Es primavera y todo cambia, me entra una energía nueva, limpia, fuerte y estoy con ganas de hacer todo y ahora. And then the urge to travel hits and I begin to realize how much I miss my Tierra del Sol, mi segundo hogar, the place where my heart is at peace. Is it because I find life too easy here and I want the challenge of being where things do not run as smoothly, where people can smoke wherever they damnwellplease, where they can make as much noise as they possibly want and they do, where firecrackers can go off at any hour on any street corner, where church bells ring for no apparent reason and at five o'clock in the morning? YES, YES, a thousand times YES, que sí, que sí, quiero estar allá, luchando contra todo eso porque me jala esa tierra, esa cultura, esa gente tan amable, tan cortés, tan buena y cariñosa...de alguna manera soy parte de eso, parte de aquella tierra, no sé por qué, pero tengo que regresar, mi corazón anhela mi México lindo, no puedo vivir sin ti. Oh, Mexico, you give me something I cannot find here and I don't even know what it is.
So, I have posted my photos from January, Yucatan-Chiapas
on PictureTrail. This link will take you there and then you can listen to a piece of music I wrote and click on "View my photos" and you will find two albums, one of our trip in January. Feel free to post comments, I would like to hear from people, friends and family.
Entonces, le pido al Universo que me lleve otra vez a mi Tierra del Sol, a la tierra de mi Sol, para que me sienta a gusto de nuevo, para que aprenda lo que tengo que aprender, para que me dé lo que tiene que darme, y también para que yo dé lo que tengo que dar...es mi esperanza, mi ilusión, mi futuro, mi presente, mi pasado, my here and now and my "always," and don't ask me what that means, and don't even ask me what I'm talking about.
A lo mejor no tiene sentido.
But somebody somewhere understands.
Maybe you--
Maybe me--
¿Quién sabe?
Soy Lorena.
4/29/07
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Mayahuel at 30 thousand feet
I'm flying over the Rocky Mountains listening to my favorite music and my world feels like a dream. I no longer hold my breath while I'm in the air, I trust the Universe totally, I allow it to take me where it will and I follow along like an obedient puppy. Somehow I trust that I will live another day. La vida incluye mucho más de lo que podemos imaginar cuando nos encontramos aquí concientes de nuestro aliento y nuestros pensamientos. We don't know what it has in store for us, each day offers something unexpected or surprising or new or challenging...and then it changes, and we go along like an obedient puppy. How many years did it take for these stones to become smoothe? ¿Cuántos años pasarán hasta que nos despertemos de este sueño? Me fascinan las piedras, las toco, me dan una tranquilidad inexpresable, las levanto, las acaricio y las dejo dónde están, las miro buscando mensajes en sus colores, sus diseños, quiero acostarme encima de ellas para que sea parte de su eternidad...pero no lo hago. No soy la única persona aquí en la playa, pero estoy aquí, por un momento estoy aquí...en la playa, en el oeste, en la Tierra, en el Universo.
Cuatro días afuera y regresamos a ver los narcisos salidos y el pasto casi todo verde, parece milagro pero la primavera sí llegó. No me deja dormir mi luna, brilla borrosa a través del cristal todavía cubierto de las gotas de lluvia que cayeron en la tarde, mientras mi cuerpo piensa que son las ocho (hora de California) y no las once (hora de acá). Siempre me pasa después de ir al oeste. It's as if part of me is still out west trying to live pacific daylight time, rejecting my Eastern roots where the weather can be harsh and unforgiving. Oh, well.
And so we go along like an obedient puppy, from the extraordinary to the ordinary, agri-dulce, joy and sadness exist side by side, I laugh, I cry, my laughing tears mix with my crying tears and it all rolls into one big feeling of sadness, sinking feeling in the stomach, un día hay luz, otro día hay sombra, y así es, and I can't change what life has decided to give me, I must accept what is, no me queda otra, I have no choice in the matter. I want to say "Damn, damn, damn," but that does no good, nothing is changed...it is what it is, es lo que es, ni modo.
