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Today, while reading Galenkp's post about personal growth, I felt inspired to write a little about my own position.
I was always taught at home to be polite to my elders. It was a rule in our house. Always respect your elders and try to be friendly to everyone. No argument should be won by force. As a child and teenager, I couldn't control my impulses very well, and I often ended up yelling at my parents and brother for completely ridiculous reasons. It's part of growing up.
As we mature, we realize that reason doesn't have to be loud. Only those who don't have a strong enough argument end up resorting to this tactic.
Age brings calmness of spirit. I have seen improvement in this area, day by day, since I passed the 20-year-old mark... Until then, everything is noisy, everything runs fast, everything is confusing. Little by little, the waters become less murky, and we can finally see the bottom of the lake more clearly.
I think I am still discovering, day by day, how I can leave this world a little better. I try to do something, however small and insignificant it may seem, that changes something after it is done. Even if that action is just saying “Good morning” to someone I don't even know, but who I pass on the street and notice.
Trying to treat others with more dignity, and ourselves, in my understanding, is something that can take us further. We end up having a purpose in life. We are not here just to wake up one day, do our things, and fall asleep at the end of that day.
I think one of the biggest leaps I've made in terms of personal development was when I truly realized what a gift it is to be here. Being alive is nothing more, nothing less, than the greatest miracle there is. And the greatest lesson we have is to become, at the end of the day, someone that our “tomorrow's self” is not ashamed to look at.
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Original text written by me in Portuguese and translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Or just a nod and smile, the knock on effect can be enormous, we don't know how contagious this can be. And it doesn't cost us anything!
Asimismo, la vida es un regalo dado. La muerte aunque parece ser algo sin sentido es lo único que le da valor el que cada uno de nosotros vivamos. Eres libre de la caverna sigue así.😊