It goes on

2008 comes to its end. I am here without being able to get away with all the pains and regrets that it has marked on me. They are deeply here and strangely don't go away along with this year. There is no other solution than to just embrace them hoping that time will cure and that I will get over. That my forgetful memory will bury them. That miracles will happen. And... that I will grow. I do hope I will grow out of this painful maturity process.

2009 is around the corner. But I am not sure whether I am happily welcoming it as everyone wishes me. It's rather a feeling of fear. Fear of not being able to fill the empty spaces that many receive with big hopes. Fear of filling them with the same and/or different wrong colors and patterns. But even with cautious and thoughtful attitudes, I know I will fill them with whatevers, whenevers , wherevers and howevers. There is no rationality in passions, explorations and emotions. Life has been always like that. It never waits for my rational decisions and always lures me with new universes and new encounters.

Those whatevers, whenevers, wherevers and howevers may work out just fine. Or they may end up in desasters. Thankfully, not every thing needs to be fixed. I have learned to grow out of my imperfections. This is the reason why life is beautiful. It does not judge over what I have done but over what I have become into. So, my new year’s resolution is not about what, when, where or how. It’s about becoming more me, trying not to be regarded as whoever to you, to them and mostly, to myself.

Bienvenidos mosquitos!

Ya ha llegado la hora de que me defienda del frio de Seul. Y para minimizar mis sufrimientos, yo ya empece a usar mis 'hot patches'. Son pedazotes de stickers que pego en mi ropa interior y que inmediatamente mantienen mi temperatura corporal a niveles agradables. Yo los pego en las plantas de mis pies. Una vez calentitos, puedo salir a pasear por mas de 14 horas sin que se me congelen. Hay varias marcas, pero como siempre, los productos de nuestro vecino Japon son los mejores. Ofrecen consistente temperatura y larga durabilidad. Los nuestros estan disenyados para los consumidores que quieren algo intenso y compacto. Casi te queman la epidermis. Quizas que por eso que no duran. Porque si durasen como los japoneses, te quemarias hasta los musculos.

Si si si. Asi de frio hace aqui.
Y por eso estoy averiguando formas de sobrevivir el futuro terror de enero. Si! Mas hot patch!
Seguro que por internet los consigo a bajo precio.

Lo curioso es que mientras gente como yo trata de superar los desafios de la naturaleza, hay mosquitos que panchamente vuelan en mi casa, en mi instituto, e incluso, en los subtes. Hoy ya vi dos bien grandes vagabundeando en el vagon. Estamos en pleno diciembre y ya paso la hora de que los mosquitos esten fermentandose, pero parece que no. Parece que estos bichos han pasado por mutaciones que les permitieron disfrutar de la longetividad.

Habia supuesto que los unicos animales que no estaban en peligro de extincion y que, es mas, a lo largo de los anyos habian adquirido postergar la muerte, eramos los seres humanos. Parece que estaba equivocada. Pues si, tenemos companyia.

Young@heart

Couple of days ago, I had a chance to watch a documental movie about a rock choir composed of senior citizens from New Hampshire, Massachusetts. They were all in their 70’s, 80’s and even in their 90’s. Some lived by themselves, others with their spouses. Some were healthy for being at that age, others went to intensive care units too often. But they all were happy, joyful, and enthusiastic. I could tell that by their rigid smiles and smiling wrinkles. I could tell that by their slow but funny movements.

What impressed me the most was not their age nor their ability to sing speedy raps and high tone loud rock- though they were surprisingly amazing. It was their passion and love for life that overwhelmed my emotions. I could hear the fire of their passion in every trembling sound coming out their lips. I could feel their love and appreciation for every second of life in their eyes.

They said it was music that transcended their physical age; it was music that dragged them into a whole new world. And I knew that what they were saying was real because I also shared this new universe of passion and thankfulness throughout the movie. Many questions popped up in my mind. What fires my passion? Where should I project my passion? What is the thing that completely frees my spirit? What leads me to a wholly new dimension of life? What makes them so young? What makes me young?