Contrastes otra vez.
Risa y llanto.
Vienes y te vas.
You come and go...we come and go.
el anhelo
The waves never crash against the shore the same way twice.
She is gone.
I want her back.
Soy Lorena.
4/26/07
Monday, April 16, 2007
from e e cummings to...
Citas mezcladas, mixed-up quotes that resonate with me from e e cummings to T.S. Eliot to Silvio Rodriguez to Fernando Delgadillo to Alberto Escobar to Camila to me to you to us to them, to the Universe...
"and the reason that i laugh and breathe is oh love"
"i carry your heart with me i am never without it and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you"
"quisiera acariciar con mis palabras y beberme tu sonrisa let us go then you and I when the evening has spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table...cómo pasa el tiempo, un instante es el momento de existir..." Can you count the instants or merely live them? Ven conmigo, nos llama el momento.
"here is the deepest secret nobody knows and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart...i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart) que de pronto son años...sin pasar tú por mí, todo cambia pero no cambia mi amor por más lejos que me encuentre...si abro una puerta, si abro una puerta--he venido a verte, anywhere i go you go...and whatever is done by only me is your doing, i fear no fate, i want no world...and the reason that i laugh and breathe..."
"Estoy buscando melodías, (vienen desde lejos), estoy buscando una palabra, y de las sombras sales tú cuando más quiero tu luz"
La luna no quiere ser fría, pero cuando no hay sol, ¿qué más le queda? Y la lluvia no para, tears from the heavens.
"y todo por no hacerme un poco de caso, ten miedo de mayo (y de abril) y ten miedo de mí...y te diga llorando después, and the reason that i...breathe--mi unicornio y yo hicimos amistad, un poco con amor, un poco de verdad...pescaba una canción, saberla compartir era su vocación."
"i carry your heart..." y me lleva la Tierra y mi corazón está en la lluvia, en las lágrimas del Cielo, en el verde del pasto que todavía no sale, en las aguas del arroyo que corre sin parar, desbordándose, that fills the pond to overflowing, en el viento despiadado, en el frío, en el aire, en el calor del Sol, en la Luna...and my heart is in you and your heart is in me.
"and the reason that i laugh and breathe
is
oh
love"
Soy Lorena.
4/16/07
"and the reason that i laugh and breathe is oh love"
"i carry your heart with me i am never without it and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you"
"quisiera acariciar con mis palabras y beberme tu sonrisa let us go then you and I when the evening has spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table...cómo pasa el tiempo, un instante es el momento de existir..." Can you count the instants or merely live them? Ven conmigo, nos llama el momento.
"here is the deepest secret nobody knows and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart...i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart) que de pronto son años...sin pasar tú por mí, todo cambia pero no cambia mi amor por más lejos que me encuentre...si abro una puerta, si abro una puerta--he venido a verte, anywhere i go you go...and whatever is done by only me is your doing, i fear no fate, i want no world...and the reason that i laugh and breathe..."
"Estoy buscando melodías, (vienen desde lejos), estoy buscando una palabra, y de las sombras sales tú cuando más quiero tu luz"
La luna no quiere ser fría, pero cuando no hay sol, ¿qué más le queda? Y la lluvia no para, tears from the heavens.
"y todo por no hacerme un poco de caso, ten miedo de mayo (y de abril) y ten miedo de mí...y te diga llorando después, and the reason that i...breathe--mi unicornio y yo hicimos amistad, un poco con amor, un poco de verdad...pescaba una canción, saberla compartir era su vocación."
"i carry your heart..." y me lleva la Tierra y mi corazón está en la lluvia, en las lágrimas del Cielo, en el verde del pasto que todavía no sale, en las aguas del arroyo que corre sin parar, desbordándose, that fills the pond to overflowing, en el viento despiadado, en el frío, en el aire, en el calor del Sol, en la Luna...and my heart is in you and your heart is in me.
