The white patch of something grey-looking was standing ahead of us. Even after so many years of coming up to this points, I still find it hard to believe that is snow. In the mountain of Pirin, in the middle of sunny July, in my home country of Bulgaria winter always seems so far away, like it is never coming back again.
I used to think hiking was to become a hugely important part of my life. But that doesn't come often to mind these days. Yet, that image of the muddy snow, stuck in a place where sun isn't strong enough to melt it, is an often guest to my day dreaming mind. The feeling of that stone cold consistence warms me up in my coldest of days, pumping up magic and wonder up my veins. And in those moments I once again feel that reverence for the snowy patches of another, better reality.
Yesterday, just near midnight, I walked the quiet street of my home town. And I swear to you, I could hear the silence, making its way up the cobbled streets and washing over me. Then came the scent of the rain, that was going to cover everything in the morning. That wondrous aroma of hope... Where was I all these years? Is this the place I grew up in? Why haven't I seen all the beauty sooner? Are the green hill sides other patches of that other reality? Is my balcony a viewing room to a better world?
I have a lesson for you today, you wonderful people! Don't let your future get in the way of your present. See all the beauty surrounding you, even when you think there is no beauty at all. Even if your road ahead is a cobbled street, those have a charm of their own...
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Turning tables
I knew he was rather the risk taker from the moment I shook hands with him. He told me his story and I still can't manage to categorize it. Was it sad, or happy,or miraculous that after everything he went through he was still in his right mind. I still find it amazing how other people, people that are complete strangers, may at times show you the answers you looked so hard for.I learned that day that sometimes you have to stop fighting the tide and surrender yourself to the numerous opportunities that come your way.
You told me your story. Now I want to tell you how it felt listening to it. You told me how lost you were and I, with my selfishness, thought about how I often times feel like fading in the blackness. You spoke about the pain of losing a loved one but how can I know what it is, when I have never been loved... You showed me the place in your soul where there was nothing but a hole, wide open, more hideous and crooked than an open flesh wound could ever be. And for a beautiful moment I stopped thinking, I stopped looking inwards to my tortured pretend to-be-problems. You helped me. Won't that stop the big black hole inside of you form widening?
Since when did someone else's suffering become so real? Or is it like that only for me? No! I will stop turning everything into a personal issue! That was what you made me promise. And I tend to keep my promises. You told me one last thing, before you went back to your exile. Do you remember? You told me that we are all together in our loneliness. And since that day I've never felt lonely again. So know I want to help you,my miserable friend! If we are all together in the happiness, if we're all together in the loneliness...then you were never alone! Want it or not, you never will be!
You told me your story. Now I want to tell you how it felt listening to it. You told me how lost you were and I, with my selfishness, thought about how I often times feel like fading in the blackness. You spoke about the pain of losing a loved one but how can I know what it is, when I have never been loved... You showed me the place in your soul where there was nothing but a hole, wide open, more hideous and crooked than an open flesh wound could ever be. And for a beautiful moment I stopped thinking, I stopped looking inwards to my tortured pretend to-be-problems. You helped me. Won't that stop the big black hole inside of you form widening?
Since when did someone else's suffering become so real? Or is it like that only for me? No! I will stop turning everything into a personal issue! That was what you made me promise. And I tend to keep my promises. You told me one last thing, before you went back to your exile. Do you remember? You told me that we are all together in our loneliness. And since that day I've never felt lonely again. So know I want to help you,my miserable friend! If we are all together in the happiness, if we're all together in the loneliness...then you were never alone! Want it or not, you never will be!
Monday, 11 April 2011
"First man in space" day
Today is a great day for the planet! On this very day, only half a century ago, one extraordinary man flew out in space for the first time in human history. Funny thing, that is about the same time the world's greatest science fiction novels came to life. Or is it?
Truth to be said there were always dreamers in our world. Though some may have been called "plain crazy" throughout time, the dreams always endure. Yuri Gagarin's flight was the high point, the culmination of humanity's eagerness to question every possible limit. And after that it brought a new era with itself - one, when people's dreams became bigger and bolder.
I, myself, am a sucker for sci-fi. I pretty much read everything that has other planets and space flights in it. But, actually, all those books, movies ect. are flights of the mind.
Yet, this day is not only about the first flight in space. It is also the day to remember a human being, much like ourselves, who took a first step for all of us. I can't imagine what he felt, or how thoughts paced through his mind. I only know that without that first man in space, humanity would have had a different face today. So let us be free of all prejudice and differences today and celebrate the great journey of the human's mind and the historical journey of one great man!
Truth to be said there were always dreamers in our world. Though some may have been called "plain crazy" throughout time, the dreams always endure. Yuri Gagarin's flight was the high point, the culmination of humanity's eagerness to question every possible limit. And after that it brought a new era with itself - one, when people's dreams became bigger and bolder.
I, myself, am a sucker for sci-fi. I pretty much read everything that has other planets and space flights in it. But, actually, all those books, movies ect. are flights of the mind.
Yet, this day is not only about the first flight in space. It is also the day to remember a human being, much like ourselves, who took a first step for all of us. I can't imagine what he felt, or how thoughts paced through his mind. I only know that without that first man in space, humanity would have had a different face today. So let us be free of all prejudice and differences today and celebrate the great journey of the human's mind and the historical journey of one great man!
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