Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

Oh! The Places You’ll Go!
by the incomparable Dr. Seuss

"Congratulations! Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You’re on your own.

And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
You’ll look up and down streets.
Look’em over with care.
About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.”
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you’re too smart to go down a not-so-good street.
And you may not find any you’ll want to go down.
In that case, of course, you’ll head straight out of town.
It’s opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen,
don’t worry. Don’t stew.
Just go right along. You’ll start happening too.
Oh! The Places You’ll Go!
You’ll be on your way up!
You’ll be seeing great sights!
You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed.
You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don’t.
Because, sometimes, you won’t.
I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.
You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on. You’ll be left in a Lurch.
You’ll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then, that you’ll be in a Slump.
And when you’re in a Slump, you’re not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.


You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And if you go in, should you turn left or right…or right-and-three-quarters?

Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind? Simple it’s not, I’m afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind [...]."

Nos vemos a la vuelta de mi Memorial trip. Continuará...

La paciencia de la espera/ the patience of the waiting

Paciencia:
f. Facultad de saber esperar cuando algo se desea mucho.
Esperar:(Del lat. sperāre).
1. tr. Tener esperanza de conseguir lo que se desea.
2. tr. Creer que ha de suceder algo, especialmente si es favorable.
3. tr. Permanecer en sitio adonde se cree que ha de ir alguien o en donde se presume que ha de ocurrir algo.
4. intr. No comenzar a actuar hasta que suceda algo.
5. intr. Dicho de una cosa: Ser inminente o inmediata.
6. intr. Poner en alguien la confianza de que hará algún bien.

Patience:
f. Power to know when something you want to wait a lot.

to Wait: (Del lat. sperāre).
1. To hope you'll get what you want.
2. Believing something will happen, especially if it is favorable.
3. Stay on a site where it is believed that someone has to go or where it is assumed that something has to happen.
4. Not start acting until something happens.
5. About a thing: To be imminent or immediate.
6. Putting trust in someone that he will make something good.