Tonight I just want to listen to music. I want my thoughts, my spirit, and my emotions to just be there, in the space of sounds, in the time of melodies, in a world that transcends the now and the here.

과학과 기술과 인간의 미래

불과 몇 개월 전까지만 해도 전세계 사람들은 모두 투자은행의 위력에 감탄을 했었다. 전 세계는 투자은행의 거래에 좌지우지 되는 것만 같았고 이 업계에 커리어를 쌓는 것이 청년들의 로망이 되었다. 이 곳에서 활동하는 직원들의 두뇌는 형언할 수 못할 만큼 뛰어난 것 같았고 지식과 기술력으로 돈을 부풀려가던 그들의 능력이 부러울 따름이었다.

그러나 지금 우리는 부를 창조하는 테크닉이 더 이상 유용하지 않다는 것을 뼈저리게 느끼고 있다. 몇만 키로 떨어진 미국에서 발생한 모기지 문제가 방안에 가만히 앉아 있는 나의 부의 가치를 반토막 낸 것이다. 기술을 통한 실존하지 않은 돈을 창조하는 것이 한계가 있음을 알게 되었다. 그렇다. 기술과 지식이 부를 한없이 만들어 낼 수 있다라는 기대와 자만의 엔트로피가 더 이상 버틸 수 없는 한계에 왔고, 이번 사태는 엔트로피를 한 번 낮추는 계기가 되었다. 이젠 중요한 것은 보이지 않는 현란한 기법이 아닌 현존하는 돈임을 깨닫게 되었다.

기술이라는 것은 우리 사회에 많은 발전과 성숙을 가져다 주었다. 그렇기 때문에 우리는 자칫 기술이 가치중립적이지 때문에 사람의 의식만 바르면 좋은 사회로 더욱 발전할 수 있을 것이라 믿는다. 하지만 기술이 진정 가치중립적인지 다시 한번 고민하고 싶다.

기술이 과학으로부터 왔다고 하니 과학에 대해서 생각해 보자. 자연과학이란 자연의 법칙을 탐구하고 그 법칙을 발견하고자 노력하는 학문이며 인문사회과학 또한 인간관계의 법칙을 연구하는 학문이다. 과학이 발견한 법칙을 따라 우리는 여러 가지 기술을 창조해 간다. 여기서 중요한 것은 '법칙을 따라'이다. 우리가 개발하고 사용하는 기술은 우리가 탐구하고 진실이다고 믿는 법칙과 섭리를 따라야 하는 것이다.

모기지 사태를 예로 들자면, 자원이라고 말할 수 있는 부는 노동으로 생산되는 것이 인류사의 법칙이다. 그러나 우리는 이러한 섭리를 무시한 채 보이지 않는 부의 버블만 만드는 기술을 신봉했었다. 섭리에 거슬리는 즉 '거짓'의 엔트로피를 증가시키는 기술과 이를 사용하는 인류는
이번 경제난에서 본 바와 같이 그 대가를 반드시 치른다고 판단된다.

기술은 가치중립적이기 때문에 우리 인류가 가치 있게 잘 사용하자라는 위험성 있는 논리가 아닌 자연과 인류의 법칙과 섭리를 따르는 기술인지 아닌지의 판단이 선행되어야 한다고 믿는다.
그렇지 않은 기술은 중단되어야 한다. 불필요하게 엔트로피를 증가시킬 필요가 없다. 증가되는 엔트로피가 없어지는 아픈 과정에서 우리 인류가 반성하고 학습을 하는 과정 물론 나쁘지만 않지만...

나는 특히 요즘 대두되고 있는 유전자 기술, 인터넷 정보화 기술에 대해서 주의를 기울렸으면 한다. 어떤 부분이 섭리에 합당하며 어긋나는지에 관하여 철저한 과학 정신을 가지고 기술이 개발되었으면 하는 바램이다. 과학자들과 기술자들이 발전시키고자 하는 기술에 대한 깊은 성찰과 올바른 판단력이 없는 한, 즉 보편적인 진리를 탐구하는 정신을 가지지 않은 한 우리 인류는 필요 없는 엔트로피의 증가와 붕괴의 고통 속에서 아파하고, 고민하고, 불신할 것이다.

