DIGNITY

     A ship in Lago di Como - Italy   (Photo by Jesús Canca)

                             

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"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors,

but in deserving them".

Aristotle  (384BC-322BC)

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Do you know the story of the man who works honestly all his life, 

saving as much money as possible, with just a dream in mind?

His dream ... ?

... To buy a small ship,

call it "Dignity" 

and sail on it!

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These difficult days, when everybody talks/listens/reads about the ECONOMIC CRISIS, on the one hand, it is worth remembering the song "DIGNITY" by Deacon Blue and, on the other hand, reading the short article "DIGNIDAD" written by the journalist David Jiménez (in Spanish); published today on his Blog .

(Please, go and read David Jimenez's post/article. You have the link on the previous line.
In my opinion, it is simply brilliant!)

Despite the crisis,
it is crystal-clear that

everybody has dreams and ambitions in life.

So...

Why not fighting hard to fulfill them?

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 Listen to the song "Dignity", by Deacon Blue (with Spanish subtitles).

And have a look at the Lyrics (in English) -if you wish...

I hope you enjoy it !

 DIGNITY

by  Deacon Blue 

There's a man I meet, walks up our street  

He's a worker for the council, has been twenty years  

And he takes no lip off nobody and litter off the gutter  

Puts it in a bag and never thinks to mutter

 
And he packs his lunch in a sunblest bag, the children call him Bogie  

He never lets on but I know 'cause he once told me  

He let me know a secret about the money in his kitty  

He's gonna buy a dinghy, gonna call her dignity

 
And I'll sail her up the west coast, through villages and towns  

I'll be on my holidays, they'll be doing their rounds  

They'll ask me how I got her, I'll say, "I saved my money"  

They'll say, "Isn't she pretty, that ship called dignity?"

 
And I'm telling this story in a faraway scene  

Sipping down raki and reading Maynard Keynes  

And I'm thinking about home and all that means

  And a place in the winter for dignity

And I'll sail her up the west coast, through villages and towns  

I'll be on my holidays, they'll be doing their rounds 

'll ask me how I got her, I'll say, "I saved my money" 

They'll say, "Isn't she pretty, that ship called dignity?"

 
I'll set it up, set it up, set it up, set it up, set it up, set it up  

Yeah, set it up again, set it up again, set it up again, set it up again  

Set it up, set it up, set it up, set it up, set it up, set it up  

Yeah, set it up again, set it up again, set it up again, set it up again

 
And I'm thinking about home and I'm thinking about faith  

And I'm thinking about work and I'm thinking, how good it would be  

To be here some day on a ship called dignity  

A ship called dignity, that ship

READING COMPREHENSION.-

Read the Lyrics of the song and then answer the following questions:

1.- What is the dream of the man in the song?

2.- What is the name of his dream?

3.- How can he get his dream?

Just to finish...

REMEMBER 

OUR PIECE OF ADVICE

Despite the crisis, and despite difficult times,

Whatever you do, 

no matter how hard it may be, 

...don't give up the ship!

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PS. I would like say THANK YOU to David Jimenez for his wonderful article "DIGNIDAD". His words have been the inspiration for this post.

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