Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
My dear friend Tom told me once that I was as tough-hearted as a dude, whatever he meant by that. This was about 24 years ago and somewhere along the line, I became very soft-hearted. Looking back, I do understand where he came from. We used to date before we became best friends and that […]
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Ever since I was 16 I’ve been in a relationship. The fear of being alone was scary, so you can well imagine that some of my choices were not the best. Sometimes, I now feel, I didn’t even choose, they chose me, and out of fear of solitude, I went with it. Yes, very sad. […]
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My grandmother never fell in love again after my grandfather decided to leave. He was to be her only love. I always wondered why she gave up on love altogether. Now, I do know. She actually didn’t give up, she was a content single woman. I must admit that her hands were probably too full […]
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It happened. I actually didn’t know that once you divorce you are no longer single and will never be. I was shocked at this realization when someone pointed it out to me on a legal form when I was renewing my Spanish passport. It was last week that I went to renew my passport at the Spanish […]
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Every time I see my grandmother I go back to when I was five. We chat and she recalls things I barely remember but soon, with all the details she brings up, I get the clear picture and the whole memory rushes back. I can feel the moment as if it were yesterday, but it’s […]
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I’m Spanish. My grandmother raised me alongside my father. We celebrated all those wonderful family traditions, and family gatherings filled with love. I remember our breakfasts, sitting at the table listening to the radio, which also gave us the time every minute in the middle of telling us a story. It was called Radio Minuto. […]
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I must say that I’m not too interested in being in a relationship anytime soon, but a friend spiked my interest in Tinder when she told me how much fun and interesting it is to meet new people, and that people actually find their soul mates there. Ejem… Playmates sounds better to me, as in […]
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It was a year ago, on a Friday, when my life as I knew it vanished. I’m in no way mourning it, but remembering it because it’s one of those dates that change our lives completely. ‘We have to talk.” He was able to say what I didn’t dare to, and for that I admire […]
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Wayne Dyer said, his mother fell into really unhealthy relationships. It became a pattern. One after another, all the men she fell for were alcoholic, abusive in some way and very bad parents, of course. She never broke the cycle and the children had to suffer for it. She is not alone. Many men and women […]
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If people didn’t disappoint us, we wouldn’t get to appreciate those who don’t do that. Therefore, I feel there is a point in having to go through disappointments. I will try to explain. Buddhism teaches us that if we have no expectations, we won’t ever be disappointed so we won’t suffer unnecessarily. However, to reach […]
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