"and the reason that i laugh and breathe
is
oh
love"
Soy Lorena.
4/16/07
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Asteroids and Frogs
Siguiendo la onda de los asteroides, bueno, están hechos de pedazos de nuestro sistema solar, piedras como las que aparecen en esta foto, pero lo extaño para mí es que no son redondas. If they have been spinning and spinning, girando e girando por millones de años, why are they still jagged o dentados? Well, perhaps they just need more time...it takes time to change. I know I certainly need more time to make the changes I would like to make in myself, heh heh, but that's a long story, maybe as long as the Universe...who knows? :-)
Ayer, por primera vez escuché las voces de las ranas y los sapos. Cantaron toda la noche y hoy los dioses están llorando, lágrimas crujientes y ligeras al principio, después grandes y fuertes que causan mucha felicidad para las ranas y los patos, frustración para los seres humanos que prefieren un clima asoleado, (ni modo, hay que aceptar todo, no es nieve esta vez siquiera), y agua necesaria para las flores, plantas y semillas. Everything is as it should be, the snow has melted, the rain is falling from the sky, the leaves on the trees will be coming out soon, the frogs are singing, the ducks are finding food in the pond, the grass is turning green again and I am happy to be alive, to feel my body strong and energetic, (well, kind of), anyway, what was I saying?
Ah, the Universe...it makes no difference if I worry about the asteroid belt or not, if I spend time and energy thinking about an asteroid that may or may not fall on my head, nothing is changed, the planets keep on spinning and going around the sun, so I can just keep on living my life as I see fit and let the solar system do its thing and let the frogs sing and the rain fall which is now turning into ice crystals...there's nothing I can do about any of this stuff anyway, so why not let it be, not let anything affect my happiness, and simply do my own thing, do what I think is right?
Do the frogs care about asteroids? Cantan y cantan hasta que ya no puedan cantar más.
Vivimos hasta que ya no podamos vivir más.
Amaré hasta que ya no pueda amar más.
Aceptaré hasta que ya no pueda aceptar más.
I will live, love and accept until I can no longer do so.
And then, what will I do? ¿Y entonces?
I don't know...only the Universe knows, maybe.
(Una pregunta más...¿Cómo está el sapo cancionero?)
Soy Lorena.
4/12/07
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Chicxulub
Un asteroide cayó en el Yucatan de México en un lugar llamado Chicxulub, medía unos 10 a 20 kilómetros de diámetro y causó oscuridad y temperaturas congeladas por seis meses. Algunos científicos dicen que esto es la razón por lo cual los dinosaurios se hicieron extintos.
The asteroids are still with us. Supposedly they are leftover pieces of our solar system, some small and some up to 100 miles wide. They travel around the sun between Mars and Jupiter and this is called the asteroid belt. There is a rumor that a large asteroid is coming our way, but there is also some disagreement as to the chances that this will happen. I can't help thinking about the Mayan calendar that around 2013 this world we are in currently will end. According to the Mayans, we are in the fifth world and it will be destroyed by earthquakes. Tsunamis are earthquakes under the ocean, aren't they?
La vida cotidiana...¿qué tiene que ver todo esto con nuestra vida cotidiana? ¿Cuáles son tus preocupaciones? ¿Te importa si un asteroide cae en un paíz lejano en la Tierra? ¿si gente inocente muere por una guerra civil? ¿si niños y mujeres en un paíz con un nombre que no puedes pronunciar privan de comida? ¿si tu café está frío? ¿si cae nieve en abril? ¿si cada día notas más arrugas en tu cara?
Son muchas preguntas, pero cuál es la pregunta importante aquí? ¿QUE IMPORTA EN LA VIDA? EN LA TIERRA? ¿QUE VALE LA PENA? ¿QUE DEBEMOS HACER? ¿COMO DEBEMOS COMPORTARNOS?
