Goodbye, Prince

I’ve been meaning to write this goodbye post since the day Prince left us for the afterworld that he always dreamed of. You know, the one where you can always see the sun, either day or night. However, life kept surprising me with other sad news, including the loss of my father. I can’t help thinking that my father’s birthday was on April and Prince died in April, and that my father died in June and Prince’s birthday was in June. Life has a twisted sense of humor, indeed.

La cercanía está en el botón de play

Foto por Jim Rafferty vía flickr, bajo licencia de Creative Commons.

Nunca antes había pensado en el poder tan grande y subestimado que tiene el botón de play. Recién me doy cuenta de que la acción de reproducir películas y música impulsada por ese botón me ha cambiado la vida muchas veces, pero también descubrí que tiene otro poder: lograr la cercanía. 

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