“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.”

I love the staccato rhythm of this speech; in this rhythm we open our hearts and speak our truth, we practice clarity and take creative action; we learn how to connect with others from our hearts. These words  from José Micard Teixeira made famous by Meryl Streep in 2014,  hit me in the face, burn my heart open, open my eyes wide awake and fill my aging heart, body and soul with bubbly boiling life energy … they make me go go and keep me going to live my life like everyday is a beautiful to die…