그러나 앞서 기술한 것처럼 이것이 그리 나쁘지만은 않다. 인류는 그러한 고통 속에서 보편적 진리와 섭리에 충실한 새로운 패러다임을 창조할 것이며 새 출발에 대하여 희망을 또한 갖게 되지 않을까라는 생각을 하게 된다.

To you my sincere blessings

Forever Young, by Neil Young

May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you build a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

Hard Times

Waiting seems meaningless but is really meaningful. They say.
Meaningless relationships give meaningful wisdoms. They say.
We only have to wait until we bear fruits, until we are cured.
We should never regret, never frustrate.
We don't need to understand; we have to accept, wait, and hope. They say.

And now I say: It's easy to say.

But there is no choice but to believe in Him
Who will make a way where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
God will be my guide, hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
By a roadway in the wilderness, He'll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
He will do something new today.

Four Types of Life

Up to now, I thought that there were two kinds of life: risk taker type and risk averse type. Now I got to know there are four.

- High risk - High return
- High risk - Low return
- Low risk - High return
- Low risk - Low return

If I just consider my former dichotomic analysis I would rather choose high risk. I simply believe life is full of new universes worth of being explored no matter the costs. I love challenge and courage is a virtue I want to exercise throughout my life.

But today I thought that my dichotomic view on life was too naive and too romantic about the results of being a risk taker. The worst case would be a high risk-low return life where I would end up losing many things, while the smartest one would be a low risk-high return life where in spite of a secure, and probalby boring process, I would be highly enjoying the results. Another option is a high risk-high return life where I can enjoy both the process and the results. This rationale made me think how I could possibly design a well balanced life of low risk-high returns and high risk-high returns. Eventually it led me to wonder whether there was a strategy for that kind of life. After hours of thinking and rethinking, I reached to the conclusion that well, there should be...

My next assignment is to figure it out.

Elasticity

I am taking Managerial Economics, a course that I had thought it would be really interesting and intellectually challenging. In fact, it turned out to be surprising. Surprisingly boring and reality lacking. However, I have to admit I have learned quite many things from the extremely fast paced and content-less lectures.

Elasticity is the word that most strongly remains in my brain. It is because it made me think about how elastic I was in certain areas and because it made me feel nervous each time the professor pronounced the word in a weird accent.

Elasticity is what managers should know when making decisions.
Elasticity is what I have to take into consideration when taking actions. I realized it is deeply related to the maturity level I can potentially reach.

My interest level in a person is highly elastic to his/her intelligence coefficient level.
-> Bear in mind that not so smart people can also be interesting.

My temper is elastic to the time I feel I've lost.
-> Take it easy. Being slow is not always bad.

My ambition is elastic to unexplored new worlds.
-> Stay focused. Don't forget the high qualities of the in-depthness.

My intolerance level is elastic to boredom.
-> Be wiser and try to find the insights latent in it.

My body metabolism is very inelastic to the energy consumed.
-> Watch out what and how much you are inserting into your mouth.

To Jiwan

아름답고 순결한 너의 모습에서

우리 하나님 형상을 보네

아직 작고 연약한 너의 모습에서

크신 하나님의 사랑을 보네

우리에게 너를 통해 보이시는

우릴 향한 하나님의 사랑

앞으로 네가 자라는 만큼 나도 자라가겠지

그 분께로 그 분의 끝없는 사랑으로

너를 사랑해 영원토록

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지완아!!!
이모 소원의 노트에는 지완이 이름이 많이 나와.
너가 아직 뱃속에 있을 때는 많이 쓰다듬어 줬었는데,
지금은 넘 넘 넘 널 만지고, 안아주고, 뽀뽀해주고 싶어.

