WHO DIES?

"Dies a bit
he who doesn't travel,
he who doesn't read,
he who doesn't listen to music,
he who doesn't find humor in himself.

Dies a bit
he who destroys his own love,
he who doesn't allow himself to help.

Dies a bit
he who passes the days complaining of his bad luck
or detesting the never ending rain.

Dies a bit
he who abandons a project before starting it,
he who does not ask because of fear to make a fool out of himself
he who does not answer a question he knows the answer to.
We keep avoiding death,
reminding us that to be alive requires an effort much greater
than the simple fact of breathing.
Only the ardent patience will help us conquer a splendid happness.It
all depends on how we live it"

Pablo Neruda (Nobel Prize for literature 1971)