Thursday, March 8, 2007

Turning the page

¿Por qué se me hace difícil seguir mi vida como antes? Me siento estancada, como si hubiera una nube oscura y pesada encima de mi cabeza que me sigue y no me deja ver la luz que seguramente existe más allá de la nube. O tal vez estoy en un túnel sin aire, tratando de respirar aire puro pero no puedo encontrarlo porque no hay aire puro dentro de este túnel.

If my life is like a book and each page is a new day, then all I have to do is turn the page and a new day will appear...new, fresh, sweet, hopeful, happy. The new day comes but the page is the same and I can't turn it. This is not like me.

No soy así. Mejor me veo de una distancia como si estuviera afuera de mi cuerpo viendo a Lorena vivir, tocar el piano, pensar en lo que existía que ya no existe, hablar con gente, lavar los platos, leer los mails, etc. etc. Si "Yo" estuviera en otro lado, ¿qué le diría a Lorena? Whoa, now we're getting heavy, if "I" am not Lorena, then who am I...really? Los místicos dicen "Yo soy," simplemente, "I am." It's in the Bible, it's in the Buddhist writings. I'm not sure I get it. ¿Qué le diría? What would I tell her?

"Reread your Blogs, lady, remember all your gratitude for everything the Universe has given you. You are blessed. Tienes dos hijas hermosas y buenas, un nieto lindo y dulce, una pareja que te adora, un ex-esposo generoso, tienes el Sol que te calienta todos los días, tienes la Luna que te abraza todas las noches, be grateful, just BE GRATEFUL!!!"

Lorena would answer: "Yes, you're right, I am grateful for all that, but I also have sadness, and an empty feeling inside, what do I do with those things?"

I am would say: "Do not turn them away, but welcome them into your home. Invite them in to sit with you and share their story. What does 'sadness' have to say? What does that 'empty feeling' tell you?"

Lorena would think a minute: "Hmmm, sadness, empty feeling...perhaps I'll deal with you tomorrow, yes, not now, maybe later."

No se vayan...mañana platicamos.

Soy Lorena.
3/8/07

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