Published on March 4, 2011
(Spanish) Queridos amigos, les habia comentado que éstos dias me ponen bastante reflexivo. Este es el primero de una serie de comentarios. A veces me arrepiento un poco de haberme distanciado cuando vivia en Catalunya, de mis paisanos. Quizá pensando ingenuamente si habia dejado atrás mi vida en Mexico y queria adaptarme y absorber toda la nueva cultura que tenia en frente, que no valia la pena reunirme para extrañar a mi gente y platicar de la problemática y escándalos de nuestro pais. No estoy cuestionando la cultura catalana; para mi es mi segunda casa, de gente solidaria y con una mentalidad que complementa la nuestra, de veras. Esos amigos que tanto aman a su tierra tienen muchas cosas en común con nosotros. Quiero decir que ahora he visto que los mexicanos en Europa son gente bastante interesante: unos buscan el eslabón perdido de sus raíces, otros son intelectuales decepcionados de la inseguridad del pais que han emigrado, otros superándose con orígenes humildes pero yo los veo y los admiro mucho y otros sólo quieren recorrer el mundo no sólo como expectadores sino haciendo su historia aqui. Estos no son los otros paisanos que emigran a USA, p.e., por necesidad y sin preparación. Seguro que el enfoque cambia analizando a los que están en otras partes del mundo. Una cosa es segura: son los ciudadanos del mundo que mejor me entienden, que mejor me aconsejan y los que vuelven atemporales las salidas y los reencuentros. (English)Dear friends, I had told these days make me thoughtful. This is the first of a series of comments. Sometimes I regret a little of having distance myself, when I lived in Catalonia, from my countrymen. May be thinking naively whether I left behind my past in Mexico and wanted to adapt and absorb or not into the new culture that was in front of me, maybe wasn't worthy to meet and miss my people and talk about the problems and scandals of our country. I am not questioning Catalan culture; for me that is my second home, of supportive people and with a mentality that complements ours, seriously. They are friends that love strongly their land and have a lot of things in common with us. My point is that now I have seen than Mexicans in Europe are people very interesting: ones are looking for the missing link of their roots, others are intellectuals being disappointed with the insecurity of our country who have emigrated, others just excelling themselves from humble origins but I see them and admire them so much, and others just want to travel over the world not only as observers but doing their own history here. These are not the other countrymen that immigrate, for instance, to USA for necessity and without preparation. Surely this approach changes by analyzing those who are in other parts of the world. One thing I am pretty sure: they are the citizens of the world that understand me better, give me better advises and those who turn out timeless when going out and reunions.