I'll say this again in English, just to be sure. WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE? ON THE EARTH? WHAT IS WORTH IT? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? HOW SHOULD WE BEHAVE?
These are questions that have individual answers. Each one of us is unique in the usual way. Yes, I know that sounds like a contradiction, but I love living with opposites and contradictions. Afterall, life is full of them. I may not love what you do but I can still love you, the person, the human being, the one who is like me, recognizing that we are all part of one big humanity. Oh my God, why is it so hard for us to love and so easy to push each other away, make others different, so we have an excuse to hate them and kill them? I don't understand it. I see it, hear it on the news, but I don't get it. If I destroy you I destroy me...why would I do that? And yet, that's what we do.
Okay, I'm going to tie this all together, to try and make sense out of it, the asteroids and daily life. Vivo en esta Tierra, soy parte de la Tierra, no puedo deshacerme de ella, tengo que quedarme aquí, no tengo alternativa, estamos aquí todos, todos somos parte de este universo, de este sistema solar con el Sol en el centro, el Sol que nos da vida y energía y somos parte de los planetas que giran alrededor del Sol en sus órbitos, cada planeta siguiendo su propia onda y entonces todo es perfecto, todo sigue como debe de seguir, los planetas y los asteroides y no chocan, los miles de piedras que hacen el "asteroid belt" se quedan allí, van en orden, it is not chaos. Look at the stars, the same stars that have been there for centuries, they move in circles, they don't crash into each other. They live in harmony. They live in peace.
THAT'S THE ANSWER. WE MUST LIVE IN HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER, THE WAY THE PLANETS EXIST IN THEIR UNIQUE ORBITS SPINNING AND SPINNING AND CIRCLING THE SUN, THE MAGNIFICENT SUN, THE GIVER OF ALL LIFE, ENERGY AND LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Es tremendo mi querido Sol.
El Universo.
And everything in it.
Including us.
Yes......even us.
May we soon awaken.
Soy Lorena.
4/10/07
The asteroids are still with us. Supposedly they are leftover pieces of our solar system, some small and some up to 100 miles wide. They travel around the sun between Mars and Jupiter and this is called the asteroid belt. There is a rumor that a large asteroid is coming our way, but there is also some disagreement as to the chances that this will happen. I can't help thinking about the Mayan calendar that around 2013 this world we are in currently will end. According to the Mayans, we are in the fifth world and it will be destroyed by earthquakes. Tsunamis are earthquakes under the ocean, aren't they?
La vida cotidiana...¿qué tiene que ver todo esto con nuestra vida cotidiana? ¿Cuáles son tus preocupaciones? ¿Te importa si un asteroide cae en un paíz lejano en la Tierra? ¿si gente inocente muere por una guerra civil? ¿si niños y mujeres en un paíz con un nombre que no puedes pronunciar privan de comida? ¿si tu café está frío? ¿si cae nieve en abril? ¿si cada día notas más arrugas en tu cara?
Son muchas preguntas, pero cuál es la pregunta importante aquí? ¿QUE IMPORTA EN LA VIDA? EN LA TIERRA? ¿QUE VALE LA PENA? ¿QUE DEBEMOS HACER? ¿COMO DEBEMOS COMPORTARNOS?
I'll say this again in English, just to be sure. WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE? ON THE EARTH? WHAT IS WORTH IT? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? HOW SHOULD WE BEHAVE?
These are questions that have individual answers. Each one of us is unique in the usual way. Yes, I know that sounds like a contradiction, but I love living with opposites and contradictions. Afterall, life is full of them. I may not love what you do but I can still love you, the person, the human being, the one who is like me, recognizing that we are all part of one big humanity. Oh my God, why is it so hard for us to love and so easy to push each other away, make others different, so we have an excuse to hate them and kill them? I don't understand it. I see it, hear it on the news, but I don't get it. If I destroy you I destroy me...why would I do that? And yet, that's what we do.
