Ariel Zorion's Blog, page 7
September 1, 2021
Entrevista en la web de Alicia Rico Forte
Hay personas que tienen luz, así de sencillo, y a todo lo que tocan le dan un tinte especial, revestido de una sensibilidad inaudita y, sobre todo, de una cercanía que es puro arte. En la entrevista que me ha hecho hace poco Alicia Rico Forte, autora de La transparencia de un Instante, Nadie dijo que fuera fácil y Siempre que llovió, paró, todos estos ingredientes la impregnan de principio a fin porque Alicia es así, una persona especial.
Aquí os dejo el enlace para que podáis leerla. Ojalá la disfrutéis porque seguro que descubriréis cosas que no sabías sobre mí.
Y justo debajo podéis leer un poquito de uno de sus libros. Merece la pena, os lo aseguro.
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August 31, 2021
Sadness
There are days that stick with you. There are moments that happen as if they were a hurricane. There are events that sweep away many hopes with a mere breath. There are days when sadness settles inside you and you are afraid that it might stay there forever.
None of us are safe from it. Sooner or later it comes to visit us and, although we understand that it is a necessary emotion, it is never welcome, because it makes the world a little smaller, because it shrinks your heart, because it does not let you breathe. And so, breathless, you try to go on as if nothing, when you know that today you have no strength, because today nothing mitigates the pain.
Sadness seeks solitude and that is the worst remedy, because it swallows you up and you do not see beyond a gray and barren place. Sadness may seek solitude, but what it needs is company, to share the sorrow, to divide it, to share the burden it entails. And in the end it will all pass. The sun will rise again announcing a new day, erasing with its rays the bitterness of the previous one or, at least, mitigating it. It will caress your skin with its warmth and remind you that you are here, that you are still alive and that you cannot give up.
To do so would be unfair to those who are no longer with us.
WE WILL MISS YOU, ANYI. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH.
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August 30, 2021
Tristeza
Hay días que se te quedan grabados. Hay momentos que suceden como si fueran un huracán. Hay acontecimientos que se llevan por delante muchas esperanzas con un mero soplido. Hay días en los que la tristeza se instala dentro de ti y te da miedo de que pueda quedarse ahí para siempre.
Ninguno estamos a salvo de ella. Antes o después viene a visitarnos y, aunque entendamos que es una emoción necesaria, nunca es bienvenida, porque hace que el mundo sea un poco más pequeño, porque te encoge el corazón, porque no te deja respirar. Y, así, sin aliento, tratas de seguir como si nada, cuando sabes que hoy no tienes fuerzas, porque hoy nada mitiga el dolor.
La tristeza busca soledad y ese es el peor remedio, porque te engulle y no ves más allá de un paraje gris y yermo. Puede que la tristeza busque esa soledad, pero lo que necesita es compañía, compatir la pena, dividirla, repartir la carga que supone. Y al final todo pasará. El sol saldrá otra vez anunciando un nuevo día, borrando con sus rayos la amargura del anterior o, cuando menos, mitigándola. Te acariciará la piel con su calor y te recordará que estás aquí, que sigues viva y que no puedes rendirte.
Hacerlo sería injusto para los que ya no están.
TE ECHAREMOS DE MENOS, ANYI. NO TE HACES NI IDEA DE CUÁNTO.
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August 29, 2021
End-of-summer offer
Summer may not technically be over, but certainly for many people the end of August means the end of vacation and, therefore, the return to work and routine. So, it has occurred to me, there is no better way to return than filling our daily lives with stories that help us to escape from time to time. All the books are at 0.99 €, except for two others that you can’t see in the image and they are free, as well as another one that is also at that wonderful price of less than one euro. In short, you have at your fingertips 13 books for less than 11 €, don’t you think it’s a great offer?
As for the subject matter, you will find a variety of books, suspense novels, thrillers, romance novels (although not the usual ones, they are not the typical ones), drama…. All the stories have a strong psychological background and they touch on current issues that surely, while they make you enjoy, will give you something to think about. I leave you the link to my Amazon page so you can take a look at them right here.
