El camino de la vida no es una l铆nea recta; es m谩s bien un mapa lleno de curvas, desv铆os inesperados, paradas de emergencia y caminos de tierra que tuvimos que transitar sin br煤jula. Sin embargo, a medida que pasan los a帽os y acumulamos madurez, solemos cometer un error muy injusto con nosotras mismas: mirar hacia atr谩s con el dedo acusador de la experiencia.
Es sumamente f谩cil juzgar a la mujer que fuimos hace diez, veinte a帽os usando la sabidur铆a, la estabilidad y la visi贸n que poseemos hoy. Pero nos enga帽amos al hacerlo. Olvidamos que no estar铆amos de pie en este presente, con esta fortaleza, si cada una de esas versiones anteriores no hubiera librado sus propias batallas en la m谩s absoluta oscuridad.
Hoy he decidido hacer un alto en el camino. No para lamentarme, sino para celebrar un acto de justicia 铆ntimo y necesario: decido sentarme a la mesa con todas las mujeres que he sido a lo largo de mi historia. Quiero mirarlas a los ojos, sin reproches, y ofrecerles un espacio seguro.
En primer lugar, hago las paces con la mujer que tuvo miedo. Aquella que ante la incertidumbre o la crueldad de la vida paraliz贸 sus pasos porque no sab铆a hacia d贸nde correr. Pero tambi茅n abrazo a su polo opuesto: a la mujer impulsiva, la que camin贸 tan r谩pido y con tanta prisa que termin贸 tropezando y cayendo de frente contra el suelo. Ambas hac铆an lo que pod铆an con las herramientas que ten铆an a la mano.
Perdono profundamente a la mujer que guard贸 silencios prolongados que le ahogaban el pecho, esos silencios que acept贸 solo por mantener una paz falsa o por no herir a los seres que amaba. Y de la misma manera, abrazo a la que grit贸 desde la herida viva, de forma desmedida, cuando el dolor super贸 su capacidad de resistencia y ya no pudo callar m谩s.
Hay una versi贸n que me cost贸 mucho tiempo mirar sin dolor: la mujer que confi贸 a ciegas. Aquella que entreg贸 su lealtad, su tiempo y su luz a manos que no sab铆an cuidarla, sufriendo la amargura de la traici贸n y el desenga帽o. Hoy la miro con ternura; en su inocencia y en su nobleza, ella solo buscaba dar lo mejor de s铆. Equivocarse en la entrega no la hace d茅bil, la hace humana.
Hago las paces con la mujer que cre铆a tenerlo todo seguro, una vida armada y un horizonte claro, y que de pronto vio c贸mo su mundo entero se desmoronaba en un parpadeo. A ella le agradezco infinitamente su resiliencia, porque tuvo el coraje de arrodillarse a recoger sus propios pedazos del suelo y, con las manos sangrando, comenz贸 a reconstruirse.
Honro a la versi贸n que fue valiente y cruz贸 desiertos enteros con el alma en un hilo, pero no me olvido de aquella que se sent贸 a llorar amargamente a la orilla del camino porque las fuerzas f铆sicas y emocionales simplemente no le alcanzaban para dar un paso m谩s. Llorar y frenar tambi茅n es parte del proceso de sanaci贸n.
Incluso, hoy elijo hacer las paces con aquella versi贸n que fue la "villana" en la historia de alguien m谩s. S铆, esa que por ego, por inmadurez, por miedo o por no saber defenderse de otra manera, lastim贸 o tom贸 decisiones erradas que afectaron a otros. La perdono porque aprendi贸 sus lecciones a golpes, a veces demasiado tarde, pero entendi贸 que el error tambi茅n es un maestro implacable.
A todas y cada una de ellas les pongo flores a los pies. Les ofrezco el b谩lsamo del perd贸n, la dulzura de la miel para sanar sus viejos raspones y el respeto absoluto de mi silencio. Ya no las juzgo en mis noches de insomnio, ya no las escondo con verg眉enza, ya no pretendo borrarlas de mi biograf铆a para parecer perfecta ante el mundo.
