Century's Endings

The stories in Century’s Endings narrate the social problems of man and his drama with life. Some are set in a political climate of regimes abolished at the end of the last century and others where the rulers are men of narrow thought.

In Century’s Endings, explore the worlds of:

“Faith”…A Soviet peasant finds that an unfortunate event changes his life…twice.

“Jeremy Smith”…Luis, the Peñon, is just a guy whose mind is pestered with images and stories of the lives of the celebrities and people who have succeeded in North America. Though his ambition is to make the American dream come true, he travels mistakenly to the old continent where he sets out his adventure and, eventually, spends his live.

“The Lord”…A young man, after completing post-graduate studies in a developed country, returns to his native land, where his countrymen don’t understand his vision.

 “Cautious Man”… Elegábalo was a cautious man. He walked looking over his shoulder and never let his cautiousness slip away until he got what he always wished. Though Elegábalo was cautious man, he never thought of the unexpected, and this changed dramatically his fate and then fortune.

 “The Forgotten Ones”…Sometimes promises made by the politicians during their campaign for votes are never carried out.

By Oliver Frances
Published by The Little French
Published: May 06, 2013
Words: 22,833 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301840786

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What Is Love About?

When you think about love comes perhaps to your mind either a picture of stunning model who you encounter in your life to love you or a prince charming that appears suddenly out of the forest to rescue you, isn’t it? But, have you had a thought of that love isn't about it? In fact, I propose you to get a minute to wonder about what love is.

Frankly, I don't have the idea of that love is what is screened in a cinema even though this entertained us. Perhaps, love is what John Denver's song describes either a way of living or a way to feel, or, also, what I heard once that love is, commitment and sacrifice. Rather, it isn't just about  passion.

What I am sure is that love isn't about to lose your individuality nor put up with your lover's expectations. Love should be an expression of what you are or projection of what you're going to want to be mirrored on your partner. Also, love is acceptance. You shouldn’t run the other down, you just accept his or her ways if these go along with yours. And, above all, love is commitment not with your partner just with you!

So if you're in a relationship where you are tied down and you've stripped from personal space and, of course, your own privacy, I must say to you that you are under slavery.

Love is one of the most expressions of yourself and your desire of experiencing such an exciting feeling too. Then, you should have in mind this: loyalty and faithfulness is with yourself, not with your lover!

Love is freedom and respect in order to feel and wants to be faithful and loyal.

Do You Believe in Luck?

Do you believe in luck -I mean not in love? I pop up the question on the basis of that the majority of people have the belief of that a kind of magic, called "luck", that makes things happen exists. This is the reason for people don't frequently give the best of them because luck either would help them or not to pull it off.

This belief strengths itself when a person analyses the case of two brothers -being under the same circumstances, one is successful meanwhile the other doesn't. So the reason that comes across our mind is the one about luck. One of them was lucky and the other wasn't.

But if we don't take into account superstition, then we can approach the question with a different angle. If we have the belief of that anyone was born with a mission -and if this is engraved inside you, we begin to turn our back on the idea of luck.

Your mission traces your karmic path which might be either a successful or fail one. Your spiritual level defines your karmic path too, and the purposes that you wish to achieve while you are walking on. So your soul gauge success of failure in terms of how it will be used to make you become aware of who you are really.

Any situation or moment is created by you in order that you can experience and decide what part of you want to come out and to be who you are really. So there isn't clever or clumsy people. Anyone who is successful is because of he or she is fated to be, and those who are failure aren't less fortunate or victims; all is part of their karmatic path -which have to go through.

With the analyses written above we can reach the conclusion of that there isn't such a thing like good fortune or luck.

Your Mission?

Everyone has come to life with a mission -even the masters who had walked through earth. Which one is mine? You always wonder this during your life time, but it's shown on the course of your existence.

Anyone born has a divine plan engraved in his cells. Indeed, truth, a real one, is inside of each one of us. So don't look outside, even if the hardships make your life hard. You should remember that not even Jesus could avoid difficulties on his path to Light; in fact, he took them as one proof of love and thought of them a part of the relative world over which he was.

Truth is sown in your soul.

 Most of times a person is either judged or being a target for jealousy due to his success or failures; however what you aren't aware of is the real meaning of success or failure in soul's terms. So every path that a person has to walk is a karmic one. And your level is determined by your karma -and this is what you have to go through on the contrary of the common thought of that your penitence is with which you have to deal.


You are here to create and experience situations which are the medium through your soul becomes aware of what you are.
Bear in mind, in every situation there is a gift, and in any experience is hidden a treasure. What you live or experience is part of your higher aim and helps to get you aware of what you are truly.

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Elegábalo was a cautious man.

He walked looking over his shoulder and never let his cautiousness slip away until he got what he always wished.

Elegábalo was an honest man who always struggled for his dream, working hard to achieve it and never giving up to city lure. In the palm of his right hand was traced his fate, which was unknown to him.

He fulfilled his dream when he built his hand with his own hands and married the rose of the town. But, like the country in which he lived, Elegábalo never thought of the unexpected, and this changed dramatically his fate and then fortune.

Women's No! for Answer Is an Implicit Yes...

The following lines aren’t part of a handbook to pick up women. But, if you thought for instance that this article was about how to get birds, you’re lost then.

As life that is a game that you play on daily basis and without any guarantee of succeeding, women are alike. You can’t go into the arena having as belief that all women are the same type. Unfortunately they aren’t… so different personalities as complex strategies to gain their affection or whatever thing you want to have from them. Anyway, don’t see women as object for any kind of plan that you got in mind with them. You should recall that you come from one even if you’re gay, so what it means that women are human beings too.

