A afternoon of pure light || LOH Contest 279 [Eng/Esp]

There is a moment in the day when the world stops making demands on me, and it is exactly when I step outside the hospital doors. For hours, my world has been a microcosm of fluorescent lights and hallways smelling of antiseptic, and I walk out, and the weight of the day settles on my shoulders like a backpack full of stones. That exhaustion is not just physical; it is almost a kind of fog that clouds the senses.

That is why, sometimes, I do not take the direct route home, and instinctively, like an animal, my feet lead me in the other direction. A few hundred meters from my neighborhood, there is a small wooded park. It is not large or imposing, and it has nothing spectacular about it for anyone looking from the outside, but for me, it is my cathedral, my sanity check.

Upon crossing that threshold of trees, I undergo an abrupt change. The rumble of traffic becomes a distant murmur, like the memory of a worry. The air is different. I cannot explain it well, but I notice how, when I breathe deeply, that pure air with its scent of damp earth and dry leaves seems to have the ability to wash my lungs from the inside, stripping away the accumulated fatigue.

A couple of days ago, I arrived especially exhausted after a hard day, and I leaned against the rough trunk of an oak tree, one of the oldest in the park. I closed my eyes and placed the palm of my hand on its bark, and in that silence, I seemed to perceive a silent strength that had been there for decades, perhaps centuries, simply existing. Leaning on it was as if I could borrow a little of that unshakeable peace.

There, some trees have decided, in an outburst of gratuitous generosity, to cover themselves in flowers. They explode in tiny points of color that, with the evening light, seem to ignite in pink, and then I cannot imagine a better place to spend the afternoon, and of course, I take the opportunity to answer the lovely question from @elizabethbit.

Finally, there is the grass, and I take off my shoes. I feel the coolness of the ground and the tiny pricks of the grass under the soles of my feet. It is such a primal sensation, so inherently ours, that it connects something very deep, and in that instant, I cease to be the professional making quick decisions and I am just another living being, stepping on the earth that sustains me.

There is no need for an exotic trip or a grand retirement plan, I convince myself of that. Sometimes, all I need to feel that an afternoon is perfect is those twenty minutes and that small ritual of arriving, greeting the trees, counting the flowers, and stepping on the grass. These afternoons are my return home, to the essence, and it is my way of feeling in harmony with the world.

✨ 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈! ✨
𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒕, 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂 𝑪𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐’𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒂𝒓.
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𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒊.
𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕? 𝑼𝒑𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚! 💛

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Una tarde de pura luz

Hay un momento del día en el que el mundo para mí deja de exigir, y es justo cuando pongo un pie fuera de las puertas del hospital. Durante horas, mi mundo ha sido un microcosmos de luces fluorescentes y pasillos con olor a antiséptico, y salgo, y el peso de la jornada se asienta sobre mis hombros como una mochila llena de piedras. Ese agotamiento no es solo físico, es casi una especie de niebla que nubla los sentidos.

Por eso, a veces no cojo el camino directo a casa e instintivamente, como un animal, mis pies me llevan en la otra dirección. A unos pocos cientos de metros de mi vecindario, hay un pequeño parque boscoso. No es grande ni imponente, y no tiene nada de espectacular para quien lo mire desde fuera, pero para mí es mi catedral, mi termómetro de la cordura.

Al cruzar ese umbral de árboles, sufro un cambio abrupto. El rumor del tráfico se convierte en un murmullo lejano, como el recuerdo de una preocupación. El aire es diferente. No sé explicarlo bien, pero noto cómo, al respirar hondo, ese aire puro con olor a tierra húmeda y hojas secas parece tener la capacidad de lavar mis pulmones por dentro, arrancando de ellos el cansancio acumulado.

Hace un par de días llegué especialmente agotada después de un día duro, y me apoyé contra el tronco rugoso de un roble, uno de los más viejos del parque. Cerré los ojos y apoyé la palma de la mano en su corteza, y en ese silencio me pareció percibir una fortaleza silenciosa que llevaba décadas, siglos quizás, simplemente estando ahí. Apoyarme en él fue como si pudiera tomar prestada un poco de esa paz inquebrantable.

Allí hay unos árboles que han decidido, en un alarde de generosidad sin motivo, cubrirse de flores. Explotan en pequeños puntos de color que, con la luz de la tarde, parecen encenderse de color rosa, y entonces no imagino un lugar mejor para pasar la tarde, y claro, aprovecho para responder la linda pregunta que nos hace @elizabethbit.

Finalmente, está el césped y me quito los zapatos. Siento el fresco del suelo y la pequeña punzada de la hierba bajo la planta de mis pies. Es una sensación tan primaria y tan nuestra que conecta algo muy profundo, y en ese instante dejo de ser la profesional que toma decisiones rápidas y soy solo un ser vivo más pisando la tierra que me sostiene.

No hace falta un viaje exótico ni un gran plan de retiro, de eso me convenzo. A veces, lo único que necesito para sentir que una tarde es perfecta son esos veinte minutos y ese pequeño ritual de llegar, saludar a los árboles, contar las flores y pisar el césped. Estas tardes son mi vuelta a casa, a la esencia, y es mi forma de sentirme en armonía con el mundo.

✨¡𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒓! ✨
𝑺𝒊 𝒂ú𝒏 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔: 𝒔𝒐𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒓ó𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒚 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒂, 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒆, 𝒎𝒖𝒋𝒆𝒓 𝒚 𝒔𝒐ñ𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓ó 𝒆𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓.
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¿𝑻𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕ó 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒄𝒊ó𝒏? 𝑽𝒐𝒕𝒂, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒚𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒔.💛
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Oooooh, your post is so interesting and sounds poetic, I really love how you navigated all through the way and drove your point home. It's very nice that you found a relief in that spot all the time. Take care!