12/28/2023
Poem by Octavio Paz
Viento, agua, piedra
El agua horada la piedra,
el viento dispersa el agua,
la piedra detiene al viento.
Agua, viento, piedra.
El viento esculpe la piedra,
la piedra es copa del agua,
el agua escapa y es viento.
Piedra, viento, agua.
El viento en sus giros canta,
el agua al andar murmura,
la piedra inmóvil se calla.
Viento, agua, piedra.
Uno es otro y es ninguno:
entre sus nombres vacíos
pasan y se desvanecen
agua, piedra, viento.
You see... Our lives are continually and cyclically impacting, and simultaneously being impacted by, those around us. Like wind, we can lift each other into new opportunities, we can guide those around us. Like water, we can soothe and refresh. Like stone, we can protect, we can build, we can give shelter. Together with the elements of the natural world, we are constantly transforming and being transformed.
Which of the elements do you feel yourself being shaped by?
