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“I am just one human being” – Dalai Lama

This blog’s purpose is for you to read and understand who I am. Throughout the course of this blog, I hope that you can evolve alongside with me as I share my story.

To begin this post, I hope that whoever is reading this finds themselves well! Positive vibes your way always!

Known by friends and family as Daliana, I am currently a twenty-one-year-old Latina who has decided to challenge herself in some of the most mind-boggling ways ever. I decided to construct this first post to be one in which I give a simple, but detailed layer of who I am.

I currently reside in Rochester, NY. I am a first generation college graduate, I have an Associate's and Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice: which are both tailored towards Law Enforcement. In August, I will start classes again for my M.S, also in Criminal Justice. Later on throughout this blogging experience, I will go into my passion of Law Enforcement, my career goals, and how I came to the decision to make this my path of life. Aside from my education, I am very family-oriented for many reasons, the main reason being that I was raised by a single-mother. I am the oldest of three siblings, a mommy to a Pitbull/Mastiff, and an auntie to a Poodle mixed with something! I also have a hamster named Baby and a turtle named Violet to make this even more exciting! I am an animal lover, as you can see – but that comes from the nurturing side of my Cancer/ Moonchild traits being that (June 24th) is my birthday.

I often find all of my comfort in places that feel like home. I like to feel as if my private space is like my temple/fortress. I consider myself to be shy sometimes, depending on the situation of course: yet most of the time I am very adventurous and outgoing. I have learned that because of my past and my upbringings, I have become very strong-willed so I like to get everything done my own way. Although, I am very in touch with my feelings, I am still learning to deal with most of these events or past situations that I have closed off with time. I tend to feel everything very deeply and that can sometimes be a pro or a con. Aside from that, I live to enjoy a good relationship with my friends and family, which sometimes makes me the anchor of these relationships.

I have learned within myself to love deeply and be humble. I am the type of person to remember every birthday or other special occasions. I consider myself to also be very loyal, loving and sensitive to the needs of others. Aside from all these ‘positive’ traits, YES I have been insecure, and still am at times, I am impatient and realize that I have many flaws like any other person. I am not perfect, I have made plenty of mistakes: I have placed myself in plenty of situations that could have been avoided, but that is the beauty of life.

Due to many negative situations/experiences, I have found myself to have constructed a wall. I tend to go through a hardship, deal with it, and when I have found my way out of these situations, I always tend to lock it away and never look back. I learned that this wall makes me feel safe, secure, and untouchable. Yet recently during my last semester of college for my Bachelor’s degree, I took a counseling course. The teacher assigned us to write a final paper in which we we’re required to tell our story in a minimum of five pages: the hardest thing ever. During this time, I realized that tapping back into these deep memories that have been put away for so long felt relieving. So again, my plan with this blog is too slowly learn how to step out of my comfort zone and show you that anything is possible. I am using this platform to not only tap into some of my hidden pains, but to express how I have been able to overcome these obstacles, trials and tribulations and still be me. As I evolve my thoughts, I will be using the twenty-six letters that have been used for Dalai Lama’s ‘A to ZEN of Life’ guide on how to ‘live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece’.

Each post will begin with a quote by the Dalai Lama. I will go through each letter of the guide, and relate a piece of my past/present life experiences to help evolve and understand the concept of each quotation. This blog will be up and running for the summer time, (June, July and August). Although there are only twenty-six letters, each quote might take multiple posts or personal stories to unravel and begin to breakdown the pieces to my wall.

Please feel free to comment, email me, text/call me even with feedback, questions, criticism, advice, ideas, etc. This is my first blog, aside from prior one’s I have constructed for classes, so I am open to all types of critiques.

Thank you all for even taking the time to read these blogs and follow me on this wild, exciting journey that I am embarking. I hope you all enjoy, and find some inspiration through my voice.

Below is the guide I will be referring too: ➢ Avoid negative sources, people, places and habits ➢ Believe in yourself ➢ Consider things from every angle ➢ Don’t give up and don’t give in ➢ Everything you’re looking for lies behind the mask you wear ➢ Family & friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches ➢ Give more than you planned to ➢ Hang on to your dreams ➢ If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door ➢ Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it ➢ Keep trying no matter how hard it seems ➢ Love yourself ➢ Make it happen ➢ Never lie, steal or cheat ➢ Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values ➢ Practice makes perfect ➢ Quality not quantity in anything you do ➢ Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer ➢ Stop procrastinating ➢ Take control of your own destiny ➢ Understand yourself in order to better understand others ➢ Visualize it ➢ When you lose, don’t lose the lesson ➢ Xcellence in all your efforts ➢ You are unique, nothing can replace you ➢ Zero in on your target & go for it