I hope you enjoy it, but it doesn't sound as beautiful in English as it does in Spanish. Here is the poem in English because I know so many of you probably couldn't read it and understand it in Spanish. And we can always look back and see how our challenges and choices in life have led us to where we are today. We've got to have the faith and courage to take the step and press forward. I believe that our footprints are the path. And sometimes Christ doesn't give us all the answers and we have to figure it out by ourselves. And I completely agree, but I still believe that we make our own path, we can choose to follow the path of Christ and even then we still have to have the faith to take the step. Someone pointed out in class that the Savior says in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the light." This means there is a path, Christ is the path. It is also, as the poem points out, like the wakes left by a boat in the ocean. I envision walking on the sand, there aren't any footprints ahead of you but when you look behind you can see your own and you see the progress. Then in the end we can look back and see our footprints and see where we've come. Caminante no hay camino sino estelas en la mar. Al andar se hace el camino, y al volver la vista atrs se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Sometimes the path isn't laid out for us we have to take that first step and make our own path. Hannah Marie Wednesday, MaAntonio Machado- PROVERBIOS Y CANTARES - XXIX Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada ms Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. We can't just wait to feel faith, faith is an action, a choice. In English it translates, "through walking the path is made". The line "Al andar se hace el camino" is my favorite. What this poem says is basically we make our own paths as we go through life. Even though the first time I read it I didn't understand it completely I still felt it's power. The words are beautiful and I love the way it is written. This is a poem that we read in my Spanish Literature class today and I absolutely LOVE it.
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