De-escalate

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There is no one who knows me better than myself. Sometimes I look like this, from outside, and I tell myself, look dude, you're not so bad. For everything you promised (or what you didn't promise, rather), you have come this far, which is already a lot. Reconócelo, There was a time when you thought things were going nowhere or would end in a stalemate.. It cannot be said that you had great plans or very precise plans., but, to have been improvising or making decisions on the fly, there are aspects that can be improved, Of course, but it would not be inaccurate to maintain that, So, in general, things have gone relatively well for you.

Yeah, I know that we have not always agreed on everything we have done., but that's pretty reasonable, given the circumstances. life is like that, an endless crossroads, of address changes, of unplanned surprises, and it wasn't always easy to know, of all the possibilities that presented themselves, which was the best. In each new change of direction there were always pros and cons that we had to weigh. But, tell me something: don't you have any left, chance, not even a slight doubt whether you could have made a different decision that time? Isn't it? It happens to me too. and think about it, although sometimes you got away with it, You weren't always sure that the path you had taken was the right one.. And not, I'm not telling you this so you think I'm taking stock now.. At this point, I don't feel like counting who made the most mistakes or what great successes each one can attribute. Sometimes you were right, Others I was the one who took the cat into the water. Y, other way round, There were times when you really screwed up by not listening to any of my advice.. Yeah, Don't give me that face, you know very well what I'm talking about..

we are the same, I know, but we are also different, Although I have always understood that, at the same time, We are fragments or pieces of that same thing or essence of which we are both part.. And not, It's not like that thing about ying and yang or complementary opposites., or whatever you want it to be called. Ours is not about that. You are me and I am also you. Are, simply, different aspects, variables that, however, if you think about it carefully, we keep scraps, if not the same everything, of the other. It seems like gibberish, but, in the background, it is not. Analyze it and you will see. Do you follow me now? Of course, yes I know you were playing dumb. You and I already know each other. Or me and you, as you prefer. I'm not going to get belligerent about that now.. We both know that's a minor detail..

And if, It's true. I already know that you are not, of me, the only thing i have. There are many others like you. I mean, that there are many you in me or vice versa. It is not a question of pointing out now where one begins and where the other does., when we know that everything is so mixed. Nor do I mean that you are one of many (haven't you realized that, as the years go by, we are more and more?). in that, I have always believed that we owe each other a little respect or consideration. Hay, in that aspect, a golden rule: always treat us as equals, what is, after all, what we are (o, said another way, what, even if we wanted, it couldn't be any other way). Or what do you think would happen if we didn't take care of each other?? Can you imagine it? we would go crazy. We have known them like this.

The question that arises now is, reached this point, what do we do? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that I no longer contribute anything to you and I already have you completely integrated, as assumed. Besides, you know we can't separate ourselves either. No, that wouldn't be right. I have tried it other times and it has never worked. After everything we've been through, It would be very unfair to either party and, thus, for the total. It's been a fun couple of months., I don't deny that to you. be like this, with so much time for us, has brought out some nuances that we were unaware of until now. It was like being on a long vacation., but without really being. Do you remember what you told me that day? How was it? ¡Ah!, I already remember. “It's like when you're at an airport waiting to board a plane and they announce, suddenly, that your flight is delayed a few hours. You can't go anywhere, But you can't go back to the place where you started either.". That's what you said. And the truth is that it is a pretty good comparison.. I always (or us) airports have been liked a lot precisely for that reason, because once you get there, you can't do anything but wait, but if you look and pay a little attention, a lot of interesting things happen.

So, that? Do you dare? No, don't be sad. No problem, it's normal. This doesn't mean we won't see each other again soon.. What do you hear?, you never know. Whenever, Anything can happen and we're back to where we are right now.. Although, The truth is that I don't want to deceive you. in these things, when they pass, nothing is ever like before, even if the situation repeats itself. There are changes that cannot be reversed. That's why they are changes, because everything mutates and, if so, it becomes something that will be different. But don't worry, after all, even if we leave, we never completely leave. you'll see. Soon others like you will come. or like me. Others that will be you and me at the same time and, at once, something else different. And so, we will follow. Who knows when it will end. When it happens, however, will have happened. And so everything will stop. You, yo, or me and you, and that other. We'll see. That's the good thing about this thing, what, in the background, we already know everything and, at once, we have no idea about almost anything. GERARDO LEON

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