junio 27, 2007

Travel broadens your mind

7 months ago, I did not have idea I was going to travel beyond the sea... Maybe it was a gift from God to teach me new lessons. And now I have new opinions, new ideas in my mind, new memories to tell, new people to miss, new places to see in pictures.

Somewhere you can listen: "When the student is ready, the teacher appears"... Well, for me is true. You can find "new lessons" not only in your town, in your language, if you have your eyes, ears and mind opened, every moment is a new opportunity to grow, as a person, as a man, as a engineer, or whatever you want if you are determined and willing to do it.

I have high standards for myself. Even when I am not satisfied with my achieves or my status, I am really happy to have traveled to other country. Different language, different culture, and, at the bottom, more or less the same thoughts of life...

Well, China, I am not disappointed. I am very thankful.

Destiny

Here we have, persons who believe our life depends on our own decisions and nothing more...

On the other hand, we have persons who believe in luck, in God, or just a life that follows a path traced by some other intelligence or power. Of course, some others call this "the force" or just like this title: Destiny.

I believe in our own decisions, choices (or resolutions), but also in a mixture of events. Surely, no one else is going to take care of us forever than ourselves.

I know I am young, and it doesn't matter how many things I have read, or I have seen or I have lived, there is at least someone else wiser than me in the world. When I was 15 aprox, I remember I wanted to change the world, and sometimes create a new one, where all the problems disappear or at least some place where more people could be happy... now I feel satisfied with myself when I continue "dreaming" or "wishing" the same things... even when I know it is a hard work, but not impossible. Luck is not for everyone (in that case no body could be called "lucky") and I think God sometimes gives us "life tests" in order to improve our own capabilities and knowledge... I do not think God is bad, but many millions of people and animals and worlds to manage is a considerable work.

I wonder if that "Destiny" is in charge to decide if Justice should appear or not; if we will have Love or misfortune; or perhaps I am wrong, and along all our life we have a complete mixture of events; or even another idea is that after many "lives" we have experienced all different layers of happiness: in some lives poor, in some other rich, handsome, ugly, fat or thin...

Who will know...