{"id":1123,"date":"2022-07-25T01:34:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T00:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2022-07-25T01:42:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T00:42:09","slug":"mi-lugar-feliz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/07\/25\/mi-lugar-feliz\/","title":{"rendered":"My happy place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u00b4s that place that\u00b4s so very special to you, the one that brings you such good memories that just imagining being there makes you start feeling great immediately?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have it (and I hope you do), then that\u00b4s your \"happy place\", an expression that sounds to me a bit like a line from a movie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-9399997.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" data-attachment-id=\"1126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/07\/25\/mi-lugar-feliz\/pexels-photo-9399997\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-9399997.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1254&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1254\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Photo by Engin Akyurt on &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-photo-of-clear-water-9399997\/\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;Pexels.com&lt;\/a&gt;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;close up photo of clear water&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-photo-9399997\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Engin Akyurt on &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-photo-of-clear-water-9399997\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pexels.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-9399997.jpeg?fit=676%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-9399997.jpeg?resize=676451&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"close up photo of clear water in a swimming pool\" class=\"wp-image-1126\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe you have more than one happy place, even better. Today, I\u00b4ve been lucky enough to visit one of mine, a place where I\u00b4ve spent many summer days throughout my life, and enjoyed many hours of swimming and games with my family \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some things have changed along the years, understandably (everything is, and all of us are, constantly changing), but I\u00b4m always happy to come back... And I know I\u00b4m very lucky to be able to come back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your happy places may no longer be the way you used to know them; they may be different now, or they may even have disappeared. You may think that you\u00b4re never going to visit them again. But that doesn\u00b4t really matter, because they still exist in your mind and your heart, where you can remember them in whichever way you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me propose a little game to you: close your eyes, take a deep breath, bring your mind to the happy place of your choice for a few minutes, truly enjoy it (this is the most important part), and pay attention to the details you like most, the ones that bring you the best memories, so that you can get back to them and feel that great whenever you need it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>An image<\/strong> \u2013 the sunset by the swimming pool.<\/li><li><strong>A sound<\/strong> \u2013 the song of the turtledoves (I\u00b4m still not sure this is the right bird...)<\/li><li><strong>A smell<\/strong> \u2013 the wet ground during a summer electrical storm.<\/li><li><strong>A taste<\/strong> \u2013 the breakfast \"bolluelas\" (a typical baked good from the village).<\/li><li><strong>A sensation<\/strong> \u2013 calm, joy, connection.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would you like to share yours?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bfCu\u00e1l es ese lugar tan especial para ti, ese que te trae tan buenos recuerdos que s\u00f3lo con imaginarte estar all\u00ed ya empiezas a sentirte bien inmediatamente? Si lo tienes (que espero que s\u00ed), \u00e9se es \u00abtu lugar feliz\u00bb (o como dicen en ingl\u00e9s, aunque suene un poco peliculero: \u00abyour happy place\u00bb). A lo mejor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/07\/25\/mi-lugar-feliz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My happy place<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":1126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Mi lugar feliz \/ My happy place","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u00bfCu\u00e1l es tu lugar feliz? \/ What\u00b4s your happy place?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pexels-photo-9399997.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1254&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-i7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3549,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2024\/04\/08\/una-llamada-al-amor\/","url_meta":{"origin":1123,"position":0},"title":"The way to Love","author":"binarybea","date":"08\/04\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Esta semana he rescatado un libro que tiene m\u00e1s de treinta a\u00f1os, y que yo le\u00ed hace m\u00e1s de veinte; recuerdo que en su momento me impact\u00f3 mucho. 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