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"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
--Thomas Jefferson, quoting Cesare Beccaria in On Crimes and Punishment (1764).
"The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."
--Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action, according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good"
-- George Washington
"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
-- Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-188
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."
-- Mahatma Gandhi
'... Le parole possono collegare o dividere, servire la verità o servirsene.
Dobbiamo disarmare le parole, per disarmare le menti e disarmare la Terra....'
( dalla lettera del Papa del 14 marzo, che non era ancora stata diffusa )
È in corso la telefonata tra Trump e Putin, telefonata che in teoria dovrebbe sancire la pace, dopo tre anni di guerra .
Presumo si metteranno d' accordo su come spartirsi terre e ricchezze dell'Ucraina...
Mentre è stato dato il via libera a Netanyahu di finire di massacrare un popolo ( solo oggi morti 130 bambini, su più di 400 vittime ), nell'attesa di costruire il loro dorato resort per ricchi.
Tutto questo grida vendetta, in un mondo in cui le parole non hanno più nessun valore, un mondo buio e cattivo, privo di umanità , in cui c'è un solo dio : il denaro, il potere.
Kronos, Museo diocesano del Duomo di Piacenza.
Un'opera probabilmente del '600
Angelo custode del fiammingo Jan Geernaert
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Aquesta muntanya és el Mont Chaberton, vist des del oest, des de San Sicario, a Italia. Des del 1947, el Chaberton es troba dins França, però fins aleshores la frontera estaba més al oest i tota la muntanya era dins Italia. Aquest canvi s'explica pel combat que s'hi va donar el 1940.
Entre 1898 i 1910, el cim del Mont Chaberton (3130 m.) fou aplanat i excavat per construir-hi la bateria d'artilleria a més alçada del món, la Batteria dello Chaberton, armada amb 8 canons de 149mm montats en torretes blindades. Aquestes estaben molt enlairades respecte el terreny per quedar lliures de la inmensa acumulació de neu que s'hi pot donar al hivern. Un teleferic permetia accedir al fort, subministar-li municions i també electricitat.
Durant la I Guerra Mundial el fort fou desarmat per abastir el front italo-austriac, però els canons retornaren als anys 30. Els francesos, preocupats per aquesta amenaça que dominava el pas de Montgenevre i fins a Briançon, feren plans ja als anys 30 per a contrarrestar-ho.
El 1940, just quan els panzers alemans rebentaren completament el gros del exèrcit francès al nord, Mussolini decidí que Italia n'havia de treure profit territorial i el 10 de juny declarà la guerra a França, tot i la poca preparació del exèrcit italià. De fet no fou fins el dia 18 que Chaberton no començà a disparar sobre diversos forts francesos, com Gondran, L'Olive o especialment Janus, on hi havia un ouvrage modern de la Linea Maginot.
Però els francesos estaven preparats, i havien situat quatre morters pesats Schneider de 280mm a la carena sud del Fort de l'Infernet, completament amagats dels italians. Per contra, els observadors francesos a L'Infernet i sobretot el Fort Janus podien veure perfectament el Chaberton... quan no hi havia nuvols, cosa força usual. El tir dels morters francesos era extrem. Havien de disparar a 10 km de distancia, el seu abast maxim, i contra un objectiu situat a 3130 m. d'alçada, ben be 2 km més que ells. Afortunadament, al ser morters, disparaven molt amunt, i els seus projectils pujaven fins a 5 km abans de caure sobre el Chaberton, ben bé un minut després.
El dia 21 de juny, per fi la visibilitat fou prou bona com per començar el tir i corretgir-lo. Els italians dispararen sobre els forts francesos però a cegues i sense fer quasi cap dany. De fet al Fort Janus hi ha un impacte de 149mm del Chaberton sobre una de les seves cupoles blindades, una rascada, més aviat. A les 5 de la tarda impactaren sobre la torreta 1, destruint-la. En la seguent hora, també foren rebentades cinc torretes més. Els italians es quedaren amb només 2 canons intactes i nou morts. El teleferic també estava destruit. El combat continuà intermitent fins el 24 de juny, en que es signà l'armistici. La derrota i humiliació italiana en aquest sector fou total.
