A vida não nos prega partidas. A vida em si não quer saber de nós; nós é que fazemos dela o que queremos, e não o inverso. Nós é que controlamos a vida. O mais são estórias. O que acontece é que demasiadas vezes somos surpreendidos por coisas para as quais não prestámos suficiente atenção. E se culparmos "a vida", isso vai fazer ricochete e bater de volta na nossa cara, porque a vida não fez nada, nunca fez nada, e a responsabilidade é sempre nossa em primeiro lugar.
decisions about oneself that afect others are not just decisions about oneself.
pro life.
para sempre buscando
o fogo
que foi um dia posto
em mim
para sempre buscando
as achas
para atirar a esta
fogueira
para sempre buscando
a mão e o coração (com) frio
para que o fogo, desde dentro
e através de
mim,
aqueça
Ser lento não é necessariamente ser atrasado.
É ter outra meta e outro relógio;
correr a vida depois de outro sinal,
e aproveitar a maratona com outros ritmos e outro tempo.
Águia branca, fita-me com o teu olho;
Repassa a minha alma com o fogo intenso,
Essa chama persistente que emana do teu olhar.
Águia, tu és alva como a neve pura,
E o teu bico tem força de ferro e do ouro a formosura;
Mas o teu voar é transparente, e a tua alma é cerúlea.
Águia resoluta, ensina-me a separar as asas,
A separá-las do meu corpo tenso, e a rasgar o vazio;
A rasgar o eterno vazio para preenchê-lo de ti em mim.
Quero que me digas o que fazer para ter esse fogo.
Nasce com quem o tem? Apanha-se no céu de ninguém?
Se algum dia tive essa chama, se algum dia foi ela
A que aqueceu o voo de outrém, se algum dia...
Se algum voei, não me vou perder.
Se algum dia brilhei, quero rea(s)cender.
Crédito de pintura: Víctor Gonzálvez
Lamento que o Homem se comprometa com o Mundo.
Lamento que estejam aqui as suas raízes
Lamento que sejam estas as razões da sua felicidade
Lamento que estejam presos a coisas que findarão
Lamento que se prostrem a pedaços de madeira ou barro
Lamento que sejam mais cegos que esses pedaços de madeira ou barro
Lamento que se contentem com a sua cegueira
Lamento que tenham esperança em coisas corrompidas
Lamento que depositem a fé em coisas vãs e ocas
Lamento que julguem deter todo o conhecimento e sabedoria
Lamento que ignorem o conhecimento e sabedoria quando lhos são oferecidos
Lamento que rejeitem a prudência
Lamento que se entreguem ao desejo incontrolado
Lamento que abracem o prazer descontextualizado
Lamento que busquem só a alegria e que assim se julguem felizes
Lamento o facto de que são infelizes
Lamento lamentar
Lamento muitas vezes nada fazer
Lamento não o ter feito já
Algo farei.
Look back,
Live now, and
Move forward.
But don't hold on to
Any of those.
That's not what matters.
All are important, but
Only one of them
Is up to you now,
(And even that one
Will, in the future,
Become past.)
Look back and
Remember who you were
But only if it unsettles you
And helps you move on
And change.
If it doesn't unsettle you,
Why aren't you that person anymore?
As to the rest,
It is past.
It has done its part in your life.
It has already contributed to
Who you are.
But that was when it was not past,
and was still present.
It should not be affecting you anymore.
It will not come back,
It will only remain in memory.
And memories are to be remembered,
If you want.
Nothing less, nothing more.
Live now, but
Don't only enjoy the moment.
Don't hold on to
Living every minute to the extreme.
Remember to
Seize the day,
But also remember to
Not be selfish, and
Make every moment, every day
Including this
Very
Moment,
Enjoyable for
Someone else too.
Enjoying the moment is usually
Seen as the maximum, perfect way
Of living. However
Don't limit yourself to enjoying the moment.
Actually
Make it a moment worth enjoying.
Make something
Truly amazing
Out of every second that goes by.
But don't think for a second
That you need money
Social status
A lot of courage
Or even too much effort
To make great things.
Time is the constant unit in Life
So all you need
To make something out of time
And out of yourself in time
Is to be alive.
I like to think that
Time you enjoy wasting
Isn't wasted time.
So with every second,
With your existance, mind and soul,
You can make something
Genuinely awesome.
In a moment.
And move forward.
Where else to go?
Even if forward means older
Even if forward means not knowing what's ahead
Even if forward is scary.
Why would you make a big deal out of that
When that is what's normal?
Keep moving forward.
You can worry
But don't hold on to worries
That are not up to you right now.
Matthew said
"Do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow
will worry about itself.
Each day has
enough trouble of its own."
This is why you mustn't hold on
To any thing
Or any one
Or any time.
The past has already had its troubles.
The present has troubles that you can do something about,
And the future will then have its troubles.
If you keep doing the best you can,
You will be alright.
Not necessarily
At being a prodigy geinous,
Nor a millionaire,
Nor a philantropist,
Nor a professional;
But if you keep doing the best you can
At being a person,
Then, and only then,
Will you be alright.
It is important to
Give and be
Your best,
If you want to be alright
In the eyes of the One who matters.
In one moment
You can do all that.
But one thing you
Still need to do
Before accomplishing this is to
Let go of the things of this world.
You've been told about
The very best you can do and be.
Are you doing it?
Are you being it?
Why are you holding on to things
That prevent you from doing/being it?
Why hold on to things, or people,
Or even the time of this World?
When
Our goal is transcendent
And completely
Independent of this World.