너의 웃는 모습, 너의 멍한 모습, 너의 귀찮아 해하는 모습...
왜이리 사랑스럽고 귀엽니?
깨물어주고 싶어~

우리 곧 보자!!! 오늘도 화이팅!!!

Life is beautiful

Life is beautiful
because the sunshines of every morning
are the new hopes I live with.

Life is beautiful
because my distorted memory
beautifies my past sorrows;
because my partial memory
only remembers my happy yesterdays.

Life is beautiful
because the air I breathe
is the passion that builds my tomorrow.

Life is beautiful
because even I am alone in this journey,
I know we are together.

Sustainability

Sustain = from Latin sustinēre
Sus: under, below Tain: have, be, take
what you have as a base
hold back, support, foundational, continuing

The word sustainability seems to be currently on fashion.
Businesses, governments, academia and great number
of other organizations envision and pursue it,
believing that this will perpetuate their existence
as if perpetuity has been always optimal.

It would be optimal in the sense that
we can fulfill our innate ambition of wanting to leave legacies.
It would be optimal in the sense that
we can have something eternal
since we feel the meaninglessness of living an ephemeral life.

Personally I think that trying to live legacies is simply wasting our ephimeral time and testing our level of arrogance and greed. We are definitely naive when we think we will be remembered. We believe we ourselves will care for what we will have left on earth when death knocks our doors. Curiously, that is not true.

I believe real sustainability is not
about stretching the dimensions of time and value.
It’s about fulfilling the abundance of today.
It’s about letting plenitude flow into neighboring surroundings now.

Maybe it will last longer. Maybe it will value greater.
Or maybe not. But does that matter?

After all, we leave the earth plainly naked
just in the same way as we came.
And what history may judge will become irrelevant, completely irrelevant, when we are already prized in our next lives.

What's in your mind?

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you;
you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."
- James Allen

Explore the universe of your mind and imagination.
You will face an eternity of precious thoughts
and an infinite world of blackness...
This introspective exploration will confuse you,
but be wise and brave when you choose.
Because tomorrow, when you retrospect it,
you will realize that life is no more than simply loyal to celestial laws.

Weird combination: 놀부와 대장금

Donde estas, mi medio naranja?
Te llamo, me encuentras.
Te llamo de nuevo y te pierdo.
Te busco pero desapereces.
Te olvido, sin embargo te quedas.

Ethics

나의 하나하나의 행동이 윤리적이어야 한다라는
교육은 어릴 때부터 받아왔다.
그렇기 때문에 무엇이 옳고 그른지에 대한 판단은
수 없이 훈련 해왔고 지금도 어떠한 상황이나 행동을 할 때
나만의 잣대로 평가한다.
30년의 세월 동안 길러온 그 잣대로 난 오늘도
나와 남의 언행을 판단하고 심지어 비판해 버린다.

어느 날 난 다른 사람, 다른 문화권에서의 잣대는
나의 잣대와 다르다라는 것을 알게 된다.
그래서 혼란스러워 한다.
분명히 이성적이고 합리적이어서 나의 기준이 옳아야 하는데,
상대방의 배경, 상황을 보니 그들의 기준도
이성적이고 합리적이다라는 것을 알게 된다.
윤리에 대한 절대적 기준이 없음을 알게 된다.

그래서 난 상황을 판단하고 결정을 내리게 될 때
꼭 이성적이어야 할 필요 없음을 배워간다.
감성도 합리성을 완성 시킬 수 있다라는 것도 경험한다.
이성과 직관과 감성이 나의 윤리 행동에 영향을 미치지 때문에
난 요즘 이 세 요소를 잘 밸런스 맞추려고 노력한다.

그렇다. 윤리적 의사 결정과 윤리적 행동에는
이성과 감성의 조합이 잘 어우러져야 한다.
그 조합이 깨질 때 올바른 결정을 못 내린다라는 것을 깨닫는다.
얼마 전에 밸런스를 놓쳐버린 경험을 했다.
일반적으로 비윤리적으로 여겨지는 행동을
하고 싶은 마음이 내 안에 너무 커져갔다.