El 1947, acabada la guerra, França exigí rectificar la frontera i quedar-se amb tota la muntanya del Chaberton.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Chaberton
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortier_de_280_mod%C3%A8le_1914_Sch...
Videos del Fort Chaberton i la seva historia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z74kY4RG42I
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFSyowiJ-Zo&t=1968s
Sobre el Ouvrage de Janus:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=irdXkm2Klzo
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This mountain is Mount Chaberton, seen from the west, from San Sicario, Italy. Since 1947, Chaberton has been in France, but until then the border was further west and the whole mountain was in Italy. This change is explained by the extraordinary combat that took place there in 1940.
Between 1898 and 1910, the summit of Mount Chaberton (3130 m.) was flattened and excavated by the Italian army to build the highest artillery battery in the world, the Batteria dello Chaberton, armed with eight 149mm guns mounted in armored turrets. These were very high off the ground to be free from the immense accumulation of snow that can occur there in winter. A cable car allowed access to the fort, supplying it with ammunition and also electricity.
During World War I the fort was disarmed to supply the Italian-Austrian front, but the cannons returned in the 1930s. The French, worried about this threat that dominated the Montgenevre pass and up to Briançon, making plans already in the 1930s to to counteract it with heavy artillery.
In 1940, just when the German panzers completely smashed the French army in the north, Mussolini decided that Italy had to take territorial advantage and on June 10th he declared war on France, despite the lack of preparation of the Italian army. In fact, it wasn't until the 18th that Fort Chaberton started firing on several French forts, such as Gondran, L'Olive or especially Janus, where there was a modern work of the Maginot Line.
But the French were prepared, and had placed four heavy 280mm Schneider mortars on the southern ridge of Fort de l'Infernet, completely hidden from the Italians. On the other side, French observers at L'Infernet peak and especially Fort Janus could see the Chaberton perfectly... when there were no clouds, which were quite usual and stubborn. The fire from the French mortars was extreme. They had to fire at a distance of 10 km, their maximum range, and against a target located at 3130 m. above sea level, well over 2 km more than them. Fortunately, being mortars, they fired very high, and their projectiles went up to 5 km before falling on the Chaberton, well over a minute later.
On June 21, the visibility was finally good enough to start shoting and correcting fire. The Italians fired on the French forts but blindly and without doing almost any damage. In fact at Fort Janus there is a 149mm impact from the Chaberton on one of its armored domes, just a scratch. At 5 pm the French shells hit turret 1 in Fort Chaberton, destroying it. In the next hour, five more turrets were also blown up. The Italians were left with only 2 guns intact and nine dead. The cable car was also destroyed. The fighting continued intermittently but without more remarcable changes until June 24th, when the armistice was signed. The Italian defeat and humiliation in this sector was total.
In 1947, after the war, France demanded that the border be rectified and that they keep the entire Chaberton mountain.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Chaberton
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortier_de_280_mod%C3%A8le_1914_Sch...
Videos of Fort Chaberton and its history:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z74kY4RG42I
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFSyowiJ-Zo&t=1968s
About the Ouvrage de Janus:
Negli ultimi giorni tre Tibetani si sono dati fuoco, due donne e un uomo!!
L'orrida pulizia etnica su un popolo mite e disarmato continua nel silenzio altrettanto orrido delle nazioni, compresa la nostra"civile e democratica" Italia.
Per andare in questi sperduti villaggi dell'interno, l'autista del fuoristrada suonava continuamente il clacson, su una strada deserta...per fare che uccellini e animaletti si spostino...!
Il Tibet siamo noi, le barbarie cinesi sporcano e feriscono anche le nostre vite, la nostra anima!!
69 Merc cruiser. With afore mentioned Cougar Cat Car Alarm package. Disarming/ resetting is covered in special manual section written in technical detail by Claude Bahls. Caution: disarming cat alarm could be disarming!
To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonoured. That is government; that is it's justice; that is it's morality.
