Sobre Pequenas Vitórias

Foi uma das semanas mais excitantes da minha vida.

Há algumas semanas recebi o e-mail para representar o Brasil na Copa Los Andes, competição sul americana em equipes, jogada na Bolívia em 2017. Eu sabia que o ano tinha sido difícil, que o nível da competição é alto e que seria desgastante fisicamente e mentalmente.

Mas o que eu não sabia era o que a Los Andes faz por você. 

Eu não sabia o que o espírito de equipe faz com seu jogo. Eu não sabia que o esporte individual golfe pode ser tão coletivo quanto o que vivi essa semana. Eu não sabia que poderia tirar tanta força para buscar buracos que pareciam improváveis.

Foi uma semana de pequenas vitórias. De andar com a cabeça erguida e representando nossa bandeira com uma garra inexplicável. Foi de levantar a energia em cada batalha e dormir com a consciência em paz, sabendo que no final do dia, o melhor tinha sido feito.

Foi de lágrimas e de arrepios. Foi de gritar no green do 18 com a vitória no último buraco. Foi de embocar e gritar do coração "VAMOS BRASIL!".

Foi de Garra e de Amizade!

Eu jogo esportes coletivos há algum tempo - e mesmo assim, não encontrei palavras para explicar esse campeonato. 

Mas uma coisa eu posso dizer: Jaqueta, Tati, Lau, Nina, Fer, Mimito: lutamos e saímos de cabeça erguida. Tenho muito orgulho de ter passado essa experiência com vocês.

Filho Teu Não Foge À Luta.

Hasta La Vista, P****!

Finding inspiration in books

I'm reading a book about the Ronda Rousey and I'm FASCINATED. I have not even reached 25% of the reading yet and each chapter inspires me a little in the struggle of a woman, in a path unknown to the genre to show that YES, it is possible to pursue their dreams. I know that she had a great defeat in the past days, and I know they will value this detail more in the present times than other details. But there is no deny: if it weren't for Ronda, the competitors themselves would not have had room to develop and open the paths they are going through now. Anyway, I'm in super fan mode this week. And one thing that got my attention is that she talks about all her fights: from the one of who wants to wake up later and needs to train, from the fight between reconciling life and her dreams, the daily struggle to become a carrer person and a woman. That is, she has shown that every fight is valid. And each one has its own personal battle - small or large - but all valuable to whoever faces it! In my life, I bought a fight in February 2015 - after my thyroidectomy, I was trying to get back to golf and cricket practice and I heard a gentleman say: "Roberta, you will never be the same as before. You had Cancer and your body is not the same anymore. " Damn it!

What do you mean? Will I never be able to be an athlete? Will my life change, and will I be that person at the office desk going to the plaza on the weekend? Will I change my crazy routine into a predictable one? And the future? And now? I was not even 30 years old yet. So much that I wanted to do and achieve. It's not possible that I would have to abandon those dreams now. I was shocked! For a few days...

But I am a Moretti and the stubbornness has struck! I promised myself I would show that YES, it was possible to return to the life I had before and I would show.

These were months of daily battles. Trainings with pain, endless fatigue, difficulty in performance, concentration, memory. Each day with goals hit seemed a whole war defeated. These good days happened once a week, then twice, then 3 times...

During these months, Studio Ação came along, who offered to help in the physical area (they are a functional training gym in my hometown). A few months later, I received help on the nutritional side. And in a few months my body was back to normal, the training was as before and the mindset started to believe again. I returned to the competitions of golf and cricket still in 2015, I had great achievements and today I am in my best physical and professional moment.

The battle is STILL a daily one. There are moments that the pains return, the hormonal control has to be constant, my mind sometimes is slaughtered, and don’t feel like training. But with every bad moment, I want to be stronger. I want to be more on top and look at that day that "I would never be the same as before," hit my chest and say: NO, I WON’T.

Today, I am better than I was before 2015! And I want to be better every day.

Every training session. Every competition.
I want to be better with every fall. Every disappointment. Every moment of weakness.

The fight is now. It is to overcome barriers and say: YES, I can!

We ALL can all, every day!

The first step to getting what you want may be the next one.

Believe in it. NOW! ;)