Thought #19. The art of negation.
No human being is perfect. I wonder what it was about my upbringing that made my mind restless and inquiring . I can ill afford slackness , except for catnaps (or as we say in Spain siestas), which as a general rule, I enjoy day in day out. I have a marked tendency to oversleep . It must be something deeply ingrained in my idiosyncrasy as three alarm clocks are not enough to wake me up in the morning. I also have to openly confess that I do not believe in God, at least, not yet. My wife is always telling me that I cannot answer a simple question if it does not start with the word no. Am I a negative person? Or even worse, am I the type of person who never looks on the bright side (aka a pessimistic)? No, I do not personally think so. Having strong, subjective or even dissenting opinions does not abolish the right to articulate my own ideas or beliefs. It is widely known as freedom of speech. I can understand that brief silence could sometimes be a be...