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It takes only a few moments to disarm the "King's" guards. After I do that, I grab the "King" by the neck and force him to the ground. I take his ear piece from him.
"Who is this?"
"..."
"I presume this is the King I'm talking to. The real King, not one of your pawns."
"..."
"I can hear your breathing through this thing."
The ear piece goes silent. And by silent I mean the person on the other end finally hung up. Fantastic he only lead I have on this so called "King" just went dead. I doubt this imposter knows much, probably some poor kid they picked up. I need to find a better trail...
If I were to tell you that you smell like pumpkin and grapes, quinces and withered spices, would you frown?
Winter scent is thin, crisp, almost bleak, like a good night kiss. It's release.
Spring scent is subtle and fresh, delicate, yet spiky, like a first gaze or touch or see you again. It's a promise.
Summer scent is sparkling, yet flat, full, but not finished, sweet and sour like contained happyness. It's the calm between storms.
Autumn scent, on the other hand is complete, complex, layered and concentrated; persistent, disarming and bittersweet like a fall. It's a bliss and a curse.
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In a tale as old as time you’ll be
Where princes are charming
And villains disarming
Wake up to a fantasy
Just believe and if you imagine
Just believe and your dreams will come true
"Hey Tinker Bell? Do you have dreams?
You do. I thought so.
What’s that Tink?
I don’t know. Let me ask them.
Tink want to know if you believe in fairies.
You do! That great! Never stop believing…"
Come and share the exciting adventure
Of Disney Dreams Come True
Second star to the right you will find
The child at heart in you
"I know where that is"
Climb aboard a magic carpet ride
"You can fly"
You’re soaring, freewheeling
A magical feeling
All you need is right inside
Just believe and if you imagine
Just believe and your dreams will come true
"Yeah, just believe"
“She has a sly smile,
and eyes that seem to see my essence
as they explore my soul
and implore my spirit to enter her.
I look at her and I see love.”
― Jarod Kintz,
Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.
Disarm Me With A Smile
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In memory of Jo Cox. R.I.P. - Sunday morning’s church service in Birstall, West Yorkshire
- "Pourrait se battre avec passion et désarmer avec un sourire"
À la mémoire de Jo Cox. R.E.P. - Service religieux du dimanche matin à Birstall, West Yorkshire
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"Some aliens like to let off some steam.
How about a game of holochess?
Chewbacca reigns supreme!
Just step right up and try your luck!
Let the Wookiee win."
Don't think of it as merely being nice; rather, consider it "civil" war :-)
Joe Kita, "What I Know" (How to Get What You Want), Wisdom of Our Fathers, 1999
HPPT!!
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Muchas gracias a Carmen por el aviso y la enhorabuena. Storytime ha sido elegida foto de abril en ObjetivoMálaga la comunidad fotográfica de SUR.es
Thanks a lot to Carmen by the advice and greetings. Storytime has been awarded as april best pic in ObjetivoMálaga SUR.es's photography community
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
Zambujeira do Mar, Odemira
Alentejo (Portugal)
Camera ► Nikon D90
Lens ► Tokina AT-X 12-24mm ƒ/4 AF PRO DX @ 22mm
Filter ► B+W ND110 + Lee 0.9 ND Grad Hard + Lee 3 Coral Grad reversed + Lee 100mm Circular Polarizer
Aperture ► ƒ/8
Exposure ► 34 seconds
Flash ► None
ISO ► 200
Camera Tripod ► Manfrotto 190PROBX + Head Manfrotto 804RC2
No HDR just one shot
A student at the boxing academy, and behind that beautiful smile was a tough boxer that could disarm you with her gloves or her smile
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Oh we’re so disarming darling, everything we did believe
is diving diving diving diving off the balcony
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Battle of the Boyne, (July 1, 1690), in British history, a major conflict fought along the Boyne River in Ireland between King William III (William of Orange) and the exiled king James II. Having been deposed and exiled after William’s landing at Brixham and subsequent English desertions, James II sought to retake his throne through an alliance with Ireland and France. A string of Irish Jacobite victories in the northern country were followed by a swift but indecisive loss on the Boyne River. Although James’s escape dragged the First Jacobite Rising into 1691, the Battle of the Boyne reassured William’s allies of his commitment to defeating all French-aligned forces.
