The Love of Winter

The wind blows
unceasingly
and autumn leaves
fall and keep falling.

It is amazing how much snow
there is too much cold

everything seems sad,

everything seems alone.

But……

A ray bursts on the horizon

with its burst of light;

and illuminates my face

just a moment ... It´s not warmth….

It´s love.

She is my summer

She is my warmth
Open the door of my heart,

Doesn´t matter how much cold.

100% of the Senses

I’m watching

Many squirrel struggling for the control of the herd, jumping from one tree to another, risking their life for the supremacy of the group. 

I’m listening:

The shout of a squirrel that is attacking from the herd, and the sound of the wind of winter. 

I smell:

The smell of the grass that is recently mowing at the stadium of softball.

I’m touching:

The silver pencil which I´m writing, and a stick tree that helped me to clean the stone where I am sitting. 

I’m thinking:

How can I use the information that I am collecting?  

Are the squirrels trying to hit a squirrel that belong to a different group and overcome their lands.

Why the gardener is mowing the grass in the field of softball if the grass is not so long.

I heat winter.

I have a lot of work to do for the business class.

I need to call my family today during the afternoon.

For Freedom, We Will Have To Give All

For this freedom to be closely tied

to the desire of the people

we will have to give all.

For this freedom of sunflower

which opens with the same rights and opportunities to everyone

and

closes with the repression of ideas.

We will have to give all.

 In this land that wakes

We will have to give all

There is no alternative but freedom. 

There is no option better than freedom

No other country than freedom.

For this freedom which is the empire of youth,

for this freedom

beautiful as life

we will have to give all

if necessary until our shadow

and that will never be enough.

Same as humans, gods also sin. Don´t think that envy and revenge are just human behaviors because life on earth is just the reflection of the Gods will.  Despite the Olympus Gods having everything in heaven, they were always envying how mortals sinned without any remorse. For humans, every year represents a new opportunity to begin a new life; however, Olympus Gods were destined to exist for the whole eternity without the possibility of fulfilling a different mission in their immortal life.

Although people worshiped the Olympus Gods, humans were surprised how the Immortal envied how their lives are surrounded by sin and pleasures. For that reason, the Olympus Gods decided to show their supremacy to humans through the celebration of a carnaval where they would copy and overcome people behavior. Humans had to attend this celebration; otherwise, the revenge of the Gods would fall on all of them. To guarantee that the carnival would be magnificent certain other divine were invited. Dionisio the God of the wine, Aphrodite the goddess of love and desire, and Demeter the goddess of fertility.

Although humans were invited, they disregarded the invitation because they knew that the aim of the carnival was to show them immortals´ supremacy. Beside, mortals were exhausted worshiping the Immortals because they believed that God's supremacy on earth was a way to restrict humans senses, such as passion, desire, obsession and lust. Humans loved sin.  For that reason, they decide not to attend the Gods´ invitation as a proof of rebellion.

The day of the carnival every God was there, including all the Gods that would bring the representation of humans’ sins. Everything seemed that the event would be a success. However, there was an important detail that was absent in the celebration “humans”. Without the presence of humans there was nobody who could worship the Immortals. Without someone to worship them, they were also not Gods.

As a revenge for disobeying the Gods orders, they decided to reprimand the humans´ behavior with two big punishments. The first punishment was done by Poseidon, who created tsunamies, and the second one was done by Zeus, who punished humans with hurricanes. Although humans understood the Gods supremacy, they also realized that Gods them need to be Gods.

Climbing the Mountain

Please God don't remove the mountain because I haven't finished climbing. At the beginning of the year 2011, I had many expectations for the year because I knew that after many years I would move to a different country to learn English.

Finally, my girlfriend and I moved to Atlanta. Although we thought that living in the US would be an easy process and would the like a vacation, we were wrong because learning a second language is something that demands a lot of time and effort. Likely, the easier solution would be return to our country and give up our dream. However, we decided to struggle and continue with the process of learning English despite the difficulties that it represented for us.

All of this summed up in one word "perseverance". It is not the shocks or falling dawn that a make man fail. Rather it his unwillingness to get up and move on. Nowadays, I know that this is only the first step in a long path that probably will never finish because after climbing one´s first high mountain, a person usually discoves that there are many other mountains to climb.

Although I don't know when I will get to the first mountain top, I expect that at the end of 2012 we will be able to harvest the first fruits of all these efforts. Despite uncertainty, for me what is really important is that I will say that I never gave up.

Yellow Beach

Many years ago in Africa, there was a unique lion of his species because the color of his skin resembled a golden color. For this reason all hunters wished to seize the lion to have its skin in their collections. Despite the effort of all hunters to catch him, neither of them was able to grab him. The most famous hunter of Africa was obsessed about catching him, becoming the shadow of the lion, following him during the day and the night. However, whenever the hunter tried to trap the animal, he always escaped into the jungle. The longer he tried to catch the animal his obsession increased. The lion´s ability to camouflage himself avoid that hunters couldn´t track his movements.

One day, when the lion was walking on the beach, the hunter caught the animal in a cage, pointed at him with his gun, with the objective to kill the lion and take to his collection. Nonetheless, when he was ready to pull the trigger, the hunter realized that if he killed this animal his beauty would not be the same. At this moment, the skin of the lion began to shine, blinding the hunter´s eyes, and also whispering words to the hunter. The lion proposed to the hunter, that if he were allowed to continue living, he could visit the hunter every day of his life. Initially the hunter was skeptical of the lion´s proposal, but after seeing the animal one more time he accepted the offer made.

