While sometimes the competitive attribute in adults reveals a somewhat immature personality, it is undeniable that every adult needs to have the experience of competition as a background. Hence the main educational value of sports, which, although they can provide other benefits through continuous practice, teach the most valuable thing in this first assimilation. Without this experience, the individual enters adulthood completely unprepared, and many of the psychological problems he will have to face would have been eliminated beforehand if he had experienced what it is like to compete, fail and win.
Category: Notes
The Moment of Farewell Is Always Remarkable…
The moment of farewell is always remarkable and significant, as it marks not only a change, but the point of no return, after which the past circumstance, whether very important or not, will live on only in the memory. The usual tears show the awareness of the irreversible, as well as the appreciation of what has been lived. It is beautiful and it is relevant, and it seems that, without such an experience, one never really assimilates the importance of what there was and, perhaps fortunately, will never be again.
It Is Amazing How Much Can Be Learned…
It is amazing how much can be learned from symbols, how much more powerful the imagination becomes with their study, even though one does not, or simply cannot, lock them down into definitive practical knowledge. There will always be an open door, always possibilities to be noticed, which perhaps contrast with what one thought one had learned. So study, no matter how deep, is always inconclusive, since a symbol can never be exhausted. But it pays off, and with it the imagination reaches a new level.
The Desire for Liberation From an Oppressive…
The desire for liberation from an oppressive environment often generates tremendous and decisive force. Through it, the personality reaches an unusual level of solidity, feeling incorruptible when the oppression subsides, or when one learns to overcome it with less friction. Then alternatives can be glimpsed. Sometimes it is possible to create a new environment, or at least make an effort to do so, something whose effects can be comforting. When it is not possible, that’s okay too: oppression, when not felt too much, ends up strengthening.