나의 윤리 기준 영역 안에서 감성이 이성의 영역을 침해하여
판단을 흐리게 하는 것 같았다.
난 이성적으로 판단하기 보다,
커져가는 잘못된 감성을 뒷받침해 줄 수 있는
이성을 만들어 내고 있었다.
그러더니 어느 새 나의 윤리 기준이 변경 되어 있음을 알게 됐다.
그래서 많은 사람들에게 상담을 했는데
역시 도움이 안 되는 결론만 도달했다.
나의 새로운 기준이 누구에게는 괜찮았고,
누구에게는 아니 되는 것이었고,
누구에게는 당연한 것이었다.

혼란이 더욱 커져서 난 마지막으로 성경을 참고했다.
성서라는 것은 그나마 많은 사람들이 따르는
보편적인 윤리의 메시지를 담고 있기 때문이다.
기대한 바와 같이 성서에 비춘 나의 새로운 기준은 좋은 것이 아니었다.
그래서 약간의 고통과 함께 윤리 기준을 원위치 시켰다.

윤리 기준이라는 것은 상대적이기 때문에
열려 있는 마음으로 상대방을 받아드릴 줄 알아야 함을 안다.
그러나 그 배려하는 자세의 기본에는
내가 믿고 따르는 절대적인 기준은 꼭 필요함을 또한 깨닫게 된다.

Jueves

Si fuera más guapa y un poco más lista
Si fuera especial, si fuera de revista
Tendría el valor de cruzar el vagón
Y preguntarte quién eres.
Te sientas en frente y ni te imaginas
Que llevo por ti mi falda más bonita.
Y al verte lanzar un bostezo al cristal
Se inundan mis pupilas.

De pronto me miras, te miro y suspiras
Yo cierro los ojos, tú apartas la vista
Apenas respiro me hago pequeñita
Y me pongo a temblar
Y así pasan los días, de lunes a viernes
Como las golondrinas del poema de Bécquer
De estación a estación enfrente tú y yo
Va y viene el silencio.

Y entonces ocurre, despiertan mis labios
Pronuncian tu nombre tartamudeando.
Supongo que piensas que chica más tonta
Y me quiero morir.

Pero el tiempo se para y te acercas diciendo
Yo no te conozco y ya te echaba de menos.
Cada mañana rechazo el directo
Y elijo este tren.
Y ya estamos llegando, mi vida ha cambiado
Un día especial este once de marzo.
Me tomas la mano, llegamos a un túnel
Que apaga la luz.
Te encuentro la cara, gracias a mis manos.
Me vuelvo valiente y te beso en los labios.
Dices que me quieres y yo te regalo
El último soplo de mi corazón.

Introspection Vs. Retrospection

If you introspect yourself,
there are so many things going on in your mind
that you think it is too complex for you.

But when you retrospect,
you realize life is just simple, fast and clear.

We already know the answer we will face
when we retrospect ourselves in the future.
Ironically, our decisions are based on
today's agitated and blurry introspections.

The point here is to make the right balance
between how wisely we introspect
and how long sightedly we retrospect.
Not easy...
As the Word says, on that day we will see it clearly.

Implications of 2008 presidential elections

What makes a nation great? What makes an organization great?

Forty years ago, we heard Martin Luther King deliver his speech
claiming liberty and equality, the very rights given to all of humankind
since the moment of birth.
This is something that Christians know as the facto truth.
However, it seems that we interpret God's intentions
in the mostly convenient way for us.

And in this way, forty years have past.
The world still ignorant of the real truth,
just not caring of the very essence of life and justice.
Of course there have been changes,
paradigms that amelliorated the world we live in,
but still there is a long road to go.

Forty years later, a person hardly thought to be
the most powerful person in the world was elected president.
November 4th was the day that confirmed us that
there is still hope and that we are doing well in fighting
the most nobel war in the history: a war for human dignity.

Shared dreams have impacts. Shared dreams always come true.
Shared dreams are those we should never give up.

