The story appeared in a tabloid newspaper. He said simply that the firemen had to go to a house where smoke coming from a window upstairs. Upon entering, they found a man in a bed on fire. After rescuing the man and extinguish the fire, raised the obvious question:
- How did the fire?
- I do not know. Was already on fire when I lay down.
The story stuck with me. And I recalled a phrase from the dedication of a book, I copied in my journal: "Quid rides? Mutato nomine, fabula narratur tea." Latin. From the works of Horace. Translated: "Why do you laugh? If you change the name, can be your story."
was on fire when I lay down.
This inscription on the gravestone might include a lot of us. A lifetime in a sentence. Leave Guatemala to get into Guatepeor. I was looking for trouble and got into them as soon as I found them. The devil made me do it the first time, but after I did it by choice.
Perhaps this truth becomes clearer if you transcribe a conversation I had with a colleague who complained that all days was the same in his lunch bag.
- Who prepares you for lunch?
- I, "he said.
We have some very good partners in this matter. San Pablo
lamented: "I can not understand my own behavior. I can not do the things you want to do, and I find I'm doing precisely what I hate."
And the Greek playwright Euripides puts into the mouth of Medea, shortly before killing their own children, the following words: "I know the hurt I am about to cause. My irrational is stronger than my will."
Psychiatrists make a lot of money with this dilemma, and theologians make much noise about it. But this dilemma is not only not has been resolved but not solved. We live with it, and in doing so we take comfort in the company of those who habitually lie on beds in flames from one type or another. We would be easier if we could just accept the beds we choose for ourselves and move forward.
And one more thing.
For the man in the bed on fire history. Most times, we see people do something without knowing why they do it. If our actions are a mystery to us, how much more will be those of others? Why was lying in bed on fire? Was he drunk? Sick? Did he commit suicide? Was he blind? Did you cold? Was it stupid? Did I have a weird sense of humor? Or what? I do not know. It is very difficult to judge without having much more information. It is true, however, we judge that anyway. But if we could refrain a bit, we would like more.
God, as written, warned his first children, Adam and Eve. Stated it very clearly. Do not eat this fruit, they cause problems. You know the rest of the story ...
And part of that story is in this book.
Robert Fulghum, ALL WE DO NOT KNOW WHY, Emecé Editores, Buenos Aires, 1989.
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