I hope you enjoy these stories very much. Be sure to let me know what you think.
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August 28, 2021
Ofertón final de verano
Puede que técnicamente no se haya acabado el verano, pero sin duda para muchos el final de agosto significa el final de las vacaciones y, por tanto, la vuelta al trabajo y a la rutina. Así que, se me ha ocurrido, que no hay mejor forma de regresar que llenando nuestro día a día con historias que nos ayuden a evadirnos de vez en cuando. Todos los libros están a 0,99 €, excepto otros dos que podéis ver en la imagen de abajo que son gratis, así como otro que también está a ese maravilloso precio de menos de un euro. En resumen, tienes al alcance de tu mano 13 libros por menos de 11 €, ¿no te parece una pasada de oferta?
En cuanto a la temática, encontrarás libros variados, novelas de suspense, thriller, novela romántica (aunque no al uso, no son las típicas), drama… Todas las historias tienen un marcado trasfondo psicológico y en ellas se tocan temas de actualidad que seguro que, al tiempo que te hacen disfrutar, te darán qué pensar. Te dejo el enlace a mi página de Amazon para que puedas echarles un vistazo justo aquí.
Espero que disfrutéis muchísimo con estas historias. No dejéis de contarme vuestra opinión.
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August 27, 2021
Small gestures
When we think of the things that need to be changed in the world, we usually have in mind large organizations and associations that carry out actions that manage to turn some situation around. Rarely are we really aware that every great action starts with a small gesture.
And the fact is that I am increasingly saturated with the fact that in the news there is only bad news (forgive the redundancy), despite the immensity of small gestures that are seen every day and that make this world a much nicer and better place. Moreover, when we think of people who have fought for their ideals or who have tried to change something, whether they have succeeded or not, they are still just people, like you and me.
Changing the reality, ours, the one close to us, in that day to day in which we move, is much easier than it seems, as long as we assume that there are things that are beyond our reach but others depend only on us and one of them is our attitude and the way in which we respond to the circumstances that we are presented with.
That is why small gestures, kind words and cooperation with those close to us are so important. Saying good morning with a good tone and a good face, saying thank you when someone does something for us or recognizing the effort and success of those around us, being sincerely happy about it, can also change the day of many people. These small gestures make us feel good, make us feel recognized and make us more likely to do the same for others, in the style of the 2000 movie Pay it forward, starring Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey.
But small gestures go much further. For example, a very simple action is to recycle and be more aware of our actions and their lethal consequences for the planet. Separating waste is not a big effort but added to everyone’s effort it makes a difference. And this is just one example of a small gesture you can make.
Are you going to think before you act about the consequences that each of your gestures can have on making this world a better place?
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August 26, 2021
Pequeños gestos
Cuando pensamos en las cosas que hay que cambiar en el mundo, solemos tener en mente a grandes organizaciones y asociaciones que llevan a cabo actuaciones que logran dar un giro a alguna situación. Pocas veces somos realmente conscientes que cada gran acción se inicia con un pequeño gesto.
Y es que cada vez estoy más saturada de que en las noticias sólo haya precisamente malas noticias (perdonad la redundancia), a pesar de la inmensidad de pequeños gestos que se ven a diario y que hacen de este mundo un lugar mucho más bonito y mejor. Es más, cuando pensamos en las personas que han luchado por sus ideales o que han intentado cambiar algo, lo hayan logrado o no, siguen siendo simplemente personas, como tú y como yo.
Cambiar la realidad, la nuestra, la cercana, en ese día a día en la que nos movemos, es mucho más fácil de lo que parece, siempre que asumamos que hay cosas que están fuera de nuestro alcance pero otras dependen sólo de nosotros y una de ellas es nuestra actitud y la forma en la que respondemos a las circunstancias que se nos presentan.
Por eso son tan importantes los pequeños gestos, las palabras amables y colaborar con los que tenemos cerca. Decir un buenos días con buen tono y buena cara, dar las gracias cuando alguien hace algo por nosotros o reconocer el esfuerzo y el éxito de los que tenemos alrededor, alegrarnos sinceramente por ello, además, puede cambiar el día de muchas personas. Esos pequeños gestos nos hacen sentir bien, nos hacen sentir reconocidos y provocan que seamos más proclives a hacer lo mismo por otros, al más puro estilo cadena de favores, la película del año 2000 protagonizada por Helen Hunt y Kevin Spacey.