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1998년 처음 한국에 왔을 때 배운 노래였다.
고등학교 졸업하자마자 혼자서 한국에 온
나에게 이 노래 가사는 나의 마음을 울렸다.
기숙사 방에서 내내 듣곤 하던 기억이 생생하다.

그 당시 낯선 곳에서 3끼 다 밥을 먹어야 했던 것이 고통스러웠고,
가족, 친구들이 너무 보고싶어 힘들어 하곤 했었다.
혼자 대학생활을 잘 할 수 있을지도 의문스러웠고,
대한민국에서 손꼽히는 똑똑한 아이들이 오는 대학에서
경쟁력 있게 공부할 수 있을까 두려웠다.
그런 외로움과 두려움을 느낄 때마다 이 노래를 부르곤 했다.
넌 할 수 있어. 굴하지 않는 보석같은 마음 있으니...

굴하지 않겠다라는 의지가 오늘날 나를 만들었다.
공부도 잘 마치고, 새 친구들과 좋은 관계 맺고,
좋은 직장에서 좋은 성과를 거두었다.

의지, 마음, 감정이 가진 힘은 정말 대단하다라는 것을 알면서도
약한 의지, 두려운 마음을 가지게 되는 이유는 무엇일까?
결국 지나고 뒤돌아 보면 아무것도 아니 될 것인데,
벌거벗은 나 자신을 보면 아무것도 두려워 하지 않아야 할테데 말이다.

다시 한 번 다짐하자. 굴하지 않겠다고.
다시 한 번 약속하자. 최선을 다하자고,
다시 한 번 기억하자. 나한텐 잃어버릴 것이 없다고.
다시 한 번 웃자. 내게 다가올 멋진 내일을 향하여,
내게 펼쳐진 무대를 향하여.

Owl & Parrot Vs. Owl Parrot

October 1st was the date I acquired a small English academy together with a friend. The name is Owl and Parrot. The academy's former director had named it and we did not change because changing its name would bring impacts on our sales.

Plus, I think the name is quite funny. To be wise and ovservant like an owl, and to continously try and express like a parrot. This is the aim I am pursuing; I want my kids to be observant, wise, with chanlleging spirits.

Today I discovered that there is a bird called Owl parrot.

As shown in the picture, it's not pretty at all. I wonder if it is a product of crossbreeding.

Back to the business topic, we began very excitedly,

however we hadn't expected that running a business was this difficult.

There are so many things we have to take care of. From managing personnel to satisfying customers. The hardest part is dealing with discomforted mothers.

I definitely need to be more obeservant about my customers' needs and desires, be wiser when communicating with them and continously try even when I face failure after failure.

Perhaps, the name Owl & Parrot was there not for my kids.

It was already there just for me.

To remind me of what is important.

To tell what I should focus on.

Photography

Uno de los hobbies que siempre quise empezar y que por mi consistence vagancia no pudo ser llevada a cabo fue la fotografia.

Ahora que tengo fines de semanas relativamente mas libres y que viene la primavera a Seul, estoy pensando en retomar mi pequenyo deseo.

A comprar una nueva camara, o a hacer milagros con lo que queda de lo que habia sido una camara?

Sony P32 (3 Megapixels), el regalito que me hice al terminar la carrera.

Miren, miren! Que hace cosas bonitas!!!

Fotos sacadas en Cambodia, hace exactamente 2 anyos.

Rice cakes

It became a habit to have rice cakes for breakfast.

They are tasty, healthy, and most importantly, convenient.

You want something sweet, you have those that have red bean pastes in it.

You want something salty, they are also available.

So, I switch every morning.

On Lunar New Year, I came to see how these rice cakes

were used to be made in the old times.

People say that this is the right way to make the most delicious rice pastes. Well, I would trade a bit of that delicious taste for some hygene...

Fatty Fat

It's one of my desires to erradicate the extra fat I have, and I bet that most people dislike its presence, as well. This so much hated subtance, though essential to our organism, has given me pleasure for almost two years.

