Tuesday, June 12, 2018
!No hay nada para comer!
Saturday, June 9, 2018
El juego de té
Era un juego de té, de delicada porcelana, arrinconado en la alacena. Había sido el regalo de bodas de un ángel de corazón sencillo, humilde y bondadoso, de manos curtidas por el trabajo y por los años. ¡Que lindo! pensé hace 21 años, "tan poco que tiene y me regala algo tan delicado". La abracé con la ternura que merecían sus canas, su sabiduría y su experiencia. Hoy abrí la alacena y su voz cantó en mi corazón: "Toma tu tiempo, rompe la rutina, reúnete, charla, comparte: la risa y las tristezas, las experiencias y los problemas, el tiempo y el silencio, con un taza de té. Las mujeres nos necesitamos y nos complementamos. Las amistades son un bálsamo. Las amigas son tesoros". Palabras sabias de una mujer que siempre sirvió el té de manteles blancos.
Ese juego de te tiene más sentido hoy. La práctica de reunirse a platicar con una tacita de té, de café o quizás una copa es más fuerte, más alentador, más fructífero que cualquier terapia.
Gracias a Santa Feliciana de Cacalomacán por toda la ternura que regalaste a manos llenas. Por la riqueza de tu espíritu incansablemente paciente y bondadoso. Gracias porque nos sigues cuidando todavía en el día a día a todas tus "amorosas"-como nos llamabas tú- con lecciones insuperablemente tiernas.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
It happened.. sad endings (suicides)
It happened, my parents were holding my hand, an ironic image, two people I never fully understood, somehow strangers and now I am becoming an unbelievable reflection of them in my everyday mutation.
It happens, I take a look backwards, a glimpse to the past, I feel awkward about myself and yet I can't understand a thing, not even my role models, neither from my older perspective as I become grumpier and delusional.
It happened, all of a sudden, I was feeling joyful deep in my bones, now my heart is tender, soft and sinking.
It happened... whatever I thought was permanent is changing. No conclusions necessary, I am trying to hold the moment, braking down the rhythm of time, breathing desperation, trying to make a living out of this mess. I feel lost, full of questions, no answers, full of demons, doubts, monsters, pain and so much fear.
Anthony Bourdain
Robin Williams
Marilyn Monroe
Kurt Cobain
Ernest Hemingway, 35 years later Margaux Hemingway
Manuel Acuña
John O'Brien
Alan Turing
Vincent Van Gogh
Maria Antonieta Rivas Mercado
Violeta Parra
Immersed in pain. Lost in their feelings.No help could reach them.
Monday, June 4, 2018
Where is the good?
Look for it. Good is everywhere. It starts with a shinny day and a fresh breeze, so fill up your lungs, that is a magic boost. Where is the good? On your breakfast, on your imagination to create, invent and devour. There is a sink where you can soak your utensils and wash them later, with running water. There are millions of blessings every single day. Even if you don't notice, that is because you are used to it. There is your mom, you always hug her, and she hugs you back, so you know she is here for you. She loves you little one. Then you go to school, you learn, you discuss, you might play, and chat with friends, somedays you will get bored, but it does not matter, we all need it. You have lunch, something to fill your stomach, and you come home, even if it rains or shines, you know it is your place. I might come later, I might be there by the time you arrive, I will smile at you, and my heart will be filled with joy, you are so much good for me. You might see your friends at the pool or you might miss them because they were at the park, it does not matter, you know who they are, and they enjoy your company as much as they enjoy yours. There is the field, if you play or just sit around you can enjoy the view, the grass, the beauty. So there is good in every single moment in every single place, in every single circumstance. You are part of God's plan, little one, so see the good in everything around you and do the Good to everyone around you. It is an endless link of Love, a boomerang, sooner or later you will be smiling because it will come back to you.