Javier es una de las personas que mas han impactado mi vida. Ayer domingo fue aniversario de su muerte. Murió unos meses antes de cumplir los 22 años de edad y tiene 34 años de muerto.
Javier era un perfecto caballero y por su trato, absolutamente la delicia de todas las mujeres que conoció. Su novia lo adoraba y a mi madre nadie le podía haber caido mejor.
Fue uno de los tres grandes amigos que he tenido y excelente compañero de aventuras. Estas aventuras incluyen haber ido, manejando, en un Renault 8S, a San Diego cuando tenía el 19 años de edad. Salimos una madrugada rumbo de Cd Juárez para llegar a las 12 del día, y volver a emprender el camino a las ocho de la mañana del día siguiente. El se quedó un año, para aprender inglés; y yo me regresé a la semana.
La muerte tiene la desagradable caracterísitica de llevarse a destiempo a los que mas extrañaremos, y cuando se lleva a un muchacho, queda la pregunta de que habría sido de él como adulto, pero lo que la muerte no me va a quitar es el recuerdo de este muchacho, tan íntegro, leal, amistoso, respetuoso, cortés y de quien he tratado de aprender estas virtudes.
Algunas personas se van de tu vida, y sin embargo permanecen contigo todos los dias. Javier era ese tipo de persona.
Death leaves a heartache than no one can heal, but love leaves a memory that no one can steal.
lunes, 31 de mayo de 2010
domingo, 30 de mayo de 2010
Rolling Thunder 2010
Rolling Thunder is an annual event that takes place on Memorial Day in which all veterans drive into Washington, D.C. in a show of strength 400,000 strong to call on government attention to POW's and MIA's.
But the roar of the motorcycles they ride in will really thrill you. Watch some videos on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lMzZNIw9KY&feature=related
But the roar of the motorcycles they ride in will really thrill you. Watch some videos on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lMzZNIw9KY&feature=related
viernes, 28 de mayo de 2010
Lucía
Lucía es una de mis primas de mayor edad, anda pegándole a los setenta años de edad. Y para que vean que tengo una familia dispar, también tengo una prima que apenas tiene los diez años de edad.
Lucía se casó en 1965, cuando tenía, quizá, 25 años de edad. A los pocos meses de casada llegó a casa una noche y le dijo a mi papá: "te manda saludar mi papá y me dijo que viniera a platicar contigo, que tú podrías ayudarme".
Mi papá le respondió preguntándole; "¿qué pasa, m'hija?"
Ella le respondió, que su marido había comenzado a golpearla y le preguntó a mi papá: "¿que hago, tio?"
La respuesta fue rápida y sencilla: "déjalo".
"pero tio, es que lo quiero mucho"
E igual de rápido vino la siguiente: "ah, pos entonces quédate".
La conversación inmediatamente cambió de giro y el tema no se trató mas, hasta que unos meses después regresó Lucía.
"¿Ahora que pasó?", le preguntó mi padre.
"Después de lo que me dijiste, pues me quedé con él, pero me siguió pegando. Pero ya me dí cuenta de que por mucho que lo quiera, este hombre no tiene remedio y ya lo dejé"..
Lucía se quedó a merendar ese día, a mi me mandaron a la cama, y con Lucía hicieron un planecito de acción para que saliera adelante con el hijo (o hija, ya no me acuerdo) que había tenido con ese bestia.
Lucía tuvo problemas económicos después de eso, pero no se murió de hambre y no fue sobajada después de eso.
Debería yo de darme una vuelta uno de estos dias, para ver como le ha ido...
Lucía se casó en 1965, cuando tenía, quizá, 25 años de edad. A los pocos meses de casada llegó a casa una noche y le dijo a mi papá: "te manda saludar mi papá y me dijo que viniera a platicar contigo, que tú podrías ayudarme".
Mi papá le respondió preguntándole; "¿qué pasa, m'hija?"
Ella le respondió, que su marido había comenzado a golpearla y le preguntó a mi papá: "¿que hago, tio?"
La respuesta fue rápida y sencilla: "déjalo".
"pero tio, es que lo quiero mucho"
E igual de rápido vino la siguiente: "ah, pos entonces quédate".
La conversación inmediatamente cambió de giro y el tema no se trató mas, hasta que unos meses después regresó Lucía.
"¿Ahora que pasó?", le preguntó mi padre.
"Después de lo que me dijiste, pues me quedé con él, pero me siguió pegando. Pero ya me dí cuenta de que por mucho que lo quiera, este hombre no tiene remedio y ya lo dejé"..
Lucía se quedó a merendar ese día, a mi me mandaron a la cama, y con Lucía hicieron un planecito de acción para que saliera adelante con el hijo (o hija, ya no me acuerdo) que había tenido con ese bestia.
Lucía tuvo problemas económicos después de eso, pero no se murió de hambre y no fue sobajada después de eso.
Debería yo de darme una vuelta uno de estos dias, para ver como le ha ido...
Memorial Day
You're a grand old flag, you're a high flying flag
and forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave...
Every heart beats true, for the red, white and blue
and forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave...
