MARINA OPPENHEIMER BOOKS AND BLOG

I have always being extremely sociable, so as time went by, and I realized that the people I was socializing with were not really friends but competitors, I felt lost. Some of them I had really grown to love as I did my teenage friends when I was in school, without perceiving that deep down their heart there was more envy than appreciation. If like J.P. Sartre stated our life is the result of the choices we make, I must have made the right ones because in the third stage of my life I feel that things are as they should be; in other words, I don’t feel the urge to compete with anybody. Even my divorce, which in the beginning I had difficulties overcoming, now seems to be what needed to happen for me to start a life that made more sense. The dark side of this bliss is the fact that most of the people I know are not in the same situation I am at; a lot of them have reached this life stage with regrets and a deep disorientation regarding the meaning of their journey on earth. As a result, ...

REVIEWS Realmente buenos cuentos. El libro logra atraparte. Realidad y un poco de ficción. Super Really good stories. The book catches you. Reality and a bit of fiction. Super Super I thoroughly enjoyed the book, it is well written and entertaining, the kind that makes you forget the perils of everyday life and transports you to a world of reality mixed with the magic we can pay attention to or not, but if we do, we can discover infinite messages, wisdom, communicated in the simplest ways. It shows that there is much more than what we experience daily, we just need to look beyond and behind that which meets the eye. It shows that we just need to look around and within to discover. Excellent! Realidad y fantasia se entrelazan, van y vienen , como las olas del mar ,a las que la autora hace referencia a menudo. A traves de sus frescos y sentidos relatos nos adentramos e identificamos con su mundo, presente , pasado, tiempo y espacio. Cuentos que nos invitan a recapacitar a traves de su si...

       Acababa de fallecer su exmujer, la madre de su única hija. A pesar de que la relación con ella nunca había sido fácil, cuando le avisaron de su muerte sintió una vaga ansiedad invadirlo por entero. A las cinco de la mañana lo había llamado desde el sanatorio Carla, la hija de ambos, y el sonido del teléfono lo había sobresaltado de sobremanera. Quizás por los muchos años vividos, el sentimiento de ansiedad lo acompañaba incesantemente. De manera específica lo que lo torturaba era el miedo a los accidentes, pero más que nada a que algo le ocurriera a su hija. Si bien al atender el llamado lo que oyó fue una Carla llorosa, por lo menos era ella la que hablaba, pensó mientras la escuchaba por el auricular. El “hola pa” de su hija le generó un profundo alivio, alivio que poco a poco dio lugar a un extraño presentimiento . ¿Le habría pasado algo a Mia, la madre de Carla? Hacía tanto que no hablaba con ella que si había estado enferma ni se hubiera enterado. Es verd...

  Gracias al Universo por la vida que tengo. Yo que antes miraba las vidas ajenas y se me hacían vidas con sabor a dulzura, vidas intactas sin perfume de pena.   Gracias al Universo por la vida que tengo. Una vida que en el pasado tuvo olor a miedo, aroma de soledad, sombra de muerte, y días interminables de hastío y de fuego.   Gracias al Universo por la vida que he creado. Una vida con el color del alba transparente, C on días que sólo saben a amores verdaderos, horas serenas que danzan en mi mente.

  The following is the definition of order: T he arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method . In other words, everything and everybody in our life has a place, and there is where they should be. Being an extremely orderly person, I have always asked myself how some of us can have a deep aversion to order. Order means that when we look for a folder or a document we know exactly where to find it. It also means that we do not spend more time looking for that folder than necessary. It is true that people with obsessive disorders go overboard; however, disorder can also create a real havoc in our daily lives. A desk in disarray is not the best way to start our day, and a home in disorder is not a nice place to come to after work. So, how can we start living in a more organized world? Here are the basic steps: 1.        Give priority to emails and documents the day they ar...

  When reading this sentence many of us will  immediately associate it with the word karma. What is karma? In Hinduism and Buddhism the term karma means action and it has to do with a cycle of cause and effect. Let’s remember that Karma is not a synonym of fate. As a matter of fact, our karma can change if we change some of our behaviors. Karma is not written in stone by any means. By doing to others what we would want them to do to us we can gradually change our life; and we should. According to Asian beliefs karma is a dynamic flow of energy that acts as a consequence for every one of our actions. If karma would determine our fate, we would be giving up our power to change our negative behaviors to become better human beings. Needless to say, the consequence brought about by karma has to do with our own wellbeing and serenity. Fromm found a great way to define what happens when we hurt others: happiness will forever evade us. Our life becomes an empty shell with no gratifica...

  ¡Qué noche límpida ésta que me rodea, quieta como agua de mares adormecidos, mares cuyo rumor nunca se aquieta Sí, ésta es una noche de deseos desconocidos. Esta noche yo quisiera cerca de mi cuerpo un alma que hablara de sueños invisibles, y cuya voz me hiciera olvidar los terrores, las ausencias, las mentiras y los sinsabores. En esta noche a la vez oscura y transparente, ya no puedo recordar lo sucedido, porque inmersa en su luz de luna llena, vuelvo a renacer como si nunca hubiera vivido.  5 Irene Salazar, Justo J. Sánchez and 3 others Like Comment Share Comments Active