Here is my last piece of creation. Olive oil soap with dried roses, superb for dry skin. I have added bergamot essence so that it doesn't smell like our eatable olive oil. I needed some fresh air these days as my nerves are eating my brains. I am still using my wine-lemon bar, so anyone ran out of soaps, just give me a call.

So proud of you!!

Nominated to 5 Grammy awards,

the classical album "Passion Week"

won the best recording engineering prize.

Nobody expected him to win this award.

I remember my aunt giving up on him

when he changed his career

to exploit himself in his recording studio 24/7.

Well... as he always says...

머리 좋은 놈이 열심히 하는 놈 만큼 못하고,

열심히 하는 놈이 좋아서 하는 놈 만큼 못한다.

Congrats!!! So proud of you!!!

Getting over...

Today I begin to understand
what love must be, if it exists.
When we are parted,
we each feel the lack of
the other half of ourselves.
We are incomplete
like a book in two volumes
of which the first has been lost.
That is what I imagine love to be:
incompleteness in absence.

It's useless to try to keep the other unmatcing half.
If it matches, it will stay.
The completeness I tried to keep
was never meant to complete.
The incompleteness I feared to face
is back again.

El discurso que hago memorizar a mis alumnos...

Hacia un monton que me habia olvidado de este personaje
que tanto habia querido en mis epocas de adolescencia,
en los momentos que cuestionaba mi tan diferente identidad.

Indudablemente, el discurso desperto pasion en mi corazon;
la voz enfuguecio mi fervor hacia lo justo;
la fe envisiono el motivo de mi vida.

Entonces les digo a ustedes, mis amigos, que aunque nosotros enfrentemos las dificultades de hoy y de mañana, aún yo tengo un sueño. Es un sueño profundamente arraigado en el sueño Americano, que un día esta nación surgirá y vivirá verdaderamente de su credo, “nosotros mantenemos estos derechos patentes, que todo hombre es creado igual.” Yo tengo un sueño que ese día en las tierras rojas de Georgia, hijos de esclavos anteriores e hijos de dueños de esclavos anteriores se podrán sentar juntos a la mesa de la hermandad. Yo tengo un sueño que un día aún el estado de Mississippi, un estado ardiente por e1 calor de justicia, ardiente por el calor de la opresión, será transformado en un oasis de libertad y justicia. Yo tengo un sueño que mis cuatro pequeños hijos algún día vivirán en una nación donde no serán juzgados por el color de la piel, sino por el contenido de sus carácteres.
Hoy yo tengo un sueno!
Yo tengo un sueño que un día en Alabama, con sus racistas viciosos, con su Governador con sus labios goteando palabras de interposición y nulificación, un día allí en Alabama los pequeños negros, niños y niñas, podrán unir las manos con pequeños blancos, niños y niñas, como hermanos y hermanas.
Hoy yo tengo un sueno!
Yo tengo un sueño que algun día cada valle será elevado, y cada colina y montaña serán hechas llanas. Los lugares más ásperos serán aplanados y los lugares torcidos serán hechos rectos, “y la gloria de Dios será revelada y todo género humano se verá junto.
Esta es nuestra esperanza. Esta es la fé con la cual yo regreso al Sur. Con esta fé podremos labrar de la montaña de la desesperación, una piedra de esperanza. Con esta fé podremos transformar el sonido discordante de nuestra nación en una hermosa sinfonía de hermandad. Con esta fé podremos trabajar juntos, rezar juntos, luchar juntos, ir a la cárcel juntos, pararse juntos por la libertad, sabiendo que algún día seremos libres, y este es el día. Este será el día cuando todos los hijos de Dios podrán cantar con nuevos sentidos “Mi País es de ti, dulce tierra de libertad a ti yo canto. Tierra donde mi padre murió, tierra del orgullo de los peregrinos, de cada lado de la montaña, dejemos resonar la libertad.” Y si América va a ser una grande nación, ésto tendrá que hacerse realidad.