Pero los pequeños gestos van mucho más allá. Por ejemplo, una acción muy sencilla es la de reciclar y ser más conscientes de nuestros actos y su consecuencia letal para el planeta. Separar los residuos no supone un gran esfuerzo pero sumado al esfuerzo de todos equivale a hacer la diferencia. Y es sólo un ejemplo de un pequeño gesto que puedes hacer.
¿Vas a pensar antes de actuar en las consecuencias que pueden tener cada uno de tus gestos para hacer de este un mundo mejor?
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August 25, 2021
Roots
To take root: to fix oneself, to establish oneself in a place. Said especially of a passion: to assert or take root. / Set of antecedents, interests, habits or affections that make something firm and stable or that bind someone to a place.
What you see are the definitions offered by the Dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (some of them). Take roots or rooting are words that have among their meanings that of being linked to places or people. At the base are strong emotions of belonging.
On a personal level, I have always believed that I was a citizen of the world (as stupid as it may sound) without further pretensions, a wanderer who likes to travel, someone who did not feel particularly rooted to any particular place, because I love to live in different places and cities, because I am crazy about the possibility of traveling the world and meet other people and cultures. And although I have a home in a specific place, I would not mind taking a flight tomorrow and go to other places. Traveling is an incredible adventure.
However, for some unknown reason, during my last visit to Salamanca, my hometown, I felt such a strong sense of rootedness that I even got excited at times. Strolling through its streets that are authentic hotbeds of life, soaking up the atmosphere of such a cheerful city and walking the same paths that I followed, for example, when I studied at the university. All seemingly harmless sensations but that put on alert each of my nerve endings ready to make me aware of what I was feeling at every moment. I guess nostalgia invades you when you least expect it, it sneaks under your skin and sails through your bloodstream until it reaches the last millimeter of your being.
In addition, the pandemic means that, on the one hand, we are sensitive and, on the other hand, we have to go through somewhat different experiences. In my case, since all this started, I sleep in hotels in the city, which is a strange feeling, as if you were a guest in your own home, just another tourist. There is no doubt that my city (yes, mine, because I belong there in the sense that we are talking about in this entry, even though I would never have said so before and even though I will probably never live there again because life has led me on other paths) is a beautiful place, with a charm like few others, emanating culture from every corner.
I realized that I was fooling myself, because whether we like it or not, we are emotional beings that are linked to places and people that make up our history and define us as unique and unrepeatable human beings.
How about you? Do you feel rooted somewhere?
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August 24, 2021
Arraigo
Arraigar: Echar o criar raíces. Establecerse de manera permanente en un lugar, vinculándose a personas y cosas.
Echar raíces: Fijarse, establecerse en un lugar. Dicho especialmente de una pasión: afirmarse o arraigarse.
Raigambre: Conjunto de antecedentes, intereses, hábitos o afectos que hacen firme y estable algo o que ligan a alguien a un sitio.
Las que ves son las definiciones que ofrece el Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española. Echar raíces, arraigarse o raigambre son palabras que tienen entre sus acepciones la de vincularse a lugares o personas. En la base están fuertes emociones de pertenencia.
A nivel personal, siempre he creído que era una ciudadana del mundo (por estúpido que pueda sonar) sin más pretensiones, una persona errante a la que le gusta viajar, alguien que no sentía especial arraigo por ningún lugar en concreto, porque me encanta vivir en sitios y ciudades diferentes, porque me vuelve loca la posibilidad de recorrer el mundo y conocer otras gentes y culturas. Y aunque tengo un hogar en un sitio concreto, no me importaría coger mañana mismo un vuelo e ir a recorrer otros parajes. Viajar es una aventura increíble.
