It was a sunny morning in the enchanted island; the kind of morning when everything could happen.
First day of college, the start of a new life, a new beginning.

There he was, sitting next to me, a whole day to explore each other. The kind of day that goes fast in a blink.
We became friends, but every time more distant. There was always something there, but nothing was ever said.
Flirty looks, casual talks...stimulating conversations that never went anywhere.

Time passed and we went separate ways. Life took its course, and entrapped us in a world
of fear and disappointments; the kind of world that claims you as its prey. Our hearts were broken,
our lives were turned upside down. We felt hopeless in our box, but were afraid to fly high.

It was a sunny morning in the big south; the kind of morning when everything could happen.
First day of a vacation, the start of a new life, a new beginning.

There he was, sitting in a breakfast table, with his daughter by his side. A whole day to learn about each other,
but this time as adults. The kind of day that ends fast because you enjoy each other's company.
Flirty looks, captivating talks, and everything else in between. Lost between words, thoughts, and a touch.

The days passed and we went separate ways. Life took its course...and entrapped us in a glance.
In a world of hope and love, that people only dream of; the kind of world where destiny is your friend.
Our hearts bursting... with love and motivation, our lives aiming high...to another train station, and the best
awaiting to be lived.

Plans to fulfill, dreams to bring alive. Love is at the end.

2009 © Lourdes I. Irizarry

Me encantaron los escritos de esta pagina y quisiera dar mi opinion.  Todos en algun momento hemos estado en estos lugares en donde el corazon, la razon y el amor hacen estremecer nuestras emociones al punto que nos desorientamos por un tiempo y luego volvemos a funcionar tal como eramos antes.  A mi tambien la vida me ha hecho pasar por la montana rusa y esa sensacion marca una y otra vez el corazon.  Para crecer hay que llorar, limpiarse las lagrimas y seguir adelante.  Esta escuela que es la vida no tiene horario ni tiempo, pero tiene muchas lecciones que nos hacen crecer y ser mas fuertes.  Por los que nos aman, debemos levantarnos, limpiarnos las lagrimas y seguir adelante.  Que bueno que hay personas que no tienen miedo de expresar sus emociones en un mundo donde hay tantos corazones de piedra.  Gracias amigos!

- Cynthia Rosario

Conseguir un equilibrio entre el corazón y la razón es difícil porque no son compatibles cuando se trata de un amor no correspondido.   La verdad es que el corazón tiene razones que la razón no entiende.  Cuando nos toca usar el corazón no vemos y cuando nos  toca  usar la razón, no sentimos.   

Cuando usamos el corazón vivimos en un sueño de eternidad, donde no importa lo que suceda siempre podrá ser justificado con: “Es que lo quiero”, “Nunca dejaré de quererlo”.  Cuando usamos la razón estas justificaciones no son lógicas o posibles. 

Cuando amamos, mil contradicciones no llegan a formar una duda.   Para el que no ama, mil pruebas no llegan a formar una verdad. 

El corazón, sabe que está destruido, pero aun así, sigue amando y queriendo, no importándole lo que haya sucedido.  La razón, sabe que todo lo sucedido ya no tiene solución y que no puede dejar pasar algo así, y se niega aceptarlo.

El corazón, está dispuesto a seguir amando, luchando por el “AMOR” perdido.  La razón, no está dispuesta a seguir creyendo en el “AMOR” perdido, porque sabe que ya no hay marcha atrás.

El corazón, soporta todo lo que pueda ocurrir en el transcurso de la lucha en la que entrega todo, con tal de que regrese ese “AMOR”.    La razón, cada día que pasa, se convence que no vale la pena luchar por ese “AMOR”.

El corazón, está dispuesto a perdonar y olvidar todo lo que él hizo sufrir ese “AMOR”.   La razón, no perdona, ni olvida, siempre tiene presente todo lo que ocurrió.

El corazón, no deja de pensar en los momentos que pasaron juntos, en los que fueron felices, y se sigue haciendo ilusiones de que va a regresar, siempre tiene una esperanza.   La razón, no deja de pensar en los momentos que la hizo sufrir, y está convencida que lo tiene que olvidar, sabe que lo puede lograr.

El corazón, puede escuchar miles de consejos, pero siempre le gana el recuerdo del “AMOR”, y olvida todo lo dicho.  La razón, escucha consejos y toma los que más le convengan y con lo que ya tenía decidido, concluye en olvidar para siempre a ese “AMOR”.

Al corazón, no le importa el tiempo que pase, el sigue amando con todo su ser.   A la razón, sí le importa el tiempo, pues sabe que es tiempo perdido.

El corazón, sigue amando, sufriendo recordando y perdonando y no se cansará de hacerlo hasta que logre su objetivo.  La razón, piensa que ya olvidó al “AMOR”, que tanto la hizo sufrir a ella y al corazón y decide ser feliz una vez más.

- Erwin David Ferri

There are so many ways to define love...So many people trying to describe an undescribable feeling. Why do we try to define it?...Is it just to see if everybody else is feeling the same way than you? We can try to define what's love but I don't believe there can be a universal definition because it will not be the same for everybody. Each of us experience it differently and love in a different level, and what might look like love to you, might not be love for somebody else.

What's love to me?
It's to be present for that person when he needs you.
It's to love unconditionally.
It's to accept the flaws and embrace them with a smile in your face.
It's to offer support and help him grow.
It's to nurture and give all the love you have inside.
It's to be there in the good and bad times.
It's to worry about him and make sure he is doing OK.
It's to have his back at all times.
It's respecting his opinions and not trying to change the way he thinks.
It's to say I love you only when you really feel it, no out of habit.
It's to trust him with your heart.
It's to be compassionate when he needs you to be.
It's to still have your independence even though you are together.
It's to give time to each other to do things apart.
It's to love and be loved but avoid to become him.

The most important thing is to trust your loved ones and let them be free. Do not keep them away from what they love to do, from their dreams, from their family, from their beloved freedom. Each person in a relationship needs a life outside of it. You need to be apart sometimes, you need to miss each other, and you need to have space to be with yourself...and just be.

- Lourdes I. Irizarry

Sometimes I think my heart and my mind are a mystery. Why do I say this? Well, there are times when I am in such a struggle between reasoning and the heart that I often have doubts about their connection. Is there such a connection? It seems to me that I always listen to one or the other but I can never integrate them or make them agree at the same level. I constantly live in a struggle about what do I want to do and what do I need to do.  The heart tells me to do things that I am totally comfortable with but then there is the still voice of reasoning saying…How can you do that? How can you let yourself get hurt again? There are times when the heart wins and other times when reason gets it its way.

How can I make them be friendly with one another? I am in the middle of a battlefield and no matter how much I struggle I cannot win. Is there a way to say goodbye to a loved one and really take them completely out of your heart until there are no roots left? Is this possible? Maybe not…maybe it just takes time.  I guess only time will give me the answer.

- Lourdes I. Irizarry