Mi abuela era muy dada al refranero popular, generalmente remataba sus conversaciones con algún dicho a modo de conclusión. En algunos casos yo lograba captar aquellos mensajes, pero en otros me costaba entender el significado de sus palabras. Me ocurría por ejemplo con “estar curado de espantos”, una expresión que usaba casi a diario y que pude entender plenamente luego de muchos años…
Cuando leí la [invitación ]( https://peakd.com/hive-131951/@charjaim/a-mi-ya-nada-me) de la amiga @charjaim a dar nuestra opinión sobre la frase “a mí ya nada me sorprende “ recordé ese otro dicho que usaba la abuela, me pareció muy similar y pudiera decirse que el significado es el mismo…
Es verdad que a veces la vida se presenta como si se tratara de un “eterno retorno” donde se repiten muchas veces las mismas situaciones. Lo vemos sobre todo en el ámbito público, políticos que toman decisiones desacertadas una y otra vez sin que aquello deje algún aprendizaje.
Pero también lo observamos en el ámbito privado, a cada momento nos enteramos de personas que se revelan distintas a lo que aparentaron ser, que logran engañar a otros para sacar beneficios personales…

Todas esas experiencias van dañando nuestro ánimo, nos hacen desconfiados, nos van sembrando cierta impotencia… Es entonces cuando ya muy cansados de todo podemos llegar a decir que “estamos curados de espantos “y que por lo tanto “nada nos sorprende…”
Sin embargo, por mucho que sea el cansancio acumulado en nuestro ánimo es importante mantener abiertas las puertas a la esperanza, de otro modo la vida puede hacerse realmente insoportable.
Es en la esperanza donde podemos renovar la posibilidad de sorprendernos de nuevo, de volver a esa mirada de niño donde la novedad está presente en cada detalle.
Como a todos a mí también me han pasado muchas situaciones desagradables. A lo largo de la vida he tenido malas experiencias con personas muy cercanas que resultaron ser lo que nunca me hubiese imaginado. Compañeros de trabajo que luego de muchos años de aparente amistad jugaron sucio para obtener prebendas personales.

Todo eso me produjo dolor y rabia, y me llevó a cuestionar muchos de mis valores, entre ellos la confianza hacia los demás…
Pero me di cuenta que el peso de la desconfianza es muy grande. ¿Cómo vivir sin esperar algo bueno de los otros, sin pensar que lo malo tiene que pasar…?
Estoy convencido que lo más saludable es aprender a vivir sin estar en guardia todo el tiempo, es importante bajar nuestras defensas para dejar que lo bueno toque nuestra puerta, de ese modo tendremos la oportunidad de dejarnos sorprender de nuevo.
En esta etapa de mi vida casi todo me sorprende, dentro y fuera de mi casa. Y aunque generalmente transito por los mismos espacios nunca me canso de ellos. Me llama la atención que mi mirada se ha vuelto mucho más curiosa, por lo que lejos de aburrirme de esos ambientes tan conocidos siempre encuentro algo nuevo en ellos, realmente es una sensación muy agradable poder ver las cosas de ese modo.
El internet también me ha abierto las puertas de la sorpresa, todos los días la red me permite encontrarme con cosas maravillosas. Personas que a fuerza de disciplina y tenacidad son capaces de hacer cosas impresionantes con sus cuerpos. Personas que producen bienes de todo tipo, técnicos y artísticos, que mejoran en mucho la experiencia de vivir…
Todos tenemos la posibilidad de ver las cosas de manera distinta, todos podemos sorprendernos por lo que ocurre a nuestro alrededor. Y no se trata de inventarnos una burbuja para aislarnos de una realidad que también es inhóspita, sino más bien de ser más ecuánimes. Puestos en la balanza estoy convencido que lo positivo pesa más que lo negativo. Claro que hay razones para el optimismo…
Como siempre he disfrutado escribiendo la publicación. Agradezco a la amiga @charjaim por la iniciativa. Para darle continuidad invito a mis amigas @mafalda2018 y @lisbethseijas
Gracias por tu tiempo.
Fuente de imágenes. [I]( https://pixabay.com/es/photos/monta%C3%B1as-aves-silueta-atardecer-100367/) [II]( https://pixabay.com/es/photos/atardecer-%C3%A1rbol-agua-silueta-1373171/) [III]( https://pixabay.com/es/photos/r%C3%ADo-oto%C3%B1o-%C3%A1rboles-sale-de-follaje-219972/)


