Saturday, October 17, 2009
El Planeta (14), The Planet (14)
--Chocándose cada rato contra nosotros mismos—dijo otro asteroide.
--¿Pero qué más nos queda?—preguntó el asteroide número 116.
--Hay posibilidades,--dijo Alejandro,--hay muchas posibilidades en el universo.
--¿Cómo qué?—preguntó el asteroide número 205.
--Bueno,--dijo Alejandro, --podríamos ser un planeta.
Todos empezaron a gritar a la vez. “¡No es posible! ¡¿Cómo un planeta?! ¡Prefiero seguir como somos, separados, individuos! Etcetera, etcetera.”
Alejandro trató de calmar los asteroides ruidosos.
--Déjenme explicar, jóvenes,--dijo, pero no fue fácil.
Los asteroides siguieron gritando y echando guerra entre ellos.
Alejandro pensó “Tiene que haber una manera de juntar toda esta energía y convertirla en algo positivo.”
Continuará.
“Listen, friends,” said Alexander, “we would have more power and more influence in the universe if we were only one entity instead of millions of tiny rocks spinning in crooked orbits.”
“Running into each other every second,” said one asteroid.
“What else can we do?” asked asteroid number 116.
“There are possibilities,” said Alexander, “there are lots of possibilities in the universe.”
“Like what?” asked asteroid number 205.
“Well,” said Alexander, “we could become a planet.”
Everyone began to shout at once. “It’s not possible! What do you mean a planet?! I want to be separate and individual! Etc. etc.”
Alexander tried to calm down the noisy asteroids.
“Let me explain, guys,” he said, but it was not easy.
The asteroids kept on shouting and fighting amongst themselves.
Alexander thought, “There must be a way to gather this energy and convert it into something positive.”
To be continued.
Soy Lorena.
10/17/09
Saturday, September 26, 2009
El Planeta (13)/ The Planet (13)
Hay preferencias, elecciones, alternativas y más adelante el “futuro.”
¿El futuro? No, no puede ser. El futuro no existe, sólo tenemos este momento. Este momento Astra anda girando, este momento Astra anda pensando, este momento Astra está contenta, este momento Astra está frustrada, este momento ella ha elegido su modo de ser, su buen humor o su mal humor. Este momento ha escogido cómo va a actuar. ¿No es así?
Pero los demás…los asteroides ruidosos por ejemplo, ¿qué tienen que ver con Astra, tan tranquila, tan elegante, tan fina, tan bella? ¿Por qué están en su vecindad, casi estorbando su órbita? Mejor, ¿qué tienen que enseñarle?
Mientras Astra pensaba que su vida era girar alrededor de su planeta y elevarlo por el resto de la eternidad, los asteroides estaban planeando algo bastante atrevido, bastante nuevo y bastante perjudicial.
Continuará.
What does life offer us? Should we choose one path or another or simply follow the road?
There are preferences, choices, alternatives and later on the “future.” The future? No, it can’t be. The future doesn’t exist, we only have this moment. This moment Astra is spinning, this moment Astra is thinking, this moment Astra is happy, this moment Astra is frustrated, this moment she has chosen her way to be, her good mood or bad mood. This moment she has chosen how she is going to act. Isn’t that so?
But the others…the rowdy asteroids for example, what do they have to do with Astra, so calm, so elegant, so fine, so beautiful? Why are they in her neighborhood, almost getting into her orbit? Better yet, what do they have to teach her?
While Astra was thinking that her life was about spinning around her planet and enhancing him for the rest of eternity, the asteroids were planning something quite daring, very cutting edge and quite disruptive.
To be continued.
Soy Lorena.
9/26/09
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Some Beautiful Thoughts
When I'm uncertain, will you hold my hand?
Will you be strong for me? Sing to me quietly?
Will you share some of your stories with me?
If you will show me compassion, then I may learn to care as you do,
then I may learn to care.
When I am angry, will you still embrace me?
When I am thoughtless, will you understand?
Will you believe in me, stand by me willingly?
Will you share some of your questions with me?
If you will show me acceptance, then I may learn to give as you do,
then I may learn to give.
When I am troubled, will you listen to me?
When I am lonely, will you be my friend?
Will you be there for me, comfort me tenderly?
Will you share some of your feelings with me?
If you will show me commitment, then I may learn to love as you do,
then I may learn to love.
--Words by Shelley Jackson Denham
Soy Lorena.
9/20/09
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Una Pausa
Soy Lorena...quizá
Monday, September 14, 2009
El Planeta (12)/ The Planet (12)
Pero, ¿ahora qué? Astra se encontraba pensando en su futuro, bueno, en un futuro imaginario.
"Simplemente voy a girar sola el resto de mi existencia sin ninguna razón, sin hacer nada interesante, sin tener ninguna experiencia emocionante. ¿Eso es vida?"
Suspiró.
"Me falta algo", pensó, "pero no sé qué". Otra vez la inquietud.
Sus pensamientos ahora eran preguntas, preguntas sin respuestas.
"¿Qué pasará? ¿Por qué estoy aquí?"
Y así siguió otro millón de años.
Continuará.
