2009-08-23
2009-06-15
Dead men walking
So I'm going to ask how many of you heard that sentence that grown-ups love to tell younger people, which says: "you are too young, you can't know how hard life is, how many problems you're going to be facing and that's because you feel so powerful now and you think that there's solutions to anything and you take everything easy".
I don't know how you would react, but every time I hear this I stop talking right away to that person, for it means that he's already dead. No talk to dead people. I talk to alive people. So many times, older people are not alive, they are just good to work and pay taxes so that our countries' economy can grow more or less.
That's why some might say that young people are the future: because as Jesus H.Christ said, if we don't turn to children again, we'll not save our souls. For the non-believers this means that if grown-ups don't start smiling, being amazed by nice things, being curious about everything as they used to be when they were 2 years old, they will be already dead before having lived half their lifetime. And they will think that it takes at least 50000 days to live before getting how hard life is.
Thus, as told about the too young thing again, I may answer "you're right, but I'm alive as a matter of fact, you idiot!"
I don't know how you would react, but every time I hear this I stop talking right away to that person, for it means that he's already dead. No talk to dead people. I talk to alive people. So many times, older people are not alive, they are just good to work and pay taxes so that our countries' economy can grow more or less.
That's why some might say that young people are the future: because as Jesus H.Christ said, if we don't turn to children again, we'll not save our souls. For the non-believers this means that if grown-ups don't start smiling, being amazed by nice things, being curious about everything as they used to be when they were 2 years old, they will be already dead before having lived half their lifetime. And they will think that it takes at least 50000 days to live before getting how hard life is.
Thus, as told about the too young thing again, I may answer "you're right, but I'm alive as a matter of fact, you idiot!"
Dies Slowly
Dies slowly
he who becomes a slave of habit,
repeating same path every day,
he who never changes brands.
Who doesn't risk wearing a new color
and doesn't speak to whom he doesn't know.
Dies slowly
he who makes the television his guru,
he who avoids a passion,
he who prefers black on white
and dotted "i"s to a whirlwind of emotions,
precisely those that rescue the brilliance of one's eyes,
smiles from yawns,
hearts from disappointments and sorrows.
Dies slowly
he who doesn't turn the table when he's unhappy at his job,
he who doesn't risk the certain for the uncertain to follow a dream,
he who doesn't permit himself at least once in his life,
to flee from sensible advice.
Dies slowly
he who doesn't travel, he who doesn't read,
he who doesn't listen to music,
he who doesn't find humor in himself.
Dies slowly
he who destroys his own love,
he who doesn't allow himself to help.
Dies slowly
he who passes the days complaining of his bad luck
or of the incessant rain.
Dies slowly
he who abandons a project before starting it,
not asking about an unfamiliar subject
or not answering when they inquire about something he knows.
We avoid death in soft quotes, remembering that to be alive requires
an effort much greater than the simple fact of breathing.
Only with ardent patience will we conquer a splendid happiness.
Pablo Neruda
he who becomes a slave of habit,
repeating same path every day,
he who never changes brands.
Who doesn't risk wearing a new color
and doesn't speak to whom he doesn't know.
Dies slowly
he who makes the television his guru,
he who avoids a passion,
he who prefers black on white
and dotted "i"s to a whirlwind of emotions,
precisely those that rescue the brilliance of one's eyes,
smiles from yawns,
hearts from disappointments and sorrows.
Dies slowly
he who doesn't turn the table when he's unhappy at his job,
he who doesn't risk the certain for the uncertain to follow a dream,
he who doesn't permit himself at least once in his life,
to flee from sensible advice.
Dies slowly
he who doesn't travel, he who doesn't read,
he who doesn't listen to music,
he who doesn't find humor in himself.
Dies slowly
he who destroys his own love,
he who doesn't allow himself to help.
Dies slowly
he who passes the days complaining of his bad luck
or of the incessant rain.
Dies slowly
he who abandons a project before starting it,
not asking about an unfamiliar subject
or not answering when they inquire about something he knows.
We avoid death in soft quotes, remembering that to be alive requires
an effort much greater than the simple fact of breathing.
Only with ardent patience will we conquer a splendid happiness.
Pablo Neruda
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