Wake up, my brothers and sisters!

Wake up and learn that we’re all prisoners

Prisoners of life, time, fear, and death

And of every dream we dream, and of every hope we hope

And there is nothing we can do about it

The Book of Nature

Man knows Not how to read it

The Word, however, is everywhere

Carved in stone

Nature’s handwritten Signature

Shapes every Tree

It should be the best of times, never the worst of times.

It should be the age of optimism for the present and a healthy hope for the future.

It should be the epoch of Truth and Justice.

It should be the Season of Light and Light only.

It should be the time of the Awakening of Humanity.

Do you remember Rose?

Love asked me

I dropped to my knees

My tears rivalled the sea

Tears on the sand

The immeasurable sky

Heard my cry

The immeasurable land

Collected my tears on the sand

Industry without love makes you greedy

Faith without love makes you a fanatic

Justice without love makes you severe

Intelligence without love makes you perverse

Authority without love makes you a tyrant

Politics without love makes you an egomaniac

Truth without love makes you hurtful and cruel

I remember Bella, a girl I loved

In my youthful days

But I never told her that I loved her

I never could

I was so shy.

This sentence is Ingrained in the brains and hearts of some political leaders: ‘A bitter world is urgently needed.’ Please correct it ASAP. Do not make it a sentence. It should say: ‘A better world is urgently needed.’ Everybody, plus the new generations, will thank you.

“Humans are the only animals that trip over the same stone twice.”

You have heard this saying since childhood and know what it means. However, despite its negative tone, the stones on which we stumble over are, sometimes, the best teachers we ever had. Indeed, there is always something new to learn. Let’s see:

Today, I woke up wiser than yesterday

With a blurry knowledge of all things human

Aware somehow of the human enigma

In the beginning, God said, There be light, and the light was everywhere, and the first day was born, and it was a healthy day, and light covered the Earth, and life was everywhere.

The Three States of Human Character.
Several factors condition a person's character. Some say the stars, others say destiny, others say it's God's will, and others say we own our fate.
To the above, I add another factor: the states of water.

As the Earth enters critical cycles, natural and human-provoked, the interest in life on other planets has increased exponentially. Still, the question remains: why, to this date, have we not encountered intelligent extraterrestrials yet?

I fell in love on a starry night
Beneath a rain of shooting stars
What a beautiful sight!
I held her in my arms

When multiplied, weaknesses may become unmanageable forces. Ignorance, for example, might be a weakness; however, if it multiplies, it becomes a power. The power of ignorance has defied wisdom and common sense, defeated civilizations, and conquered the human spirit through millennia.

Creativity applies to any industry. It’s the root of civilization, and so it must be encouraged.
Indeed, we all agree, but how can I boost my creativity?
Many friends and colleagues asked me this question, and to the best of my knowledge and experience, I respond:

1. To boost your creativity, keep your mind, eyes, and ears open 24 hours a day. Yes, 24 hours, because most great ideas come in dreams. So, most importantly, try to remember your dreams.
If you cannot remember your dream, invent one.

When I was a kid, nine years old or so, at the table at dinner time, which happened to be the most significant moment of the day, we all, the family, gathered around the table. The dinner table had mandatory salt and pepper shakers and an oil and vinegar dispenser set.

What's life's purpose? I asked myself
And you, my friend, my brother, I know
You ask yourself the same question
Yet we must convince ourselves we're not alone
My friend, my brother, I don't want to distract you
From whatever keeps you busy or not
But we must focus on our eyes when focusing on nothingness

Nowadays, people favour learning from screens rather than from books. Reading a book demands concentration, thinking, and imagination, which most people avoid. So they favour screens because screens deliver the whole thing instantly, thus diminishing the efforts required to read a book. Several factors may influence this sad trend: new technologies, time, space, volume, cost, life demands, etc.

When I was a boy, I had the feeling
That I had a bird nesting in my chest
A powerful feeling, a powerful bird
I used to watch myself in the mirror
To challenge the relentless stare of the bird
Observing me, scrutinizing me

I dreamed I was born
At a time, one day, somewhere
Among pain, screams, sweat, and blood
My dream was so unreal
Yet I felt alive, crying, breathing
My heart beating
And I was there, a newborn
Me, being held in the hands of destiny