Background
The last half of the 17th century was a turbulent time for England. Following the English Civil War’s bloody end, the country was ruled by the Puritan Oliver Cromwell and, after his death, his son Richard. The English Protectorate only ended after Richard’s resignation, after which Parliament alone ruled until the house of Stuart’s restoration in 1660. Under King Charles II, the crown began to align itself with France, then an ambitious continental power and the strongest of the Catholic kingdoms. Charles was a shrewd politician, and some years before his death in 1685, he signed the Treaty of Dover. In exchange for financial assistance from France, Charles would privately convert to Catholicism and devote a number of English warships to King Louis XIV’s war effort against the Protestant Dutch Republic.
Despite Charles’s foreign political savvy, his domestic policy of religious tolerance did not sit well with many Irish Catholics, who had supported the exiled Stuarts at great personal risk. Under Cromwell’s rule, much of their property had been stripped from them. English Protestants were also incentivized to settle in Ireland, further reducing the power of Irish Catholics. Having suffered so heavily for the Stuarts, Charles’s Catholic subjects hoped for more explicitly beneficial treatment. Charles’s support of his fellow believers was tacit, in contrast to that of his openly Catholic brother, James. When James II acceded to the throne in 1685, he enacted a number of military reforms in Ireland aimed at eliminating local Protestant influence. The earl of Tyrconnell was tasked with disarming Protestant militias and levying an Irish army loyal not to Anglican-controlled Parliament but only to the crown.
On the other side of the North Sea, tensions escalated between France and the Dutch Republic. William III of Orange, an elected stadtholder (chief magistrate) of five major Dutch provinces, had successfully defended the Netherlands against a French invasion from 1672 to 1678. A second invasion in 1680 cemented William’s opposition to an expansionist France. Setting aside religious differences, he joined the League of Augsburg alongside a number of Catholic powers aimed at putting a decisive end to French land grabs.
Shortly before the end of the first French invasion, William had wed his cousin Mary, who was also King Charles II’s niece. In the absence of any eligible male heirs, Mary was second to an aging James in the line of succession, meaning that upon James’s death, she and William could turn English firepower on France. William understood the importance of the Royal Navy in any military designs against France, and such designs would end in disaster as long as Charles remained a French ally with Catholic sympathies. Unfortunately for William, the line of succession changed in June 1688, when King James II’s wife bore a son.
Amid doubts regarding the child’s legitimacy, William rallied thousands of Dutchmen to his banner and prepared to cross the North Sea. With favourable weather conditions that stayed the English fleet, he landed that November at Brixham, located in Devonshire on Tor Bay. James’s government and military splintered as men flocked to William’s standard. William entered London in mid-December. By Christmas Eve, James had quietly quit his country for France, effectively ceding the throne to William.
In April 1689, Parliament crowned William and Mary joint sovereigns of Britain. Between William III’s landing and coronation, however, Ireland had grown dangerously recalcitrant. Tyrconnell was able to muster his formidable army of Irish Catholics, known as Jacobites for their loyalty to the exiled James II. Tyrconnell consolidated Jacobite dominance in Ireland over a matter of months, with only a few pockets of Protestant resistance. Just weeks before William’s coronation, James received enough French support to set in motion his plan to retake the throne. On March 12 he landed in the southern Irish town of Kinsale with nearly all the northern country under his control. Two major Protestant strongholds, Derry and Enniskillen, became the sites of major conflict over the next few months.
