Wednesday, February 14, 2007
San Valentín
El Día de los Enamorados, el Día del Amor y la Amistad, el Día de los Novios, Valentine's Day...
We celebrate our love for another person or people on this day, but I'm thinking every day should be the Day of Love, which would mean that every day we acknowledge our love for others, we remember how much better love is than apathy, because you see, the opposite of "love" is not "hate," but apathy or lack of feeling.
Es lo que pienso este día. Para mí no importa cómo empezamos a celebrar el 14 de febrero o el por qué, lo importante es tomar una pausa en la vida cotidiana para expresar lo que sentimos por nuestra gente querida. What better way to think about Valentine's Day than imagine the softness of a lamb resting peacefully in the grass. I took this photo in San Juan Chamula and this baby seemed to like having his picture taken. A few moments later, he got up to go get milk from mama, a moment I did not capture on film because he needed his privacy, and I respected that.
¿Qué es el amor...de veras? Los poetas han escrito mucho sobre el amor, el rock y los "pop songs" hablan del amor casi exclusivamente. Es algo bastante interesante para nosotros. Puede ser algo simplemente biológico, o puede ser algo romántico o totalmente distinto como el amor que sentimos por nuestros hijos y padres. En griego hay cuatro tipos de amor.
AGAPE--unconditional love, spiritual, love of God or Higher Power
FILIA--love of friendship, the love of two or more persons, not as strong as agape.
EROS--physical love, a hug is part of Eros love. Unfortunately, Eros has been identified as sexual love only, which is not consistent with the ancient Greeks.
STORGY--parental love, the love a parent has for his child.
I would like to leave you today with part of a poem by Roberto Cabral. I don't think I could do it justice by trying to translate it into English.
DE TU AMOR Y DE TU OLVIDO
Caminos hacia todos y hacia todo.
Renovado desfile de paisajes
que presiento fecundos en sorpresas.
¿Cuál vamos a vivir de todos estos
posibles porvenires?
¡Y poder serlo todo, y resignarse
a padecer, mañana, la nostalgia
de la pródigas rutas ignoradas..!
A veces siento el ansia
de asirte, y ando a tientas
en el núbil silencio de tu oído.
Pero un oscuro viento
de eternidad se lleva mis palabras.
Caminos hacia todo y hacia todos.
Ya no voy a escuchar a los caminos
que de tu ser me aparten.
Yo he de ver en tus ojos los paisajes
de mis largos senderos inhollados.
Abdicaré en tus hijos este viento
de eternidad que agita mis palabras.
(End of quote)
Old Man Winter decided to send us a gazillion kisses today in the form of 24 hours of snowflakes and other freezing stuff. We are trying really hard to deal with all of this love, but it's not easy since our snow plow died yesterday and we must use the snowblower and shovels. I keep giving thanks for my strong and healthy body that I am able to deal with this powerful gift from our friend Old Man Winter.
Gracias al Universo que tengamos el invierno para poder apreciar la primavera.
Otra vez, gracias.
Thank you. Let my heart always be filled with gratitude...no matter what the day offers me.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
FELIZ DÍA DE SAN VALENTÍN
Soy Lorena
2/14/07
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