Every heart beats true, for the red, white and blue
jueves, 27 de mayo de 2010
Adversity
Adversity is what makes you mature. The growing soul is watered best by tears of sadness - Charles Schulz, Peanuts.
Or, if you haven't cried, you haven't learned.
Or, if you haven't cried, you haven't learned.
miércoles, 26 de mayo de 2010
There are worse things...
There are worse things you can do to the people you love than kill them....
Integrity
in·teg·ri·ty (¹n-tµg“r¹-t¶) n. 1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. 2. The state of being unimpaired; soundness. 3. The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness.
íntegro, gra.
(Del lat. intĕger, -gra).
1. adj. Que no carece de ninguna de sus partes.
2. adj. Dicho de una persona: Recta, proba, intachable.
A code of ethics can be personal or adopted, but there has to be a code of ethics if you are to qualify a person as having Integrity. You cannot, however, have a code of ethics that shifts daily. That is to say: a person can't have a set of beliefs today and switch it to another tomorrow. It might be a confortable position, but it means that the person lacks Integrity. Also called shifting the goal posts...
You can apply this quality to a man or a woman, and it is one of the first and most important signifiers, if you want to think of this man or woman as a gentleman or a lady.
If you change your beliefs daily, you lack Integrity. Stephen Covey says in his book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" that you have to have integrity in the critical moments. You have to be true to yourself and a code of ethics that does not change according to whichever way the wind is blowing.
Also related to this is what I call the Intention of an act. This one might be more flexible, in the sense that you may have your own code of ethics that does not match the code of ethics of the people you relate to, but if you accept the consequences of your act, the Intention might be good.
The Intention of an Act is followed by the Act itself and the Consequences of an Act. As I said, if your intentions are good, the act will probably be good and therefore the consequences.
If the Intention of the Act is confused, there is ample reason to suspect that the three complete parts of the Act are probably suspect.
Elizabeth Hilt's book on The Perfect Bitch lacks Integrity, because the intention of the book is not necessarily to solve a problem, but also seeks to confront the two persons in a relationship, be it personal or a professional relationship. This is a commercial book written for women that really do not know how to address and solve a problem with a relationship with a man. It would be wiser to take the man in your life to therapy. I don't mean YOU personally, but if the shoe fits, by all means wear it....
As for the Categorical Imperative, I will refer you directly to Wikipedia and a simple description of what it is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative
Which to me means that you can do whatever you want as long as you accept the consequences of your actions, without expecting reward or punishment of any sort.
Good Will, Duty and the Categorical Imperative
First Formulation: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
Second Formulation: Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.
Third Formulation: Therefore, every rational being must so act as if he were through his maxim always a legislating member in the universal kingdom of ends.
There! I changed some of the wording again and this time I hope I don't get any unnecessarily disagreeable comments. I'm doing the best I can here, so bear with me.
íntegro, gra.
(Del lat. intĕger, -gra).
1. adj. Que no carece de ninguna de sus partes.
2. adj. Dicho de una persona: Recta, proba, intachable.
A code of ethics can be personal or adopted, but there has to be a code of ethics if you are to qualify a person as having Integrity. You cannot, however, have a code of ethics that shifts daily. That is to say: a person can't have a set of beliefs today and switch it to another tomorrow. It might be a confortable position, but it means that the person lacks Integrity. Also called shifting the goal posts...
You can apply this quality to a man or a woman, and it is one of the first and most important signifiers, if you want to think of this man or woman as a gentleman or a lady.
If you change your beliefs daily, you lack Integrity. Stephen Covey says in his book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" that you have to have integrity in the critical moments. You have to be true to yourself and a code of ethics that does not change according to whichever way the wind is blowing.
Also related to this is what I call the Intention of an act. This one might be more flexible, in the sense that you may have your own code of ethics that does not match the code of ethics of the people you relate to, but if you accept the consequences of your act, the Intention might be good.
The Intention of an Act is followed by the Act itself and the Consequences of an Act. As I said, if your intentions are good, the act will probably be good and therefore the consequences.
If the Intention of the Act is confused, there is ample reason to suspect that the three complete parts of the Act are probably suspect.
Elizabeth Hilt's book on The Perfect Bitch lacks Integrity, because the intention of the book is not necessarily to solve a problem, but also seeks to confront the two persons in a relationship, be it personal or a professional relationship. This is a commercial book written for women that really do not know how to address and solve a problem with a relationship with a man. It would be wiser to take the man in your life to therapy. I don't mean YOU personally, but if the shoe fits, by all means wear it....
As for the Categorical Imperative, I will refer you directly to Wikipedia and a simple description of what it is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative
Which to me means that you can do whatever you want as long as you accept the consequences of your actions, without expecting reward or punishment of any sort.
Good Will, Duty and the Categorical Imperative
First Formulation: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
Second Formulation: Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.
Third Formulation: Therefore, every rational being must so act as if he were through his maxim always a legislating member in the universal kingdom of ends.
There! I changed some of the wording again and this time I hope I don't get any unnecessarily disagreeable comments. I'm doing the best I can here, so bear with me.
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