¡Ah, que estoy cansada! Me he reído tanto,
tanto, que a mis ojos ha asomado el llanto.
Tanto, que este rictus que contrae mi boca
es un rastro extraño de mi risa loca.
Tanto, que esta intensa palidez que tengo,
(como retrato de viejo abolengo)
es por la fatiga de la loca risa
que en todos sus nervios su sopor desliza.
¡Ah, que estoy cansada! Dejadme que duerma,
pues, como la angustia, la alegría enferma.
¡Qué rara ocurrencia decir que estoy triste!
¿Cuándo mas alegre que ahora me has visto?
¡Mentira! No tengo ni dudas, ni celos,
ni inquietud, ni angustias, ni penas, ni anhelos.
Si brilla en mis ojos la humedad del llanto
es por el esfuerzo de reírme tanto…
~ Juana de Ibarbourou
"You may be in an odd frame of mind today because you have the idea that you can be emotionally closer to others yet they might choose to be more distant from you. Naturally, this can be stressful and it's best to decide how comfortable you can be before it's too late. Ultimately, it's not just about what you can tolerate; it's also about being with those who are supportive of what you do"
El amor es una fuente inagotable de reflexiones: profundas como la eternidad, altas como el cielo y grandiosas como el universo.
-Alfred Victor de Vigny
Lyrics
Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies
I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come
Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you
And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
-Alan Cohen
The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
-Charles DuBois
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the things which you think you cannot do.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
-Erich Fromm
*idiomatic expression: to do or endure something unpleasant.
