I still want to believe in people

I still want to believe in people

It  is hard to believe that everyone can be wrong.  It may be our nature usually to accuse other people and not ourselves of being wrong. Everyone has his or her own personality which is partly innate, but which also may be created by the person himself. We learn to bring about or determine some situatons, while other situations are imposed upon us by our society. We learn to become self-determining in our behavior, depending to some extent upon our background. 

It seems though that some people, living under tough and difficult conditions, are able to learn fast and understand that living means making choices. It is a gift that we have and must learn to appreciate.  Unfortunately, some people - even those living under the best of conditions - feel more depressed than those who are less fortunate, and in some cases do not see any reason to live.

This seems hard to understand sometimes, but this is because we are not alike. We have differences, but it may be just these differences that could make us better. What happens though is that these differences bring about conflict. Perhaps because of our nature, we tend to notice when our neighbors seem not to have good skills. It is then that we believe that our skills are better, even though we know that our neighbor may be good at something else - something that could be a worthy thing for us to learn. Still we prefer to ignore what is good about our neighbor and live in competition with him. Now,  I am not against competition but I am against negative competition, attempting to succeed at being better and smashing the other person until he becomes our number one enemy.  This  doesn’t take or require good sense, but only the desire to destroy.

It seems to me that we live in a world striving for success and perfection, where everyone believes himself to be completely good, and in this world, where perfection is so valued, there are no ugly, weak or imperfect people.  To be imperfect is to be ashamed.  I do question this. How shall we find perfection when we are not perfect beings? If we were perfect, why we would we be in this world?  Why we should have to go through this? 

It must be, that since we are not perfect, that we are in this world as a school, as a place to learn, and a place where we have much to learn. When we finish university, it doesn’t mean that the university taught us everything. It merely opened the door for us, opened the door to more knowledge and greater opportunities to create. Learning to be an engineer doesn’t mean that one is learning to be a doctor of medicine or a scientist. No one knows everything; each person develops a limited amount of knowledge. What I am good at, you should not be as able. Engineers should be good at engineering, but not as good as another who is in science or some other field, 

This is about changing our ideas and our thinking about these things; this is what I am trying to convince you to do. What you may be able to explain to me about engineering, I would be able to explain to you, at least to the same extent in science. What you are good at, I may not be; what I am good at, you may not be. I think that we have much to learn, but no one seems interested in doing this. We often believe that we already know enough, and we think, "Why should I spend more time learning more? I am just not interested."  We just want our career and success, and we want to save some money, but how wrong this is. Life is constant learning and changing and choosing. We open our door to knowledge, but when will we decide to open our door to reason and stop having such preconceived ideas?

Independence Day (United States)

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee ofVirginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain.^[4][5] After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, withThomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wifeAbigail:

The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.^[6]

Adams's prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress.^[7]

Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day. Most historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

In a remarkable coincidence, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. Although not a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but another Founding Father who became a President, James Monroe, died on July 4, 1831, thus becoming the third president in a row who died on this memorable day. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, was born on July 4, 1872, and, so far, is the only President to have been born on Independence Da

NARINA

 Narina was one's of the women  I knew in SL , i could say she was sweet and friendly, always kind for everyone, She was an artist who enjoyed her SL building Oceanwind.. with all flowers and colors, She built my clubhouse, Big Chill, that  does exist anymore, I  always remember my times i had spent with her, When im visiting oceanwind, and watching to the flowers with all colors., makes me remember Narina, This land has her spirit , I know , she built this land with all her dedication and love, Unfortunately Narina is not with us anymore.. God called her, but her memory are always with us.

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