How many times have we been told since we were children that if we do not prepare academically, we will not be able to face life in the future, that having studies will make life easier for us, that academic knowledge will open a lot of doors for us, that is Well, it is good that we cultivate the minds of children, but what is not right is that many times the development of values is left aside, many times the education of the heart is left behind like a second term ... not gives the importance they deserve, thus creating a society with youth and adults lacking in values….
What is the use of having a large number of degrees, master's degrees, basically academic and/or labor awards, if you are not able to say to the person picking up the trash "good morning" if they are not able to say two biggest words "please" and "thank you", of what use is all that if there is no education in the heart ...
A society without values is a society in crisis, a society that is not able to see for the neighbor is a society in trouble, If a person who believes himself strong, instead of helping those who need him at a certain moment, laughs, mocks the condition of the other, when he is indifferent to the misfortune of others, then he is not a strong person, because the real strong person helps the weak…
The world does not need more doctors, more lawyers, more politicians, the world needs people committed to their dreams, daring people, brave people, people passionate about what they do, people who when going to sleep say "dammit I have done everything I wanted, I live my life, I pursue my dreams ”, those people are the ones that this world needs… simply people of heart….
A society without values is nothing, a society that is more interested in the economic status of people rather than how much it can enrich their hearts is nothing….
If I could say for myself what is the most important value in life, without thinking I would say "love"... From love, other values emerge as responsibility, friendship, loyalty, sacrifice, solidarity ...
1) Love, the value of a thousand faces can be manifested in so many ways, from the scolding of a mother or a father, being heard by a person who has affection, the denial of any permission by the parents ... But without doubt, it is the most evident value, when someone does something with love, you can see the passion that comes from inside ... A person full of love lives happily spreading his joy for life with the people around him, he is happy with what he does and with what he has, he does not seek happiness, happiness for him is a lifestyle ...
Love, love can be hard, but it should never hurt, what is that sometimes love hurts! Damn if it hurts it's anything but love! Love can be hard but it won't hurt, love will teach, it will give you hard lessons, but where you will learn what they would never teach you in a school ... The simple scolding of a mother or a father is one of the greatest samples of love that we can receive, as they correct us because they correct us to be good people in the future ...
And well how is it that I say that love does not hurt, but it can be hard ... Very simple, for example, the relationships are between two, both parties must work equally so that the relationship lasts, but when one part stops pulling of rope and the other person starts to give more of himself, but there is nothing human that makes the other part of the equation react, the best thing will be to withdraw because there is no place for that relationship, there is no love ... Retiring on time is one of the samples of greatest self-love that exists ...
2) Friendship is another of the most “forgotten” values, I am sure that the vast majority of people can count their true friends with the fingers of one hand, and they will end up having fingers left over…. How many times have they not told us "friend" or "you count on me for whatever", we have all been told this…Or how many times have we not been there when they have needed it? without expecting anything to for us, simply because we love that person and it hurts us to see how he goes through a difficult situation, and when one needs them, they have not responded… Friendship is such a precious value, so difficult to find in people ... "friendship" is a word with so much weight, with so much meaning, but sadly very prostituted ...
However, once we find it, we can feel lucky with life, with the creator, because we have coincided in time and space with something that will undoubtedly make us feel stronger since it is as if we had a guardian angel behind of us whispering words of encouragement in our ears when we are more vulnerable, more emotionally fragile…. It is a blessing to meet such a person…. A divine gift…
3) Loyalty, Is the value that goes hand in hand with friendship, there is no friendship without loyalty…. Loyalty is what is needed in the world, loyalty to family, loved ones, even with oneself, with the principles of each one ... Loyalty, a value that makes us realize how important words are, actions above all because this life is written with actions, not with words ...
4) Solidarity, the value that unites us all as brothers, the value that teaches us that borders only exist in the mind, makes us forget races, ethnicities, ideologies, beliefs, makes us realize that at the end of the day we are all equal, we all need our neighbor no matter how small it may seem ...
It hurts me to see how all this seems to matter less and less today, where a person with values can be stupidly labeled as someone "fool", it hurts to see a society where people prefer to instill in the child economic ambitions, instead of inculcating values, where insists more on exclusively intellectual teaching, without caring that the heart is empty…. What do you get with this? A society in crisis….
But there are still people who we believe in society, we are certain that there are people out there educating the heart ... and those people will one day become human torches that will light up in the dark, that will give warmth, comfort, security, that will May we all unite again as brothers, forming a great human torch, creating a great chain that there will be no human power that can destroy it…
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." Aristotle
Written by Jorge Arturo Vedolla Colin
Amen brother.)) It's funny because I saw someone share a meme on Facebook today saying something like "Instead of teaching our children to be resilient, why don't we make the world a less traumatic place?" And I understand that sentiment, because all parents want to shield their children from the horrors of the world. But at some point they will go out into the world on their own and have to face the problems head on anyways. So the good values implemented in the home and in the family will therefore spread into the larger society and world.))