As long as Astra lived in a state of peacefulness, everything was peaceful. Her planet kept on spinning, Astra kept on spinning around her planet observing the changes of day and night, of cold and warmth, of cloudy weather and clear weather.
But now what? Astra found herself thinking about her future, well, an imaginary future.
"I am simply going to spin alone the rest of my existence, with no reason, without doing anything interesting, without having any exciting experiences. That’s a life?"
She sighed.
"Something is missing", she thought, "but I don’t know what". Once again restlessness. Now her thoughts were questions, questions without answers.
"I wonder what will happen. Why am I here?"
And she continued like this for another million years.
To be continued.
Soy Lorena.
9/14/09
Monday, August 31, 2009
El Planeta (11)/ The Planet (11)
Poco a poco lo negativo se remplazaba con lo positivo y Astra creció en sabiduría. Se dio cuenta de muchas cosas. Primero se dio cuenta que no era víctima del universo, que era fuerte, lista y que nadie podía quitarle de su lugar como luna del planeta Pleno Verde. Segundo se dio cuenta que los asteroides solamente andaban haciendo lo suyo y en realidad no le hacían ningún daño. Los cráteres en su superficie eran precisamente eso, “cráteres en su superficie” porque no tocaban su esencia. Los asteroides no podían cambiar el amor que Astra traía adentro, esa presencia del Amor en su corazón que siempre ha tenido y que siempre iba a tener. Cuando Astra contemplaba estas cosas, empezó a ver todo distinto. El sol brillaba más fuerte, su planeta ya no tenía aquella nube gris alrededor y ella podía ver las montañas verdes y los bosques y los lagos del planeta. Con estos cambios le llegó la alegría a Astra y otra vez pudo sonreír.
Continuará.
So Astra decided to think about what Alexander was telling her and in order to do that she knew it was necessary to begin to meditate again. It was very hard at the beginning to quiet her negative thoughts but she persisted in doing it and after about five hundred thousand years she succeeded in feeling calmer.
Little by little the negative was replaced by the positive and Astra grew in wisdom. She realized many things. First she realized that she wasn’t a victim of the universe, that she was strong and smart and no one could take away her place as moon of the planet (Holy Green). Next she realized that the asteroids just went around doing their own thing and in reality did her no harm. The craters on her surface were just that, “craters on her surface,” because they did not touch her essence. The asteroids could not change the love that Astra carried inside, that presence of Love in her heart that she always had and would always have. When Astra contemplated these things, she began to see everything differently. The sun shone brighter, her planet no longer had that gray cloud cover and she could see the green mountains and the forests and the lakes of her planet. With these changes joy appeared to Astra and she was able to smile again.
To be continued.
Soy Lorena.
8/31/09
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
El Planeta (10)/ The Planet (10)
Mientras Astra seguía sufriendo, un día llegó Alejandro…para el colmo pensó Astra.
--Hola, Astra, ¿qué tal, amiga?
--No soy tu “amiga,”—contestó Astra con un tono de impaciencia.
--Uy, qué mal humor, pero no lo voy a tomar personalmente. Sé que somos parte de todo el universo y tú y yo somos perfectos.
En ese momento Alejandro le dio una sonrisa muy ancha a Astra.
--Mira, asteroide, hace muuuuuucho tiempo yo pensaba como tú, pero ahora me doy cuenta que no es cierto. Yo no soy parte de aquellos asteroides que cada rato me pegan y dejan cráteres en mi superficie, y no tuve nada que ver con la nube gris que ahora cubre mi hermosa planeta, y además me siento muy infeliz.
--Ah, ya sé, Astra, empezaste a juzgar y a crear un universo hostil. Le echas la culpa a los demás por tu sentido de humor. Piensas que los asteroides son responsables por tu felicidad. Si sigues pensando así te vas a enfermar.
--¿Cómo?—preguntó Astra.
--Así pasa. Te lo digo porque yo pasé por eso pero mi abuelo me explicó todo y me dijo que si yo actuara con mi corazón y perdonara a los demás, entonces toda mi vida cambiaría.
Astra se puso a pensar. ¿Será la verdad? se preguntó.
Continuará.
While Astra was suffering, one day Alexander arrived…to top it off, Astra thought.
“Hi, Astra, what’s up my friend?”
“I’m not your ‘friend,’” Astra answered in an impatient manner.
“Oh, what a bad mood, but I’m not taking it personally. I know that we are part of the whole universe and you and I are perfect.”
At that point Alexander gave Astra a big wide grin.
“Look, asteroid, a looooooong time ago I thought like you, but now I see that it’s not true. I am not part of those asteroids who bang into me all the time and leave craters on my surface, and I had nothing to do with that grey cloud that now covers my beautiful planet, and besides, I’m miserable.”
“Oh, I get it, Astra, you’ve begun to judge and to create a hostile universe. You blame everyone else for your bad mood. You think that the asteroids are responsible for your happiness. If you keep on thinking like that, you’re going to get sick.”
“What?!” Astra asked.
“That’s the way it goes. I tell you this because I went through that, but my grandfather explained everything to me and he told me that if I act from my heart and forgive others, then my whole life would change.”
Astra started to think. Could that be true, she wondered?
To be continued.
Soy Lorena.
8/26/09