James lay siege to Derry on April 18. The city held out for three months until a Williamite relief force arrived, and by the end of July the Jacobites had retreated. Also in July, Protestants rebuffed a Jacobite army at Enniskillen and forced them to withdraw. Following Enniskillen, William dispatched a landing force of some 20,000 men from England under the duke of Schomberg, a seasoned military commander from the Holy Roman Empire. Schomberg’s army was primarily Dutch, with some fresh English recruits and a few thousand Danes. At the head of this army, Schomberg landed in Northern Ireland at Bangor on August 13. He seized the town of Carrickfergus and advanced south toward Dublin. James’s armies, which by now had reached Drogheda en route to the Irish capital, wheeled around to block Schomberg’s movements. In September the two forces took up camp on opposite sides of Dundalk, a town in the south of Ulster province. They remained there through the winter.
During this lull in fighting, James’s envoys in France were able to secure reinforcements from the mainland. Some 6,000 French musketeers landed in southern Ireland in March 1690. In London, William convinced Parliament to grant him more funds for the duration of the war. He also announced his intention to personally bring an end to the Jacobite rising. At the head of 15,000 reinforcements, William landed at Carrickfergus on June 14, 1690.
James deduced that protecting Dublin was of paramount importance. It was both the Irish seat of power and unacceptably unfortified. With Dublin’s poor position as a defense point itself, his advisers were split regarding the best location to halt William’s advance. Some thought he should create a bottleneck at Moyry Pass, while others were wary of being flanked and slaughtered. James settled on a defensive position on the southern banks of the Boyne River, 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of Dublin and the ancient city’s largest natural defense. He set up camp on June 29. William established his headquarters across the river shortly thereafter.
Battle
South of the Boyne, James II commanded an army of roughly 23,000 men. The overwhelming majority were Irish Catholics trained under Tyrconnell’s supervision, in addition to the 6,000 French soldiers from Louis XIV. While the French had seen combat, the Irish troops were far less experienced and bore outdated muskets. Furthermore, James had a speckled military past that painted him as a poor commander. At the Boyne, James decided to position the bulk of his forces along the river, deployed such that they could make immediate contact with William’s army upon their crossing. This would hold their centre in place and prevent William’s artillery from firing, without killing their fellow soldiers. The remainder of his men were tasked with destroying bridges and guarding potential fords. To this end, James set a small force east to the crossing at Drogheda and dispatched dragoons to the southwestern ford near the village of Rosnaree.
North of the Boyne, William III’s army numbered some 37,000 men. Roughly half were British. The remainder were mostly Dutch, with a few thousand Danes and a smattering of French Huguenots. His Dutch soldiers were seasoned fighters from the war against France, and all were armed with modern flintlock muskets. William also possessed an estimated eight times the number of James’s artillery pieces. Unlike his opponent, William had proven his military acumen, in his defense of the Netherlands. He was determined to bring his skills to the Boyne as well. After much internal debate, William settled on a three-pronged strategy. On his right flank, a troop of cavalry and several thousand infantrymen would move to cross the river at Slane. In the centre, the duke of Schomberg would concentrate roughly 20,000 men on James’s core army and simultaneously bombard them with artillery. On the left, William himself would lead some 8,000 men to a third river crossing and force James’s right flank to meet him. All three parts were to be executed simultaneously to deny James the opportunity to respond.
In the early hours of July 1, William’s right wing began to mobilize. They marched south to cross north of Rosnaree but were met by a number of Jacobite dragoons, who held up the crossing until mid-morning. Although the Williamite forces successfully crossed, James’s commanders were now aware of their enemy’s movements, and they sent a sizable detachment to stop any further advance.
In the centre, William split his forces into three groups, which forded at Drybridge, Yellow Island, and Oldbridge. William himself stayed with the reserves, awaiting further developments. James had ordered his men to fall back a bit to give battle on slightly more favourable ground, but, upon seeing the Williamite centre’s movements, he ordered his commanders to mount a counterattack. Over the course of a few hours, they were able to slow enemy advances, even killing Schomberg, William’s lieutenant. However, the Jacobites could not stop the vastly more powerful army. Perceiving the overall success of his centre’s maneuver, William prepared to cross the Boyne himself, reaching the southern banks at Mill’s Ford. With the tide of the battle now firmly in William’s favour, James ordered a measured withdrawal south to Duleek. He and his army escaped mostly intact.
