Statutes of Man

Well...there are sometimes it seems I have so many things to think about that I feel like my mind is lazzy, sluggshly....therefore I guess this is why I'm not ispired to write here (pretending I'm a writer...lol) Then the most obvious solutions is to copy something another peson wrote... Last week I was in a boostore and I saw a little book with a poem of Pablo Neruda translated by Thiago de Melo (I already gave the credits...) I had already saw it in a car adverstising and I really like it! So now I gonna write it here for you... For those how know it already it's always good to remember...for those who don't know it yet I hope you like it!

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Article I. - It is decreed that life now has value, that truth now has value, and that offering our hands we will all work for true life.

Article II - It is decreed that all the days of the week, including the grayest of Tuesdays, have the right to become Sunday mornings.

Article III - It is decreed that, from this very instant, there will be sunflowers in all the windows, that the sunflowers have the right to open within the shadow; and that the windows must remain open all day for the green where hope grows.

Article IV - It is decreed that man never more will need to doubt man. That man will trust in man as the palm tree trusts in the wind, as the wind trusts in the air, as the air trusts in the blue field of the sky.

Man will trust in man as a child trusts in another child.

Article V - It is decreed that men will be free from the yoke of lies. Nevermore will it be necessary to use the shield of silence or the armor of words. Man shall sit at the table with a clear gaze, for the truth will be served before dessert.

Article VI - It is established, for ten centuries, the practice dreamed by the prophet Isaías,and the wolf and the sheep will graze together and the food of both will taste of dawn.

Article VII - By irrevocable decree, the everlasting kingdom of justice and clarity is hereby established. And joy will be a generous flag forever raised In the soul of the people.

Article VIII - It is decreed that the greatest pain has always been and always will be not being able to give love to whom you love, knowing that it's water Who gives the plant the miracle of the flower.

Article IX - It is hereby permitted that the daily bread have in man the sign of his sweat. But above all that it always have The warm taste of tenderness.

Article X - It is hereby permitted to any person, At any hour of life, The use of the white dress.

Article XI - It is decreed, by definition, that man is an animal who loves, and that for that reason is beautiful, much more beautiful than the morning star.

Article XII - It is decreed that nothing will be obligatory or banned. Everything will be permitted,even playing with rhinoceroses and walking in the afternoons with an immense begonia in the lapel.

Only one thing is prohibited:to love without love.

Article XIII - It is decreed that money nevermore will be able to buy the sun of future mornings. Expelled from the great coffer of fear, money will be transformed into a fraternal sword in order to defend the right to sing and the feast of the day that dawned.

Final Article - It is hereby forbidden to use the word Freedom, which will be excised from the dictionaries and the treacherous swamp of mouths. From this moment on freedom will be something alive and transparent, like fire or a river, or like a seed of wheat and its dwelling will forever be the heart of man.

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That's it... It's an utopian text, however somethings we can add to our lives...

I don't like rules, don't like preconceptions, don't like lies and I do believe that we have that to be open to change if it's necessary... the only thing that I am totally in favor of is HAPPINESS and this a subjective and personal feeling... each one knows what brings the personal happiness!

But I always think that what matters is not what happens... is how we react to what happens! We can always choose how we are going to react and choose if we are going to be happy or angry? happy or bad mood? happy or worried? happy or anxious? happy or sad? I try, most of the times the first option!

And when everything is @$#*#@*&.... always remember... smiiiiiile! :-)

"God provides the wind... but man must raise the sails...

It's not the blow of the wind... but the set of the sails!!!"

I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.