Inner change, but also outer change can always help us to improve and to advance in the best way of oneself and in that way the encounter with the origins, the nature, the reasons and the understanding of many things is fundamental.

I consider that I left the worst version of myself in the past, I felt that I was a teenager and then a woman who was very different but for different reasons I could not go outside and it is that outside that conditioned me, repressed me and made me unhappy. I didn't have the necessary tools or the knowledge to get out of that internal prison.

I was a sad, negative girl, who always thought in a catastrophic way, oriented towards the worst. The environment in which I lived was the same way and I didn't know how to bring out the real me, without all those conditioning factors, be they family, social, internal programmes, family tree, false beliefs and much more.

All that made me be my worst version, a girl who wore black, no colours, as I said sad, no joy and only fulfilled mandates and duties, I did what I had to do and I felt locked up, trapped in something that I can't even give a name to.

But internally I knew or a voice told me that there was another woman, one inside who was powerful, joyful and positive. To free her from that prison I had to do a lot of work, years of work, and in that work a fundamental role was played, especially at the end of the road, by changing my environment, my space, my life, leaving everything behind, but first having done the necessary mourning, cleaned up what I had to clean up.

The work consisted of self-knowledge of myself, of what I had brought with me from my family, what it was that prevented me from moving forward, those mental programmes and false and limiting beliefs. That is a job that is not done in a day, it hurts a lot, but a lot.

Realising many things hurts, and it hurts even physically, but I wanted to do it and I had to do it for me, because I am worth it and because I wanted to get that woman out, the one who was a prisoner. It was a process of almost four years to then make the final decision and take a leap of faith with no plan B, that's what I told someone here a day or two ago. I had to prove to myself that the worst version was gone and I did it.

But there was still a way to go, after that leap and nature is the one that helped me on that new path. That's why I chose two themes, because for me personally they are related. But when I thought about which was the best place for hiking, which is what helped me on this new part of the path, I didn't know which one to choose, there are so many places... and I didn't have any before.

I love all the forest parks and the sea, but I found paradise in the botanical garden. The reason is that it has everything, greenery, variety of plants, trees, endless walking possibilities, waterfalls, sounds of water, which I love. On every path I walk I hear a variety of bird songs and the place is so big that it offers many alternatives for hiking.

It is 29 hectares in size and not only is it pure nature and away from the hustle and bustle, as I like it, but it is also a historical place. It is the ideal place to relax the mind, to concentrate on oneself and to enjoy, to have that intense contact with nature.

Being on the outskirts of the city, it offers spectacular views. I want to make it clear that there are so many natural spaces here that many offer beautiful views, such as the huge forest parks, the hills of the city, the distant beaches. But this place has a unique magic that allows you to connect with your essence, with your soul, with your inner self and I think that's why I like it so much and it's a place that helps me to keep improving in that inner evolution.

You can always improve, always and many factors help to do so, that's why I chose these two themes within the weekend themes that @galenkp offers us. Thank you for that.

Thank you all very much for reading me today, I wish you all a very good weekend. See you soon.
Amonet.