Fw: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[Gabriel Luci]

If this is ahoax, I am coming to your home or
workplace.

el humano


--- s~Z <keith at pfmentum.com> wrote:
> >Gabriel Garcia Marquez* has retired from public
> life due to
> > > health reasons: cancer of the lymph nodes. It
> seems that it is
> > > getting worse. He has sent this farewell letter
> to his friends,
> > > which has been translated and posted on the
> Internet. Please
> > > read and forward to any who might enjoy it. This
> is possibly,
> > > sadly, one of the last gifts to humanity from a
> true master.
> > > This short text, written by one of the most
> brilliant Latin
> > > Americans in recent times, is truly moving.
> > > _______________
> > > If for an instant God were to forget that I am
> rag doll and gifted
> > > me with a piece of life, possibly I wouldn't say
> all that I think, but
> > > rather I would think of all that I say. I would
> value things, not
> > > for their worth but for what they mean. I would
> sleep little, dream
> > > more, understanding that for each minute we
> close our eyes we lose
> > > sixty seconds of light.
> > >
> > > I would walk when others hold back, I would wake
> when others
> > > sleep. I would listen when others talk, and how
> I would enjoy a
> > > good chocolate ice cream! If God were to give me
> a piece of life,
> > > I would dress simply, throw myself face first
> into the sun, baring
> > > not only my body but also my soul. My God, if I
> had a heart, I
> > > would write my hate on ice, and wait for the sun
> to show. Over
> > > the stars I would paint with a Van Gogh dream a
> Benedetti poem,
> > > and a Serrat song would be the serenade I'd
> offer to the moon.
> > > With my tears I would water roses, to feel the
> pain of their thorns,
> > > and the red kiss of their petals...
> > >
> > > My god, if I had a piece of life... I wouldn't
> let a single day pass
> > > without telling the people I love that I love
> them. I would convince
> > > each woman and each man that they are my
> favorites, and I would
> > > live in love with love. I would show men how
> very wrong they are
> > > to think that they cease to be in love when they
> grow old, not
> > > knowing that they grow old when they cease to be
> in love! To a
> > > child I shall give wings, but I shall let him
> learn to fly on his own.
> > > I would teach the old that death does not come
> with old age, but
> > > with forgetting. So much have I learned from
> you, oh men...
> > >
> > > I have learned that everyone wants to live on
> the peak of the
> > > mountain, without knowing that real happiness is
> in how it is
> > > scaled. I have learned that when a newborn child
> squeezes for the
> > > first time with his tiny fist his father's
> finger, he has him trapped
> > > forever. I have learned that a man has the right
> to look down on
> > > another only when he has to help the other get
> to his feet. From
> > > you I have learned so many things, but in truth
> they won't be of
> > > much use, for when I keep them within this
> suitcase, unhappily
> > > shall I be dying.
> > >
> > > GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
> > >
> >
> >
> 
>
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