I write this Easter 25 when millions are premiering. Some very happy, because what was expected came to them; others, with that bittersweet flavor because the garment was small or large, or it was not the preferred color. Some received yellow masks to wear on the night of the 31st; many received a few cuckoos the most of cuckoos; them, only underwear, because the economy is in underwear. Anything is sweetie, said the one who got a Rolls Royce.
This time the gifts were shown at a distance, by Zoom, and a phrase was repeated that should be a rule every time someone knows of a corrupt person: “Uncover it, uncover it.” Another phrase that has been heard due to what we have experienced is: “Thank you God, at least we are all here.” There is also sadness and pain in almost 41,500 homes where a loved one was needed who took the covid-19. God give them courage and allow those who are hospitalized to return home soon.
But, drying his eyes and asking for strength for all, this will be the week of changes of clothes that, as some ministers say, did not measure up. But you have to be nice. “A gift horse does not look at the tooth”.
One Christmas, when I was a child, my father gave me a spirited horse, a chestnut tree that whinnied and leaped with happiness and in which I traveled as from here to Bethlehem, where the Christ Child was born. It was a soft reindeer horse, for it was just a stick with a thoroughbred face. But, to me, it was a horse. I loved it very much, also because it had been handmade by my unforgettable old man, who gave it to me wrapped in a smile. He put everything together. She even made him a beautiful rein of cabuyas that he twisted over her leg and then wove into a braid. It was another Christmas. Freer, with less fear.
Hopefully in 2021 the vaccine will be the best gift for everyone, because it is close, but we are somewhat lagged compared to other countries, even in the area. Let the vaccines come, let everything go well, let the politicking not creep in, and whoever tries to take advantage of such a need to engage in politics “let it be uncovered, let it be uncovered”. Because it would be mean. But it is known that there are politicians who take advantage of even a poor man’s wake. And 2021 is a political campaign.
But time does not stop and we are already seeing what we do for the 31st, because we already want this horrible year to end, in which few wishes and predictions were fulfilled. Going around the block, suitcase in hand, was not fulfilled except for the former national team technician Carlos Queiroz, because in this confinement the parliamentarians, who are wolves of the air, did not even get out.
But you have to bet that the black year will be behind us. That word ‘resilience’ is just starting over, with more anger after adversity. It is courage to recover. And we Colombians have a lot of that. Today everything is resilience: I invited a friend to a resilience and she almost hit me. I don’t know what he understood.
Resilience, courage, whatever it’s called, we have to get out of this trance. We are going to burn the old years that have mortified us: the furry covid-19 has to be ashes, and self-discipline is key. We must burn the doll of corruption, with a face of mockery of justice. The Government has to burn the old year of the hitmen who kill social leaders and reinserted from the Farc (almost 500 this year). That is a pandemic. In addition to the dark horror of the massacres. We have to burn the femicide doll: 209 women and girls were murdered this pandemic year. And if I continue, we have to burn about a hundred … drug trafficking, unemployment, poverty … But with about ten burning this country will be better. Happy year to all.
LUIS NOÉ OCHOA
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