the secrets of life
why study?
our parents put us at the best schools they can afford,
we learn from our life and the people and the news around us to be able to have smart conversations,
we study day and nights to pass the exams, to be proud of ourselves and to make our family proud,
to get a good job,
to make a lot of money, and the story goes on.
But through it all, we study, simply, to realize that there are so many things that we still do not know, that we still need to know.
only stupid people think that they are smart.
why make friends?
the whole point of meeting and learning about so many people from different races, religions, cultures, backgrounds, is just to see that actually we are all the same.
be independent?
we are told to be independent all the time, do your own dishes, wash your own underwear,….
And once the pride kicks in, we take it to another level, we want to make our own money, to have our own life and family, to pay our own bills.
Yet, as hard as you try to be independent, you will find that you can never make it on your own.
And that it is okay to ask for help,
it is okay to feel like a failure and cry in your sleep. it is okay.
the secret of happiness?
extracted from page 31-33 of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho:
A boy arrived to a beautiful castle where the wisest man in the world lived. When the boy asked him what is the secret of happiness, the wise man told the boy to look around the castle for two hours because he did not have enough time right then to explain,
"Meanwhile, I want to ask you to walk around while carrying a spoon of oil"
So the boy went, being so afraid that he would spill the oil that had been entrusted to him, he walked carefully with his eyes fixed on the spoon. When he came back, the wise man asked "Did you see the Persian tapestries that are hanging on my dining hall? Did you see the beautiful garden?"
The boy was ashamed he did not see any of those, and the wise man sent him off again. This time the boy was awed by the paintings, the gardens, by all the beauty around him, that he did not notice the oil on the spoon had spilled.
When he returned, the wise man said "the secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world and never to forget the oil on the spoon"
as always, be the love generation.
Riri,
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