Okay, I'm going to tie this all together, to try and make sense out of it, the asteroids and daily life. Vivo en esta Tierra, soy parte de la Tierra, no puedo deshacerme de ella, tengo que quedarme aquí, no tengo alternativa, estamos aquí todos, todos somos parte de este universo, de este sistema solar con el Sol en el centro, el Sol que nos da vida y energía y somos parte de los planetas que giran alrededor del Sol en sus órbitos, cada planeta siguiendo su propia onda y entonces todo es perfecto, todo sigue como debe de seguir, los planetas y los asteroides y no chocan, los miles de piedras que hacen el "asteroid belt" se quedan allí, van en orden, it is not chaos. Look at the stars, the same stars that have been there for centuries, they move in circles, they don't crash into each other. They live in harmony. They live in peace.
THAT'S THE ANSWER. WE MUST LIVE IN HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER, THE WAY THE PLANETS EXIST IN THEIR UNIQUE ORBITS SPINNING AND SPINNING AND CIRCLING THE SUN, THE MAGNIFICENT SUN, THE GIVER OF ALL LIFE, ENERGY AND LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Es tremendo mi querido Sol.
El Universo.
And everything in it.
Including us.
Yes......even us.
May we soon awaken.
Soy Lorena.
4/10/07
Monday, April 9, 2007
Can we take a break now?
Una pausa...un descanso, a nap, a siesta...something??? Please??
Is it possible to actually be tired of having a good time? Tired of fiestas and celebrations, tired of standing on my feet with a glass of wine in my hand, smiling and listening to someone talk about something that I'm not sure I'm interested in, but trying to be pleasant? No, that's not quite right. I really do enjoy talking with people. It's just that I get full quickly...it's like eating, I'm hungry, I eat and then I'm full and I don't want to eat anymore. I guess I get full of "people," there comes a moment when they fill me up and I have to go away and be alone for awhile. I can be alone for long periods of time...tal vez demasiado tiempo, si es que existe "demasiado tiempo." ¿Qué será "demasiado tiempo?" Depende...varia de persona a persona.
Ayer, Pascua, Easter, the last of the celebrations for awhile. Qué divertido tener a la familia, mis hijas y mi nieto aquí. Teo dice que debieran cobrar la entrada, son tan divertidos, nos reímos mucho, nos acordamos de algunos momentos del pasado. Según Lisa, yo andaba todo el tiempo pasando la aspiradora, y que su papá le pagaba un dólar si tragara un huevo crudo, y lo hacía. ¿Dónde estaba yo? le pregunto, no me acuerdo de eso. Es curioso cómo cada persona tiene distinta memoria de los eventos, de su niñez. Seguramente los recuerdos que yo tengo de mi niñez serían diferentes a los que tendrían mis papás de mi niñez.
In years past we would have called my parents, the grandparents of my daughters, on the phone to wish them a Happy Easter. Alex would have spoken to them on the phone. I would hear him say "What? What?" Then each daughter would take the phone send their wishes through the lines long distance. Now all that has changed. They are not there, but the good news is--they were here with us yesterday. I invited them and they came, both of them. I felt them, I saw them above our heads.
Te dejo con este misterio.
I will leave you with this mystery to ponder.
I will only say that "el más allá" no está allá, está aquí.
Our loved ones are right here with us...really.
Soy Lorena.
4/9/07
Friday, April 6, 2007
Viernes Santo--Good Friday
I never understood what was "good" about Good Friday, but perhaps the word got changed in the translation...¿quién sabe? De joven yo tenía un rito de reflexionar sobre mi vida el viernes santo. Buscaba una iglesia abierta para entrar y sentarme en el silencio para repasar qué había hecho, qué había pensado y cosas por el estilo. Me acuerdo una noche en particular en Florida cuando hacía aire y el clima estaba fresco. Encontré una iglesia de no sé qué religion, (no importaba), entré y alguien tocaba el órgano. Me senté en un banco, yo era la única persona allá aparte de la persona tocando y escuché la música que creaba un ambiente rico y espiritual. Tenía unos dieciocho o diecinueve años y la música me transportaba a un lugar místico o fuera de mí misma y me di cuenta que yo era más de mi cuerpo y en aquel momento quería dedicarme a una vida solitaria, vivir en silencio, estar lejos de la sociedad, meditar, comprender bien el Taoismo.
