Ode to The Homeless Man and His Bear

I see you every day, every morning, every evening and every night. I do not know you. But you have become part of my life. Perhaps I am only a human to you but, you are the guy with the sweet bear to me.
You do not seem to have a house.
I see you every morning. I want to stop and say: "Can I bring you some bread and cheese and Salami?" But my unconscious tells me "shame on you. Have some respect for this guy. Do not make him feel even worse." After I pass you, my conscious answers: "Shame on you couldn't you just owe a second of your day to someone that is part of your life?"
I see you every Evening. I want to invite you for a warm dinner, perhaps with some wine and a nice music. But then my unconscious says: "Are you sure?" My conscious answers: "aren't you?" Then I am lost in this debate that it is already late for any sort of dinner.
I see you every night. I want to ask you to sleep a night at my place. Perhaps, it would be warm and possibly your bear can sleep on my carpet. Then my unconscious says: "You hardly have a place for yourself!"My conscious too tired to reply. The day ends with the victory of my unconscious. Like every other day.
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"Killer whale drowns SeaWorld trainer in Orlando."

This was the title of several new agencies yesterday. Meanwhile it shocked everyone; the investigations are taking place to clarify the details which caused the death of the trainer. The doubts are whether the “trainer either slipped or fell” into the water which caused serious injuries and eventually her death. This news made me wonder about the selfishness of humanity.
Imagine how day and night thousands of whales and dolphins ask themselves: “Why am I here?” There is no one to answer them. I want to answer them.
My dear beautiful whales and dolphins,
You are all imprisoned because we are humans and you are not, because we are selfish enough to close our eyes and be cruel for millions of dollars that you make for us. We are egocentric enough to watch your pain and laugh. This is all because we, humans can be really selfish and ignorant. My dear beautiful whales and dolphins, it is partly your fault too. You have a happy, charming smile. You are able to jump up and down and enlighten our day. It is your fault too!!!
My dear beautiful whales and dolphins, I hope a day comes that you have the power to imprison us so we understand what it feels to live in a small cell and be the puppet of someone. I hope a day comes that we make freedom rather than money. I hope….
Maybe before blaming the retailer for the retaliation, we have to think why did it all happen?
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After finishing The new John Lewis Gaddis book, "The Cold War, A New History",I have two statements from millions of conclusions in my head to write:
1. Gorbachev was one of the ONLY politicians ever deserving to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
2. I truly enjoyed reading Gaddis.

It might appear that with this two statements, I have reached an absolutely naive conclusion out of the complex history of the Cold War. But these were only two of my many conclusions and indeed the most emotional ones.
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Last year I was talking to a fellow friend of mine who was applying for different universities. When I asked him: “How come you are only considering UBC and SFU?” he responded: “I want to be here for the Olympics!”
After The Canadian Olympic Association was able to overcome South Korea and Austria on July 2, 2003 and officially announce Vancouver as the host of 2010 Winter Olympic, several critics supported or opposed this action. The supporters mentioned the social and economical benefits of the Olympics. Aside from all the excitements that the Olympics generate among the Vancouver residence, it would also peruse the British Colombia’s government to consider a certain budget for updating the city and its transportation system. Indeed, few weeks before the Olympics opening ceremony, there are obvious changes within our community. The new Canada Line which connecting Richmond to Vancouver is an example of one of these rapid changes. Moreover, the supporters argued that the Olympic Games would increase job opportunities for a short period and it would also have considerable economical benefits.
On the other hand, the oppositions argued about the high cost of such event. Meanwhile, Canada is struggling with the economical crisis, only one billion dollars is being spent on the security of the Olympics. Thus the oppositions questioned the reasons behind such a costly event. They proposed that other ways of spending billions of dollars could have been on major programs for creating jobs or solving old but fundamental issues such as homelessness in Vancouver. Lastly, Vancouver will be hosting one of the biggest sport events of the year regardless of all the supports and opposes. Although the only hope remaining is that in the long term the government would use the economical profit of the Olympics to solve fundamental issues such as homelessness, the doubts remaining is whether a government that previously did not plan a major program to solve such problem, would do that now? Only time can answer this question.
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