The Battle of the Boyne may have been a victory for William III, but it was far from decisive. William’s failure to destroy the Jacobites or adequately pursue the retreating army only made it more difficult to quell the rebellion in Ireland. The scattered remains of James’s army fell back to Dublin and then southwest to Limerick, on the other end of the island. James himself fled to France. On July 6 William entered Dublin with little resistance. He then issued the Declaration of Finglas, which demanded total Irish repentance or the forfeit of their lands. Rather than surrender, the remaining Jacobites fortified Limerick and held out under siege until the following year. The 1691 Treaty of Limerick brought a formal end to this rising. But with James II still alive in France, William III’s reign would suffer periodic challenges through the end of the century.
The Battle of the Boyne also had an impact on the continental balance of power. The League of Augsburg was rightfully fearful of France’s rising power, and Louis XIV’s repeated attacks on the Dutch Republic were of particular concern. The Franco-Irish defeat at the Boyne reassured William’s allies that Louis would not go unchecked. Britain could be counted on to resist French expansionism. With the crown now in Protestant hands, Britain was both politically and religiously opposed to French Catholic domination. William’s ascent helped bring an end to the War of the Grand Alliance by 1697.
Buon capodanno a tutti ! ! !
Immagine centrata sulla magnetica, disarmante bellezza di una donna angelo, perfetta, attraente, che sta lì davanti a te, invitante sublimazione del messaggio pubblicitario che, catturandoti, ti astrae dalla banalità della vita che scorre infagottata su un anonimo marciapiede e ti porta al desiderio di possedere, acquistando, tutto ciò che quell'immagine promette e in cui tu, segretamente, speri di immedesimarti. Giorgio Gritti
Produces a jet of scarlet light. This spell is used to disarm another wizard, typically by causing the victim's wand to fly out of reach.
Reality can be perceived as positive because it is positive. We are not talking about “baptizing” reality starting from a religious preconception, a “pious” vision, but about recognizing it in its ultimate nature. Reality is ontologically positive. Why? Reality is positive because it exists. Everything that exists is there because the Mystery permitted it to happen (everything, in fact, has an origin in a mysterious Something; nothing makes itself); it provokes and sets the person in motion, it represents an invitation to change, an occasion to take a step toward one’s own destiny. Every circumstance is the path and the instrument of our journey—it is a sign. Insomuch as it is there, reality is a provocation, and therefore the occasion for the reawakening of the “I” from its inertia.
--Disarming Beauty ESSAYS ON FAITH, TRUTH, AND FREEDOM, JULIÁN CARRÓN Foreword by Javier Prades
Questo disarmante sorriso è dedicato ad Abel.
Da ogni viaggio torno con immagini o parole che rimarranno indelebili nella mia mente, tasselli che vanno a riempire il macchiavellico mosaico che è la vita.
Abel Sierra Palomo è un 75enne pieno di energia che affitta camere nel centro di La Habana. Nonostante i tanti anni di privazioni, razionamenti e umiliazione, riesce ad essere sempre sorridente. Un uomo che trasuda vita e te la trasmette con ironica simpatia. Ama affabulare i suoi ospiti durante la cena, dove tutti seduti attorno al tavolo s’incantano nell’ascoltarlo.
Una sera dopo cena…….verso le 10, stanco ma non domo, Abel continuava ad intrattenerci con le sue bellissime parole, quando all’improvviso suona il telefono e lui alla domanda di chi dall’altra parte della cornetta gli chiedeva “come stai?”, con la spontaneità e naturalezza di un bambino che si affaccia al mondo, rispondeva “SOY ENCANTADO POR LA VIDA!!!” Parole con la forza di un uragano…….parole che mi travolgono per “il tutto” che riescono a condensare.
A questo punto...........amaramente sorrido. Penso al quotidiano lamentarci delle sfortune e dei problemi “spesso” ridicoli ai quali dedichiamo preziose energie che inevitabilmente vengono sottratte alla bellezza della vita e al fatto di poterla vivere.
Grazie Abel.