By: Eloy A Gonzalez.
Much of my life is
linked with the books. I recognized one day in 1962 in this large library of a house
confiscated from its owners.
The feeling I experienced that summer still remember with pleasure.
The idea of writing has always
accompanied me. Completing a book is
another issue that has occupied me last year. This after a brief contact with death, living the
hazardous conditions and have a good number of articles I have written in
recent years.
Is that five years ago I started writing articles on topics of Health, Medicine and Medical Education in Cuba, quite
in keeping with my profession, that had accompanied me for almost 30 years and
may return briefly just three years ago. Some time ago I wrote an article entitled "Good
Anniversary" (available on the Internet) that clearly explains the
events and motivations that have led me to write opinion articles on many
varied topics. Six months ago, following a silence too long, I toasted my
article: "Back to writing."
It is worth repeating what was a sort of mission statement about what should be
done from my end of year 2009:
At this turning point, as I
have nothing. I
remain compassionate and kind, much as I can be angry, irreverent, whenever it
sees fit.
I have no loyalties to those who respond, or
alignments that force me to think. I have no immediate hopes,
and passions that inhibit me. I enjoy the serenity of the barren days and I bathe in
the pleasant nights of insomnia and dreams. I do not have a living, so I take it easier smoothly.
It was precisely in that quiet time that I conceived the
idea of selecting those articles on topics of Health and Medicine had me so
busy; some appeared, with some modifications, in these pages. Grouping
articles, review and editing to suit demand seemed an easy task
but it did not. After the
selection and revised text, which would be ready the book: "La Habana bien
vale unos titulos”. The edition was supplemented
by a good job of the designer, who with the front and back covers saved an
issue that shows some problems in the credits and typography.
Lacking in the book an essential item.
This is the introductory note and Bases and
Statutes of the Independent Medical College of Cuba. Prepared text
entirely in Cuba in 1997. That text, central to this book was not to include it, I
hope that someday it back.
Yesterday I received the book, expected to have on
hand a book to which I devoted much time and energy was a joy that I enjoy in
solitude. The
book is unpretentious, has a value that is my book, the ideas and
opinions that are in their pages show my creative activity free of pressures,
contradictions and fears.
This, my
book, I now have about as I write these notes, is a dream that I've given.
It
will not be the only dream, because despite the drama that represents a life
finished, you may be a dream and dreams do not have qualities.
© 2010
Note: The book, "La Habana bien vale unos titulos”,
was published in Spain by the editing system by demands. It was recently published
again. It is available on Amazon. It can be purchased on the Internet using a search engine
with the title or author name.
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