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In the matters of weather
And who, upon awakening, can unequivocally say… what the day will bring? As it happened, even before he had reached his seventh tender year of bucolic life, that surprising country boy had compiled an extensive abundance of skills to interpret his passage through the world. This prosperity of multiple possibilities that he held on how…
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Awareness of the moment
I believe that unlike other people, I have never lost myself and have always known where I can be found. In fact I find it hard to believe, and very much so, that somebody could actually lose himself. From “The Treasure”, in the book, Searching for treasures by edudelcorral By the birds as they sang,…
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Games in the park
Like all the kids, it seemed that in the eternity of time’s passage, his birthday would never arrive They were in the shade of the trees, gathered in one of the walkways of the park, exactly in front of the stone church that gave the town its special charm. His mother had ordered a…
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Among myths and twinkling lights
And during the long summer nights, he would recreate the epic stories, as described by those intriguing far away lights Also, he would explain how they were grouped into constellations and tell him the stories behind those ancient stars. What the boy liked most of these nocturnal sessions were the stories, as told by these ancient stars.…
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The significance of the moment
And it was after many years had gone by that he asked himself, when had he stopped carrying his marbles in his pocket, especially the one he called “The Tiger’s eye”, for that was the moment when for better or for worse, he had become a grown up and learned to put up with life. After…
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The bitter winds
And when he closed the door behind himself, and to his surprise… he found a world waiting for his arrival Another smile lit up his face as he realized that in effect, he was the only one awake in the farm. Relaxed, he walked soundlessly to the house’s door. He opened it slowly, making sure it didn’t creak…
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The smiles in the morning
And naively, we imagine ourselves measuring time passing by our lives, when it’s our lives who are passing by in time Convinced he went to bed. He felt the fatigue invade his awareness, dragging toward that mysterious dream world. He still resisted sleep, as he kept on repeating that simple phrase, searching for the hidden power in its…
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The power of repetition
And so, he discovered the extent of his own personal belief Upon that certain morning, so many years ago, Magnífico decided to make a supreme effort; he would wake very early in the morning and arrive at the shed before his father did. This was how he would unequivocally demonstrate his capacity to perform his share…
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The morning prayers
And he discovered that when he felt sad, his eyes would mist, and he marvelled that this could be so And now, so many years and so much life after, every day at that peaceful hour, he prayed for his mother and for his father, taken from him when he was barely ten years old. …
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So much life after
As the years went by, these became an entire lifetime The days of his infancy overflowed with of a multitude of events and chores, all of these bathed in that particular colourful light of the innocent freshness of childhood. And yet, those so special moments, right before dawn of the new day would stay as…