What women don’t want? It’s a tough answer… They’re a kindle of riddle. But, what women don’t want is what these desire the most –this is the underlying truth. Let’s go through it seriously.

Any woman yearns for any kind of guarantee, I mean being in the year 10^th of a serious relationship without going through the early years of this. On the other hand, the majority of them pick up bad guys or losers –you freak out about it. In the first case, a bad guy enchants a woman and dares her astonishingly. So her adrenaline goes up facing this challenge that means a bad guy and, somehow, it’s her chance to prove the ability of holding down a man; in fact, being more capable of it than her other female competitors since her man stops humping around for her. Apart from having an overwhelming sensation of insecurity that a bad guy offers, which is like butterflies inside, about if he’d come or call back to her.

Regarding the losers, you should consider that if a woman is independent or self-determined one, she’ll look for someone to boss around instead of having any man who does. And, if this isn’t the case then she’s a loser too. She has just found her match as simple as like that.

Women’s answers are complex. Shockingly, a No! for answer is an implicit Yes!, given in a negative form either to hide real emotions or intentions or not to be regarded as slut. Her answers have surprisingly different meanings. Then, you have to be perceptive in order to pull off and have what you want from her. So don’t hear them just LISTEN TO THEM!

You have to have in mind that you are always in the game of seduction –this isn’t over even when you have already a bird.

Learn this, women like men hanker for sex, but you should bring it up on the first date. In the majority of cases you lose more being cocky than having a laid-back attitude. Please, let her feel that she has power over even though you’re the leader.

Women cry at movies nevertheless they’re down-to-earth. So you have to introduce yourself with a real thing –achievements or assets- not just with dreams in your portfolio. One kind of them doesn’t want to know about love just money –perhaps they will interested in love in their winter days, but the fact is that they want to know about money at the time being and it’s what interested to you. If you aren’t a man of means, so there is no point chasing this kind of women, you should be practical for God’s sake past on these… they are plenty of fishes. Unless you are one of the some fortunate guys who seem to be a magneto to bring close rich women up to you.

As I’d written up about a paramount topic as money is in life, I got to stress you out that you must assure yourself an economical position. Otherwise you’ll end being a lonely bird even though you hear from a woman that what matters for her is love. Perhaps you have a magnificent woman having no a single penny in your pocket, but this is either a stroke of luck or stage in your life to recall you about the wonderful being that you’re. Anyway it won’t last forever.

So to write the final lines –I’m afraid if you long for more, but I warned you in the first ones that you wouldn’t read a handbook, I have to deal with chemistry.

Women don’t want Mr. Right… they want a Brad Pitt-like man, someone that sweeps off their feet at first. Why do you think the reason for many of them fail in a relationship? Unfortunately they look for hunkies and not for values or qualities nowadays. Women are in search of the one who gives her a real good time to throw themselves at his feet. So don’t surprise yourself for being turned down on the terms of that chemistry isn’t enough between you. Many of them aren’t aware of that chemistry builds up on daily basis with someone and that this comes like a hard blow at first in few times.

These lines written above give you a slight insight of women. Anyhow bear in mind that you should be always a gentleman to deal the cards rightly in the game of seduction. 

 

Open-Mindedness: World in a Grain of Sand?

 

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour.”

According to one of Paulo Coelho’s articles, the above lines, Auguries of Innocence by William Blake, might well define what it is called “new conscience.” It implies: being able to understand that everything is linked to one another, that what is called “the time of your life” (when you wish that time stops at one particular moment) is part of your life, and if you do an introspective scan of yourself would notice that is only you who can change your own reality.  To the concepts of a “new conscience”, open-mindedness, I will add this: “There is only one move in all creation and that move is THOUGHT.”

 

To see further than what your eyes can watch and perceive and overwhelm fear –a product of your conscious mind, you need to have open-mindedness just to thrust your soul over circumstances that shaped your fate.

Beliieve it or not, this powerful truth could fit into our mundane reality. “To see a World in a Grain of Sand” and change your own life your mind should be open to notice the circumstances that prevent you from reaching your own nirvana. Open-mindedness will help you to head for the direction in which you can achieve your goals. In this way, you will able to create your bliss –by shunning what upset you; apart from evolving spiritually.

 

If you run across people who complain about their situation your mind should think about the tools that they have at hand to turn their own life into what they desire. If they disregard them, it is because they can’t see what they have. But if you go through this particular life and situation, you will find that what holds back this person is fear. Therefore, they shun risk because their minds are not open to see beyond present time nor does the way to change his reality. So, when you assay other and wonder about their conditions, just weigh them against their capacity and eventually their open-mindedness, and, in this way, you will find the reasons for their condition.


Unfortunately spirituality works on the same terms. Not by praying or self-denial you can make your spiritual quantum jump but by being open-minded to embrace concepts –not understandable by many people who inhabit Earth- that shatter all the known credence about God and man and, above all, the reason for which you are on this planet (or dimension to name it in spiritual terms).

Open-mindedness is the key for any kind of evolution, whether it is just being this terrene or a spiritual level.  Inside you lay all the elements to materialize all that you want, just as did those masters who went through this level did in hours, days or years. They achieved this with the belief that anything that they had asked would be granted by the Supreme Being, and it was so when their minds weren’t an obstacle to work miracles.

To discover yourself, you have to unlock the bar on your mind. And to see what you are, you have to experience what you are not similar to God do every day. It is complex but with open-mindedness you might comprehend this.