Cada una de esas mujeres es un r铆o. Algunos fueron de agua mansa y cristalina; otros, r铆os de tormenta brava, ca贸ticos y destructivos. Pero la gran verdad es que todos esos r铆os, con sus corrientes y sus desbordamientos, son los que me han conducido hasta este mar de calma, madurez y dignidad en el que navego hoy. Sus errores, sus ca铆das, sus dudas y sus pasos en falso son, en realidad, los huesos y los cimientos del templo en el que hoy me siento fuerte, plena y en paz.
He sido mil mujeres diferentes. He habitado mil estaciones, he cambiado de piel, he visto cambiar mis paisajes y he tenido que adaptarme a las circunstancias m谩s duras. Pero en cada una de esas vidas, en cada herida remendada, en cada l谩grima derramada y en cada glorioso renacimiento... siempre, en el fondo, he seguido siendo yo. Con mis cicatrices a cuestas y el alma intacta.
The path of life is not a straight line; it is more like a map filled with curves, unexpected detours, emergency stops, and unpaved roads that we had to navigate without a compass. However, as the years go by and we accumulate maturity, we tend to make a very unfair mistake with ourselves: looking back with the judging finger of experience.
It is incredibly easy to judge the woman we were ten or twenty years ago using the wisdom, stability, and vision we possess today. But we deceive ourselves by doing so. We forget that we wouldn't be standing in this present, with this strength, if each of those previous versions hadn't fought their own battles in the absolute dark.
Today, I have decided to make a stop along the way. Not to lament, but to celebrate an intimate and necessary act of justice: I choose to sit at the table with all the women I have been throughout my history. I want to look them in the eye, without reproach, and offer them a safe space.
First and foremost, I make peace with the woman who was afraid. The one who, faced with the uncertainty or cruelty of life, froze her steps because she didn't know which way to run. But I also embrace her exact opposite: the impulsive woman, the one who walked so fast and in such a rush that she ended up tripping and falling face-first against the ground. Both of them were doing the best they could with the tools they had at the time.
I deeply forgive the woman who kept prolonged silences that choked her chest, those silences she accepted just to maintain a false peace or to avoid hurting the beings she loved. And in the same way, I embrace the one who screamed from the raw wound, excessively, when the pain surpassed her capacity to endure and she could no longer remain silent.
There is a version that took me a long time to look at without pain: the woman who trusted blindly. The one who gave her loyalty, her time, and her light into hands that did not know how to care for it, suffering the bitterness of betrayal and disappointment. Today I look at her with tenderness; in her innocence and her nobility, she was only looking to give the best of herself. Making a mistake in giving does not make her weak; it makes her human.
I make peace with the woman who thought she had everything secure, a structured life, and a clear horizon, and who suddenly watched her entire world crumble in the blink of an eye. I am infinitely grateful for her resilience, because she had the courage to kneel down to pick up her own broken pieces from the floor, and with bleeding hands, she began to rebuild herself.
I honor the version that was brave and crossed entire deserts with her soul hanging by a thread, but I do not forget the one who sat down to cry bitterly by the roadside because her physical and emotional strength simply wasn't enough to take one more step. Crying and slowing down is also part of the healing process.
I even choose to make peace today with that version who was the "villain" in someone else's story. Yes, the one who out of ego, immaturity, fear, or not knowing how to defend herself any other way, hurt others or made wrong decisions that affected them. I forgive her because she learned her lessons the hard way, sometimes too late, but she understood that mistakes are also relentless teachers.
To each and every one of them, I place flowers at their feet. I offer them the balm of forgiveness, the sweetness of honey to heal their old scrapes, and the absolute respect of my silence. I no longer judge them during my sleepless nights, I no longer hide them with shame, and I no longer try to erase them from my biography to appear perfect to the world.
Each of those women is a river. Some were calm and crystal clear; others were fierce, chaotic, and destructive storm rivers. But the great truth is that all those rivers, with their currents and overflows, are what have led me to this sea of stillness, maturity, and dignity where I navigate today. Their mistakes, their falls, their doubts, and their missteps are, in reality, the bones and foundations of the temple where today I feel strong, whole, and at peace.
I have been a thousand different women. I have inhabited a thousand seasons, I have changed skins, I have watched my landscapes change, and I have had to adapt to the harshest circumstances. But in each of those lives, in every mended wound, in every shed tear, and in every glorious rebirth... always, deep down, I have remained me. Carrying my scars with me and my soul intact.
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