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I have already posted this once in a similar thread, but thought I would post it again as it quite relevant to the article and others who have not seen it befor
by F_J_H 16y ago
I have already posted this once in a similar thread, but thought I would post it again as it quite relevant to the article and others who have not seen it before may appreciate it:
"Instantes" by Jorge Luis Borges:
If I were able to live my life anew, In the next I would try to commit more errors. I would not try to be so perfect, I would relax more. I would be more foolish than I've been, In fact, I would take few things seriously. I would be less hygienic. I would run more risks, take more vacations, contemplate more sunsets, climb more mountains, swim more rivers. I would go to more places where I've never been, I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans, I would have more real problems and less imaginary ones.
I was one of those people that lived sensibly and prolifically each minute of his life; Of course I had moments of happiness. If I could go back I would try to have only good moments. Because if you didn't know, of that is life made: only of moments; Don't lose the now.
I was one of those that never went anywhere without a thermometer, a hot-water bottle, an umbrella, and a parachute; If I could live again, I would travel lighter. If I could live again, I would begin to walk barefoot from the beginning of spring and I would continue barefoot until autumn ends. I would take more cart rides, contemplate more dawns, and play with more children, If I had another life ahead of me.
But already you see, I am 85, and I know that I am dying.
- wslh 16y agoSounds nice, but it's important to note that it's apocryphe, it was not written by JLB. A note from Martin Hadis: http://www.internetaleph.com/detail/showdetail.asp?objtype=4&objid=4&langid=en&pid=74 http://www.internetaleph.com/detail/showdetail.asp?objtype=4...
- hugh3 16y agoIt should be some kind of Law: Anything written in Spanish will eventually be attributed to Jorge Luis Borges. (Except maybe Don Quixote, which as we all know is the work of Pierre Menard.)
- nandemo 16y agoIndeed, anyone who was read any Borges should know that Instantes wasn't written by him. ;-)