If tomorrow starts without me…

Para comenzar el año, una reflexión sobre la fugacidad de la vida. Por favor, disfruten:

A continuación la transcripción del poema de David Romano:

If Tomorrow Starts Without Me…

If tomorrow starts without me, and I’m not here to see,
If the sun should rise you find your eyes all filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn’t cry the way you did today,
While thinking of the many things we didn’t get to say.

I know how much you love me, as much as I love you
And each time that you think of me, I know you’ll miss me too.
But when tomorrow starts without me please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name and took me by the hand.

He said my place was ready, in heaven far above
And that I’d have to leave behind all those I dearly love.
But as I turned and walked away a tear fell from my eye.
For all my life I’d always thought, I didn’t want to die.

I had so much to live for, so much left yet to do.
It seemed almost impossible that I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays the good ones and the bad.
I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had.

If I could relive yesterday, just even for a while,
I’d say goodbye and kiss you and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized that this could never be,
For emptiness and memories would take the place of me.

When I thought of worldly things I might miss come tomorrow
I thought of you and when I did my heart was filled with sorrow.
When I walked through heavens gates I felt so much at home.
God looked down and smiled at me from his great golden throne

He said, “This is eternity and all I’ve promised you”
Today your life on earth has passed but here life starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last
And since each day is the same there’s no longing for the past.

You have been so faithful so trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn’t do.
You have been forgiven and now at last you’re free.
So won’t you come and take my hand and share my life with me?

So when tomorrow starts with out me don’t think we’re far apart,
For every time you think of me, I’m right here in your heart.

Les Sapeurs

O, para los que no saben lo que son, la Sociedad de Personas Elegantes del Congo (Societe des Ambianceurs et Personnes Elegantes), que simplemente no se apegan a convencionalismos ni a restricciones de lugar, tiempo o recursos para ser quienes son. Solidaridad, Paz, Respeto, Alegría y Optimismo, sin importar la guerra o las dificultades de quienes viven en un continente que lo tiene todo y a la vez nada.

Me gustan estas frases: “In life, we cannot always choose what you do.  What you can always choose is Who you are“. “When there´s peace, there´s Sape and when there´s peace, there´s Life”.I´m the Master of my Fate. I am the Captain of My Soul“.

Me vino bien justo en estos días de cambios y transformaciones. No dependemos de donde, ni de cuanto ni de con quien. Nuestro estado lo decidimos nosotros en cada momento… Una potente reflexión sobre el estar en el presente en todo lo que hacemos. Disfruten e inspírense por favor:

Trainspotting

Siempre hay muchas más opciones…

“Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit- crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life… But why would I want to do a thing like that?”

Un poema

Hoy publico un breve pero poderoso poema del maestro Dōgen, que describe, desde mi punto de vista, a la perfección la experiencia de vivir el aquí y el ahora, así como la falsa necesidad de tener o ser cada vez más. Vale la pena leerlo y releerlo con atención…

“Voy caminando por este mundo ilusorio
parecido a un sueño,
ni siquiera miro las huellas
que pudiera haber dejado.

El canto del cuco
me hace señas para que vuelva a casa.
Al oírlo giro la cabeza
para ver quién me dice que vuelva.

Pero no me preguntéis donde voy.

Viajo en este mundo sin límites
por donde no sé
y cada uno de mis pasos
es mi propia casa, mi propio hogar.”