Terminó la música, salí de la iglesia y mi vida volvió a lo normal hasta el viernes santo del año entrante cuando paré un momento mi vida cotidiana para pensar en otra cosa.
Momentos....nuestra vida está hecha de momentos, moments that stick in our minds and moments that fly away. The memory of that one Good Friday is the only one that has stuck in my mind, I'm not sure why, but I guess it doesn't really matter, it's there as part of my life line.
I think it's about stopping our running around being busy all the time, stopping for a moment, making a day special, creating a different mood, recognizing our connection to the Universe, if only for a short time. I like this day. I don't know why I decided to make it special, but even though I haven't stopped in churches to reflect in many years, I still slow myself down on Good Friday and think about the part of me that is spiritual.
We have sun today. It's too cold to be outside, but the sun is melting the snow and coming through the windows and it makes me feel good. Quería despertarme a las tres de la mañana para ver el planeta Jupiter y la luna, y a las dos cincuenta y seis me desperté, fui a la ventana y vi a mi Luna preciosa, a Jupiter y a la estrella roja que se llama Antares. La Luna me llenó de alegría, estaba muy llena todavía, su forma ovalada, y daba tanta luz, tanta luz que hacía sombras sobre la tierra enfrente de mi ventana y la saludé mandándole mi amor.
Nunca estoy sola, tengo mi querido Sol en el día y mi preciosa Luna de noche. What else do I need?
Tomorrow maybe I'll talk about the asteroid belt.
Mañana.
No te preocupes.
Soy Lorena.
4/6/07
Terminó la música, salí de la iglesia y mi vida volvió a lo normal hasta el viernes santo del año entrante cuando paré un momento mi vida cotidiana para pensar en otra cosa.
Momentos....nuestra vida está hecha de momentos, moments that stick in our minds and moments that fly away. The memory of that one Good Friday is the only one that has stuck in my mind, I'm not sure why, but I guess it doesn't really matter, it's there as part of my life line.
I think it's about stopping our running around being busy all the time, stopping for a moment, making a day special, creating a different mood, recognizing our connection to the Universe, if only for a short time. I like this day. I don't know why I decided to make it special, but even though I haven't stopped in churches to reflect in many years, I still slow myself down on Good Friday and think about the part of me that is spiritual.
We have sun today. It's too cold to be outside, but the sun is melting the snow and coming through the windows and it makes me feel good. Quería despertarme a las tres de la mañana para ver el planeta Jupiter y la luna, y a las dos cincuenta y seis me desperté, fui a la ventana y vi a mi Luna preciosa, a Jupiter y a la estrella roja que se llama Antares. La Luna me llenó de alegría, estaba muy llena todavía, su forma ovalada, y daba tanta luz, tanta luz que hacía sombras sobre la tierra enfrente de mi ventana y la saludé mandándole mi amor.
Nunca estoy sola, tengo mi querido Sol en el día y mi preciosa Luna de noche. What else do I need?
Tomorrow maybe I'll talk about the asteroid belt.
Mañana.
No te preocupes.
Soy Lorena.
4/6/07
Thursday, April 5, 2007
You think you're "safe" in April?
