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'The slope of January' by Juan Legaz Palomares

January 14 from 2021 - 10: 28

Now, without a doubt, the whole year (or almost) is economic January costs, although traditionally, the worst cheap drinks are attributed to the call "January cost". And if there was little missing, the vile and lethal coronavirus is present.

I remember, with a certain nostalgia, even if it is paradoxical, that with the peseta the cost was more bearable, at least that seems to me and also to the elderly that it is difficult for them to manage and understand the euro. Since the euro arrived, the January slope seems to me to be more uphill and difficult to overcome (my stuff).

Normally it is always more difficult to go up than to go down, although in social status it is painful and devastating to go down. It is also not bad to do the round trip so that they do not surprise us with that "That I'm already
back"
. It is also true that some go up in an elevator, which makes the climb easier, while others go up on foot, from step to step, with which the heart suffers and becomes much more fatigued.

As the elderly become accentuated and our neurons gnaw over the years, forgive me for making outdated comments (of lelos), or perhaps old-fashioned, but old age is always suspicious, distrustful, stubborn and, why deny it, it can how clumsy. And in these times when we are bombarded with technologies, even more so. And the truth is that most of us have arrived late for these tasks, since the brain is hardened and refuses to understand the insistent reiteration of the messages with which they crush us on social networks.

We are not in a position to assimilate the speed with which the agglomeration of news is transmitted to us, which, rather than clarifying something, confuses us.

The accounts are heavier, more relentless, steeper and with the years and the ailments increase. Sadness, clumsiness, stubbornness, abandonment, desperation, lack of affection arrive..., and physical and economic impotence. We fall into that vice of nostalgia, that after having worked for many years we receive a pyrrhic pension due to circumstances beyond our control. Because the worst slope to go up is not geographical physics (like the Montgo), but the economic slope added to the steepest and most difficult slope to overcome, that of the absence of affection and affection.

If we strive to treasure goods that the propaganda sales offer us, we are falling into misfortune and a galloping disappointment. If we pay a few minutes of attention, we will verify that the vast majority of the things we acquire, then we store them in a corner that was never known again. Let's use our sanity a little more and fight hard to enjoy the small pleasures that fill our conscience and our heart, favoring our health and that give us great satisfaction.

Oh, and let's not forget that later comes the February slope and ten more months. And unfortunately in this 2021, the desperate and uncontrollable virus that is an invisible, unpredictable and malicious slope that we do not know when it will end.

The last resort we have is to ask for health on this narrow path that burdens us physically, mentally and financially. Because, no matter how many turns we give it, the accounts do not come out, and the month of January arrives and
We climb not even half the hill, so you have to arm yourself with patience, courage and moral strength (in the absence of physics). Resist is the word we hear most often, there is no other choice. At our age, conformity is a great virtue.

We'll see how we ended the month, because the Three Wise Men were too entertained with the children and had a lot of work, and politicians are in other quibbles typical of their trade and employment. Cheer up guys, the hill is ending and Happy New Year!

Juan Legaz Palomares.

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