Anthology Poem by Galeano

"De nuestros miedos
nacen nuestros corajes,
y en nuestras dudas
viven nuestras certezas.
Los sueños anuncian
otra realidad posible,
y los delirios otra razon.
En los extravios
nos esperan los hallazgos
porque es preciso perderse
para volver a encontrarse."

This poem also arises similar feelings that "If".
I think it is a very simple one but the words chosen are so real and meaningful.
I truly believe in losing ourselves to find our own answers. I think this idea can be applied in all the stages of our lives.For example, when we are in the process of learning something, we need to be confused to re-structure our mind with the new knowledge. The same happens with our life projects. Sometimes our aims are very clear, but suddenly we lose sight of our way and again a new light appeared.

Anthology- Poem by Rudyard Kipling

IF.....
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
It is the second time I 'm writing this poem on my blog. It is really one of my favourites!!!
"If" is a poem that gives me encouragement every time I read it. Whichever the stage of my life is , I always find some words that fit that precise moment and gives me enough energy and courage to keep on.
It is difficult for me to choose some parts of the poem because I love it all, but the ones more representatives for me are:-If you can dream - and not make dreams your master....
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same....
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch....
I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do!

Of Mice and Men (new introduction)

Introduction The lives of American working class was moulded during the thirties decade not only by the Great Depression but also intensified by The Dust Bowl. In this period, an exodus of displaced was provoked by the economic crisis and the strong dust storms, where many Americans migrated west looking for work. Salinas Valley was one of the chosen places. Crop pickers and hard work farmers were eager to get a job. As a result of  despair, feelings and emotions were left aside. People focused only in what they thought the priority was, food and shelter . Therefore,  they were grateful of having a new opportunity, although deep inside themselves they all dreamt about a land of their own. Pilar listening to your suggestion, I ommitted the relation with The Great Depression. May be I use it ,afterwards,  in my conclusion like an open ending. May be.....