Tag: behavior

It is sad to see that it is not uncommon to encounter such hardened natures, for whom time only intensifies the cycle of mistakes from which they cannot free themselves. Living with such people is extremely painful, especially after a few years, when you are certain that there will be no change and the situation will only get worse. The day comes when the discomfort becomes unbearable, and then all that remains is to abandon them to their fate. But the worst thing is that doing so does not solve the problem, and leaves a wound on the conscience that is very difficult to heal…

In a personal account, it can be observed that sincerity, when authentic, makes the interlocutor tolerate practically everything. When not indulgence, it at least elicits goodwill and understanding. Thus, for example, sincere repentance causes instant sympathy, very different from the feeling that arises in the interlocutor when faced, in an identical account, with the addition of justification. Because, deep down, one always reacts to the motivating feeling, and it is not necessary to undergo specialized training to readily differentiate between frankness and self-love.

Health is one of the most interesting topics we hear about, largely because there is very little consensus and too much debate. A historical analysis shows how the most disparate notions have been created and lost, causing upheavals in the concept of what is healthy. Habits that were considered beneficial by the Greeks were branded as harmful centuries later. Conversely, what was harmful became beneficial, and all this in a cycle that seems never-ending. Guidance is extremely difficult, but there is undoubtedly much to be learned from this study, including the fact that it is, more than one might imagine, an individual study.

The mistrust with which modern man approaches the most impressive accounts of the past is disconcerting. His mind freezes: he constructs the unbelievable conditions reported to the point where he can understand them logically, but the meaning seems to escape him, blocked by an insurmountable wall, until finally he feels mockery and contempt welling up, justified by the as magical as unfounded claim that the account is untrue. But this serves only to free him from the problem of refuting or having to admit that it simply happened. Once the discomfort is overcome, it is time to emotionally credit some imbecilic contemporary.