The Blues
Our dear friend Paco Soler sent us these wise words from his home in Madrid. How true Paco, we are already feeling "the blues"
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What an experience! What a healthy envy do we feel! What beauty! But let me warn you of something: there’s a possibility that, when you return home, you will experience a period of the “blues”. That is what follows an important experience, what happens to most marathon or Ironman runners after months of preparation, the return to a daily routine that had been abandoned a long time ago. It seems like a void has been created that needs to be filled again.
In any case, you should not worry about it because it’ll pass. And I’ll tell you more: now it’s the perfect time to reflect on all the inspiration you can extract from this experience to make your lives even richer than they were before departing, to love humankind even more now that you have been able to know it in ways that would have been impossible from your home, and to find new ways to make an impact in this world in ways beyond what you had been able to do before starting this adventure.
About this last point I’d like to point something out that you may find comforting: it is the fact that your journey is a source of inspiration for many of us that followed your experiences and explorations…that in itself is already a small (or large) contribution to making this world a better place.
And yes, it’s likely there will be some “blues” but be happy, embrace it, because that’s the small price that must be paid when someone does something truly special in life, when you live life to the fullest and define a model of what life should be like. And let many more “blues” come by if they follow moments of fulfillment. I wish that God continues blessing you with that faith, that strength and that love that you demonstrate among yourselves and towards others to continue being a light in this world.
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¡Qué experiencia! ¡Qué sana envidia! ¡Qué belleza! Pero déjenme que les dé un aviso: es muy posible que cuando regresen a casa pasen un período de lo que se llama el “blues”. Es el período que sigue a una experiencia importante, lo que ocurre a casi todos los que corrieron un maratón o un Ironman después de meses de preparación, la vuelta a una rutina que se había abandonado hacía tiempo. Parece que se crea un vacío que hay que volver a rellenar.
En cualquier caso no deberían preocuparse, porque pasa. Y les diré más, ahora es el momento perfecto para pensar en la inspiración que pueden extraer de esta experiencia para hacer sus vidas más ricas de lo que ya eran antes de partir, para enamorarse más todavía de esta humanidad que han conocido ahora en vertientes que eran imposibles de percibir desde su hogar, y para encontrar formas de impactar este mundo todavía más de lo que lo hacían antes de comenzar la aventura.
Sobre este último punto creo que hay algo que debería reconfortarles, y es el hecho de saber que su andadura es una inspiración para muchísimos de nosotros que hemos seguido sus viajes y experiencias…solo con ello ya han hecho este mundo un poco (o un mucho) mejor de lo que era.
Y sí, probablemente venga un poco el “blues”, pero estén felices, abrácenlo, porque ese es el pequeño precio que se paga cuando alguien hace algo realmente especial en su vida, cuando se vive en tanta plenitud que crea un modelo de cómo vivir. Y que vengan muchos más “blues” como consecuencia de seguir haciendo cosas en plenitud. Dios les siga dando esa fe, esa fortaleza y ese amor que se muestran entre ustedes y hacia los demás para seguir siendo una luz en este mundo.
What an experience! What a healthy envy do we feel! What beauty! But let me warn you of something: there’s a possibility that, when you return home, you experience a period of the “blues”. That is what follows an important experience, what happens to most marathon or Ironman runners after months of preparation, the return to a daily routine that had been abandoned a long time ago. It seems like a void has been created that needs to be filled again.
In any case, you should not worry about it because it’ll pass. And I’ll tell you more: now it’s the perfect time to reflect on all the inspiration you can extract from this experience to make your lives even richer than they were before departing, to love humankind even more now that you have been able to know it in ways that would have been impossible from your home, and to find new ways to make an impact in this world in ways beyond what you had been able to do before starting this adventure.
About this last point I’d like to point something out that you may find comforting: it is the fact that your journey is a source of inspiration for many of us that followed your experiences and explorations…that in itself is already a small (or large) contribution to making this world a better place.
And yes, it’s likely there will be some “blues” but be happy, embrace it, because that’s the small price that must be paid when someone does something truly special in life, when you live life to the fullest and define a model of what life should be like. And let many more “blues” come by if they follow moments of fulfillment. I wish that God continues blessing you with that faith, that strength and that love that you demonstrate among yourselves and towards others to continue being a light in this world.
Paco SolerVP European Operationsfjsoler@urbanscience.comTel. +34 654 337 656
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