Sin embargo, por algún motivo que desconozco, en la última visita a Salamanca, mi ciudad natal, he sentido un sentimiento de raigambre tan fuerte que incluso me emocionaba por momentos. Pasear por sus calles que son auténticos hervideros de vida, empaparme del ambiente de una ciudad tan alegre y recorrer los mismos caminos que seguía, por ejemplo, cuando estudiaba en la universidad. Todo sensaciones aparentemente inofensivas pero que ponían en alerta cada una de mis terminaciones nerviosas dispuestas a hacerme consciente de lo que estaba sintiendo en cada momento. Supongo que la nostalgia te invade cuando menos te lo esperas, se te cuela debajo de la piel y navega por tu torrente sanguíneo hasta recorrer el último milímetro de tu ser.
Además, la pandemia hace que, por una parte, tengamos la sensibilidad a flor de piel y, por otra, tengamos que pasar por experiencias un tanto diferentes. En mi caso, desde que todo esto empezó, duermo en hoteles de la ciudad, lo que no deja de ser una sensación extraña, como si fueras una invitada en tu propio hogar, una turista más. No cabe duda que mi ciudad (sí, mía, porque pertenezco a allí en el sentido que estamos hablando en esta entrada, a pesar de que antes nunca lo hubiera dicho así y a pesar también de que probablemente ya no volveré a vivir allí porque la vida me ha conducido por otros caminos) es una localidad preciosa, con un encanto como tienen pocas, emanando cultura por cada rincón.
Me he dado cuenta de que me engañaba a mí misma, porque lo queramos o no, somos seres emocionales que se vinculan a lugares y personas que confoman nuestra historia y nos definen como seres humanos únicos e irrepetibles.
¿Y tú? ¿Sientes arraigo por algún lugar?
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August 23, 2021
Reality in disguise
A sense of defeat had attached itself to her and she was dragging it around like a dead weight. Nothing was working. She had tried many times, but she always came up against a wall that seemed higher and higher every day.
We are looking for a different profile.That was the damned standard answer she was given over and over again. And with each answer, her chance of getting out of the lie that was her life receded.
She had married quite young. Sergio had been an overwhelming young man, with a personality that made all the young women who knew him fall in love with him. He also had an undeniable physical attractiveness. And she felt she was the luckiest person in the world for having been chosen.
Until the first slap came.
Every time she remembered it, she felt her skin burn again where he had stuck her and her spirit dampen a little more for having let herself be vexed. It seemed as if her cheek was throbbing, marking in unison with each beat each of the five fingers he had scarred her with. It was the first time she had had to wear makeup not to feel more beautiful, but less outraged. But it hadn’t worked. No one noticed at the party they attended that night that her face was scarred. However, she felt that something had cracked inside her. It was a feeling so clear that she did not understand that no one could perceive it from the outside.
Her eyes became a dam trying to stop a leak that at any moment would occur with the unshed tears that were accumulating inside her. But she could not allow it, not there, not at that precise moment and place. The consequences would be unpredictable and she felt too small to face them.
The few times she talked to her friends, whom she had been seeing less and less in recent years, they kept hinting at how lucky she was. They thought she had a perfect life, with luxuries and an interesting social life. As if that was the important thing.
They were all in their forties and they laughingly complained that their husbands had abandoned them, while Sergio was still as handsome as when he was in college. They only saw the facade. They did not want to look beyond. No one dared to peek at the scars hidden under the makeup.
She just wanted to scream and tell them how wrong they were. Just like at that party so many years ago, they only saw the reflection of an unreal life, a mirror that returned deformed images and hid the pain that was just below, just a few millimeters away.
And the years passed but nothing changed. He didn’t dare to step forward anymore. The time came when she got tired of looking for a job on the sly and facing one no after another. Her self-esteem couldn’t take so much rejection. There was no escape. She was in a web of lies and pain, bearing the burden each day of an aimless dawn where her only hope was that day wouldn’t hit her.
She surrendered to the evidence. Her life was a life sentence. She never realized that with her silences he was growing. If only she had believed in her… She was worth more than she thought and never realized her full potential.
I wish someday I would have launched a cry for help.
Now it was just another footnote story in the local newspaper.
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