The next day, the hunter went to the same beach to watch the animal. However, he realized that the animal was not there. Nevertheless, he saw something different in the sand and the ocean. At that moment, he understood that the animal would not come any more because he had never gone. The gold color of the lion will always be in the gold color of the sand, and his power in the energy of the ocean.

A Colombian in Wonderful Wedding in India

 
I don’t remember the last time when I saw the cartoon “Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp”. However, I remember that the genie could provide only three wishes to the lamp´s owner Aladdin. One of Aladdin's wishes was falling in love with the princess Jasmine. Although the genie couldn´t fulfill this desire with magic, he was able to assist the princess, love. As in almost all Disney movies, the end of the story has a perfect finale, with wonderful music, beautiful colors, and everybody happy, celebrating the wedding between the prince and the princess. This magical conclusion seems to only happen in Disney movies.

However, almost one year ago, I had to attend to a wedding in Mumbai, India, where the fiction of cartoons became reality. It was a wedding for almost 800 guests. I had never imagined that a wedding in India could be so spectacular. All the women were dressed in beautiful Sarees with their hands painted with black and red inks. The bride was dressed in one of the most beautiful striking dresses that I have ever seen. There were two main colors in the bride´s dress, yellow symbolizing the prosperity of the couple, and red representing fertility. The groom wore a turban with a veil of flowers streaming down in front of his face to protect him from evil spirits.

Besides the beautiful dresses and decorations, what was really amazing was the amount of symbolism used in Indian weddings. After the wedding, the groom's father threw flower petals on the newlyweds. Furthermore, one of the most awesome aspects of the wedding was the temple where the couple made promise to love each other for the rest of their lives. In this sanctuary love is everywhere. Decorated with white roses and a hundreds of lights, the shrine looked like the representation of heaven on earth.

I can say with confidence that any Colombian woman would like to have a Indian weeding, where the magic of Disney becomes a reality.

Your only possession is the moment

Are you afraid about what the future could bring?
Do not look for answers in books
Do not cling to anything,

Because the answer is only in yourself.

Do not worry about yesterday:
it has gone,  

Now there are only traces of what was and was not.

Do not panic about tomorrow:
not yet reached.
Live without nostalgia or hope:
your only possession is the moment



Dishwasher: Economy in time and money

Dishwasher: Economy in time and money

Sharing space. Everything what she want.

In Atlanta …. only English

I forgot what fashion is.... Tradition before everything

I forgot what fashion is.... Tradition before everything

Sorrow

I didn't realize what I made,

I thought that time always cures everything,

However, nowadays I lost her and this terrible sorrow doesn´t disappear,

Now I´m aware that neither time nor distance could help me to forget her.

My beloved Cartagena



Castle of san Felipe

Growing up in a city where the pollution and the traffic is a part my everyday life, and the stress for my responsibilities makes me feel exhausted; the possibility of escaping from that reality represents for me a stop on the way. In just two hours north of my home, I can find that place where all my stress disappears and my desire for enjoying my life takes place. That city is Cartagena de Indias.

The opportunity to find a place where the tropical environment is mixed with history represents for me the perfect place. It´s great wall, churches, narrow streets and beautiful architecture make this city one of the most romantic cities in the world. For me, whenever I visit Cartagena, time seems to stop and take me back to the colonial period.

The possibility of staying on the beach with my friends, drinking a delicious whisky and listening to a band playing the accordion, represents the pleasure of life for me. I have been in this city at least once a year during the last ten years, and each time that I visited the beautiful city I have felt all my concerns and stress disappear. Every time I leave, Cartagena always comes to my mind and the moment when I will return.  I hope that one day I can move to this city and live the rest of my life there.

Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you



Me in the world

Probably one of the hardest jobs for a person is to define who he is in this life you are. In my case, I can´t say that I have an exact definition of myself. A definition would reduce to indicate what I have done in my life and my objectives for the future. I believe that the best way to find out who I am, is to identify my life´s ideologies and how they are connect with my life.

Growing up in a country where social conflicts were common and respect for life had little importance, I realized that one of my life´s objectives was helping to protect people´s rights. For that reason, I decided to study law, thinking that it was the best way to learn what justice means. Having studied for this career, I could understand what important for me is the respect for people rights. For that reason, I believe “justice” and “fairness” is a part of my personality and is how I want to be identified.

Although the definition of "justice" and "fairness" is something that I haven´t finished understanding, I believe that the meanings of these words reduce to the golden rule: “"Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you”.

MISSION

Equilibrium in life

Actually, I am a lawyer and public accountant, and I have been working as a tax advisor for more than 7 years. I am really satisfied with working in these professions because the experience has fulfilled one of my life´s goals. I know that's just the first step in a long journey that demands more time and effort from me to be recognized as one of the best tax advisors of Colombia.

Even though I know that I want to work as a tax advisor, I believe that my presence on the earth should be something more than being an excellent professional. I believe that being successful in this life does not depend on how much money a person can pile up or how powerful one can get.

If money were everything in life, it would mean that we are nothing without it. For this reason, one of my purposes in life is to find how I can help my country´s people. I would like to set up a foundation for the Colombian children, so kids from lower income families can study without being concerned about their economic condition.

Another important purpose in my life is helping to educate lawyers and accountants through my knowledge acquired during years of experience. I believe that the only way a person's ideas do not disappear the day of his death, is by sharing knowledge acquired during one´s life. For that reason, I desire to continue working as a teacher, to contribute to my country´s development.

In relation to my private life, I can say that God has blessed me with my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my girlfriend, with whom I have been living happily for more than three years. To sum up, if I can mix my professional activities with my private life I could say that my time on earth will have been successful.