{"id":1548,"date":"2020-04-08T13:20:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2020-05-08T19:06:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:06:56","slug":"menorca-a-lifeline-to-hold-on-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/menorca-a-lifeline-to-hold-on-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Menorca: a lifeline to hold on to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A dark cloak of uncertainty has covered the world completely. <strong>An unstoppable black tide of bad news<\/strong> that is sweeping everything away. An indigestible torrent of apocalyptic data about the voracious global expansion of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronavirus_disease_2019\">Covid-19<\/a> and the trail of economic desolation it is leaving in its wake&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But in this <strong>burnt-out kingdom of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mordor\">Mordor<\/a><\/strong> in its purest form, a halo of hope shines through the embers.<\/p>\n<p>I receive with joy photos of friends and clients who have begun to cultivate the abandoned lands of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/search-results\/?a=finca_rustica\"><strong>country estates in Menorca<\/strong>.<\/a> I receive friendly photos of piglets, chickens and other farm animals that have been recruited to populate <strong>a new world that some have already begun to design<\/strong>. A new land, the fruit of the desire to recover the lost harmony with nature. And our <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menorca\">island<\/a> stands as the best candidate, the best raw material, to build this new home.<\/p>\n<p>I also receive images of beautiful paintings and drawings that come <strong>stamped with a great spiritual charge<\/strong>. Works of art that have spontaneously emanated from within<strong> the walls of our improvised confinement cells<\/strong>. Because love of life and optimism, just like plants, are able to bloom even where there is barely a glimmer of light.<\/p>\n<p>That is why, now more than ever, in the midst of this perfect storm of <strong>gigantic waves that completely absorb us<\/strong>, it is time to <strong>hang on with all our strength to our dreams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And for many, <strong>Menorca is the lifeline to cling onto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1549 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/menorca-dream-paradise-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"Menorca paradise\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A dark cloak of uncertainty has covered the world completely. 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