¿Ya pasó lo peor? Hah! Think again, this is New England, the land of unpredictability. You think April 5th is Springtime? Hah! Old man Winter has other ideas....it's a winter wonderland today. It's thirty degrees, we have three inches of wet, heavy snow to deal with. This Sunday is Easter. How will the Easter Bunny hop through all this wet snow? Will the snow still be here on Sunday? Who knows? Is this Global Warming? Who knows? We are at the mercy of the elements, the whims of the gods, the chaos of the Universe........But wait! Is the Universe chaotic....really? Parece que hay caos, pero la verdad de las cosas puede ser totalmente distinta. "Things are not what they seem," has been said on more than one occasion. Hmmmmm.
Ayer estaba leyendo sobre nuestro sistema solar, es tan curioso, todas las planetas son increíblemente distintos a nuestro planeta, la Tierra. Venus tiene unas temperaturas tan calientes que pueden derretir el metal, ninguna vida podría sobrevivir allá. Marte, al contrario, es el extremo opuesto, o sea, sumamente frío, no puede tener agua en una forma líquida. Los días de los planetas varían tanto, algunos son rápiditos, otros se tardan mucho más que un día en la Tierra. Imagine a day with more than 24 hours....oh, what we could accomplish! Our days seem to go faster and faster. But that's not the point here. The point is, why and how did this happen? Why is it that our Earth is the only planet in this solar system that can sustain life? And why are we destroying it? There's no other planet we can escape to if this one gets ruined. We couldn't even live on our moon.
We are spinning in space and yet we remain in the same orbit around the sun. All of the planets are moving constantly in their orbits and miraculously they don't crash into each other or spin off into outer space or decide to do something else. Nosotros vemos las mismas estrellas que veían nuestros ancestros....qué interesante. Tomaban el mismo agua, repiraban el mismo aire que nosotros, se calentaban con el mismo Sol, caminaban en la misma Tierra. Tal vez mis lágrimas sean las mismas que lloraban mis ancestros...well, you can get a little crazy thinking about all of this. It just makes me realize how connected we all are.
The sun has been peeking through the thick layer of clouds out there. I am being pulled to go outside and have a closer look. I miss my glorious Sun, hace mucho que no ha aparecido acá. Mi bello Sol, allí está llamándome........ya voy, ya voy mi querido Sol.
Otra vez mi laberinto está tapado de nieve...ay, mejor me río, ¿qué más puedo hacer?
My snow may be in your water glass someday.
Think about it.
I am you.
You are me.
Soy Lorena.
4/5/07
Ayer estaba leyendo sobre nuestro sistema solar, es tan curioso, todas las planetas son increíblemente distintos a nuestro planeta, la Tierra. Venus tiene unas temperaturas tan calientes que pueden derretir el metal, ninguna vida podría sobrevivir allá. Marte, al contrario, es el extremo opuesto, o sea, sumamente frío, no puede tener agua en una forma líquida. Los días de los planetas varían tanto, algunos son rápiditos, otros se tardan mucho más que un día en la Tierra. Imagine a day with more than 24 hours....oh, what we could accomplish! Our days seem to go faster and faster. But that's not the point here. The point is, why and how did this happen? Why is it that our Earth is the only planet in this solar system that can sustain life? And why are we destroying it? There's no other planet we can escape to if this one gets ruined. We couldn't even live on our moon.
We are spinning in space and yet we remain in the same orbit around the sun. All of the planets are moving constantly in their orbits and miraculously they don't crash into each other or spin off into outer space or decide to do something else. Nosotros vemos las mismas estrellas que veían nuestros ancestros....qué interesante. Tomaban el mismo agua, repiraban el mismo aire que nosotros, se calentaban con el mismo Sol, caminaban en la misma Tierra. Tal vez mis lágrimas sean las mismas que lloraban mis ancestros...well, you can get a little crazy thinking about all of this. It just makes me realize how connected we all are.
The sun has been peeking through the thick layer of clouds out there. I am being pulled to go outside and have a closer look. I miss my glorious Sun, hace mucho que no ha aparecido acá. Mi bello Sol, allí está llamándome........ya voy, ya voy mi querido Sol.