My grandmother was very fond of popular sayings, and she usually ended her conversations with a saying that was intended to contain a great conclusion. In some cases I managed to grasp those messages, but in others it was difficult for me to understand the meaning of her words. It happened to me, for example, with "estar curado de espantos", an expression that he used almost daily and that I was able to fully understand after many years... When I read the [invitation ]( https://peakd.com/hive-131951/@charjaim/a-mi-ya-nada-me) from my friend @charjaim to give our opinion about the phrase "nothing surprises me anymore" I remembered that other saying that grandma used, it seemed very similar to me and I could say that the meaning is the same... It is true that sometimes life appears as if it were an "eternal return" where the same situations are repeated many times. We see it especially in the public sphere, politicians who make ill-advised decisions over and over again without learning anything from them. But we also see it in the private sphere, every moment we hear about people who reveal themselves to be different from what they appeared to be, who manage to deceive others to obtain personal benefits... All these experiences are damaging our mood, they make us distrustful, they sow us a certain impotence... It is then when we are very tired of everything we can say that "we are cured of fright" and that therefore "nothing surprises us..."  However, no matter how much tiredness accumulates in our spirits, it is important to keep the doors of hope open, otherwise life can become really unbearable. It is in hope that we can renew the possibility of being surprised again, of returning to that childlike gaze where novelty is present in every detail. Like everyone else, many unpleasant situations have happened to me. Throughout my life I have had bad experiences with people very close to me who turned out to be what I would never have imagined. Co-workers who after many years of apparent friendship played dirty to obtain personal benefits. All this caused me pain and anger, and led me to question many of my values, including trust towards others... But I realized that the weight of mistrust is very heavy: how to live without expecting something good from others, without thinking that bad things must happen...? I am convinced that the healthiest thing to do is to learn to live without being on guard all the time, it is important to lower our defenses to let the good come knocking on our door, that way we will have the opportunity to let ourselves be surprised again.  At this stage of my life almost everything surprises me, inside and outside my house. And although I usually go through the same spaces, I never get tired of them. It strikes me that my look has become much more curious, so far from getting bored of those familiar environments I always find something new in them, it is really a very nice feeling to see things that way. The internet has also opened the doors of surprise, every day the network allows me to find wonderful things. People who by dint of discipline and tenacity are able to do amazing things with their bodies. People who produce goods of all kinds, technical and artistic, that greatly improve the experience of living... We all have the possibility of seeing things differently, we can all be surprised by what happens around us. And it is not a matter of inventing a bubble to isolate ourselves from a reality that is also inhospitable, but rather of being more equanimous. On the balance, I am convinced that the positive outweighs the negative. Of course there are reasons for optimism... As always I enjoyed writing the post. I thank my friend @charjaim for the initiative. To give it continuity I invite my friends @mafalda2018 and @lisbethseijas. Thanks for your time.
My grandmother was very fond of popular sayings, and she usually ended her conversations with a saying that was intended to contain a great conclusion. In some cases I managed to grasp those messages, but in others it was difficult for me to understand the meaning of her words. It happened to me, for example, with "estar curado de espantos", an expression that he used almost daily and that I was able to fully understand after many years... When I read the [invitation ]( https://peakd.com/hive-131951/@charjaim/a-mi-ya-nada-me) from my friend @charjaim to give our opinion about the phrase "nothing surprises me anymore" I remembered that other saying that grandma used, it seemed very similar to me and I could say that the meaning is the same... It is true that sometimes life appears as if it were an "eternal return" where the same situations are repeated many times. We see it especially in the public sphere, politicians who make ill-advised decisions over and over again without learning anything from them. But we also see it in the private sphere, every moment we hear about people who reveal themselves to be different from what they appeared to be, who manage to deceive others to obtain personal benefits... All these experiences are damaging our mood, they make us distrustful, they sow us a certain impotence... It is then when we are very tired of everything we can say that "we are cured of fright" and that therefore "nothing surprises us..."  However, no matter how much tiredness accumulates in our spirits, it is important to keep the doors of hope open, otherwise life can become really unbearable. It is in hope that we can renew the possibility of being surprised again, of returning to that childlike gaze where novelty is present in every detail. Like everyone else, many unpleasant situations have happened to me. Throughout my life I have had bad experiences with people very close to me who turned out to be what I would never have imagined. Co-workers who after many years of apparent friendship played dirty to obtain personal benefits. All this caused me pain and anger, and led me to question many of my values, including trust towards others... But I realized that the weight of mistrust is very heavy: how to live without expecting something good from others, without thinking that bad things must happen...? I am convinced that the healthiest thing to do is to learn to live without being on guard all the time, it is important to lower our defenses to let the good come knocking on our door, that way we will have the opportunity to let ourselves be surprised again.  At this stage of my life almost everything surprises me, inside and outside my house. And although I usually go through the same spaces, I never get tired of them. It strikes me that my look has become much more curious, so far from getting bored of those familiar environments I always find something new in them, it is really a very nice feeling to see things that way. The internet has also opened the doors of surprise, every day the network allows me to find wonderful things. People who by dint of discipline and tenacity are able to do amazing things with their bodies. People who produce goods of all kinds, technical and artistic, that greatly improve the experience of living... We all have the possibility of seeing things differently, we can all be surprised by what happens around us. And it is not a matter of inventing a bubble to isolate ourselves from a reality that is also inhospitable, but rather of being more equanimous. On the balance, I am convinced that the positive outweighs the negative. Of course there are reasons for optimism... As always I enjoyed writing the post. I thank my friend @charjaim for the initiative. To give it continuity I invite my friends @mafalda2018 and @lisbethseijas. Thanks for your time.
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