Diary 1985, Frankfurt, Germany

A. Ferrer, 1985, Frankfurt, Germany

"Many people have I known, whose measure of their fellowmen is
rich or poor, famous or unknown, powerful or powerless,
strong or weak, good-looking or not good-looking,
belongs to the upper social class or belongs to the lower social class,
has lots of material belongings or has less material belongings,
has the latest in fashion & trend or has old fashioned stuff,
has the most expensive things or has the cheapest in the market,
intelligent or not intelligent, talented or not talented,
always on top or always at the bottom,
has many influential friends or has no influential friends,
and so on and so on until one gets dizzy with the long list of this crap.

My friend, if ever you will try to measure somebody,
I advice you to look carefully who is:
the oppressor or the oppressed, the cheater or the honest,
the crook or the righteous , the rude or the polite & kind,
the arrogant & haughty or the humble,
the aggressive or the meek,
the loud & noisy or the quiet & serene,
the aggressive or the peaceful,
the unjust & unfair or the just & fair,
the inhumane or the humane,
the one whose god is money & wealth or
the one whose slave is money & wealth,
the one who will suffer patience & endurance or
the one who will step on fellow people just to reach a goal,
the one who treats human beings like animals or
the one who treats animals as if they were people,
the one who has no respect for others' feelings or
the one who has utmost respect for others' feelings,
the one who sucks the lifeblood of other people or
the one who would do what he can
to help ease the burden of his fellowmen, and lastly,
the one who takes or the one who gives...

Choose wisely, my friend, because life is short.
Live as if you will not be here tomorrow,
rather than live as if you were immortal.
In a nutshell, just choose the good and reject the evil.
Do this and destiny will smile upon you.
Do this and Mother Nature will take care of you.
Do this and God will bless you and keep you.
Do this and mankind will defend your cause".