A few days ago, while I was reading news about the city where I live and the city where I was fortunately born, an idea came to me that I would make into a reality, if it were up to me. The gesture, one of goodwill and complete common sense, might seem crazy to some, but there are increasingly fewer of those \u201csome,\u201d and the \u201cfewer\u201d group tends to be irrelevant\u2026. I am sure that when the moment arrives, despite the antis (the fewer)\u2014the ones who hold on to obsolete, negative manias\u2014the majority would vote for this idea, both here and there, that is, in Miami and Havana. Here and there seem more alike every day; they seem to be sailing more and more along the same course, and I believe that no bad weather will divert them. Until a few years ago, we were separated not only by geography but also by a universe mined with political and ideological differences, dogmas and slogans, and opposing interests and priorities. Even more unfortunately, we were divided by strong winds of hatred and bitterness that blew in from both shores; it all seemed like an endless nightmare. Now, it\u2019s not so much the case; the dawn is about to break, and the \u201cwindblowers\u201d have run out of steam. The air is less stale, less polluted, fresher, and if something is coming, if something is approaching, they are wonderful days for flying kites of love.<\/p>\n
For many years, the two cities were completely disconnected, detached, frayed; the unfastened cultural, social, commercial and even family ties were evident. Havana and Miami, so close yet so far; cities on the verge of breaking the Guinness world record (if it exists) of the unhealthiest and most divided families on the planet. And when I say unhealthy, I mean that together, we have been showing the symptoms of a single illness, composed of indifference, rejection, alienation, hate and bitterness. Now that\u2019s not so much the case; it hasn\u2019t been easy, and it hasn\u2019t changed spontaneously\u2026. Every day, both cities are more united, and strong cultural, social and commercial ties are flourishing, something that is almost impossible to stop.<\/p>\n
Once upon a time I heard a Hindu guru say that you and me don\u2019t exist; the Me is nothing more than the Ego; \u201cwe are one and the same, this is, the true Being\u2026\u201d and he told me, \u201cAs long as you think that you are You, and I think that I am Me, differences and conflicts will exist between Us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miami and Havana naturally and irrevocably are searching for each other, discovering their true Being; it is inevitable, inescapable. There is no need for a Tarot reader or the \u201cLetter of the Year\u201d to tells us this; it is a fact. The calendar announces it, and time places its stamp. Miami and Havana will be declared Sister Cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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