Hay algo que me preocupa profundamente del terremoto de Venezuela: que el mundo siga adelante antes de que Venezuela pueda hacerlo.
Es inevitable. En unos días los titulares cambiarán. Habrá otra crisis, otra noticia, otro tema que ocupará las portadas. Pero para quienes perdieron a un ser querido, una casa o toda una vida, la tragedia apenas está comenzando.
Porque cuando dejan de hablar los medios, las familias siguen buscando a sus desaparecidos. Los niños siguen durmiendo en refugios. Los médicos siguen atendiendo con recursos limitados. Y miles de personas siguen intentando reconstruir su vida desde cero.
No dejen de hablar de Venezuela.
Perspective is a superpower.
Where most people see an ending,
others see a pivot.
Where most people see failure,
others find a lesson.
Where most people see bad luck,
others find an opportunity.
Life changes when you stop asking
“Why is this happening to me?”And
start asking “How can this serve me?”
The best type of emotional maturity is when you can feel anger in your mind but you don’t let it cloud your judgment.
You give it space to breathe but you don’t let it take over your actions.
Feeling without becoming is the goal.
Your clarity after a hard training session is not psychological. It is molecular.
Acute exercise drives a surge in BDNF and IGF-1. These are not abstract biomarkers. They directly increase synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, the structure responsible for integrating new information into the predictive models you use to make decisions under uncertainty.
That post-training “sharpness” you feel is your brain temporarily operating with elevated capacity for pattern formation and signal detection.
Over time, the signal changes. The spikes become smaller. Not because the effect is gone, but because the system has adapted. Structural changes replace transient ones. Neurogenesis, angiogenesis, and network efficiency improve baseline function.
Most people chase the feeling.
What actually matters is the architecture being built underneath it.
Wout van Aert had his first public appearance today since his Paris-Roubaix win and this is what he said:
“It is the most beautiful moment of my career. Definitely, I hope there will be more successes, but for now, I'm still enjoying it. I felt a relief much greater than after other big successes."
“My Montmartre Champs Élysées win changed everything for me in my mind. Up until then, I was convinced that Pogacar and Van der Poel were impossible to beat. I know many factors came into play that day, I was much fresher than Pogacar, for example, but by beating him, I realized I was still capable of winning against these riders if all the conditions were right."
“You probably saw that viral image from Roubaix of my front wheel being in the air. In one of the big corners at the beginning of the Carrefour de l'Arbre, I remembered that I had punctured a specific stone. That's why I decided to jump over it. But I was not aware of having jumped so high.”
“But in the end, I just do my job and pursue my dream. It's nice to be part of a great team and to play a great sport. I never tried to be a role model. But I take advantage of it. Inspiring children is the best thing."
📷: Leen Van De Sande