Tu que viajas tanto algún día te encontrarás con tu padre ! No lo juzgues .

THE GIFT OF FORGIVING DAD I always wanted to know what was behind Facundo Cabral's famous phrase, "I'm not from here, nor am I from there..." and when I found out, I loved this story that I'm about to tell you, which is so closely tied to a feeling as noble as love: forgiveness. Facundo Cabral's father left home before he was born. Then Sara, Cabral's mother, was evicted along with her young children, and Facundo had no roof over his head when he was born, hence the phrase, "I'm not from here, nor am I from there." He was born on one of the streets of La Plata, as if foreshadowing what life would later hold for him: hardships, struggles, and much learning, as if preparing the great musical apostle for a path that not even his senseless death could stop. One night, after finishing a concert, Facundo, at 46 years old, received a great surprise: his father was waiting for him in the hallway. “I recognized him because he looked just like the photo my mother had always kept, but with gray hair. I recognized him instantly because I always saw that photo,” Cabral recounted. “My father was very handsome. The complete opposite of me, he was very elegant. He was there, and I froze.” This was his first encounter with his father. Can you imagine the storm of emotions, thoughts, and nerves raging inside this man who traveled the world with his music, preaching peace, forgiveness, and love? What to do? One day Cabral said about his father: “My father exhausted all the hatred I had accumulated within me. I hated him deeply. He had left my mother alone with seven children. Four died of hunger and cold. Three of us survived by a miracle.” And now he was standing before him, with every right to tell him what his heart held. At that moment, the memory of his mother's words echoed in his head: “You who travel so far, one day you will meet your father. Don't make the mistake of judging him! Remember the commandment: honor your father and your mother. Second, that man you will have before you is the man your mother loved most, loves most, and has loved most. Third, what is right is to give him a hug and thank him because thanks to him you are enjoying God's wonders in the world.” Facundo himself recounts the outcome of this encounter: “That's why when I saw my father, we went to each other, we hugged, and we were great friends until the end of his days. That time I was free, I said: ‘My God, how wonderful it is to live without hatred.’ It took me years to forgive, and I was able to do it in a second. And I felt so good.” Text: Facundo Cabral