El poder de la congruencia

¿Porqué la gente ya no le cree a los políticos, a los sacerdotes? Porque nos hemos acostumbrado ver que mientan, que no sean congruentes.

- Los políticos se cansan de hablar de transparencia, y nos tenemos que enterar por periodicazos que tienen departamentos en Miami o en París.
- Los sacerdotes nos hablan de su voto de pobreza y vemos que juegan golf o viven en palacios mientras caminan con zapatos de Prada; nos hablan de castidad y nos enteramos de que tienen amantes, hijos, o lo que es peor, han abusado sexualmente de niños.

Pero aún hay gente que nos asombra, nos reconforta por ser congruente, y uno de ellos es Peter Tatchell, activista británico por los derechos de gays y lesbianas.

Así lo presenta The Independent:

"There was an unexpected graciousness in the way Peter Tatchell this week accepted Simon Hughes's apology for the vicious by-election campaign which put paid to Tatchell's political career more than 20 years ago. "The Lib Dems ran a very dirty campaign which stirred up a lot of homophobia against me," said the man who responded to defeat by pledging himself to become a full-time campaigner for gay rights. "But that was 23 years ago - I don't hold a grudge." Rather, he said, he was pleased that Hughes had finally admitted his sexuality, which Tatchell let slip he had "known all this time".

Strange how the wheel of fortune turns. Peter Tatchell was once perhaps the most execrated man in British politics. He was - to restrict ourselves to quotations from just one newspaper, the Daily Mail - "loony", "scabrous", "repellent", "repulsive", "sour", "humourless", "obnoxious" and a "homosexual terrorist"..."

Comenta Towleroad:

A look at the UK's best known gay activist, the courageous Peter Tatchell.

"At 54, he looks and lives like a student. His body is thin. His clothes are cheap. He will not wear leather shoes, so strict a vegetarian is he. Guests report being offered carrot soup followed by carrot casserole. He has almost no money - he earns about £8,000 a year from writing and is supported by friends who fund him through a modest trust called tatchellrightsfund. He sleeps on the floor in a single bedroom, with a fire extinguisher by his mattress in case of arson attacks. It is the life of a monk."

No hay que ser ricos o famosos para ser congruentes necesariamente. Peter Tatchell no se considera un héroe ni mucho menos, se considera algo más sencillo y a la vez poderoso: feliz. Porque la vida merece ser vivida, sólo y sólo si la vivimos de forma auténtica, siendo nosotros mismos, siendo congruentes.