Humans luckily aren’t robots, we are human intelligence, able to create and make mistakes
If you start to try things it is obvious you will learn and discover things you did not know before. When low risk is involved and consequences will be small it is for nearly everybody possible to do so. But, for our development, Alberto and I we love and -at the same time- we run into big, really big things, better call it subjects, that contain mostly high material risk and lead to big consequences.
We make mistakes
Like you know we make our own natural wine as one of our favorite challenges. Making wine is a process where you need to stay focused and every step is important in itself. Distraction can have a fatal effect. I won’t build more tension, no, here it comes: we ruined our 2023 crop white wine. How come? Without mentioning a lot of excuses, it had to do timing. We were just a few days late moving the wine from the warm fermentation tank into the cool storage tank. Why that happened? We simply missed it, because we were busy with other (less importrant) things.
Bad communication can be between people, but also in your own mind. That is one of the reasons why we make mistakes and this is one of the differences between humans and robots. The past 2 years my love and I have created smaller and bigger projects, because we can create. Creating can’t happen without making mistakes.
Our lost wine will probably end as a pastis or a vinegar or a bit of both. Our sweet Spanish friends from whom we have learnt a lot about wine making, came for a tasting last weekend and we all agreed on the unfortunate new reality. Positively we concluded to make other products out of it. Being creative and flexible at all times. We are going to make high quality wine vinegar out of it or distill it with herbs and spices into a nice pastis. That is the plan.
Love is everything, be a human.
So, disappointments can be overcome. The difference is when making mistakes leads to personal drama. Like on last Easter morning, the Easter eggs hidden on the finca, waiting for our adult daughter and a friend to come and search for them. Mind that you are never too old to find pleasure in both hiding and searching eggs. It is very relaxing, especially on our finca. But then you receive a call from your daughter and crying she tells you “mammi, I am in severe pain, I had an accident with my motorcycle” and the next moment the connection was lost. It took some minutes to have the connection back and a strange man, appearing to be a passing doctor in that area, told me she was conscious, so not to worry. Laying on the ground after a car hit her motorcycle, the sound of sirens coming for her. In the end under the circumstances everything went well, this time she was very very lucky with this accident. She is recovering now.
She is an adult who makes her own decisions in life. I am still a loving mother who wants to take good care of her. Who would cross the ocean to come and save her. It splits with this subject, I am out of doubts about motor cycling, like I always was. Some things are simply too risky. Especially when you are young and after years and years of hard work and study you have just qualified as a doctor. Heading towards a prosperous future. Being qualified to help people in a medical way but … suddenly needing it yourself.
I am talking about respect for life. Also your own life. Don’t try everything. Use your mind and be wise. Suddenly the loss of our 2023 crop white wine seems insignificant.
Never stop reflecting. Build new decisions after new gained knowledge. And be careful, if you need the real adrenaline kick there is a lot to choose from. Discover it. But be wise. Always.
A warm regard,
Mónica
