"Si tú tienes una manzana y yo tengo una manzana e intercambiamos manzanas, entonces tanto tú como yo seguiremos teniendo una manzana. Pero si tú tienes una idea y yo tengo una idea e intercambiamos ideas, entonces ambos tendremos dos ideas."
George Bernard Shaw

lunes, 29 de octubre de 2007

Compañias necesarias

Alma se quedó encerrada, ese día no quiso salir.
No quería salir ni ese ni ningún otro día en al menos 15 años más… 15 años ya vividos eran muchos para sus cansados hombros, ya no quería volver a oír la ronca voz de Dolor, ni a sentir los oscuros pasos de Rechazo o ver nuevamente el triste rostro de Desilusión…No, quería tiempo, necesitaba tiempo, tiempo para creer que las cosas pudieran ser mejores o al menos más fáciles...Creía que a los 30 ya podría volver a salir a la calle, sin sentir que Miedo la atemorizara, sin que Ilusión la encegueciera, sin que Pasión la desbordara...Y Alma se quedó encerrada, se hundió en los azules brazos de Soledad, se quedó quieta, casi dormida, esperando el ocaso... sin saber que quizás el ocaso podría ser eterno.
La Esperanza se mantenía oculta tras la puerta cerrada, pero no se presentó. La Soledad parecía un buen abrigo para Alma, pero las apariencias engañan… Alma estaba mejor en compañía de Dolor, Pasión, Miedo, Ilusión, Rechazo, Esperanza, y los demás, porque eran ellos los que daban sentido a su vida, a pesar de todo.
Cuando hubieron transcurrido esos 15 años, Alma se dispuso a atravesar el umbral que la separaba del mundo, de esa realidad sombría. Pero cuando salió se encontró con la verdad: Soledad la había consumido por completo. Se transformó en un ser aislado, introvertido, lleno de desesperanza, un ser infeliz, porque Felicidad no puede existir sin la compañía de Dolor y Tristeza. ¿Qué valor tiene una sonrisa, cuando no existe otro sentimiento? ¿Si uno nunca se encuentra acompañado de Tristeza que satisfacción brinda encontrarse con Alegría?Alma ya no era la de antes, los 15 años transcurridos con Soledad formaron un abismo imposible de superar, obligándola a permanecer en penumbras.

miércoles, 3 de octubre de 2007

Where is the love? - Black Eyed Peas

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above'
Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love
It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin'
in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above'
Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love?
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
Now ask yourself
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above'
Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?
Sing wit me y'all:
One world, one world (We only got)
One world, one world (That's all we got)
One world, one world
And something's wrong wit it (Yeah)
Something's wrong wit it (Yeah)
Something's wrong wit the wo-wo-world, yeah
We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world)