Forever

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It was Gabo's birthday recenlty. He would've been 88 years old today, sadly he left us this April and he left in his wake a legacy that is vast and varied.

Needless to say he was an inspiration to generations because of the sheer originality of his voice. I found one more reason to admire him from this article about him by Maira Popov where she describes his life as "a heartening testament to the fact that a purpose is not something you are born with but something you find and cultivate, something that reveals itself when you let your life speak — even when what your life has to say is not, at first, what you want to hear."

People have different ways of expressing their admiration in different ways. Some have the wherewithal to print banknotes in his honor, whereas humble people like yours truly seek to learn Spanish to be able to read the words he actually read.