Pearls by Sade

There is a woman in Somalia

Scraping for pearls on the roadside

There is a force stronger than nature

Keeps her will alive

This is how she's dying

She's dying to survive

Don't know what she's made of

I would like to be that brave

She cries to the heaven above

There is a stone in my heart

She lives a life she didn't choose

And it hurts like brand-new shoes

Hurts like brand-new shoes

There is a woman in Somalia

The sun gives her no mercy

The same sky we lay under

Burns her to the bone

Long as afternoon shadows

It's gonna take her to get home

Each grain carefully wrapped up

Pearls for her little girl

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

She cries to the heaven above

There is a stone in my heart

She lives a life she didn't choose

And it hurts like brand-new shoes

Hurts like brand-new shoes

Note: One of my favorite songs in this whole wide world, it makes me cry, every time; by one of my favorite singers of all times.

International Women's Day

Today I woke up so happy, and thank God it's the International Women's Day.
So I sent my lovely ladies an email/text both in English and in Criol, expressing how I feel about this day, today and always.I'd like to share my words.

Congratulations.

Today, once again and how it should be everyday,

we are recognized in this day, March 8th.

Today more than ever,

I want you to always believe in reaching your dreams

and to believe in the positive power of your mind.

Today, way more than yesterday,

and less than tomorrow,

I want you to know that you can do

and be everything you want.

All you have to say is 'YES! I CAN.'

I could go on and on [...] with references to our day, today, but I wont.

As a woman, I'd like to express that self esteem, self knowing, self respect and all those other

SELFness are always NUMBER ONE along with SELF LOVE.

Happy International Women's Day

A Message to My Twin

We were born on the same year,
On the same day,

of a different month,

to different parents.

We were born in the same country,

Brought up with the same traditions,

in different islands,

to different families.

We are so close,

yet so far.

We lived in the same country,

but in different cities.

We met twenty-one years later,

through a mutual friend,

Who did the best thing in this world,

and isn't even aware of it.

We said 'hi' to each other like perfect strangers do,

but our friendship grew stronger and deeper by day.

As we began to talk,

We learned that were doing the same major,

had similar goals, and dreams,

but all with different paths to make.

Since day one, we've kept in touch,

we've shared many human experiences together.

We know each other's deepest secrets,

and desires.

Traveling the world,

Meeting new people.

Experiencing new cultures.

Fearing love,

Respecting others,

Enjoying new things.

These and many more that happened in the past,

which is happening now,

and with no doubts will happen in the future,

are things we are experiencing each day of our lives.

You are short,

I am tall.

You are skinny,
I am heavier.

You are lighter,

I am darker.

But these are differences that makes us the same.

Our closeness is unique,

something not shared with many.

We have a unique position in

sharing perspectives on life.

We experience the need for space,

yet we are always unseparable.

We say to be humans,

we say to be women,

we say to be friends,

we say to be lovers,

we say to be sisters,

but above all,

we say to be twins.

(You know who you are. Thank you for all these amazing human experiences. Thanks to our mutual friend, our "minino", may God be always with us. [Can I get an Amen!]

-Amen)

What's something everyone, should know how to do?

Answer: SELF-KNOWING

PS: What do you think ?

Antioxidants

Antioxidant:

An-ti-ox-i-dant [an-tee-ok-si-duhnt]

noun

1.

Chemistry. anysubstance that inhibits oxidation, as asubstance that inhibits oxidative deterioration of gasoline,rubbers, plastics, soaps, etc.

2.

Biochemistry . an enzyme or other organic substance, asvitamin E or beta carotene, that is capable of counteractingthe damaging effects of oxidation in animal tissues.

"You are my Sunshine, my only Sunshine,

you make me happy, when skies are gray,

You'll never know dear, how much I love you,

Please don't take my Sunshine away."

-Johnny Cash

PS: This was the first song I ever taught my little cousin and godson, Christopher. Six years later, and this song, remains one of his favorites.

A plena luz de sol sucede el día,
el día sol, el silencioso sello
extendido en los campos del camino.

Yo soy un hombre luz, con tanta rosa,
con tanta claridad destinada
que llegaré a morirme de fulgor.

Y no divido el mundo en dos mitades,
en dos esferas negras o amarillas
sino que lo mantengo a plena luz
como una sola uva de topacio.

Hace tiempo, allá lejos,
puse los pies en un país tan claro
que hasta la noche era fosforescente:
sigo oyendo el rumor de aquella luz,
ámbar redondo es todo el cielo:
el azúcar azul sube del mar.

Otra vez, ya se sabe, y para siempre
sumo y agrego luz al patriotismo:
mis deberes son duramente diurnos:
debo entregar y abrir nuevas ventanas,
establecer la claridad invicta
y aunque no me comprendan, continuar
mi propaganda de cristalería.

No sé por qué le toca a un enlutado
de origen, a un producto del invierno,
a un provinciano con olor a lluvia
esta reverberante profesión.

A veces pienso imitar la humildad
y pedir que perdonen mi alegría
pero no tengo tiempo: es necesario
llegar temprano y correr a otra parte
sin más motivo que la luz de hoy,
mi propia luz o la luz de la noche:
y cuando ya extendí la claridad
en ese punto o en otro cualquiera
me dicen que está oscuro en el Perú,
que no salió la luz en Patagonia.

Y sin poder dormir debo partir:
para qué aprendería a transparente!

Hoy, este abierto mediodía vuela
con todas las abejas de la luz:
es una sola copa la distancia,
al territorio claro de mi vida.

Y brilla el sol hacia Valparaíso.

by PABLO NERUDA