Algunas máximas y una canción para sobrellevar los cumpleaños ( o la irrelevante inexistencia del tiempo)

"Imagínate que no hubiera vida humana sobre el planeta y sólo estuviera habitado por plantas y animales...¿que día de la semana sería hoy?. Eckhart Tolle. El Poder del Ahora.

Everything in life is a matter of choice. There are only two things
we have no choice about. We cannot avoid these two things no matter how hard we try. The first is that we must die. Death is an absolute certainty. And the second thing we have no choice about is that we must live until we die. Now understand this - everything else in your life that you think you have to do, or are forced to do, is a choice. (...) Just as a drop of water has all the qualities of the ocean, you have all the qualities of the Creator within you". Dr. Robert Anthony. Beyond Positive Thinking.

Imagina una vida de cien años y espera morir en las próximas veinticuatro horas. Proverbio Zen.

"As you know, you have to go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you want". U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. December 9, 2004,

"I pictured a rainbow
You held in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw then plan
I wondered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!
You were there at the turnstiles
With the wind at your heels
You stretched for the stars
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!
I was grounded
While you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truths
You cut through lies
I saw the rain-dirty valley
You saw brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
I spoke about wings
You just flew
I wondered, I guessed, and I tried
You just knew
I sighed
But you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!
With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!
Unicorns and cannonballs,
Palaces and piers,
Trumpets, towers, and tenemets,
Wide oceans full of tears,
Flag, rags, ferry boats,
Scimitars and scarves,
Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars
You climbed on the ladder
With the wind in your sails
You came like a comet
Blazing your trail
Too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!

The Whole of the moon. Waterboys. This is the Sea. 1985.