I was listening to Celia Cruz sing "Rie y Llora" yesterday and pondering. People respond to life altering (or ending) events like terminal cancer in different ways. This song talks about the value of the moment - "the perfect present". Whatever the moment calls for, whether laughter or tears can be embraced without fear. Celia Cruz, facing the end of her life, decided to live right up until the very end. Anyone familiar with her music would expect nothing less than the indomitable spirit that she displayed.
I hope that I live my life with as much consistency and gusto as she did. My style is certainly very different, and I would imagine my priorities a world away from hers. But I'd like to think that I'm learning to embrace all that life holds - tears as well as laughter and recognizing in them the "perfect present."
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