It has been some time since my last post, to those left behind my apologies. Like many out there the last months has been quite difficult. Not just the economic turmoil but the uncertainty of it all. My restaurant which started as a dream ended up short of a nightmare, with over a dozen wonderful hard working people on the street. I am only a small cog in this maddening roller coaster ride. Yet, I have much to be grateful for, a roof over my head, a wonderful family in its broadest definition who has been there, health, and some part of my brain still left from college, to help me get through and I, we ,will get through.
This last weekend I had the chance to spend time with the family, mom, dad, and my kid bro. Good time. A current theme though out the weekend was the bleak future of our dear island. In my last blog, I was frustrated and above all angry. Angry at the politics, corruption, and basic deterioration of a culture I once revered and loved. It was a sad conclusion my brother and i reached that we do not see the future of the island changing. But if NYC changed from the drug and pimp haven it was in the 70's when Kojack and Barney Miller patroled the streets we in PR can also change.
I want La voz del Sinchi to do a little more. We all need to rant and get it out of our system,and I will rant, but we also need to provide alternatives, real alternatives to improve not just out lives but those of our children. We must in our way help.
This weekend in Culebra during the regatta I saw young kids sailing their little Optimist (small sailboat used as a trainer) competing enjoying and learning to enjoy without the vices, out in nature and learning the value and respect of the ocean at an early age. Very few people realize these young Optimist sailors represent PR in competitions all over the Caribbean and usually place in the top 3!!. They also learn to value PR greatest natural resource the ocean.
La voz del sinchi will try to have a broader spectrum, not just local politics, but other matters which affect us, the lack of capitol for small business,the outrageous tax system for small business, abuses by credit card companies, politics in the mainland, and other topics. Above all I have chosen this site to get your feedback, support and participation. In that sense the experience others have encountered can be shared, the ideas which need to be heard can be expressed. And the music, books, film which help us grow culturally will be exchanged.
There are always subjects which polarize when presented with a broad brush, yet within those divisive issues we can find common ground. From that common ground we can perhaps build a better foundation which is what we all want for our future generations.
and our island. Thank you and hope you enjoy.
Posted by Emilio J. Torres-Requena at 3/25/2009 1:16 PM | Add Comment
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