My blog today invites the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian author and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature. He wrote this at a time when he was dealing with lymphatic cancer in 1999, which he quite happily survived. Do enjoy this excerpt of his thoughts!
If for one instant, God forgot that I was a puppet and He gave me one more piece of life, I would take advantage of that time the best I could. I would probably not say everything I think, but definitely think all I say. I would value things, not for what they are worth, but for what they represent. I would sleep less and dream more. For every minute we close our eyes, we lose sixty seconds of light.
I would continue where others have stopped, and I would rise when others sleep. If God allowed me one more piece of life I would dress more simply, would wallow in sunlight, leaving uncovered not only my body but also my soul. I would prove to men how wrong they are to think that they stop falling in love as they get older, since they actually start getting older as soon as they stop falling in love.
I would give wings to the children, but I would leave the child alone so that he could learn to fly on his own. To the old I would show them how death comes, not with the ageing process, but with forgetting….I have learned that everybody wants to live at the top of the mountain, forgetting that how we climb is all that matters. I have learned that when the newborn grabs his father’s thumb, he takes a hold on him forever.
I have learned that a man has a right to look down on somebody only when he is helping him to get up. Always tell what you feel and do what you think. If I knew that today would be the last time I will see you, I will embrace you strongly to be the guardian of your soul… There is always morning where life gives us another opportunity to make things good.
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