his is the sprout that grows from the seed and faces the sun...

This is the seed that comes from the tree and falls into the poop
that fell to the ground at the feet of the fox
that silently stalks the unsuspecting snake
that opens its mouth and hunts the iguana
that darts its tongue and catches the spider
that spins its web to catch the bug
that sits on the leaf and eats the flower
that begins to sprout, growing on the tree
that makes its food with the light of the Sun.

"I'm alive," he said to the boy while he ate a plate of dates on the night without bonfires or moon. While I'm eating, I don't do anything but eat. If I were walking, I would just walk. If I have to fight, it will be as good a day to die as any.

»Because I do not live in my past or in my future. I only have the present, and that is the only thing that interests me. If you can always stay in the present you will be a happy man. You will perceive that life exists in the desert, that the sky has stars, and that warriors fight because this is partof the human race. Life will be a party, a great festival, because it is only the moment we are living.