I counted my years
and realized that I have
less time to live by,
than I have lived so far.
I feel like a child who won a
pack of candies: at first he ate
them with pleasure but when he
realized that there was little left,
he began to taste them intensely.
I have no time for endless meetings
where the statutes, rules, procedures
and internal regulations are discussed,
knowing that nothing will be done.
I no longer have the patience
to stand absurd people who,
despite their chronological age,
have not grown up.
My time is too short:
I want the essence,
my spirit is in a hurry.
I do not have much candy
in the package anymore.
I want to live next to humans,
very realistic people who know
how to laugh at their mistakes,
who are not inflated by their
own triumphs and who take
responsibility for their actions.
In this way, human dignity is defended
and we live in truth and honesty.
It is the essentials that make life useful.
I want to surround myself with people
who know how to touch the hearts of
those whom hard strokes of life have
learned to grow with sweet touches
of the soul.
Yes, I’m in a hurry.
I’m in a hurry to live with the intensity
that only maturity can give.
I do not intend to waste any of the
remaining desserts.
I am sure they will be exquisite,
much more than those eaten so far.
My goal is to reach the end satisfied
and at peace with my loved ones
and my conscience.
We have two lives and the
second begins when
you realize you
only have
one.
Mário de Andrade