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“«Divorciarme, eso es lo que debo hacer», mascullaba para mis adentros, pero debo haberlo dicho más de una vez en voz alta, porque Willie paró la oreja ante la palabra divorcio. Había pasado por dos anteriores y estaba decidido a evitar untercero; entonces me presionó para que consultáramos a un psicólogo. Yo me había burlado sin piedad del terapeuta de Tabra, un alcohólico despelucado que le aconsejaba las mismas perogrulladas que yo podía ofrecerle gratis. En mi opinión, la terapia era una manía de los estadounidenses, gente muy consentida y sin tolerancia para las dificultades normales de la existencia. Mi abuelo me inculcó en la infancia la noción estoica de que la vida es dura y ante los problemas no cabe sino apretar los dientes y seguir adelante. La felicidad es una cursilería; al mundo se viene a sufrir y aprender. Menos mal que el hedonismo de Venezuela suavizó unpoco aquellos preceptos medievales de mi abuelo y me dio permiso para pasarlo bien sin culpa. En Chile, en tiempos de mi juventud, nadie iba a terapia, excepto los locos de atar y los turistas argentinos, así es que me resistí bastante a la propuesta de Willie, pero él insistió tanto que por fin lo acompañé. Mejor dicho, él me llevó de un ala. El psicólogo resultó tener aspecto de monje, llevaba el cráneo afeitado, bebía téverde y permanecía la mayor parte de la sesión con los ojos cerrados. En el condado de Marin se ve a cualquier hora hombres en bicicleta, trotando enpantalones cortos o saboreando su capuchino en mesitas de las veredas. «¿Esta gente no trabaja?», le pregunté una vez a Willie. «Son todos terapeutas», me contestó. Tal vez por eso sentí un gran escepticismo frente al calvo, pero pronto éste se reveló como un sabio. Su oficina era un cuarto desnudo pintado de color arveja, decorado con una tela -mandala, creo que se llama- colgada en la pared. Nos sentamos con las piernas cruzadassobre unos cojines en el suelo, mientras el monje sorbía como un pajarito su té japonés. Empezamos a hablar y pronto se desencadenó una avalancha. Willie y yo nos arrebatábamos la palabra para contarle lo que había pasado contigo, la existencia de espanto que llevaba Jennifer, la fragilidad de Sabrina, mil otros problemas, y mi deseo de mandar todo al diablo y desaparecer. El hombre nos escuchó sin interrumpir y cuando faltaban pocos minutos para que terminara la sesión, levantó sus párpados capotudos y nos miró con una expresión de genuina lástima.«¡Qué tristeza hay en sus vidas!», murmuró. ¿Tristeza? Eso no se nos habíaocurrido a ninguno de los dos. Se nos desinfló la rabia en un instante y sentimos hasta los huesos una pena vasta como el Pacífico, que no habíamos querido admitir por pura y simple soberbia. Willie me tomó la mano, me atrajo a su cojín y nos abrazamos. Por primera vez admitimos que teníamos el corazón muy adolorido. Fue el comienzo de la reconciliación.-Voy a aconsejarles que no mencionen la palabra divorcio durante una semana. ¿Pueden hacerlo? -preguntó el terapeuta. -Sí -respondimos a una sola voz.”

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La suma de los días

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Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende, born on August 2, 1942, is a renowned Chilean writer known for her magical realism style. Her works have gained widespread popularity, with notable titles including 'Love in the Time of Cholera' and 'The House of the Spirits'. more

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