years ago in Chapters
Challenges of the Soul
When we awaken on this crazy journey that is life, we are faced with countless challenges. Unlike many, my spiritual awakening was not sudden, as I have been questioning the same things and trying to access that greater consciousness that exists in this universe for as long as I can remember.
By Sergio Rijo2 years ago in Chapters
Being empathic or sensitive
Being sensitive or empathic is something that cannot be learned or acquired; it is something that comes with us and that we do not even understand the origin of. I do not think it is a characteristic like hair or eye color, much less just a personality trait. In my perspective, it is more a trait of our spiritual being than of any condition created here in this reality.
By Sergio Rijo2 years ago in Chapters
Dreams are the whispers of the soul
Dreams never die; they simply sleep within us. There are those who are born feeling like they don't belong here and who, from an early age, question what they're doing here and the meaning of human life. These people suffer from the first impact of this reality we call physical life; they don't feel integrated, they don't know why, and they've always felt somewhat separate from everyone else.
By Sergio Rijo2 years ago in Chapters
Everyone deserves to overflow with limitless love
No one deserves to be loved halfway, undervalued, or simply feel undeserving of love. You might think I'm talking about relationships, but I'm not. I want to talk about self-love, which we often forget about when we're busy loving someone else and waiting for them to give back what we've given away.
By Sergio Rijo2 years ago in Chapters
Love me when I least deserve it
It's so easy to love when everything is perfect, when we feel eternal, when we look at life without time or space. Everything we see is love, and all that love is reflected in any angle or perspective of an eternal infinity of situations and dreams repressed by innate desires to live that ideal romantic love story, which even before all the Hollywood movies and novels shaped that concept, seems to have already been born within us.
By Sergio Rijo2 years ago in Chapters
Dark Night(s) of the Soul
When everything darkens, it is at night. A cold and lonely night, the sun ceases to rise, everything is blackness, even the air we breathe becomes so dense and black that it is impossible to inhale. The heart contracts, a continuous pain of not being able to break free from the strongest bonds ever created: the bonds of our mind.
By Sergio Rijo2 years ago in Chapters
Hearing the Call
I was a junior in college and Eric Church embarked on his groundbreaking Holdin' My Own Tour. I wanted more than anything to see him perform live. These shows were not just typical concert affairs, they were something new altogether. He was, as his tour was so aptly named (after one of his songs), holding his own tour. No openers, just approximately three hours, split into two sets, of him and his band, The ECB, playing as many songs from his catalog, from the hits to the deep cuts, as they could fit, along with some covers. Each night, the setlist changed. And as I found out when I began my journey of following the tour online, jaw dropped, was opening the show solo, just him and acoustic guitar onstage. As the instrumental interlude of the song began and he deliberately moved to the main portion of the stage (because the stage was an original design that included a pit within it - notable in and of itself), it then broke into the rock guitar solo on the electric guitars and the stage lit up as a local high school choir sang the backup vocals. It was epic. Each night of the tour, in each new city, a new choir made their debut.
By Hailey Marchand-Nazzaro2 years ago in Chapters
