While preparing for my forty-first tour around the sun 
, and reflecting on where I am in my life today, I came across these words from Yung Pueblo:
“Trying to stay the same is painful and trying to mold everything the way you desire is impossible. The overarching truth of reality is that its direction is one of forward motion. Nothing is static, nothing stays still, everything is in a constant state of flow. Every level of existence in our universe is essentially a river of change. Never is the river the same, nor will it ever be fully predictable or controllable.” – Yung Pueblo
Follow Yung Pueblo for more beautiful words to keep you moving through life … 
The person I am today is not the same as the person I was when I was born, a young girl growing up in Miami surrounded by family community and friends, or when I was studying law in Washington DC or living in Paris, when I was diagnosed with leukemia and underwent a bone marrow transplant, or when I got married, when I started my career as an attorney, or when I got divorced, and left my job and RESET and started anew….
Today I am different. I’ve grown, I’ve learned, I’ve fallen, I’ve gotten back up, I’ve hurt myself and I’ve been hurt by others along the way… All of these moments, the beautiful ones, the painful ones, the learning moments, the growing moments, the failing moments, the moments of celebration, moments of success, moments of loss and suffering, moments of love and compassion and passion… they all make up the fabric of who I am today.
So as I embark on this next year of life, I wanted to share my thoughts with you:
Fall and Get Back Up 
Fail and try again 
Succeed and Celebrate 
Stay Humble 
Heal 
Yourself
Love Yourself 
First
Love Others 
Respect 
All Life Forms 
Get hurt and LOVE 
Again and Again and Again
Whatever You Do, Keep Moving Forward 
Let GO of what you cannot control 
Embrace Change 
Keep moving + flowing 
Squeeze the juice 
out of life
Take life as it comes + create the most
Beautiful + wild 
experiences 
out of it
Keep your friends and family 
close
Connect with your people, keep growing your connections and find more people
(they’re out there waiting to enrich your life!) 
Community is everything, it will keep you flowing, growing and moving up in life
Dance 
it out, laugh 
and just keep swimming 
And most importantly be grateful 
Count your blessings 
Every day 
is a blessing 
And Don’t Stop Believing that you can live the life of your dreams … 
Thank you for reading this and going on this journey with me.
– Cristina Nicole “Titi” Fernandez
