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Thursday, June 16, 2016
Me voy. Nos vamos
Me voy. Nos vamos. Seis años aquí, sin fijar nunca un sitio. Ocho domicilios y más de setenta mil kilómetros después, me voy. Nos vamos. Jamás imaginé que esto sería lo que es.
Antes de estos seis años vinieron, pisaron y se fueron otros cinco, lejos, muy lejos de aquí. Después de cuatro ciudades, tres países y ocho mudanzas lo había perdido todo excepto aquello que no podía perder sin desaparecer. Al final estaba de vuelta en una ciudad ajena, rodeado de gente desconocida. Comencé lentamente a borrar aquello, a tallar profundo, a negar lo imperdible. Había que tallar con fuerza para borrarlo todo. Lo hice. Desaparecieron los conocidos. Perdí a mi familia en un juego de azar. Se apartaron los desconocidos. Supe construir un igloo para detener el frío.
Me voy. Nos vamos. Seis años atrás lo creía. Me voy. Nos vamos. Pasan seis. Pasan cinco. Recuperé mi familia sin volverla a ver. Supe construir una casa para resguardar calor. Se van los años sin que uno sepa el sentido, sin que haga falta tenerlo. Ya no creo, mucho menos sé, cuántos años más volverán a ser ni dónde los habré de recontar.
Me voy. Nos vamos. Es todo lo que sé. Quizás todo lo que sabré.
Antes de estos seis años vinieron, pisaron y se fueron otros cinco, lejos, muy lejos de aquí. Después de cuatro ciudades, tres países y ocho mudanzas lo había perdido todo excepto aquello que no podía perder sin desaparecer. Al final estaba de vuelta en una ciudad ajena, rodeado de gente desconocida. Comencé lentamente a borrar aquello, a tallar profundo, a negar lo imperdible. Había que tallar con fuerza para borrarlo todo. Lo hice. Desaparecieron los conocidos. Perdí a mi familia en un juego de azar. Se apartaron los desconocidos. Supe construir un igloo para detener el frío.
Me voy. Nos vamos. Seis años atrás lo creía. Me voy. Nos vamos. Pasan seis. Pasan cinco. Recuperé mi familia sin volverla a ver. Supe construir una casa para resguardar calor. Se van los años sin que uno sepa el sentido, sin que haga falta tenerlo. Ya no creo, mucho menos sé, cuántos años más volverán a ser ni dónde los habré de recontar.
Me voy. Nos vamos. Es todo lo que sé. Quizás todo lo que sabré.
Saturday, June 04, 2016
Un Gigante de Corazón
En sus propias palabras:
I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I sought the advice and cooperation from all of those around me - but not permission. My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others. The man who has no imagination, has no wings. If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it. It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. What keeps me going is goals.
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks, will accomplish nothing in life. It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Friendship is not something you learn in schoool. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. Live every day as if it were your last because some day you're going to be right.
Don't feel sorry for me.
Muhammad Ali (1942 - 2016)
I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I sought the advice and cooperation from all of those around me - but not permission. My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others. The man who has no imagination, has no wings. If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it. It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. What keeps me going is goals.
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks, will accomplish nothing in life. It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Friendship is not something you learn in schoool. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. Live every day as if it were your last because some day you're going to be right.
Don't feel sorry for me.
Muhammad Ali (1942 - 2016)
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