Otra vez mi laberinto está tapado de nieve...ay, mejor me río, ¿qué más puedo hacer?
My snow may be in your water glass someday.
Think about it.
I am you.
You are me.
Soy Lorena.
4/5/07
Sunday, April 1, 2007
April Fool's Day...shhh
The ground is frosty, hard again, sparkly, destellada, the air cool and crisp. Quietos, quietos, no tricks please, the moon is reaching her maximum beauty, her brilliance just there for all to see, su belleza simplemente es, nada más, nada menos y somos parte de toda esta belleza. Los patos están tranquilos flotando en el estanque, mirándome desde lejos caminar en el laberinto while I take in this new day, the first of April....oops, I mean the first day of a new month. Los árboles se ponen listos para brotar durante este mes, pronto, por favor, quiero ver las hojas de nuevo.
So there I was watching the sky, seeing dancing angels and wispy shapes float by and I had a negative thought, a criticism of someone, yikes, I don't want to do that, pero la mente, no hay que darle tanta importancia a veces, la mente anda en su onda y piensa cosas que YO no quiero pensar, ni modo, ya lo hizo, pero...then I thought, okay, let's balance that thought with a positive thought about that person, that's what I did, it was kind of like veering off the right track and then getting back on it again. A sort of antidote.
Anoche llegaron los amigos de Teo para celebrar su cumpleaños y en un momento cuando todos estábamos en la sala platicando, pensé "qué buenas personas son todos, qué buenos amigos tiene Teo," and I was grateful that these people are now in my life. Some of them he has known most of his adult life, since his kids were babies, and I felt a part of all of this, I felt accepted by these people who are newer for me. It was a beautiful energy in the room, my children, Ted's children and all his friends. Presentamos nuestra canción cómica, Teo "cantando" y yo tocando el piano, se reían, fue divertido, el tiempo pasó rápido y durante todo mi Luna nos miraba por la claraboya con su luz y sonrisa hermosa.
So, today's another day.
A new beginning, the first day of the rest of your life. Remember that?
Es la hora de sonreír.
Try this...next time you say something out of anger to another person, say it again with a smile on your face.
Si estás enojado, sonríete y mira lo que pasa.
I can't take credit for that last idea, it came from a Buddhist monk.
May your life be rich with love and beauty.
Que tu vida este llena de amor y belleza.
Soy Lorena.
4/1/07
So there I was watching the sky, seeing dancing angels and wispy shapes float by and I had a negative thought, a criticism of someone, yikes, I don't want to do that, pero la mente, no hay que darle tanta importancia a veces, la mente anda en su onda y piensa cosas que YO no quiero pensar, ni modo, ya lo hizo, pero...then I thought, okay, let's balance that thought with a positive thought about that person, that's what I did, it was kind of like veering off the right track and then getting back on it again. A sort of antidote.
Anoche llegaron los amigos de Teo para celebrar su cumpleaños y en un momento cuando todos estábamos en la sala platicando, pensé "qué buenas personas son todos, qué buenos amigos tiene Teo," and I was grateful that these people are now in my life. Some of them he has known most of his adult life, since his kids were babies, and I felt a part of all of this, I felt accepted by these people who are newer for me. It was a beautiful energy in the room, my children, Ted's children and all his friends. Presentamos nuestra canción cómica, Teo "cantando" y yo tocando el piano, se reían, fue divertido, el tiempo pasó rápido y durante todo mi Luna nos miraba por la claraboya con su luz y sonrisa hermosa.
So, today's another day.
A new beginning, the first day of the rest of your life. Remember that?
Es la hora de sonreír.
Try this...next time you say something out of anger to another person, say it again with a smile on your face.
Si estás enojado, sonríete y mira lo que pasa.
I can't take credit for that last idea, it came from a Buddhist monk.
May your life be rich with love and beauty.
Que tu vida este llena de amor y belleza.
Soy Lorena.
4/1/07
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